Cerberus Headquarters

Location from Mass Effect by BioWare

The shadow capital of the Illusive Man's operation — Cronos Station, orbiting a star, where the most dangerous research in human space happens without Council oversight.

Cerberus operates with the organizational structure of a government and the accountability of a criminal syndicate. The Illusive Man runs it from Cronos Station with multiple redundant command structures, so that no single Alliance or Council strike can decapitate the organization. Research is distributed across facilities — Pragia, Horizon, various hidden stations — with the most sensitive work closest to headquarters. Cerberus considers itself humanity's salvation. The Council considers it a terrorist organization. Both have evidence supporting their position.

Appearance

Cronos Station orbits a star with the same clinical efficiency as everything Cerberus does — functional, militarized, designed for work rather than habitation. The Illusive Man's office is the exception: a carefully staged environment with a perfect view of the star below, designed to communicate that the person seated here is above the ordinary concerns of civilization.

Also known as: Cerberus HQ, Cronos Station, Cerberus Headquarters

What They Know

• Cronos Station orbits a star in the Hourglass Nebula; its location was classified even within Cerberus until ME3
• The Illusive Man runs daily operations from here; his office is designed around a view of the star below and a desk that exists slightly above the sightline of whoever he's talking to
• All Cerberus research feeds upward to this station eventually; the most sensitive projects — including Project Lazarus — were directed from here
• After Shepard's assault in ME3, the station becomes the final confrontation point between Shepard and the Illusive Man

Connections

• home_of — the_illusive_man
• contains — the_illusive_man

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