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1''Mass Effect: Evolution'' is a four-issue comic series published by Dark Horse Comics in 2011. It was written by ''Mass Effect'' trilogy lead writer Mac Walters, scripted by John Jackson Miller, and drawn by Omar Francia. ''Evolution'' is a prequel to the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy.
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3In the closing days of the First Contact War, Alliance black ops soldier Jack Harper and his team were assigned to investigate a turian excavation on turian-occupied Shanxi. Jack discovers a strange monolith that sets him on the path to becoming the enigmatic pro-human terrorist known as the Illusive Man.
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6!!''Mass Effect: Evolution'' contains the following tropes:
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8* AbusivePrecursors: The Reapers, as usual. [[spoiler:The Arca Monoliths are traps set for the turians. The Reapers expected the turians to use the monoliths to transform themselves into obedient Reaper slaves, thus eliminating a major military threat to the harvest.]]
9* BigBad: Desolas Arterius, Saren's ambitious older brother, is the primary antagonist.
10* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Arca Monolith is destroyed, but Eva and Ben die and Jack abandons his identity to become the Illusive Man. And Saren hates humanity more than ever.]]
11* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Saren and Jack join forces to stop Desolas from accidentally bringing about the end of the turian race.]]
12* ForegoneConclusion: As this is a prequel, any reader that is familiar with the games knows that Jack and Saren will survive and that the former will become the Illusive Man.
13* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ben regains control of himself just long enough to sacrifice himself stop Desolas.]]
14* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Happens a lot with Jack and Eva trying to reason with [[spoiler:the huskified Ben.]]
15* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Ben is so horrified at mortally wounding Eva that he's able to break free of Reaper control long enough to take Desolas down with him.]]

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