History Characters / MassFoundations

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Redemption in the Stars'' | [[spoiler:''Little Star''[[note]]Cameo[[/note]]]] | [[spoiler:'''Molten Lead'''[[note]]Mentioned[[/note]]]]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Redemption in the Stars'' | [[spoiler:''Little Star''[[note]]Cameo[[/note]]]]

* MeaningfulName: The moniker he took up on, [=DeusMachina=], which means "God Machine" in Latin. Lampshaded by both him and Zachary, pointing out that DeusExMachina might be a bit too on the nose.

* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a powerhouse. According to WordOfGod on Website/Spacebattles, he says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope and his idea of a joke.

* InsistentTerminology: Calls himself "adaptable, adaptable, able to evolve to meet any challenge." In computer terms, that's what a virus is, to put it one way.

* AdaptiveAbility: The narration stated to be able to adapt and evolve to anything. Him mimicking voices would back that claim.

* HearingVoices: He seems to have a voice in his head that acts as the rational part of his mind... and his enabler, if we're going by his AttemptedSuicide and other rephrensible acts.

* HearingVoices: He seems to have a voice in his head that acts as his rationale... and his enable, if we're going by his AttemptedSuicide.

* {{Expy}}: From singing about having no strings on him to his demeanor, the being the story refers to as an invading presence so far has a lot in common with [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron MCU!Ultron]].

* MeaningfulName: The moniker he took up on, [=DeusMachina=], which means "God Machine" in Latin. Lampshaded by both him and Zachary when he thought DeusExMachina might be a bit too on the nose.
* PinocchioSyndrome: In keeping with the character he's based on, the presence has a fixation with Pinocchio. First, he asked what happened to his body. Later on, he made an account on a chatting application using [[WesternAnimation/Pinocchio Pinocchio's face]] as an avatar. Needless to say, it creeps Zachary out.
* VoiceChangeling: Able to change his voice at a whim in order to remain undetected.

Raised in Vault 101 by her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. If you want to see more tropes of her canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a powerhouse. According to WordOfGod on Website/Spacebattles, he says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.
* BrokenHero: Despite being kicked out of Vault 101 and with her father dead and either most of her friends killed or missing, it was a miracle she managed to hold it together. See HurtingHero below for more.

* GeniusBruiser: Intelligent and able to grasp some of the things the Doctor says to her, Jocelyn logs around a Super Sledge and able to hold off a horde of enemies. In the epilogue, she's seen applying mathematical formulas on a chalkboard, impressing the Doctor.
* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterward. She also believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, to be dead.

* PowerArmor: She wears a set of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout4}} T-60 power armor]].

* TwoferTokenMinority: The Lone Wanderer is this, being female and Afro-Asian (half-Asian and half-black if you're wondering).

A Cerberus operative from Shanxi, he was assigned to report and assess potential candidates for [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Shepard's suicide mission]] sometime after [[spoiler:the Courier betrayed Cerberus and took [[Comicbook/MassEffectFoundation Risa]] out of the picture]]. He wasn't exactly thrilled about his new job, to say the least.

!![=The intruding presence=]
Not much is known about the being, other than arriving from another universe and taking out another entity in a classified location.

%% * AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a power-house. WordOfGod says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.

[[folder:Introduced in ''Little Star'']]
!![=Dr. Layla Harland=]

!![=Arthur Newton=]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Redemption in the Stars''[note]]Mentioned[[/note]] | ''Little Star''

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: His primary motivation was to fix his Transportalponder and find a way home. But when he and Lynch's team infiltrated the base on Allingon, he was willing to rescue Liara from captivity and chose to distract the Harbinger-possessed Collector while she took Shepard's stasis pod to a safe place.

* BiTheWay: Implied, as Liara had feelings towards her when the Courier asks her. However, Liara insists they were JustFriends.

* CannotSpitItOut: He was tempted to say the ''Mass Effect'' universe existed as a fictional universe to anyone willing to listen. He found he can't, as he couldn't bring himself to and [[CassandraTruth no would really believe him]].
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Somewhat averted. While Eric had a decent grasp of the Franchise/MassEffect universe, he was still surprised by a fair number of things there. It was told that he hasn't played any of the games for several months prior to his arrival, which meant that he doesn't have complete knowledge of the setting.

* GratuitousSpanish: Occasionally splices up his sentences with a Spanish word. Somewhat justified his mother was Hispanic. In the WholeEpisodeFlashback, he says he wanted to impress his family with his grasp of the language.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his dismissiveness towards Eric's initial attempts at finding a way back home and his attitude, he does look out for him and is concerned for his well-being.

* FantasticRacism: He really despise anything that's not human, 'especially' turians, due to the loss of his family and other undisclosed reasons.
* FreudianExcuse: His family, consisting of his brother and parents, died during the turian invasion on Shanxi, which gave him a large resentment against turians and other

* VillainProtagonist: He's a human supremacist/speciesist, willing to sacrifice innocents to get what he wants, which was backed by a [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered attitude]], and reveled in violence. Yeah, he isn't exactly a saint.

* VillainProtagonist

Not much is known about him, other than arriving from another universe and taking out another entity in a classified location.

!![!![=Arthur Newton=]

!![=The invading presence=]

[[folder:Introduced in ''All the World's a Stage'']]
!![=Jocelyn Song (aka the Lone Wanderer)=]
Raised in Vault 101 by her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. If you want to see more tropes of her canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

* ActionGirl: She's female and she kicks ass. What else is there? It's surprising that she and the Doctor get along so well.
%% * AllLovingHero: See NiceGirl below for more.
%% * AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a power-house. WordOfGod says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.
* BrokenHero: Despite being kicked out of Vault 101 and with her father dead and either most of her friends killed or missing, it was a miracle she managed to hold it together. See HurtingHero below for more.
* DropTheHammer: She has a super sledge and makes good use of it.
%% * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Alongside her PowerArmor, dialogue between the Doctor and Jocelyn revealed that she has the Monocyte Breeder, the same one the Courier has. In addition, they've aided her greatly in battle without much issue.
%% * FriendToAllChildren: She's quite friendly towards the boy in the church. Later, as the Malfested were attacking the town, she rescued him from a burning down mansion.
* GeniusBruiser: Intelligent and able to grasp some of the things the Doctor says to her, Jocelyn logs around a Super Sledge and able to hold off a horde of enemies. In the epilogue, she's seen applying mathematical formulas on a chalkboard, impressing the Doctor.
* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterward. She also believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, to be dead.
%% * KnightInShiningArmor: She described herself as such. It helps that she's wearing a pretty large set of PowerArmor and she's friendly and helpful to everyone she meets. She's also a former Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. See KnightErrant below.
%% * KnightErrant: What [[spoiler:Tira]] described her as.
%% * NiceGirl: You better believe it. She was friendly towards everyone and willing to save people's lives, including members of the Brotherhood of Steel. She even told [[spoiler:Pyrrha that she and the Doctor would find a way to get rid of her manifestation.]] But that doesn't mean she can't hold out on her own.
* TheMusketeer: Not with a sword, mind you, but with a [[DropTheHammer super sledge]].
* PowerArmor: She wears a set of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout4}} T-60 power armor]].
* TragicKeepsake: The Lone Wanderer has the Courier's [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Holorifle]]. Judging by her comments, she thinks he died some time ago.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The Lone Wanderer is this, being female and Afro-Asian (half-Asian and half-black if you're wondering).
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Her motivation for getting involved.
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* MixedAncestry: He was described having multiple Asian and Hispanic traits and had a medium skin tone, thanks to his ancestors living in [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault]] [[VideoGame/Fallout2 15]].

* TallDarkAndSnarky: He stands at 6'1" and he has dark brown hair and eyes. For the snarky part, see DeadpanSnarker.

* WildCard: Aria described him as an anomaly that could disrupt the balance of power at Omega.

* TheGhost: We don't see her until she became a protagonist in ''Little Star'', but plenty of characters talk about her in ''Redemption in the Stars''. It's justified because her body was beyond recognition since the Courier had trouble identifying her, being burnt to hell like that.

%% * NamesTheSame: Shares the same last name as River Song. The Doctor (jokingly) asks if she's related to River but she rebukes that quickly.

* AntiHero: Seems to be setting up to be of the ClassicalAntiHero variety, considering the number of flaws he has and the circumstances surrounding him. Time will tell whether that would change, though.
* CannotSpitItOut: He was tempted to say the ''Mass Effect'' universe existed as a fictional . He found he can't, as he couldn't bring himself to and [[CassandraTruth no would really believe him]].

* GratuitousSpanish: Occasionally splices up his sentences with a Spanish word. Somewhat justified his mother was Hispanic.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Of crowds, it turns out. At worst so far, it was so far shown him being reluctant.

Raised in Vault 101 by her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. Sometime after the deaths of Sarah Lyons and her father, the Brotherhood had regressed to their old ways of hoarding technology, causing her to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the Brotherhood]]. If you want to see more tropes of her canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

* AllLovingHero: See NiceGirl below for more.
* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a power-house. WordOfGod says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Alongside her PowerArmor, dialogue between the Doctor and Jocelyn revealed that she has the Monocyte Breeder, the same one the Courier has. In addition, they've aided her greatly in battle without much issue.
* FriendToAllChildren: She's quite friendly towards the boy in the church. Later, as the Malfested were attacking the town, she rescued him from a burning down mansion.

* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterward, which caused the Brotherhood of Steel to reject the Elder's ways. It was implied she believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, was dead. [[spoiler:She tried to encourage Pyrrha to come with her but she refused.]] [[TheWoobie Poor gal can't catch a break.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor: She described herself as such. It helps that she's wearing a pretty large set of PowerArmor and she's friendly and helpful to everyone she meets. She's also a former Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. See KnightErrant below.
* KnightErrant: What [[spoiler:Tira]] described her as.
* NiceGirl: You better believe it. She was friendly towards everyone and willing to save people's lives, including members of the Brotherhood of Steel. She even told [[spoiler:Pyrrha that she and the Doctor would find a way to get rid of her manifestation.]] But that doesn't mean she can't hold out on her own.

* NamesTheSame: Shares the same last name as River Song. The Doctor (jokingly) asks if she's related to River but she rebukes that quickly.

* TragicKeepsake: The Lone Wanderer has the Courier's [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Holorifle]]. Judging by her comments, she thinks he died some time ago though she isn't so sure about it.

* MauveShirt: He serves a minor role at the end of the third chapter and part of the fourth before being killed off-screen.

* GenreSavvy: Eric displayed this trope a few times so far. In one instance when he woke up at the hospital in the first chapter, he quickly figured out that he was in the Franchise/MassEffect universe by noticing a few things that felt off to him. Subverted in the prologue when he found himself in an inescapable room with the orb. He was tempted to touch it but thought better of it. But that didn't help him much in the end.