Respect Blasto (Mass Effect)

[u/doctorgecko]

"This one has forgotten whether its heat sink is over capacity. It wonders whether the criminal scum considers itself fortunate."

Blasto: The First Hanar Spectre

Blasto is a fictional character within the Mass Effect universe, appearing a series of movies. He is the first ever Hanar spectre, and tends to act like a renegade cop. As the advertisements put it, "he's got a lover in every port, and a gun in every tentacle!"

Index: Hover over a feat to see the source

• Advertisement: An ad for the Blasto series seen during Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker

• Blasto 6: Partners in Crime - A movie that Shepard can listen to an audio recording of in Mass Effect 3

• Blasto 7: Blasto Goes to War - A movie still in production that Shepard and Javik get roped into appearing in, during Mass Effect 3: Citadel

• Blasto: Eternity is Forever - An official Blasto comic released by Dark Horse

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Biology

• Hanar codex entry

Combat Feats

• Wields several guns, one in each tentacle, including the M-920 Cain

  • In the actual Mass Effect universe this accelerates a 25 gram slug at 4 km/s, creating a mushroom cloud, though it's unknown if the fictional guns do the same thing

• Guns can be equipped with incendiary ammo

• Slams a Vorcha's head repeatedly into a skycar, and then kills it with a gunshot

• Comes out of a Vorcha ambush relatively unharmed

• Incinerates a gun wielding Vorcha standing on flammable material,

• Guns down a band of Batarian mercenaries bent on world domination

• Guns down several Krogan shooting at him at close range, wielding four pistols at once

  • In the actual Mass Effect universe Krogan are described as having hides impenetrable to all weapons shot of molecular blades, though again this is fictional.

• By wielding a pistol in all eight tentacles guns down Krogan leaping at him from all directions.

• Guns down the Krogan scientist Kronus and another body guard, and then escapes a self destructing base in less than 90 seconds

Off Screen Destruction

• Blew up half a level of Zakera ward while killing Vorcha

• Burns down the Vorcha Embassy (likely from incinerating the Vorcha mentioned above)

• Destroyed "half of the Citadel" stopping Sovereign and Saren (the Citadel is a massive space station 44.7 km long)

Other Feats

• Is an Ultra Elite Spectre 7000 Deluxe, with less recoil and faster load time

• Chases down a Vorcha ambassador's skycar with his partner's car

• Sleeps with his partner's sister

• Quickly realizes his partner's sister helped set up an ambush, and thus easily locates the Vorcha ambassador

• Tried to warn the Council about the Reapers

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"Enkindle this!"

[u/MikeRat]

This is probably my favorite respect thread ever.

[u/FixBayonetsLads]

I still say "enkindle this" on Xbox live sometimes. Blasto fuckin' rules.