Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib



Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib is one of the members of the quarian Admiralty Board.

Zaal'Koris is voiced by Martin Jarvis.

Zaal'Koris firmly opposes the idea of reclaiming the quarian homeworld, believing that the geth, being sentient, have as much right to live as the quarians, and advocates for the colonization of a new world instead. This has resulted in him being branded as a geth sympathizer. He is shown to be distrustful towards Rael'Zorah and his daughter, Tali. But Zaal'Koris later admits that he never resented Tali, he only thought her father's aim for war against the geth was wrong.

His home vessel is the Qwib-Qwib. If Shepard asks about the name of the ship despite Tali's warnings not to, Zaal'Koris haughtily explains that some of the ships in the Migrant Fleet are previously owned vessels from other cultures and that changing their registry information is not always possible. However, he is proud of the Qwib-Qwib and refuses to change ships because of petty teasing.

During Tali's hearing, Zaal'Koris will initially object to Commander Shepard's defense of Tali, saying that "a human has no business in such sensitive military matters". Shala'Raan will remind him that since he declared Tali crew of the Normandy, Shepard has the right to defend her. If Shepard brings Legion to Tali's trial, Koris will raise a different objection, demanding that quarian security remove the geth from the courtroom and accusing Tali of attempting to intimidate the admirals. Shala will then remind Koris that the captain of the Rayya, the ship on which the trial is taking place, permitted Legion on board and that Koris does not have the right to override a ship's captain on such a matter. In either situation, Zaal'Koris will withdraw his objection.

Trivia

 * Martin Jarvis provides the voice for Avernus in the Warden's Keep DLC of Dragon Age: Origins, another Bioware Game.
 * Later in the conversation, Zaal'Koris says that not all quarians can serve aboard ships with great names such as the Defrahnz or Iktomi. However, according to quarian naming conventions, these ship names would be even more embarrassing to an English speaker - his name would be Zaal'Koris vas Defrahnz or Zaal'Koris vas Iktomi.
 * While "Qwib Qwib" might seem just like a joke, it is most likely a reference to Fred Saberhagen's "Berserker" series of novels and short stories, which describe an endless war against giant intelligent mechanical space machines on a mission to destroy all life. The short story Itself Surprised by Roger Zelazny introduces the Qwib-Qwib (short for Qwibbian-Qwibbian-Kel), an AI-controlled spacebound weapons platform designed to destroy the titular Berserkers by the Red Race, the supposed target that the Berserkers were sent against by their original creator.