| “ | There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own, you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am Sovereign! | „ |
| ~ Sovereign introducing itself to Commander Shepard. |
| “ | We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it - and you will end because we demand it. | „ |
| ~ Sovereign to Shepard and his Squadmates regarding his objective. |
Sovereign, first known as Nazara to the Geth, is the secondary antagonist of Mass Effect Trilogy.
It is the capital ship of the Reapers.
It is voiced by Peter Jessop, who also voiced Tharok in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, Miraak in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and Steppenwolf in Justice League Action.
Role[]
Sovereign is a member of an ancient race of sentient starships called the Reapers, who assimilate all advanced organic life in the galaxy every 50,000 years. Worshipped as a god by the Geth Heretics (which it finds insulting, yet allows to continue to use the Geth as tools) It indoctrinates Saren Arterius and Matriarch Benezia, using them to find "The Conduit", a proto Mass Relay developed by the Protheans which directly accesses the Citadel. The Citadel is in fact an enormous Mass Relay which the Reapers use to enter the Galaxy from dark space, which the Protheans sabotaged in an attempt to prevent the Reaper's return. Sovereign's plan is to have Saren use the Conduit to infiltrate the Citadel and activate the Mass Relay, allowing the Reapers to enter the galaxy and begin their mass harvesting of organic life.
Being approximately two kilometres in size, Sovereign is not directly fought as a boss in the game, but is fought indirectly at the end, where it assumes direct control over Saren's corpse during the final battle, right after which it is destroyed by the SSV Normandy and the Alliance fleet while trying to finish activating the Citadel relay.
Quotes[]
| “ | Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh. You touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding. | „ |
| ~ Sovereign to Shepard and his Squadmates believing he's a VI interface. |
| “ | Shepard: Sovereign isn't just some Reaper ship Saren found, it's an actual Reaper. Sovereign: Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they choose to call us is irrelevant. We simply are. Squadmate: The Protheans vanished 50,000 years ago. You couldn't have been there. It's impossible! Sovereign: Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal. The pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything. |
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| ~ Sovereign explains the Reapers' immortality and might. |
| “ | Shepard: There is an entire galaxy of races united and ready to face you. Sovereign: Confidence born of ignorance. The cycle cannot be broken. Squadmate: Cycle? What cycle? Sovereign: The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. They did not create the Citadel. They did not forge the mass relays. They merely found them, the legacy of my kind. Shepard: You built them? Sovereign: Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays, our technology. By using it, your society develops along the paths we desire. Sovereign: We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it. Squadmate: They're harvesting us! Letting us advance to the level they need, then wiping us out! Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves? Resources? Sovereign: My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot even grasp the nature of our existence. |
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| ~ Sovereign explains the nature of Reapers and their superiority over organics. |
| “ | Shepard: Where did you come from? Who built you? Sovereign: We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure. Shepard: Where are the rest of the Reapers? Are you the last of your kind? Sovereign: We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom. Shepard: You're not even alive. Not really. You're just a machine. And machines can be broken! Sovereign: Your words are as empty as your future. I am the vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over. |
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| ~ Sovereign's last conversation with Shepard. |
| “ | I am Sovereign, and this station is MINE! | „ |
| ~ Sovereign speaking through Saren's corpse during its final battle against Shepard. |
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