Outside of the trilogy, Liara appears as the protagonist in the Mass Effect: Redemption series, and the fourth issue of Mass Effect: Homeworlds, a comic series with individual issues on each of several Mass Effect 3 squad mates prior to the Reaper invasion. Liara is voiced by Ali Hillis in the video games. Within the series, Liara is noted for being the galactic scientific community's foremost expert in the field of Prothean archaeology and technology, specifically evidence concerning the demise of the ancient Protheans, believed by the galactic community to be the pre-eminent civilization in the Milky Way galaxy until their sudden disappearance fifty thousands years before the events of the first Mass Effect. She is an asari, a female-appearing species from the planet Thessia who are naturally inclined towards biotics, the ability to 'manipulate dark energy and create mass effect fields through the use of electrical impulses from the brain'. Liara T'Soni is a fictional character in BioWare's Mass Effect franchise, who serves as a party member (or 'squadmate') in the original Mass Effect trilogy. Jamie Marchi ( Mass Effect: Paragon Lost)ĭr.