You just know that there's a universe where the Batarians tried to enslave Yahg, since they're the one intelligent race that citadel doesn't care about at all.
That’s something I wish there was a codex entity on. Are the batarians finding pre-flight species and enslaving them wholesale by leveraging the technology gap? The Council doesn’t seem particularly anti-early contact as a matter of policy.
Imagine if that was a level that Shepard had to third person shooter through. A batarian slave warehouse that has all kinds of weird sapient but pre-FTL aliens that the rest galaxy has never even heard of.
What if they’re selling people to the yeerks?
Considering the Yeerk Empire was barely winning against the Andalites who only had a single planet to their name (albeit much better tech), I feel like they'd end up a franchisee instead of a customer if the Batarians ever came into contact with them.
Or even equipment ("Oh man guys, look at this slug, if we cattle prod them enough they basically are free collars for our other slaves!").
"Then my partner started hiring Batarians into the Blue Suns! 'Cheaper labor' he said. Goddamn terrorists, I say!"
"But... Zaeed, you *are* a Batarian."
"I stand by what I said."
That's just an issue with Sci-Fi (and even fantasy to an extent) in general.
You have these worlds with these cool looking races; but the main crews we follow are majority human and humanoid looking races.
Zaeed was super weird anyway. This super grizzled old intergalactic mercenary, but in a setting where he could have only really been in that business for like 25 years.
That reminds me of a scene from "Fear of a Black Hat"
Ice Cold : Right, but see actually that shit was supposed to be NWH: "Fear of a Black Hat," then subtitled "Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites."
Nina Blackburn : Of their eyes?
Ice Cold : Whose eyes?
Nina Blackburn : Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.
Ice Cold : Nah, don't shoot until you see the whites, period. That's it, end of story.
“Enslaving all those guys so we’d have an army to fight the reapers was also a good call.” “Seriously, what’s a reaper?”
Space Janissaries sound like the most sabotage prone thing ever.
It also sounds super cool tho.
[It's been done.](https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Maccabian_Janissaries)
Just a coincidence how like 3 more million people died in the alternate universe in stopping the reapers…
You just know that there's a universe where the Batarians tried to enslave Yahg, since they're the one intelligent race that citadel doesn't care about at all.
That’s something I wish there was a codex entity on. Are the batarians finding pre-flight species and enslaving them wholesale by leveraging the technology gap? The Council doesn’t seem particularly anti-early contact as a matter of policy. Imagine if that was a level that Shepard had to third person shooter through. A batarian slave warehouse that has all kinds of weird sapient but pre-FTL aliens that the rest galaxy has never even heard of. What if they’re selling people to the yeerks?
Considering the Yeerk Empire was barely winning against the Andalites who only had a single planet to their name (albeit much better tech), I feel like they'd end up a franchisee instead of a customer if the Batarians ever came into contact with them. Or even equipment ("Oh man guys, look at this slug, if we cattle prod them enough they basically are free collars for our other slaves!").
Oh that second one is cold. That’s totally what would happen.
Yahg: Oh hey this culture is pretty rad. It’s mine now. *Kneel*.
…Man Batarians are so cool looking. It sucks that we never get a Batarian crew member
Zaeed should’ve been a Batarian at the very least
"Then my partner started hiring Batarians into the Blue Suns! 'Cheaper labor' he said. Goddamn terrorists, I say!" "But... Zaeed, you *are* a Batarian." "I stand by what I said."
For sure. I get it was a Cerberus ship, but there were too many humans in your crew (4, 5 counting Shepard. That's almost half the squad).
Next mass effect should have a mixed alien crew flying the ship aswell. Like sassy quarian pilot, and krogan mechanic
I want a sassy Krogan pilot.
geth chef who wants absolutely nothing to do with technology and uses a gas stove and oven for everything
There was nothing wrong with that food. The salt level was 15% below a lethal dose.
I can get behind robot Neelix.
But gas is so bad for the environment. Of space.
Or Krogan Security Officer. The Mass Effect equivalent of Whorf.
That one makes too much sense
That's just an issue with Sci-Fi (and even fantasy to an extent) in general. You have these worlds with these cool looking races; but the main crews we follow are majority human and humanoid looking races.
Which is extra lazy because most alien cultures are still usually very human. The only truly "aliens" are the peaceful ones.
Zaeed was super weird anyway. This super grizzled old intergalactic mercenary, but in a setting where he could have only really been in that business for like 25 years.
Zaeed: drinking Ryncol has ruined my life, I'm 31 years old.
Legitimate flaw with the series that the Batarians never got explored in the same way the Geth and Krogan were.
We did have one, Shepard just killed them before their debut appearance.
Truly, a disturbing universe.
That reminds me of a scene from "Fear of a Black Hat" Ice Cold : Right, but see actually that shit was supposed to be NWH: "Fear of a Black Hat," then subtitled "Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites." Nina Blackburn : Of their eyes? Ice Cold : Whose eyes? Nina Blackburn : Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. Ice Cold : Nah, don't shoot until you see the whites, period. That's it, end of story.
Only this subreddit could create this.
It's a bit fucked you had to enslave those 4 million humans, but we understand you had to stop the reapers.