Arcelia Silva Martinez is a human colonist at Zhu's Hope, on Feros. Originally a "rent-a-cop" for ExoGeni Corporation, she was hired to "keep kids from writing graffiti on the walls".
After the geth attack, Arcelia took shelter at Zhu's Hope, having possibly scouted the Prothean Skyway. She spends most of her time talking with Fai Dan. Though she can give an idea of the tactical situation—at least one dropship at ExoGeni Headquarters and Geth Armatures on the Skyway—Arcelia remains very negative and hostile when Commander Shepard arrives, claiming the Commander's heroics do not impress her. She feels neglected because government organizations pledged to keep colonists like her safe, though they only sent one ship for the rescue effort and their supposed savior is more interested in the geth than the people. If Shepard comments on the strange behaviour of the colonists at Zhu's Hope, Arcelia snaps that they are civilians, who were never trained to deal with the horrors of war.
Arcelia has been infected with Thorian spores and, like the other colonists, fights to defend the Borealis when Shepard returns from ExoGeni Headquarters. She initially lies in wait at the colony entrance barricades along with some colonists and Hollis Blake.
If she survived the attack on the freighter, Arcelia apologises for her behaviour; she tried to fight against the Thorian's control, but any thought of her own was excruciating. She's more optimistic this time if most colonists also survived, relishing in the challenge to rebuild the colony. Alternatively, if the colony became nonviable she laments the wasted effort and mulls going back to working security around Jump Zero, supposing that she should be lucky to get away with her life.
Trivia[]
- Arcelia is voiced by Wendy Braun, who also voices Gianna Parasini.