Lord Darius

The self-styled Lord Darius is a human warlord operating in the Plutus system of the Hades Gamma cluster. He appears in the UNC: The Negotiation assignment.

Darius is extremely arrogant and is taking full advantage of his base's position on Nonuel - a secondary source of element zero - to extort from the Alliance. If Commander Shepard is a Renegade, Admiral Hackett sends Shepard to negotiate with Darius.

Darius is clearly insulted by Shepard's presence and starts off on a hostile note, making outrageous demands. At any point in the conversation, Shepard can tire of Darius and start shooting. During the negotiations, Shepard only has the opportunity to object to one of Darius' conditions (including asking that the Alliance provide him with equipment to make red sand). If Shepard objects more than once, Darius will declare the negotiations over and order his men to attack.

If Shepard does make an objection, Darius angrily claims that he is, in fact, an ally of the Alliance. After the batarians began launching attacks in the Skyllian Verge, the Alliance supplied weapons and equipment to him so Darius could counter-attack batarian positions. But now the batarians are gone, the Alliance is reneging on its 'partnership' because of the element zero Darius controls.

By the end of the negotiation, Darius only has one last condition left: he just wants Shepard to say 'please'.

Once the negotiations are complete, during the debriefing with Admiral Hackett, whether Darius survives or not, Shepard will realise that Hackett never intended Darius to survive his encounter with Shepard. Hackett claims Shepard shouldn't be surprised: "did you think you were the only one who did whatever was necessary to get the job done?"