Mordin Solus

"Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps."

Mordin Solus is a salarian geneticist, professor, and a former operative of the Special Tasks Group, where he performed reconnaissance and participated in the modification of the genophage. In 2185, he was recruited by Commander Shepard to assist in a high-risk mission against the Collectors.

Solus has a moral character best described as consequentialistic, that is, he believed that the ends justified the means. His morality guides many of his actions. He is also "very smart, fast-talking and surprisingly brutal in his thinking".

His distinguishing physical characteristics are his pale complexion, the dark tattoo on his forehead, his wrinkled skin and his truncated right horn. He also bears two scars, one cross shaped scar on his left cheek and a long scar running from above his left eye to the base of his left horn.

Mordin Solus is voiced by Michael Beattie.

Salarian Scientist

 * Rank 1
 * Health: +6.00%
 * Weapon Damage: +6.00%
 * Shields: +6.00%


 * Rank 2
 * Health: +12.00%
 * Weapon Damage: +12.00%
 * Shields: +12.00%


 * Rank 3
 * Health: +18.00%
 * Weapon Damage: +18.00%
 * Shields: +18.00%


 * Rank 4 Unlocks choice between Salarian Genius or Salarian Savant
 * Salarian Genius: Mordin's technical breakthroughs further increase the strength of his shields.
 * Health: +25.00%
 * Weapon Damage: +18.00%
 * Shields: +25.00%
 * Salarian Savant: Mordin's study of ballistics, physics, and shock trauma increase his weapon damage.
 * Health: +25.00%
 * Weapon Damage: +25.00%
 * Shields: +18.00%

Dossier


Age: 50 (Born 2135)

Mordin Solus is an expert geneticist, doctor, scientist and a former member of the salarian Special Tasks Group. His last mission in the STG before retiring involved the study of the krogan genophage. Originally, Mordin's team was merely studying population growths to see if the genophage was still effective and designing possible pre-emptive strategies should the krogan regain their numbers. The study soon changed when the STG team discovered the krogan were naturally overcoming the genophage. The only option the team could agree upon was to design and implement a new genophage that, as Mordin maintains, would limit reproduction to a viable level for the krogan to survive. Mordin would remember those days fondly, devoting his time to endless scientific research and discovery with people he respected and admired. But by the time the mission was complete, the team had gone their seperate ways. Mordin himself, despite defending his decision as the only option, found the ethical nature of the project disturbing and even turned to religon to ease some of his pain. The differing, sometimes contradictory, nature of religon led him to have a crisis of faith and left his worries unresolved.

Approching the last decade of his life, Mordin devoted his time to building a clinic on Omega, finding it easier to just heal people. He found himself unnaturally suited to life there, as he pulled strings in the STG to have some militay grade mechs defend his clinic. Generally, he found it simplier to deal with problems himself, easily killing any Blue Suns or vorcha attempting to intimidate him. His reputation soon grew and the Blue Suns learned to stay away from him. Even Aria T'Loak would grow to like him for his causal ruthlessness. He only returned to Tuchanka to do follow-up work, ensuring the genophage was effective. Though others could have done it for him, Mordin felt he should see the damage he inflicted, finding it cowardly to simply walk away.

Shepard first meets the fast-talking salarian on Omega, where he is working on a cure for a bioengineered plague affecting the station, which Mordin identifies is of Collector origin. The plague has wiped out much of the Blue Suns forces, who maintained order in the district, allowing the resident vorcha to make a push against them. After the vorcha deactivate environmental systems for the district in which they are located, Mordin gives Shepard a cure for the plague as well as a weapon taken off of a dead Blue Suns mercenary as a "bonus, in good faith" and tasks the commander with reactivating the power to the environmental systems. He also requests that Shepard find Daniel, one of his assistants who entered vorcha territory searching for plague victims but hasn't returned.

Once aboard the Normandy Mordin runs the tech labs, overseeing research projects to improve weapons, armor and abilities using resources collected during the mission. He also has a very good singing voice.

Loyalty: Old Blood
After some discussion with Mordin, Shepard gets a quest to go to Tuchanka and help him look for Maelon, a former student of Mordin's who was presumably captured on the krogan world.

After traveling to Tuchanka, Shepard learns that Maelon is voluntarily helping the krogan develop a cure for the genophage virus. During this mission, Mordin undergoes a crisis of faith upon witnessing the mutilated krogan and human victims of Maelon's attempts at a cure. He reveals that he had attempted to find comfort in various religions, specifically those that deal with reincarnation, after his work on genophage, seeking to assuage the guilt he feels despite believing the virus was necessary. When confronted, Maelon challenges Mordin on the morality of their past work, accusing Mordin of leading him into committing genocide.

Mordin shuts down Maelon's experiments and attempts to kill him. Shepard has the option to prevent or allow this to happen. Mordin then debates what should be done regarding Maelon's genophage research, and Shepard can convince him to destroy it or to save it for a later time. Mordin remarks that the research is far from complete "but better than starting from scratch" and may eventually justify the lives lost from Maelon's research.

Trivia

 * Unlike other team members, Mordin has many different excuses when he does not wish to speak with the player.
 * Before going to Omega, Mordin served in the STG (Salarian Special Tasks Group). He was acquainted with Captain Kirrahe, whom he describes as a good captain, but rather prone to giving speeches. Mordin even quotes his "Hold the line" speech. Mordin himself states that he likes the speeches, but prefers to focus on getting the job done and going home. He may quote the speech if fatally shot during the suicide mission. He also can be heard shouting this during battles.
 * Mordin will give medical advice on inter-species relationships if Shepard chooses to pursue one. If Shepard has chosen a biotic he may suggest means to enhance the experience while avoiding personal injury in the process. He also offers support in the form of booklets, relationship aids, demonstration vids, oils, and ointments. If the player asks if Mordin is joking, the doctor acts insulted, claiming he would never mock doctor-patient confidentiality (before giving a small chuckle).
 * In conversation Mordin reveals an interest in performing Gilbert and Sullivan. He even sings a modified version of "The Major General Song" about himself as a Model Scientist Salarian
 * This may be a reference to Star Trek: Insurrection, where A British Tar is sung by Picard, Worf, and Data.
 * This may also be a reference to Babylon 5, where "The Major General Song" is sung by Marcus.
 * Michael Beattie, the voice actor for the character, had a chorus role in the 1985 TV production of The Pirates of Penzance, which is where the song originates.
 * If the player continually starts a conversation with Mordin throughout the storyline, he will ask if the player is hitting on him.
 * Mordin has a 16 year old nephew that follows in Mordin's footsteps.
 * Sometimes after Shepard shoots an enemy in the head with a sniper rifle, Mordin exclaims, "Headshot...boom" This is likely a reference to "FPS Doug" from Pure Pwnage, a popular internet show.
 * Mordin's design needed to balance the look of a brilliant scientist with that of a combat-ready tech specialist.
 * Mordin claims to have killed people with guns, knives, drugs, tech attacks and even farming equipment, showing his remarkable skill and versatility at killing.
 * Maelon can state that Mordin wrote a paper about the effects of drugs and Reaper indoctrination reducing higher brain functions. Considering the Reapers are considered a myth and are not public knowledge, it is strange he knows and wrote about them, possibly indicating the salarians and/or STG are aware of the Reapers' existence or the indoctrination process.
 * Mordin will cure Garrus and Grunt of the plague if they are brought within the Plagued zone on Omega, commenting on their species anatomy and the specific medications used.
 * Mordin's full name is not given, probably for the sake of convenience as salarian names are extremely long and complicated.
 * While most salarians don't live much beyond 40, Mordin is 50 years old, making him quite rare among his species. However, Mordin has stated that he expects his time left is very short and he wishes to spend it helping others to make up for his past sins.
 * His last name "Solus" appears to be a pun of soulless, in reference to his ruthless actions and crisis of faith. Mordin says it helps him to believe in reincarnation, stating the Salarians have religeous ideals to Hinduism.