MASS EFFECT - 10 Turian Facts You May Not Know (Mass Effect Lore)

[@daryljohn1934]

As they say "If you want to win a batlle call the Krogans, if you want to win a war call the Turians"

[@Kirhean]

And if you need to kill a Reaper call Commander Shepard.

[@noisemarine561]

Daryl John And if you wanna cure cancer call Mordin.

[@nightreaver9749]

Daryl John if you want to win through cowardice call the Turians and Salarians.

[@Outkast-sv9es]

And if you want those guns calibrated,call Garrus.

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

And if you want to know about a particular hole repaired using old N7 armor, don't call Legion, he has no data available.

[@quitmarck]

Misleading that you say their shell is made of metal when it's actually made of chitin, calcium carbonate and traces of thullium

[@MrFrelix92]

Shruk Pls but calcium is a metal

[@quitmarck]

MrFrelix92 calcium CARBONATE. Which is a salt.

[@MrFrelix92]

Shruk Pls My fault you're right. I think there was a misunderstanding with the use of metal. He should have said metallic exo. which doesn't have to include metal

[@roshankredemption2510]

Ah sorry for the error - you're right that what I said was a bit misleading. "Metallic" would have been a better choice of word. I appreciate you pointing it out!

[@quitmarck]

Roshank Redemption np, Just pointing it out. Didnt mean to insult you if I did.

[@CrescentGuard]

It's worth noting that not all of the facial markings are colonial. For example, Garrus and Vetra are both from Palaven, yet they still have markings. It's more that certain patterns are associated with certain colonies. Think of it like tattoos: some tattoos are involved with specific gangs and gang culture, and others just look nice.

[@SpaceRaptor510]

Could also be the regions on palaven. Like how there is a difference between china and the UK

[@biobeckerrr]

Come to Turian side of the Force. We have Garrus!

[@syntaxterror9479]

So is every asari with those facial markings the offspring of a Turian/asari parentage?

[@NakedSnake1836]

When it comes to Garrus, he's one of my most used squadmate in the Mass Effect Trilogy, followed by Liara T'Soni and Tali'Zorah vas Normandy that my Commander Shepard would consider him as a brother more than a friend.

[@whatthehellisayoutube6010]

My squad has always been Wrex and Garrus.

[@pavelmazdra6380]

female turian - Nireen can be seen in ME2 lair of the shadow broker dlc, in vid on ship.

[@roshankredemption2510]

Really? I was not aware of that. Sorry about that!

[@pavelmazdra6380]

i do not criticize you, it's just that nobody writes about it. :) otherwise great video man keep at the good work.

[@championastartes]

Roshank Redemption also there was a female turian assassin in ME2 multiplayer, they use unique weapons consisting of poison/venom, these tools consist of gauntlets that are capable of firing armor piercing darts and energy claws that carry their poison/venom along it's edges

[@NViaan]

is there any vid of this?

[@Ariana321]

ME2 didn't have multiplayer, Clem. Although I suspect that was a typo :P

[@derrickhaggard7053]

My two most favorite Turians are Garrus and Vetra.

[@roshankredemption2510]

I would throw Nyreen in there too - but yeah, Garrus and Vetra are great! :)

[@overlordmactire]

SPOILER did anyone else notice the kandros name before he said anything

[@championastartes]

Derrick Haggard obviously... their the only ones who follow you around and are willing to romance you even if your the same sex as them, but yes agree, their badass

[@RbkARI]

Clem MaleShep can't romance Garrus, what are you talking about?

[@TheMaitoPulla]

Robert Ivan But *you* can. You just need to be femshep, but nonetheless you have the possibility

[@poogmaster1]

Could the turians being dextroamino be another Roman reference since Romans thought that right was good whereas left was evil?

[@peaceraybob]

Or it could simply be that what ever idiot made that distinction didn't understand how amino acids work. We eat both levo and dextro types every day, we just don't get the full nutrition value from one compared to the other. That's it.

[@rayclay3249]

@@peaceraybob When you claim something, it's best to attach some sources and examples to back up those claims. I'm not saying that you're wrong or right because I'm the worst at chemistry in school and can't verify what you said to be wrong or right, just that if you're gonna be aggressive in saying something (calling the one who came up with the lore to be an idiot), it's best to provide some evidence to back up those claims because otherwise you're just being an ass, just saying.

[@KaitoGillscale]

I wish there was a way we could play as Turians outside of Multiplayer. They did pretty great with The Old Republic, so maybe we could get a Mass Effect MMO some day. Humans would e the jack of all trades, salarian scientists, Turian soldier, quarian engineer, krogan barbarian, Geth infiltrator/assassin, Asari mage, and so on. After ME3 or Andromeda we'd have the perfect opportunity to set the game. A new frontier to rebuild or grow anew. What's not to love!?

[@zBMatt]

their facial animations are also good XD

[@roshankredemption2510]

Well, relatively good ... :P

[@Exodus-sh5mq]

Matthew Butler he...

[@organicketchup5171]

Such a great design. I miss discovering these games. Lots of good, exciting times with the second game in particular.

[@nalefelix7596]

a great video! please do a video on the krogan!

[@roshankredemption2510]

Thanks! Definitely plan on doing one at some point :)

[@yokiryuchan7655]

Deciding which squadmate to come with me and Garrus on missions was always hard.

[@LoreleiStClair]

"Turian Military" Redundant.

[@aseroxd]

Somehow it made me think of this conversation from Star Trek DS9: GARAK: I can't believe that I'm having lunch with a man who thinks The Never-Ending Sacrifice is dull. BASHIR: I just thought the story got a little redundant after a while. I mean the author's supposed to be chronicling seven generations of a single family, but he tells the same story over and over again. All of his characters lead selfless lives of duty to the state, grow old and die. Then the next generation comes along and does it all over again. GARAK: But that's exactly the point, Doctor. The repetitive epic is the most elegant form of Cardassian literature, and The Never-Ending Sacrifice is it's greatest achievement. BASHIR: None of his characters ever really come alive, and there's more to life than duty to the state. GARAK: A typical Federation viewpoint if ever I heard one.

[@Ariana321]

7:32 Talking about their discipline while the video clip shows that their gunners *clearly* are just eyeballing it! Majority of their shots are going horribly wide and probably hitting Palaven in the background!

[@cornibusette]

Wow, I thought I knew a lot about turians but you managed to teach a few new facts thanks!

[@shtyepaancz9642]

I greatly enjoy these types of your videos. They are a real joy to watch. :) Could you sometime in the future please do 10 Northern Kingdoms/Nilfgaard Witcher facts?

[@roshankredemption2510]

Thanks! At some point in the future I will definitely try to cover that. Need to get back to Witcher content. I have a couple of quick videos regarding my thoughts on Andromeda that I wanted to get out of the way, then get back to normal content (ie Elder Scrolls, Witcher, Cybperunk, and still a bit of mass effect mixed in). Thanks, and feel free to keep sharing your thoughts! :)

[@shtyepaancz9642]

Thanks. I actually have an interesting fact for you. :) One thing that was always puzzling me when I read/played the Witcher was the complete cultural mish-mash in the Nordling names. I mean you could have Vladimir, Fabio, Ragnar and Franklin actually living in the same village. But after a bit of searching, I found this really old Czech interview with A. Sapkowski (mdia0128.www3.50megs.com/Sapek/iview01.htm#s) where he said that it is, because in his original idea the world of the Witcher was post catastrophic (other races were mutants) and remaining human population had only vague memory of their past and languages. And because of that he mixes the Slavic, Nordic or German name origin. Personally I don’t like it. I would prefer for the Northern Kingdoms to be more homogenous. Like for example only Slavic because in that case they would be a realistic nation akin to Nilfgaard than that cultural mess.

[@thejackofalldans786]

my question is, if a Turian and Human sleep together, can they have a viable embryo? and can Turians or for that fact any of the other races other than asari mate with other races and have offspring?

[@EggEnjoyer]

Daniel Luevano No. Only the Asari have this ability.

[@Kirhean]

And even then, they don't utilize their mates' genetics in any real way. Asari offspring are Asari.

[@Bentastic197]

They could if they did some genetic work, but it is illegal to do so in council space

[@Nyghtking]

@@Kirhean Thats not entirely true, the offspring of an asari will always be an asari but the child will have combined genetic traits depending on who the assari's mate was, which is why asari don't really mate with each other because there is nothing gained for the offspring by doing so.

[@La-PetitMort]

I feel like Batarians are closest to humans out of all the races so maybe batarians but anything other than mating with an asari would be an abomination.

[@Tarik360]

"Boot camp starts at the age of 15" Good heavens, I designed a country on nationstates that worked the same before I knew this!

[@someguynamedjo]

Thank you for this. This was a great video. keep it up with the Mass Effect videos

[@loC2ol]

Love your videos bro! Especially Mass Effect Lore! And Elder Scrolls!

[@FlowerKnight2]

Great video! I had always wondered about their facial markings.

[@saltyman1024]

Anyone else notice Revan just having a drink with Saren in the background? 4:00 of the video, the bar picture

[@Kastrenzo74]

Im kind of hoping thast the Andromeda squadmates, don't become walking infohubs like Tali and Garrus were.

[@NoFunney]

Bring Cora + Vetra for war-banter

[@Pintroll300]

I found that Liam+Vetra typically fight, Drack+Vetra are almost like an old man talking to his daughter, while jaal+vetra is like a visit to a psychatrist. I haven't really heard anything when i had cora or peebee with vetra though, not sure why.

[@surthysnoberius7267]

It's Species, not races, even Bioware do it wrong, but it's not a reason. Secondly, Human food may or may not be toxic to turians, depends on each ingredients, as for some AA, both forms are edible by humans (thoug with different tastes/uses), I guess it's the same for turians.

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Prowess? I don't know about that, the Turians have the numbers (they have mandatory military service - so if you aren't infirm and are a Turian it's likely that you've spent time in the military!) and the disciplin (they never break rank!) to wage war, but they also have things working against them, like: Tactical inflexibility (people who don't do stuff by "the book" and don't follow conventional doctrine, even if it would save the lives of a lot of soldiers, are shunned (!)) Neither are they the greatest soldiers pound for pound - in one on one they are matched by humans and easily surpassed by the Asari (despite being better at war alltogether compared to the Asari) and the Krogan blow everybody else out of the water entirely (at least 1 on 1 - especially if you meet a Krogan Battlemaster (a biotic Krogan!) like Wrex (who is also damned experience because he's fucking OLD and has seen much in his time so far!)!

[@fountainchristain]

DreamingFlurry I think they would beat a human 1 on 1 because of the fact they train so much longer and it would be harder to have a human match that same level of training pound for pound plus the huge amount of ships they have over everyone else means they would be the best pound for pound

[@fishworshipper]

With guns who can beat who one-one-one is irrelevant. I think a Turian would be able to beat a human in hand-to-hand combat though, because of three words: chitinous metallic plates.

[@Bentastic197]

I think that humans and turians are on par with each other with a slight advantage because of the spikes on their bodies. It all comes down to the individual. (Talking about a human marine vs and turian marine)

[@kazuki199407]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND MASS EFFECT YOU HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER

[@Fazelcp]

A great video, very, very interesting. Thank you for all the informations ^^

[@roshankredemption2510]

Thank you so much! :)

[@loganmartin2794]

"In the course of these conflicts, one race has distinguished itself as a military superpower" FOR THE EMPEROR! Wait, wrong one.

[@peaceraybob]

When pointing out how powerful the Turien fleet is, perhaps you should note that this is legally mandated by the Citadel Council? In a move with faint echoes of the Washington Naval Treaties, the Turiens get more Dreadnoughts than everyone else in a rising ratio. Humanity, as a result, had to decommission (or convert) any Dreadnoughts they had in excess to the allowed number. Another good reason not to walk into the trap that is the Citadel.

[@Squiggles01]

The FCW was started because the Turian ships didn't have the brain power to warn the unknown ships to back away from the MR. But they just decided "Fuck it! Lets just blast them!" And then got into a war that saw both races were pushing each other shit in so far they were gagging on it.

[@92000]

Interesting fact about biology: Turians are viviparous. (some people think that they lay eggs like salarians or krogans but they don't). Turian females are giving birth like humans, asari or quarians.

[@aragottix7322]

Both my favorite races of the Mass Effect universe are dextro ^^ Coincidence?

[@albertschoise8091]

Aragottix yes

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

I thought the Turians were inspired from Starship Troopers?

[@AgentDearestZ]

These facial animations give me life.

[@SoapChill]

I EFFIN LOVE TURIANS. Bad ass mo fo's

[@dontmindme.justaguy]

My question is, how do they mate? Ya know, for purposes relating to a person with a name similar to Petra Xyn.

[@user-ps4mw5om4j]

Turians are Romans. Humans are Americans. Krogan are Russians? Asari are Europeans? Arabs are Quarians *wink*

[@jerec1267]

F.u.c.k Allah tali = Mia khalifa confirmed

[@TheMaitoPulla]

Jerec 12 no pls I like Tali

[@Dekarowski25]

F.u.c.k Allah quarians are gypsies

[@Solaxe]

If anything Asari are Greek or other ancient nations (since Thessia is divided into city-states) but all cultures are NOT based on human ones. They're unique

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

F.u.c.k Allah I thought the Quarians were Russians and the Geth were the Cossacks, except the Geth beat their masters.

[@rinconusmc]

Turians after Humans clap back at shanxi: "Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Shanxi. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"

[@thegamingzilla6269]

I think thst the turians look similar to the elites from halo

[@regularoverlord3113]

Thegamingzilla I thought the same thing the whole series!

[@mackblack4843]

Make a video about humanity in the mass effect universe

[@roshankredemption2510]

At some point, I will definitely try to!

[@SophieM-it1zn]

Oh but humans are boring ;)

[@212th]

Do a video on the Batarians

[@MartinLaforce]

Imagine getting pulled over by one of them

[@BrightWulph]

I remember someone saying that Turians can eat human food, but they don't get any nutritional value out of it or something. Can't remember where I read it though. :-/

[@EggEnjoyer]

sailorcybertron It depends. Some food is deadly and some food just doesn't give them nutrional value.

[@BrightWulph]

Yeah, like I said it was a conversation thread I read somewhere online. I only remember the part about the food, not much else.

[@Dragonsphinx]

I heard that too, but I’m not 100% whether the reaction depends on the kind of food being eaten (like that some foods are toxic and some not) or the individual (whether they have an allergic reaction or not). Like how some humans will have a deadly anaphylactic shock from eating peanuts, others might feel unwell but not die, and some people can eat as many peanuts as they want. I always thought it was the latter: that depending on the Turian, they might die from eating Levo-food, or they might get sick but not die, or they might not react at all but wouldn’t get any nutritional benefit from it.

[@BrightWulph]

@@Dragonsphinx Yeah, I always assumed it was a "some are more suspetable to allergic reactions than others." But since there's very little solid lore on what kind of reactions, there's only speculation.

[@redboron123]

dextro means a right coiled helix, levo means left coiled helix

[@우찬호]

A bit lacking to say the Turians are based on Rome. Yes, true. But almost every race has a streak of Roman Identity woven into it. Latin phrases are all over the place, to begin with, along with Rome-inspired designs in Cerberus, Asari, Human.. what have you. Quarians and Turians both have a dedicated culture of military families with venerated names and often become state leaders - Roman Nobiles and Mos Maiorum. Quarians, Turians, and Humans have varying forms of government, but all have a pretty strong military tradition that serves as a foundation of their civics. Latin military phrases are a key indicator in this regard. The Asari are seen as founding peoples whose technological superiority gave them an edge in various regards, and were inherently compatible in cultural consummation with almost any other species. As a species of natural integration and cosmopolitan fusion they were more Roman than any other species in that regard. You will often notice that recruitment for Humans always get the most from dispossessed men and women from colonies and poverty, rather than more middle class citizens harnessing an age long tradition of service like say, the Quarians and Turians. In that regard it resembles the Marian reforms. Protheans are more Roman in the way that they facilitated an imperial infrastructure wherein species could join to eventually call themselves "Prothean", and they were ruthless in their conquest and domination of the galaxy. It's upon their relics that a technological renaissance was achieved for almost every council species, and was thus the classic, founding empire whose legacies provided the platform for all those to come. In that regard, they were more Roman than any species in the ME universe. Their motive, however, was somewhat Spartan. Integrating the Protheans and the contemporary ME universe can result in a political spectrum, the Protheans marking a heavily centralized and uniform system of hegemonic empire, and the c. ME universe showing a period of decentralization, rediscovery, re-expansion, and developments into various less centralized and more locally autonomous forms of rule, it can roughly be considered a period of Republican rule, as seen by the citadel council. I could go on, but I think it is best to say that "Like many other aspects of certain species, or the ME universe as a whole, classical references inspired the Turian race in the following ways.. "

[@bradmunro7732]

Dam i need to have a new play thought of mass effect :)

[@blivion7203]

2:06 Well, today is November 11th, so...

[@ateeshJ]

Then why do Sid and Vetra have different facial tattoos?

[@Itzcozamahlotl]

any reason why vetra and sid have different markings?

[@yoan2098]

0:25 where is that cutscenes ? I dont remember seeing them.

[@TealJosh]

Monsters from Omega dlc, I recommend playing it. It's the second most fun dlc in ME3. Best is of course Citadel DLC

[@michaelkaiser4293]

What were those blue reaper like things at 0:24

[@TealJosh]

Monsters from Omega dlc, I recommend playing it. It's the second most fun dlc in ME3. Best is of course Citadel DLC

[@perennialshelf1832]

War, war never changes.

[@roshankredemption2510]

Oh boy does that take me back ...

[@Tanblch]

Okay. Turian Space Marine that prayng for Machine god

[@cryfasytighega5074]

As a member of the high order of the Inquisition. I'll allow it. For now.

[@Deadless906]

Can turians take off the exoskeleton

[@riftshredder5438]

Ok but what is the lifespan of the turrians? Do they live as long as humans or can they live longer?

[@Dragonsphinx]

Turians have a lifespan comparable to a human’s.

[@Charok1]

So Turians had a "Red vs Blue" war, hahaha

[@quillanjacobson1478]

2nd strongest, the humans beat their asses

[@StromTropper09]

I would say they are more like Prussia

[@bernholtz1]

Turian society is not only inspired by the Roman society it was also inspired by a book by the name of starship troopers

[@RealEnerjak]

So, even in the Mass Effect universe, Atheists like me would still be hated. By everyone. Big fat fucking Surprise.

[@more0336]

Lol so nothing like romans.

[@retroicdescent]

MORENO MAN I would say very loosely inspired by the Romans.

[@dankmeme7967]

only their culture and government things are Roman based

[@roshankredemption2510]

Yeah, I think perhaps they originally intended for them to be more inspired by the Romans, but they kinda evolved into something completely different, haha.

[@flurrythesamoyed219]

first like

[@roshankredemption2510]

Thank you! :)

[@Kat1kafka]

I know this video has nothing to do with it but I just wanna say mass effect andromeda sucks

[@SaberKingofKnights1]

no it doesn't to me i like it so keep your opinion to yourself

[@iona2225]

Use some of your own advice, and keep YOUR opinion to yourself. That game is crap. What does that say about you? Also, you know this is the COMMENT section right? People can talk about fried-banana twinkis if they wanted, it isnt a 'Make a constructive COMMENT' section.

[@Swodah]

the combat is way better than the anything foudn in the trilogy, the story is at worst decent, at best good. i'd say choices seem to make less of an impact, so far. animation, well no defense there, characters are mostly butt ugly and buggy as hell, though they seem to be fixing it. at least they didn't add day one dlc this time around and instead fixed bugs found by the people with origin access. i like it, but it needs a few fixes.

[@SaberKingofKnights1]

what does that say about me wtf are you on about this video isn't even about andromeda go complain elsewhere...

[@Swodah]

Saber King of Knights i was mostly backing you up :(

[@someguynamedjo]

Thank you for this. This was a great video. keep it up with the Mass Effect videos

[@roshankredemption2510]

No, thank YOU my friend! I appreciate the support :D