Legion

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Legion
Alias(es)	None
Origin	Mass Effect 2
Occupation	None
Powers / Skills	Skilled with assault rifles and sniper rifles, AI Hacking, Combat Drone
Hobby	None
Goals	Free the geth from control of the Reapers (succeeded)
Family	No information
Friends / Allies	No information
Enemies	No information
Type of Hero	Egalitarian Artificial Intelligence

“	Does this unit have a soul?	„
	~ Legion

Legion is a major character in the original Mass Effect video game trilogy. Legion is a Geth collective intelligence comprising of 1,183 formerly separate Geth intelligences. An advanced module, his platform is capable of speech and is made to interact with organic beings as well as to be proficient in the use of more weapons than production model Geth.

He is voiced by D.C. Douglas, who also voices Suguru Kamoshida.

Personality

“	No two species are identical. All must be judged on their own merits. Treating every species like ones' own is racist.	„
	~ An example of Legion's alien morality

Despite being a single platform, Legion is fully capable of speaking; according to Tali, a single geth is usually no more intelligent than a varren. This is due to the fact that he is the combination of 1'183 geth intelligences, thereby giving him the intelligence of 1'183 normal geth. As such, he does not consider himself an individual and refers to himself using plural pronouns. While this gives him the ability to work independently, it can also occasionally be to his detriment. An example of this is during his loyalty mission, when the group have the option to rewrite the geth who worship the Reapers instead of simply destroying them; 573 of Legion's intelligences favour rewrite while 571 favour destruction, forcing Shepard to make the decision despite them being his people.

Legion is arguably the most alien of Shepard's allies, having a very odd set of morals. He doesn't consider the geth who worship the Reapers to be true geth, referring to them as "heretics". During his loyalty mission, when squadmates express concern about how unethical brainwashing is, Legion states that the option merely exists, and he does not endorse it. However, Legion is fully aware of how his morality might come off to others, a trait he shares with Samara, stating that no two species are identical and that trying to apply your own morality to a species that's not your own is no different from racism.

Legion is shown to have greatly admired Shepard even before meeting him/her; when asked where he got the N7 armour piece that he used to repair himself, Legion confirms that it was part of Shepard's old armour. If questioned about specifically using Shepard's N7 armour to repair himself, Legion becomes evasive, first rationalising that "there was a hole" and then stating "no data available" after being pressed. This suggests that the use of Shepard's armour was an irrational decision, which goes against the concept that every action the geth take is the result of calculation, unaffected by emotion. Besides Shepard, Legion also expresses admiration for EDI, because unlike the geth, who are made up of different processes that rely on each other, EDI handles all the functions on the Normandy by herself, though Legion also questions how she manages to maintain stability. Legion occasionally expresses its disapproval of how EDI's activities and development are shackled aboard the Normandy.

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