History Characters / MassEffect2SecretPartyMembers

* WhereItAllBegan: [[spoiler: It's implied that Legion was the first geth to pick up a weapon and kill a quarian in self-defence, starting the Morning War. No matter what happens at Rannoch, he will die there and end it]].

* ColdSniper[=/=]FriendlySniper: It starts out as a pretty archetypal example of the [[ColdSniper cold]] trope before warming up to Shepard through conversation. Mechanical outlook aside, Legion's a pretty nice... [[PronounTrouble group of entities]].

* VideoGameCaringPotential: In-universe, he refuses to kill slaves when playing a ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' {{Expy}}.

** It's worth noting that Legion's class is listed as "Geth Infiltrator."

* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: Level 4; the geth programs that comprise Legion are, together, capable of cracking just about any computer system in microseconds, and have technical skills on par with some of the best (if not ''the'' best) organic engineers in the galaxy. They're also beginning to develop emotions, though they do not fully understand them yet.

** Also plays the role in VideoGame/MassEffect3, [[spoiler: where unlike his people, Legion actually realizes that siding with the Reapers no matter the circumstances is a really freaking stupid idea. Tellingly, peace between the geth and quarians in the third game is only possible with Legion around- if it's not, then the geth will be even more opposed to a peaceful resolution than the quarians, and there will be no way to talk either side down from ending the war via genocide]].

* AceCustom: The mobile platform that serves as Legion's "body" is capable of hosting nearly 11 times as many individual geth programs as the standard body, and was uniquely constructed with the specific purpose of observing, and then establishing peaceful interaction with, Commander Shepard.

** Shepard is always "Shepard-Commander" and any quarian is given the title "Creator-[insert name here]".

** On the other hand, bringing Legion onto the Flotilla will ''definitely'' get a reaction, but once Legion is actually on board, the quarians -- the fleet admirals in particular -- won't bat an eyelash and will be more curious (or annoyed) than frightened. Justified, in that they created the geth. One admiral, who wishes to re-enslave the geth, is a little ''too'' chummy with Legion.

* TheVamp: Greatly enjoys seducing sympathetic individuals and tries to do so with Shepard, complete with the sob story about her mother and being persecuted.

* NonAnswer: One of the hints that Legion is special is that he behaves more than JustAMachine in a few ways. When asked why he wears part of Shepard's armor, he'll "think" about it for a few seconds (keep in mind, this is a ''machine'' and his thought processes are much faster) before answering "No data available". When Shepard notices the "simple farming Geth" picked up a Widow rifle, Shepard will note it's the same gun Legion uses. Legion will evade, "... It's an efficient weapon."

* TryNotToDie: If she survives ''2'', she'll send Shepard an email apologizing for leaving without telling anyone, and tells him "Take care of yourself. I hate to hear you were killed before we get a chance to meet up again." It would be heartwarming, if not for the fact Morinth wants Shepard [[DeathBySex all to herself]].

-->'''Shepard''': But why didn't you fix it sooner, with something else?

* AscendedFanboy: Implied by its inability to explain why it took a piece of Shepard's armor to repair itself.

* {{BFG}}: It's one of only two squadmates with a unique weapon; in its case, the M-98 Widow, 90-pound anti-materiel rifle so powerful that the recoil would break the bones of any human (outside of the cybernetically-enhanced Shepard) trying to fire it.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: As shown in his dossier in Lair of the Shadow Broker.

** You can also [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/1585456/4#2001802 modify your saved game]] to have it appear for squad use in the beginning of the game, after Freedom's Progress. You can get significant amounts of dialogue. It's also a potential game-breaker - you have a sniper who can easily be equipped with the Widow (OneHitKill against all but the toughest opponents) and has the combat drone which distracts enemies. It's entirely worth it.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Surprisingly, considering it's a ''geth''.

* {{BFG}}: It's one of only two squadmates with a unique weapon; in its case, the M-98 Widow, 90-pound anti-materiel rifle so powerful that the recoil would break the bones of any human trying to fire it.

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* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: DefiedTrope. In the first few conversations with Shepard it's clear that unlike the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot common fictional portrayal of AI,]] the geth are ''very'' different than organics. However, CharacterDevelopment shows some [[DoAndroidsDream surprising depth]]. Every display of emotion he shows is usually called out by Shepard and followed by awkward pauses and Legion saying that they "understand the similarities" or "acknowledge as an appropriate metaphor" but insists that they are not feeling the emotions suggested by Shepard. As these moments become more frequent and common (starting with the [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove "No Data Available"]] line and [[CharacterDevelopment shown much more frequently]] in the third game) it [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial begins to feel more like a façade.]] [[spoiler:A façade that drops in VideoGame/MassEffect3 just before his HeroicSacrifice, in which he refers to himself as "I" for the first time and admits that he's sorry and thankful for Shepard and Tali (presuming you convinced the quarians to make peace)]]. Outside of all of this, he is also shown to have [[UncannyValley awkwardly]] organic body language as a [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] attempt to interact more naturally with organics (when Legion is first reactivated, one of its first actions is to mimic one of Shepard's gestures), bleeds some kind of white liquid, and at one point during the final level of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' appears to be ''out of breath''. [[note]]Assuming he's chosen as a tech expert, which is one of the recommended choices, he will seemingly run out of breath while waiting for you to open the valves in the vents. Though this might be due to the reuse of animations from the organics that you can send through that portion.[[/note]]

* IAmTheTrope: Insists that she is the genetic destiny of the asari.

* UncannyValley: Not his face, obviously (it's a just flashlight, after all), but Legion has a habit of awkwardly mimicking the movements and posture of those he speaks to, particularly Shepard. The best example is the handshake Shepard offers -- Legion obviously has no clue what to do and just repeats the motions.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: All post-Horizon squadmates have hidden dialogue for earlier in the game, but Legion came off a bit worse than Tali, Thane or Samara.

* OddNameOut: The only one in her family to have a name ending with a consonant. Justified, as Morinth is not her original name, having changed it from Mirala.

'''Legion:''' Transcended flesh. Billions of organic minds uploaded and conjoined within immortal machine bodies. "[[MindHive Each a nation]]." We did not "know." It was one hypothesis among many. When Nazara corrupted the heretics, we touched its minds. We perceived they were different from ours, but could not tell how.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, ''sort of''. She agrees the Collector Base should be destroyed, although it's not clear whether she thinks this for moral reasons or because of [[PragmaticVillainy a selfish sense of self-preservation]]. She knows the Collectors and Reapers represent a threat to her, and would likely sacrifice hundreds to save herself. In fact, she has.

** VideoGameCaringPotential: Refuses to kill slaves in the VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto {{Expy}}.
** VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Has killed 100+ quarians in the same game. Although it's worth noting that the player gets an achievement for that.

* PetTheDog: The only game Legion downloaded but didn't play, according to the Shadow Broker's files, was ''Geth Attack: Eden Prime Fundraising Edition''. He made an Ultra Platinum level donation. So he bought the game solely to contribute to the fundraising effort for Eden Prime's reconstruction. Made even more heartwarming when you realise that, despite the heretics being behind the attack on Eden Prime and the Citadel, on some level, Legion feels responsible for their actions and seeks to make amends.
** Remember that huge gaping hole he had on his chest in 2? That was from Eden Prime. The colonists tried to KILL him despite not being involved in what happened to them. And he STILL donated to them for a charity. This is a robot we could learn a lot from...

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: DefiedTrope. In the first few conversations with Shepard it's clear that unlike the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot common fictional portrayal of AI,]] the geth are ''very'' different than organics. However, CharacterDevelopment shows some [[DoAndroidsDream surprising depth]]. Every display of emotion he shows is usually called out by Shepard and followed by awkward pauses and Legion saying that they "understand the similarities" or "acknowledge as an appropriate metaphor" but insists that they are not feeling the emotions suggested by Shepard. As these moments become more frequent and common (starting with the [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove "No Data Available"]] line and [[CharacterDevelopment shown much more frequently]] in the third game) it [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial begins to feel more like a façade.]] [[spoiler:A façade that drops in VideoGame/MassEffect3 just before his HeroicSacrifice, in which he refers to himself as "I" for the first time and admits that he's sorry and thankful for Shepard and Tali (presuming you convinced the quarians to make peace)]]. Outside of all of this, he is also shown to have [[UncannyValley awkwardly]] organic body language as a [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] attempt to interact more naturally with organics (when Legion is first reactivated, one of its first actions is to mimic one of Shepard's gestures), bleeds some kind of white liquid, and at one point during the final level of VideoGame/MassEffect2 appears to be ''out of breath''. [[note]]Assuming he's chosen as a tech expert, which is one of the recommended choices, he will seemingly run out of breath while waiting for you to open the valves in the vents. Though this might be due to the reuse of animations from the organics that you can send through that portion.[[/note]]

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Choosing the "Synthesis" ending makes his sacrifice less meaningful (though it probably did make this act possible in the first place); choosing "Destroy" wipes out all synthetics, making it all completely pointless, except for IDieFree.]]
** Not entirely senseless for Synthesis. Legion was able to give all geth self-awareness and true sentience, while the Synthesis ending simply erased the physical line between organic and machine, and allows them to directly interact with the quarians, with that ending curing their compromised immune systems. The Extended Cut ending has a slide that you only see if both the peaceful resolution on Rannoch ''and'' the Synthesis ending are completed, where quarians are all able to walk around unmasked.