Mass Effect

Blasto

Blasto

Blasto is a fictional character within the Mass Effect universe, appearing in 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!”

Biology

  • Hanar codex entry providing biological information on the species. (source)

Combat Feats

  • Wields several guns, one in each tentacle, including the M-920 Cain, which in the actual Mass Effect universe 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. (source) (Advertisement)
  • Guns can be equipped with incendiary ammo. (source) (Blasto 7)
  • Slams a Vorcha’s head repeatedly into a skycar, then kills it with a gunshot. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Comes out of a Vorcha ambush relatively unharmed. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Incinerates a gun-wielding Vorcha standing on flammable material. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Guns down a band of Batarian mercenaries bent on world domination. (source) (Eternity is Forever)
  • Guns down several Krogan shooting at him at close range, wielding four pistols at once; in the actual Mass Effect universe, Krogan have hides impenetrable to all weapons short of molecular blades, though this is fictional. (source) (Eternity is Forever)
  • By wielding a pistol in all eight tentacles, guns down Krogan leaping at him from all directions. (source)
  • Guns down the Krogan scientist Kronus and another bodyguard, then escapes a self-destructing base in less than 90 seconds. (source) (Eternity is Forever)

Off Screen Destruction

  • Blew up half a level of Zakera Ward while killing Vorcha. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Burns down the Vorcha Embassy, likely from incinerating the Vorcha mentioned above. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Destroyed “half of the Citadel” stopping Sovereign and Saren; the Citadel is a massive space station 44.7 km long. (source)

Other Feats

  • Is an Ultra Elite Spectre 7000 Deluxe, with less recoil and faster load time. (source) (Blasto 7)
  • Chases down a Vorcha ambassador’s skycar with his partner’s car. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Sleeps with his partner’s sister. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Quickly realizes his partner’s sister helped set up an ambush, and thus easily locates the Vorcha ambassador. (source) (Blasto 6)
  • Tried to warn the Council about the Reapers. (source) (Blasto 7)
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