Elanos Haliat

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Elanos Haliat was a pirate and prominent figure in the Terminus Systems. Haliat was once the most powerful leader of the Terminus pirate bands, and planned a huge assault on the Alliance to increase his prestige. With the support of batarian funding, Haliat rallied the inhabitants of the Terminus Systems and attacked Elysium, an assault later known as the Skyllian Blitz.

Haliat's plans came to nothing as the Alliance repelled the Blitz and decimated the pirate ships from orbit. The Terminus pirates blamed Haliat for the Blitz's failure, and he lost his position as their leader. He retreated to a remote world in disgrace.

Elanos Haliat is voiced by Gary Anthony Williams.

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Haliat saw a chance to regain his prestige when he found an Alliance espionage probe left over from the First Contact War. These probes carried heavy nuclear payloads; he knew the Alliance would send someone to recover it, so he used the probe as bait. Haliat activated the probe's homing beacon and hid it in a mine on Agebinium.

Just as Haliat hoped, the Alliance sent Commander Shepard to retrieve the probe. Wanting the prestige of killing the first human Spectre, Haliat waited until Shepard was inside the mine, then detonated a seismic charge and trapped Shepard's team inside. Haliat then appeared over a hologram to taunt Shepard (or if Shepard is a War Hero, blame the commander for Haliat's disgrace) and activated the probe's nuclear payload with a ten-second countdown.

Haliat then stole Shepard's Mako and brought it to his camp, only to be surprised by Shepard's team, who had deactivated the nuke and escaped the mine. Haliat and his followers attempted to kill Shepard, but were themselves killed in the firefight.

[edit] Trivia

• Though intended to be a turian, Elanos Haliat was accidentally given a human model in the game itself. His actual species is only hinted at by his "turian-esque" name, the distinctive turian sound processing applied to his dialogue, and his referring to humanity as "[Shepard's] kind".
• His name suggests a connection to the Haliat Armory or Elanus Risk Control Services, though this is not elaborated on in the game.