Prazza'Sal
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6.8ft |
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White |
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Glowing blue |
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Suit-based medical cybernetics |
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- "Now we're working with Cerberus? Do you remember the Idenna? How could you seriously suggest working with them?"
- — Prazza'Sal to Tali'Zorah during the Raid on Little Rock in 2185 CE.
Platoon Sergeant Prazza'Sal vas Delyser Ku (formerly known as Prazza'Sal nar Idenna) was a Migrant Fleet non-commissioned officer in the MFM, a former member of the 18th Airborne Division and the commander of the 12th Explorer Platoon. Born on the QMFV Idenna into Clan Sal, a clan known for its suit-making, Prazza was raised to follow his clan's profession for suit building from a very early age, but upon returning from his pilgrimage, he chose to join the marines instead, disappointing his father but making his mother proud who knew from the beginning that Prazza was meant for military service given his obsession with the marines as a child. Upon completing his training, Prazza signed up for an air assault course, training to become a paratrooper, and upon completion he was assigned to the 18th Airborne Division, the MFM's dedicated airborne assault forces. Rising to the rank of sergeant, Prazza was given command of Koresh squad of the 6th Battalion and took in Operation Paramount, where his unit assisted the rest of 6th Battalion in quickly mopping up geth forces so the rest of the scientists could be brought in, at which point the operation went off without a hitch, with Prazza's unit relegated to patrols shortly after prior to withdrawing upon success of the operation. Prazza kept in regular contact with his niece, Yalu'Sal, who was fascinated by the military and wanted to join the marines for a military pilgrimage, something Prazza and her parents were against but who the former ultimately supported.
In 2182 CE, Prazza was pulled from the 18th Airborne and assigned to the then-newly formed 1st Exploratory Company, which was purpose-built for the Conclave's New Home program in order to stage survey missions and expeditions to search potential candidate worlds for quarian colonization in the event of the Fleet giving up on retaking Rannoch from the geth. Prazza took command of the 12th Explorer Platoon, and earned the loyalty of his unit over the course of their many, ultimately unsuccessful, survey missions whilst in command of the unit. In late 2183 CE, Tali'Zorah, a recent war hero and daughter of Chief Admiral Rael'Zorah, had recently joined the marines and was given command over Prazza's platoon, although she was largely acting as Prazza's superior officer and not the overall commander of the platoon itself, which still answered to Prazza. Prazza resented this, irritated that he had to take orders from Tali only because she was an admiral's daughter, but understood chain of command and accepted Tali's orders, as did the rest of the platoon. It wasn't until a Cerberus raid on his birth ship, where the 12th was present and helped the crew repel the assault, that Prazza, in grief over the loss of his niece who was killed during the raid and irrationally blaming Tali for allowing it to happen, began to openly disrespect Tali's leadership, viewing her with contempt and bitterness, a view that poisoned the rest of the platoon against her, as they remained loyal to Prazza and thus were more sympathetic to his perspective. This led to Prazza openly questioning and arguing with Tali's commands on the many survey missions that followed, although Tali never reported him due to fears she'd lose what little respect she had left from the platoon, and hoped that with time she'd regain their confidence. For the next year, Prazza's hatred of Tali remained simmering, reaching a breaking point in August 2185 CE during what would prove to be the 12th's last mission as an intact unit.
Following the mysterious abduction of the human colony of Freedom's Progress, the 12th under Prazza was reassigned for pilgrim rescue, as a neurotic young quarian was on the colony for his pilgrimage and the Fleet wanted him extracted following the abduction, fearing for his safety. This proved to be the only time Prazza and Tali openly cooperated, both concerned for the safety of the pilgrim and taking the operation seriously. Upon landing, they found the colony's security mechs hacked and attacking anything that moved, and after regrouping in a nearby building, Prazza went over a plan with Tali to fight through the mechs and extract Veetor, with Prazza suggesting a direct approach while Tali argued for skirting around them, avoiding direct confrontation and unnecessary losses. During this argument, a Cerberus squad investigating the colony arrived and, to Tali's shock, was led by the supposedly dead Commander Shepard. Despite Prazza's objections, Tali agreed to team up with the Cerberus squad to get to Veetor, with Cerberus drawing the mechs away while Tali's squad punched through to their pilgrim. Disgusted by Tali's actions, joining forces with an enemy of their people and the organization who killed his niece, and arguing to his platoon that Tali had allowed her feelings for Shepard to cloud her judgment, Prazza was able to turn the platoon against her, staging a mutiny and ignoring her orders. Leaving a protesting Tali behind, Prazza led his platoon in a straight shot for Veetor's office, hoping to beat Cerberus to the punch and extract Veetor before they could arrive. In his rush to complete his mission and spite Cerberus, Prazza had allowed his hatred to cloud his own judgment, leading his platoon out into an open area with almost no cover. While they cleared out the few mechs there, their lack of reconnaissance caused them to run into a YMIR mech, and without any heavy weapons to deal with it, the platoon was helpless as it began tearing into them. Prazza was the first to fall, his body torn into bloody chunks as the YMIR fired at him point blank with its autocannon, leaving his body so badly mutilated that much of it couldn't be easily identified. Prazza's arrogance and reckless hatred ultimately resulted in getting much of his platoon killed, with only a handful of injured survivors, but despite his insubordination, Tali ensured his body and the bodies of his platoon were recovered and returned to the Fleet for a proper funeral.