About The Races: Protheans

[@patrict527]

Also incredibly interesting how this race was able to Stave off complete Annihilation for a couple centuries.

[@byproductofcheese]

Probably cause they were too big and well not a real threat since the head of the government was cut off

[@jerrybaker8597]

I love that humans had the least help from the prothians and where able to hold there own agenst turians and out fight asri squads

[@dimitrihubenka7044]

No question the current races could not have survived the reaper invasion without the protheans warnings

[@lawrencefisherward3]

They couldn't even survive. They just stalled it, which made current races work together with more advance equipment to defeat them.

[@anthonyrodriguez8788]

I could imagine the Asari could probably hide a few colonies and survive into the next cycle like the Protheans did, and they would probably do a better job at surviving considering they wouldn't need to rely on stasis pods due to their long life spans and the fact that they don't need very many Asari to have a stable breeding population. Heck they can even avoid the possibility of an Ardat Yakshi popping up and killing them all with radiation treatments to prevent the development of those genes or by using cloned DNA of other species for artificial inseminationm

[@christianfranck1818]

Not to mention if it wasn't for the protheans changing the keepers to ignore the reaper signal to open the citadel relay the reapers would have easily killed the entire council and taken over just like what they did with them

[@aspopulvera9130]

"I was a soldier not a scientist, skilled at one art :killing" - Javik

[@jacoballen148]

Javik's a big ass

[@johnclark8637]

Javik was one of my favorite squad mates!

[@vexile12]

"I like my Salarian liver raw"

[@TheGREYWOLF109]

He is correct, it was a...delicacy in our cycle

[@charlieni645]

I really miss how rich the lore in the original trilogy is. Crossing my finger that Andromeda lore will ever reach the same depth.

[@ThatCreeNative1]

Yeah, I hope it'll live up to the trilogy. Also, we are meeting new races and species, I hope they have a lot of history. Crossing my fingers that they return to the Milky Way sometime near the end of the series. Thinking they might have another trilogy planned for Andromeda. And to keep the series going, I'd love one more trilogy where we combine Andromeda and Milky Way stories together in some type of war between them, imagine something happening in Andromeda that seems like a threat to the new Milky Way without Reapers.

[@darthclone7]

That got me thinking.. in the end of Andromeda 2nd entry.. Andromeda is being destroyed and they have to send a team to milky way to warn them of a bigger threat a bigger danger than the reapers

[@samuelmc0123]

+倪传历 I had high hopes too but was left very disappointed. In terms of depth, the original trilogy is the Mariana Trench, and Andromeda is a small pond. I really hope if there is another Mass Effect, BioWare get their original crew back together to write it and it is set as a prequel during the time of the Protheans, maybe we could meet a frozen Inusannon from the previous cycle, like we did with Javik in this one.

[@TheLukieBoi1]

@@samuelmc0123 Never going to happen. It's only a matter of time before EA shuts Bioware down. Good riddance.

[@Peacekeeper76]

I'm from the future. I'm here to tell you the new mass effect sucks.

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Couldn't they just clone Javik? Then through gene therapy, try to extract different traits and alter the clones to make them more diverse. They might be able to extract some DNA from the stasis pods on Ilos or Eden Prime too? It just seems kind of sad that Javik has to be the last one. If they did clone him while he was alive, he could teach them the ways of the ancient Protheans too. Not sure if they'd have the tech to clone a female Prothean from that bit of DNA but if so they could jumpstart their race possibly?

[@SwobyJ]

I think this is left an open question. Sure, theoretically, Bioware (despite D/C/S imo) has the room to show a future Milky Way with a Neo Prothian people, but I think they just wanted to end ME3 with the focus on the 'last of the (Old?) Prothians. No matter what comes next, Javik likely wouldn't consider them true Prothians anyway (as it is as much a political term as a biological one).

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Malcolm Swoboda I just think that it's irresponsible of the Milky Way races to not try and resurrect the Protheans. They aren't extinct, they're endangered (Javik is alive after all). They could take Javik's X/Y chromosomes (I assume since they have male/females they have those) and then create a female version of Javik (Similar to what Henry Lawson did with Miranda & Oriana). If that isn't an option then they could clone the remains of dead female Protheans (Like Godess Athame). They could get further DNA from the stasis pods on Ilos and Eden Prime to add genetic diversity to the new protheans too. If the Collectors have any salvageable traits then those could be helpful too. If some Javik clones are needed to jump start the race that could be an option. Finally since the Protheans have the sensory ability at birth, then the new Protheans could just touch Javik, the memory shard, or a working beacon (On Mars or Kahje etc) and gain the knowledge, language, and culture of the Protheans. The Salarians revived a race of Kakliosaur from just a fossil. So I think technologically all of this is possible in the ME universe.

[@SwobyJ]

Logan C I wasn't against it. I was talking about the storytelling. The galaxy at that time was facing total extinction so it wasn't part of the convo. Protheans would require time to raise.

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Malcolm Swoboda I didn't think that you were disagreeing. I was just speaking generally. You do have a point that repopulating the Protheans would probably take at least an Asari lifespan in the ME universe. If they ever did return to the Milky Way (Which I highly doubt) that could be an option.

[@SwobyJ]

***** You mean the ones who made it to the Citadel? That was a few, and they awoke thousands of years ago.

[@Michael-1337]

The Mass relays were actually reaper technology and the protheans managed to reverse engineer a miniature version. The reapers really didn't need the mass relays but they were there to facilitate the advancement of civilization to the point that would trigger them to attack. Reapers could travel faster and longer than any ship but the relays did help drastically speed things up when it came time to purge all sentient species. Some reapers were left behind to quietly observe the developing species and report back to the reapers out in dark space on the edge of the galaxy. Sovereign was one such reaper that stayed behind and when he tried to activate the citadel (a giant mass relay) to call in the reapers in dark space it failed because the prothean science team managed to alter the Keepers that maintained the citadel to no longer respond the reapers signal.

[@MilitaryHistory2011]

The Protheans would have probably beat the Reapers in a straight up fight without the initial shock and awe of losing their entire government and military leadership

[@Davidofthelost]

I always thought the Protheans gave humans some of their DNA. I thought that was how the strange sphere in ME1 reacted to shepherd and showed the image of the cavemen. And then the beacon on Eden Prime reacting and pulling Ashley in to see the beacons vision where as Saren had to be right next to it.

[@aziouss2863]

they sure did make the reapers job hard good on them

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

Lol Protheans weren't using their brains to make decisions when they chose Asari as their favorite.

[@MrSpawley]

bluebanana If you want war machines\tanks you go for Krogan ! I mean no nervous system and aggressive fighters look at Wrex and Grunt !

[@MrSpawley]

bluebanana They are the most asthetic pleasing. But genetics dude I remember Benezia was also well developed.

[@thomaswest2583]

So they basically chose the blue sluts of the galaxy.

[@nikomatson5235]

They should've chosen turians or humans instead they are the only ones who could build an empire, batarians maybe to.

[@joreed6313]

Love this goofball said they were mammalian when they were arthropods

[@Kingstyles05]

It is possible that the Protheans wanted to cultivate other races eventually when they were ready but they never got a chance because of the Reaper invasion.

[@jacobgillispie1175]

Not mammalian they are arthropods

[@Tbal_96]

Here is to hoping the Prothean's return in Mass Effect Andromeda

[@TheLukieBoi1]

lol. And how do you feel now?

[@Oppistan]

Disappointed

[@s.e.n3264]

Yea it definitely is incredible that they were able to build a relay. The Protheans were truly amazing.

[@LoveYouStranger]

Lmao mammalian is a class defined by having mammary glands I don’t understand by you characterized every bi pedal race as mammalian

[@renfield2020]

my thoughts exactly lmao.

[@thesilliestgoose5990]

Literally, The Turians are Avians, Salarians are amphibians, Asari are Mollusoids, the protheans are almost definitely most related to Arthropods, given the relation to Collectors.

[@JakenTheGreat]

I have a question, are biotic abilities different for each race? Protheans have green biotic abilities and Asari have abilities like Nova. I know Shepard can learn these as a gameplay mechanic, but lore wise are there specific abilities only a certain species can use?

[@jasperzanovich2504]

In general? No. But Asari are usually better since it's a natural ability for them. I imagine they get taught to use those abilities in school like we get PE. Also they get way more time to refine those skills. That's why their commandos are so deadly. Imagine what they could achieve if only they used less of that time whoring around.

[@SwobyJ]

So far, the answer would be no. However, species would have various aptitudes and inclinations. And possibly, though the war kept research from focusing on it, a Prothean's biotics may have more of a bias towards tapping into a deeper (genetic? other?) nature of the target, down to its barely understood 'code'. But that wouldn't necessarily keep other species from learning it somehow. The Asari nova is more because the Asari are more advanced and higher in their skills than Humans, not because the Humans can never reach that point. But maybe the Prothian abilities may require a reengineering of Humanity or at least its parts that do biotics, in order to really work. All of it, however, is theoretically accessible. Hell, I think Shepard can use Dark Channel? That's close enough to headcanon that Shepard has been slightly altered enough by the Prothian Beacon that he can already have the mind enough to do those abilities, albeit maybe with more difficulty than Javik. All the 'green-ness' has shown is a visual cue that there is potential for biotics to be of different nature than we've expected in the trilogy.

[@matthewmcquillan8855]

Jasper Zanovich liara does confirm that it is basic education in mass effect 3

[@michaeldavila8627]

You didn't mention their life expectancy.

[@JakenTheGreat]

Maiky Is it ever revealed?

[@michaeldavila8627]

Jake Moore Dunno. Life expectancy in sci-fi games always interest me. Humans seem to be the peasants in the Mass Effect Universe, lol .

[@revpembroke3082]

Did you mean humans have the short end of the life expectancy stick? Because they can go about 150 on average in ME. Only the Asari and the potentially biologically immortal Krogan live longer.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

+Raziel354 I think you got the Salarian lifespan wrong. It's more like 40 years. They can get older but they shouldn't expect it.

[@craigharris41]

430 HY (Human Years)

[@Lord_Bayllen]

Why didn't the Protheans ever think of escaping to Andromeda? :s

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Maybe they did? We'll find out when ME: Andromeda comes out.

[@SwobyJ]

They may have. For all we know, something of Protheans will be found in MEA or its DLC (at least the species or some fate of it). At this point they wouldn't really be the same civilization though.

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Malcolm Swoboda I'm sure they'd be different than Javik after 50,000 years. However we could at least get a glimpse of a female Prothean besides Godess Athame drawings. Tbh I wouldn't mind that plot line. The remnant could have something to do with Protheans too? Had they stayed in the Milky Way I think the other races could revive the Protheans with Javik.

[@Lord_Bayllen]

What if the Protheans that fled there got wiped out by the Remnants that are supposed to be Andromedas protheans? Food for thought.

[@Logan-yp9zc]

Bayllen I suppose that's possible but here's to hoping that some survived because they're really prone to mass extinction already.

[@antjiggs8149]

we're is mass effect remastered for the ps4 damn it scotty

[@ItsBocephus]

Ant Jiggs it's not coming

[@QueltaledinomeMitch]

There is,It's Called PC version with texture MODS and Dualshock 4 plugged in emulating keyboard and mouse with native support of steam,by the cost of 9,99€ (trilogy) and plus 60€ of fucking DLC with Bioware Points,fuck Bioware Points,why are you never on sale?

[@MrSpawley]

Ant Jiggs Will be a while since Andromeda out in 7 weeks\ March 23rd!

[@nautikient2151]

It's coming for ps5 next year

[@skolasthewolfkell8184]

I think protheans also share a resemblance to the drell as well

[@vitoriturriaga3468]

The mass effect wiki classifies them only as a anthropoidal race, what kingdom they belong to was never classified.

[@wongjiajun94]

The ProtheanS species reminded me of Protoss from the Starcraft Universe! They use telepathy to communicate and have the most advance technology in the galaxy!

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, Cmd, Javik emerging from Stasis.

[@Soulie81]

Hey one of my videos made it into yours @7:54 I've officially made it!

[@captainpangwangfeefeelang8817]

Since all races find Asari attractive no doubt so to did the Protheans, probably have some of their markers through their evolution, the Asari Matriarchs could be one such case. Getting that Prothean as a follower was DLC aye? and was it number 2?

[@turtlegamez4274]

From the ashes was the name of the DLC, I belive

[@MarsClosed]

Hello Protheans, nice to meet you.

[@KB8Killa]

Javik was my favorite character

[@024shabutie420]

Protheans raised asari in their evolution maybe due to the fact the Asari even primitive were still asari who reflect their appearance as any species they interact with I believe that's why Prothean favored them.

[@andyenid2]

Ngl compared to the forerunner and ancient hunans in halo COUGH stomp

[@Jedi_Spartan]

I wonder how many Mass Effect fans drew the comparison between the Protheans and Halo's Forerunners... especially given how the Ilos Protheans who returned to the Citadel could be compared to one of Halo's short stories where Bornstellar/Iso Didact and some of the last Forerunners returned to their capital (Maethrillian) to reboot the Domain to aid the Reclaimers in the new cycle of the Galaxy.

[@tempemm]

I like the protheans but I miss mass effect one and not knowing what they looked like it was so mysterious and javik doesn’t look like how I imagined protheans to look like

[@funwithfrank7522]

Just found this channel....such a shame you have stopped....New mass effect soon....you should come back

[@puttputt524]

I’m surprised you got through this without mentioning that they are insect men. The fact collectors can fly with their wings, I was led to believe protheans are flightless insects. They also probably stopped building honeycomb like structures we see on the collector ship.

[@chrisgrindstaff7162]

I really want to be able to kill javak as a renegade shep, maybe push his cryo pod off the cliff were you find him. his character feels so forced compared to how organically shep befriends everyone else

[@ottocarius7814]

Commander throw it out the airlock

[@rezzubs]

will you make a breakdown video of the third Andromeda initiative briefing.

[@iksarguards]

Always found it to be stupid that they eventually retconned the protheans to look like the collectors. The collector’s horrific appearance was supposed to have a body-horror element. The once proud Protheans transformed into horrific insect-like entities by The Reapers. Na turns out they were always gross insect creatures. Convenient! Those statues on Ilos? They’re from...um.. Someone else! Yeah, that’s the ticket.

[@Blackhawk211]

The statues on Ilos are the Thoi'ann, the race from the cycke before the Protheans.

[@iksarguards]

The Volcanic Masochist pretty sure that’s a retcon that showed up around ME2 with the introduction of the Collectors as protheans. Been a long time tho I could be wrong

[@Blackhawk211]

@@iksarguards i remember Vigil mentioning it in ME1

[@iksarguards]

The Volcanic Masochist That does sound correct

[@spartandud3]

When was it stated that the Protheans knew about the Reapers before the invasion?

[@javeronh.3996]

I know it would have been better to ask for the Reapers episode but I am curious about something. when the Reapers attack they all seem to look the same based on their class. based on ME2 it seems that sometimes they will choose a race to dissolve so they can make a reaper that looks like the donor species. so my question is why is it so rare to see a reaper that doesn't look like each other for the same class? the Reaper we face in the collector base is the only Reaper that doesn't look like every other Reaper in the same class. of course it could just simply be since it makes it easier and be explained we don't see every Reaper. it just bugs me a bit whenever I think about it

[@Franklin_Araujo]

i think that just now in this circle they decided to not just preserve the knowledge of the species harvested but to also preserve their body appearance in forme of a reaper

[@javeronh.3996]

which seems odd. with how many times they were "happy" with how the harvesting went why change it just because of Humans. oh well

[@iceman1731]

In their video on reapers they said that the inner part is designed to look like absorbed races, but the outsides are all designed to be the same.

[@javeronh.3996]

ah, I missed that. seems like a waste on the Reapers part but I am a faulty organic. ha ha

[@utwoflyer]

I wish a lot more info was available on the prothans...

[@diavalmoon]

love the races in mass effect my favorite r the geth

[@turtlegamez4274]

Geth are cool

[@alfienicholson6250]

What is the liquid in the containers that belongs to Javik in the starboard cargo bay

[@NoLimitSpade]

The Amazing Red Diamond i think it's just water he just needed to wash his hands all the time because everytime he touches something he gets a full history of that thing

[@iceman1731]

Water, he mentions having to wash his hands often from coming into contact with genetic material when you first meet him on the ship.

[@vagabond4576]

They also have a Jamaican accent

[@nautikient2151]

No

[@rvanzo925]

They remind me of the romans.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Totally misunderstanding of Darwin btw.

[@Henry-hm7kc]

Did the asari have males before the protheans went to Thessia? I'm asking because I remember hearing that somewhere

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

Pollollo 168 Haha. So you're saying prometheans didn't like competitors? =D

[@thepalelibrarian]

The Asari never had a second sex. They reproduce with anything. It later became more effective to reproduce with other species for the sake of uhm... genetic material? Also, I'm not sure when the Ardat Yakshi thing came to be.

[@ltore1]

DO ONE ONE THE RACHNI!!!!! PLEEAAAASSSE 😁😁😁😁😁

[@stuartjones8787]

theyre mammals?!

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

how protheans solve problems=airlock

[@feralprocessor9853]

SPACE!!!

[@olgagerman9216]

That's really interesting but I still wonder how they reproduce

[@coldjester]

where is the broadcast?

[@feralprocessor9853]

SCIENCE!!!

[@SgtThiel]

1:05 plot device bullshit

[@bernardmacdonagh9517]

Remind me of the roman empire

[@Skullringer09]

Space Nigerians.

[@raufhabibov3008]

"The strongest will survive" has nothing to do with Darwinism, even vice versa.

[@pontan8084]

Dont they have three fingers?

[@dylanbear3507]

is it just me or does javik kinda sound like Mads Mikkelsen?

[@tmage23]

He sounds Caribbean to me.

[@88cryingwolf]

Javik is a cranky old boomer.

[@uzziahhealey11]

Old news if they was use make a Reaper then that news

[@dreamcatcherben8214]

"Primitives"

[@nazarethchurch7705]

finally! :D

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

they sound like Romans

[@joshuaalexander6404]

PROTHEANS ARE MAMMALIAN?????

[@admiralgeneralnn]

this is my religion in a nutshell!

[@flAMe9610]

3:44 the Mass Relay Statue on the Citadel Presidium was not built by the Reapers. It was built by the Protheans and is connected directly to the planet Illos.

[@maxwill7270]

Hey you not halo follower

[@lcardenas2191lc]

Protheans are arthropods

[@palaven4048]

Profean? lol