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Charles Saracino
Charles Saracino is voiced by Gary Anthony Williams.
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Mass Effect
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Saracino is taking part in a Terra Firma protest to mark Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First Contact War. Like most members of Terra Firma, Saracino believes that Earth must stand firm against alien influences, "politically, socially, and in the worst case, militarily". He cites Shanxi as an episode humanity should never forget when dealing with alien races. If Urdnot Wrex, Garrus Vakarian, or Liara T'Soni are in the party without any other human squadmates present, one of them ends up arguing with Saracino and Shepard must intervene.
While Saracino is seeking one of the "spacer" seats in the Alliance parliament at Arcturus Station, he ran into problems because of the conditions involved: for a citizen to be able to vote for a "spacer" candidate, the citizen must spend more than six months a year in space, but not stay in any settled system for more than a month. However, Shepard fits the bill, hence Saracino asks if the Commander would be interested in voting for him.
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Mass Effect: AscensionEdit
During the events of Mass Effect: Ascension, it is revealed that Saracino became leader of the Terra Firma party after his chief rival, Claude Menneau, was assassinated by Cerberus. The Illusive Man believed that Saracino would be easier to influence than Menneau.
TriviaEdit
- News reports cut from the final version of Mass Effect 2 reveal how Shepard's treatment of his candidacy was originally intended to have affected his career. A report that would have played if Shepard endorsed his candidacy features Saracino being quoted as being pleased that Terra Firma gained seats in a recent parliamentary election and promising continuing pro-human changes. If Shepard refused to endorse him a report would have played stating that Saracino has been charged with, and pled guilty to, tax evasion, and is currently awaiting sentencing. As the content was cut, it is not considered canon. [1]
