Systems Alliance | Mass Effect

In the year 2148, explorers on Mars discovered the remains of an ancient spacefaring civilization. In the decades that followed, these mysterious artifacts revealed startling new technologies, enabling travel to the furthest stars. When mankind finally encountered alien civilizations and was welcomed into the galactic community, they marched forward into this new era united under the Systems Alliance.
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[@MinersLoveGames]

Ah, yes. The Templin Institute. We have dismissed those claims.

[@Banchoking]

You forgot the air quotes.

[@SergioBocanegra]

@@Banchoking as I recall templin said that the name "system Aliance" was a unbelievable choice because no species would name their nation after stars

[@cmdr.janeshepard2588]

@@Banchoking Ah yes "Forgot", a state that you can't recall a fact from your brain. We have dismissed that claim.

[@michaelkotcher5491]

If there was any reason to be concerned, then why have we not heard of this… Templin Institute is it?… before now?

[@MuttonMan]

"It's quite a view, God, feels like years since I just, sat down. You did good son, you did good. I'm, proud of you." -Admiral David Anderson

[@carlmanvers5009]

Many people will talk about their ending to the game: What coloured button they pushed and so on... My ending is right here. It's the one where I switch off the X-Box after Keith David says this.

[@AlexHunter2525]

Why would you do this to me?

[@richardcantrell1100]

Manly crying 😢

[@NicholasRodriguezN7]

God, Mass Effect had so much heart.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

The Hero of Earth, Admiral David Anderson. June 8th, 2137 - date unknown, 2186 “You did good, son. You did good” He died so that a world could live. That man better have a statue in ME4

[@mrAZcardinal]

God, Mass Effect truly was a masterpiece. I miss Commander Shepard.

[@manybuckets969]

*Andromeda creeps in* 💀💀💀

[@mrAZcardinal]

Fuck that loud pathetic nonsense of noise. See yourself out Isaiah

[@flaminginferno6641]

@@isaiahcurths114 THE DOOR IS OVER THERE

[@aedanshepard316]

@@isaiahcurths114 Sara Ryder can get thrown out the airlock. Shepard is the man!

[@helmet5809]

@@isaiahcurths114 I'm deeply offended

[@RKNGL]

Though humanity is imperfect the Systems Alliance seems to be one of the few Space Age governments in fiction that is not only stable but very effective at what it does. It appears the government got that way by avoiding the bureaucracy of Earth, it is like a colonial government that managed to become so efficient it was granted control of the home country. Though the Alliance is in no way perfect, it is an interesting positive view on what a future human government could be. It plays to humanities strengths which is rarely considered in a government.

[@evansheehan9258]

Corrupted Archangel I know right?

[@kaneng3780]

Corrupted Archangel + Atlas Man what you guys said is like a dream for all of us and like you said i really wish:)

[@commenter3843]

.... you do realize that the US has 2 house for legislation, the house of representatives ( represents population of a state, hence why California has 30+ representatives, and Kansas has 1 ) and the senate ( represents the states interest, all states have 2) . the senate is what you are basically talking about. america is failing because people are failing and have been failing to understand that there are things that the federal government should not do, that can be done on a state level. social security, medicare, the national high way and a number of others that all belong on this list. corruption is easier to deal with in the state government than it is in the federal government. the founding fathers mistake was not clarifying that powers need to be clearly divided between the states and federal government otherwise you have what america has turned into.

[@larsavaleth8151]

only until an alien threat attack and we are forced to unite and work together

[@manybuckets969]

Atlas i lile to think they even in the 22nd century still refuse to cooperate and they just left them centuries behind in technology. Like playing Civilization or something

[@christopherhall5361]

"How did they get past our defenses..." Harbinger: *YOU HAVE NO DEFENSES*

[@Denazon]

Eden Prime, never forget.

[@NewRepublic4137]

seems similar as razgriz, right?

[@wickiei4556]

I am trying to not replay Mass Effect for the 100th time, but you guys make it really hard... I have so many others games to finish... But ME is so nice

[@legoneb]

Wickie LP dew it.

[@wickiei4556]

J Nebrasky Okay, i'm doing it

[@SuperAngrycreeper]

I do not think I can stop myself either, not that I want to anyway!

[@anderazkuna6698]

Some fans recently created a new discord server. We play and discuss ME and related stuff sites.google.com/view/n7-detachment103rd/homepage?authuser=0

[@Rangernewb5550]

Just go all in friend. It's too late for me.

[@DoruGaje]

I LOVE this channel! It makes me feel like all these institutions and factions exist in reality. Moreover, the voice, the intonation and the narration is on point. Larissa Thompson is doing an amazing job! Please never leave The Templin Institute!

[@anderazkuna6698]

indeed. them doing mass effect is great

[@bobg9922]

Thumb Man well if the concept of the multiverse is real then who knows? Maybe they might really exist somewhere out there after all.

[@DoruGaje]

I don't believe at all in the multiverse theory, but the thought is nice though. Still, it's good some of these things don't exists in real life. :-)

[@fobbitoperator3620]

@ Thumb Man: WERRRRRRRRD!!!

[@mariakelly5]

I totally agree. She's got a terrific voice.

[@bryanFDNY]

And that is why I love the original Mass Effect series, the lore is so good and just fits together so well, it just works, amazing writing on Bioware’s behalf

[@Razgriz_01]

Its a shame the Bioware today is not the bioware we all knew 10 years ago. Just a husk being controlled by EA.

[@Kotor007]

EA - the true reapers

[@neroargen1032]

Hey, that's offensive for those poor Reapers man! They are better than this!

[@Kotor007]

Your right I apologise, Reapers are heartless machines that devour all advanced civilized life to turn them into another gigantic machine that destroys all civilized life. EA do all that except their end product looks crap, it's buggy as hell and you need to pay for it in parts.

[@steventan2754]

I dunno why but when you said Commander Shepard's name, I got chills.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

@ Steven Tan: Watch this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6i2lpeCg913mcU&index=117&list=PLOXB_c91KQ4FLadQsn4sVr4z0_Oa94czM

[@shadowlord1418]

like mentioning a Legend

[@VegarotFusion]

The Mass Effect trilogy was epic tale set in an unforgettable universe, with characters that will last the ages. Concluding with one of the greatest galactic space battles in Sci-fi history. Whether you liked the ending or just like to complain. Mass Effect will always be remembered throughout history as one of the best and most memorable games of the early 21st century.

[@X3105i]

Tali is best girl

[@grandcato3612]

*HACKETT OUT*

[@owenparris7490]

Grand cato Best line in the whole series.

[@anderazkuna6698]

i mostly agree. but `im proud of you` also hits you so hard..

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

He just couldn't Hackett out with the rest. XD

[@Shmozone]

hack it out

[@damnlogin]

Why did this make me laugh so hard hahaha

[@LumenP1023]

"These forces are not expected to defeat any potential invasion on their own, but rather to provide intelligence and reconnaissance on enemy movements, in preparation for an overwhelming counter attack." "This strategy is indicative of the Alliances overall doctrine, which emphasis' mobility and individual initiative in support of coordinated maneuver warfare." "On the offensive, Alliance units will instead bypass enemy strong points in favor of disrupting supply lines and logistics, and destroying headquarters and support units in an effort to keep the opposing force perpetually off balance." Templin Institute knows how to properly win wars.

[@konahrikb1578]

In modern warfare (not the game), it's not about size or strength of armed forces, but gathering intelligence on enemy forces and figuring out how to cause the most damage with the least resources spent.

[@peterz7752]

I love her voice and how epic it sounds together with the music

[@AnEruditeWolf]

I love the small tidbit that the humans are the first race since the Krogans to effectively fight and even beat Turian forces, thus earning their respect. Mass Effect is a masterpiece.

[@devildavin]

Turians and Krogans: FIGHT HEAD ON Salrians and Asari: fight smarter not harder! Humans: why not both?

[@saladbruh2625]

I love how treaty of Pharazan (hope I spelled that right) is like treaty of London, where the number of Battleships other nations could have was based on the British after WW1 , and it's also interesting how The Alliance circumnavigated it the same way Japanese did in interwar period, by building carriers.

[@nathanmeagher7869]

It’s Farixen. Idk why she pronounced it like she did

[@kalensemeniuk6595]

Starship troopers federation next !

[@Daimon-X]

Would You Like to Know More?

[@Forestmarko]

YES! .. but the one from the book, not the movies (there is a difference - a big one)

[@TheTheDarkWolf86]

Forestmarko Agree with you 100%

[@Forestmarko]

i see your mechs and raise you a Marine Combat Power Armor (not the paper towel from the series either)

[@SuperGman117]

*[DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES]*

[@veverkaist]

Is it only me, or does anybody think that Systems Aliance is one of the most underrated military forces in sci-fi?

[@ganeshbachanb7212]

The narrator has an awesome voice...makes everything feel real.

[@Jackson-bc8fd]

Do NCR and brotherhood of steel

[@Runforestrun]

RIP Mass Effect, you will be missed.

[@evansheehan9258]

Chuck Balkin This horse ain’t dead yet....

[@julkarcerum7618]

Evan Sheehan it's deader than a doornail bub. I liked ME:A but it's dead after they way people trashed it.

[@GT-wj3gl]

It was a fun ride while it lasted

[@isaiahcurths114]

if it dies the world dies so shut the hell up chuck

[@warwolf3005]

indeed ME is sadly dead. MEA is mass effect only in name. Developers shitted on the entire trilogy lore, thus they effectively seperated MEA from the trilogy's universe.

[@ardoronro6677]

I kinda teared up a bit at the end.

[@jezusbloodie]

Holy crap this is some high quality stuff right here

[@Alfie2609]

"Immense peacekeeping potential". Now there's an amazing phrase. I can just imagine that being used by an armament contractor who's doing a sales pitch for a new type of drone or something.

[@LumenP1023]

"Si vis pacem, para bellum."

[@kingaragornii9940]

🌟 *"Hi, I'm Commander Shepard, and This is my favorite shop on the Citadel."*

[@commandershepard119]

I on the verge of tears, after hearing a story that I grew up with. Remember Earth, Believe in the Shepherd. Join the fight.

[@alexboehm3919]

Some guy in another Templin Institute video said that he doesn’t like the systems alliance symbol because it only displays one hemisphere of the earth, making the countries on that hemisphere feel more important than others. But I always thought of it like countries are not a big thing on earth anymore, all of humanity is united under the systems alliance. As such they all recognize the planet earth as a symbol. There is no need to worry about some countries being left out of the symbol because this symbol represents humanity. They are all united as one earth and one race, one planet

[@ZeroRemorse]

You did the systems alliance justice in this video. Please keep up the good work. If you are able please do a video on Cerberus.

[@doby1kenobi82]

Never felt more pride in humanity than this recap of mass effect

[@andresthe1st]

This video makes me want a Mass Effect prequel game on the First Contact War and the Skylian Blitz so bad. Imagine playing as a defender on world having to hold out until the Systems Alliance fleet comes in full force? That would've been incredible!

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Skylian

[@MsterJamesJT]

Beautifully done! Actually learned a few things, specifically the carrier part, that I didnt know before and Mass Effect is one of my favorite things ever!!

[@InquisitorSama]

God, I'd really wish I could remove all the memories I have with this game just to be able to experience it for the first time again.

[@monolythspartan]

So many of these vids of factions I am familiar with coupled with heroic music makes me well with pride. Keep up the awesome work

[@CautiousDavid]

This is some of the best content on KZbin, I'm just binging right now and loving each video more and more.

[@NolePTR]

I like how you researched so in depth to make this episode.The attention to detail and using real theory makes this stand out far beyond other channels.

[@ilo3456]

I love the fact that Humanity in the Mass Effect universe made use of everything that we had to offer to rise in the Galactic Community, we manage to get around limits, and play the political game better than most other species, I mean literally the Turians were from the best warriors in the galaxy, and Humans took them on and even managed to give the Turians trouble, we basically are not so constricted by specific things that our society is based around, if you think about it, the Turians are mostly good warriors, Salarians are great scientists, and Asari tend to be great diplomats, but the diverse range of humans are able to fulfill very much all those roles, basically Humanity is the master of all trades, while other species within Mass Effect are the species which realistically is the most culturally advanced, the other species are good at all the other trades but we humans groom ourselves to be specific things, while the core of Turian Civilization is military service which ends up meaning that their leaders are officers and soldiers first more than scientists or diplomats, the Asari are specialists at subterfuge and Diplomacy, but tend to overrely on their biotics, the Salarians are the ones I would say Humanity would not be able to defeat, since Salarian Special Forces probably would figure out a way to defeat us without much effort.

[@Ryanowning]

Factions I'd like to see: GDI from Command & Conquer The Covenant from Halo The Terran Dominion from Starcraft

[@yamao4938]

Mass Effect's world building always touched my heart in a way that words can hardly describe A masterpice truly

[@bryanFDNY]

This channel feels like somekind of advanced AI that is analyzing it’s potential enemy’s looking to exploit their weaknesses in the coming invasion :D

[@Quadrolithium]

More like an Archive like in the Foundation. Created to preserve all known information so that should a civilization fail, at least you dont reset to the stone age, reducing the time needed for recovery.

[@efxnews4776]

Nah, is propaganda... But I'm sold, i will enlist on the Alliance!

[@braderickson9996]

I've come to eat up everything the Templin Institute puts out. Always epic in scope and production.

[@bryanlangton1874]

This was such a well made video that brought back some of the great emotions the ME trilogy made me feel at its finest moments. Thank you. Great job.

[@shadowtheme96]

No matter how many times I rewatch this, the goosebumps keep coming back. Absolutely love this!!!!

[@WilliamTehConqueror]

4:05 this line is so well crafted and narrated it draws me back to the video

[@commanderwolf395]

Good Job as always guys, for some reason this one seemed more inspirational and with more motivation it made my skin rise up and now I wanna play mass effect again. Thank you guys at the templin Institute for making these factions come alive. And making people realize how much fun the game and the factions in these games are as well.

[@goblinsrevenge]

These videos are a fantastic archive of governments, factions etc in terms of presentation and research. Guess it helps that there are so many groups that you can use for videos that it leaves the door open for so many great ideas. Personally there are two the come to mind The Judges from the Judge Dredd comics The Principality of Zeon from the Gundam franchise.

[@ladymikkie1956]

Wow Nicely done!!! Gave me goosebumps as I remembered my [awesome] time in the Mass Effect universe...!

[@xvaiking3158]

I never want these videos to stop. I legit always get goose bumps when ever I watch them

[@thehighguarduk4820]

Fantastic video really well told! Love it! I don't know if you have done any videos about Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda yet but if not videos about The Highguard, Systems Commonwealth or any really from that universe would be amazing. Keep up the great work!

[@imeize]

Wow that was surprisingly well done! I look forward to seeing what else you put out!

[@mandalor45]

I have been waiting for an episode on this for a while. thank you. keep up the great work

[@brandoncortezemmanuel357]

This video gave me chills and made me tear up... this is beautiful, thank you so much.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Templin Institute has completed my life.

[@LordBritOne]

well, that was EPIC! I never watched a video like this all the way through before until this one

[@Armedthedude465]

Captivating and phenomenal as always! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@EvilParagon4]

I would love it if Bioware did a thing like this: 2017 - Mass Effect: Destruction 2019 - Mass Effect: Command 2021 - Mass Effect: Synthesize 2024 - Mass Effect: Destruction 2... ... 2030 - Mass Effect: D3. Just make a trilogy for each of the game endings. They could have milked ME more than Nintendo milks Pokemon, because instead of doing double releases, they could have done triple. Andromeda suffered because it put a small amount of lore into a container, took it to another country, then tipped it out on some guy's lawn. It could have been done well, but making 3 sequels to ME3 would have been way safer. And it would have been easy to make too. Just keep the engine the same across all three and call it "Mass Effect Fours", and the "Mass Effect Fives", etc. Tell people not to play the other ones and you could even get away with using similar plot lines, then when you get called out by fans, tell them that Mass Effect 4 is one game of three timelines, and timelines don't 100% diverge, there's going to be similarities and you were warned to only play one. But it's too late now.

[@superginrai8036]

You guys are doing one hell of a job with these videos. Well done.

[@negativezero8174]

RIP Marauder Shields.... He had the courage to stand up to EA, and payed for it with his life.

[@Rainbowhawk1993]

Negative Zero Uh... If Marauder Shields succeed in stopping Shepard, we would get the equivalent of a refusal ending. That doesn’t make sense. He’s no hero.

[@negativezero8174]

You misunderstand him, he didn't try to create a new ending. He knew it was better to try and make the player rage quit from all the reloaded saves than to deal with the grief of the actual ending.

[@Rainbowhawk1993]

Negative Zero Well I didn’t have any grief. I got the Extended Cut where the relays are fixed and my love interest is going to reunite with me. And before you bring up the whole Geth/EDI debacle, EDI told me herself she was willing to die if it were necessary. Plus when you put the words “David Archer” and “Reincarnation” into the mix, you have a spectacular ending if you have the capacity to use at least some imagination. Marauder Shields can burn in Hell where he belongs.

[@negativezero8174]

Cerberus did nothing wrong

[@shadowlord1418]

@@Rainbowhawk1993 refusal is the only ending

[@legoman33100]

Got goosebumps all over again, you did a wonderful job!

[@pansmeti]

I stumbled upon this channel today and I must say, you are AWESOME.

[@rb226r8]

This was great! Literally gave me chills.

[@kirk7528]

Great Video! Love the factions of Mass Effect

[@khaosbydesignuk946]

Love your videos guys, keep it up! Would love an Andromeda Initiative video for your next Mass Effect one.

[@Dan19870]

Brought a tear to my eye. Simply amazing!

[@Psycorde]

Mass Effect universe is so amazing and bright. If you overlook the whole Reapers doomsday ordeal, it's a very optimistic place for humanity.

[@Jimbogf]

Wow, brought a tear to my eye.

[@sx3fighter481]

I am so happy and thank you for making more mass effect lore i will tell some friends about this channel

[@The_Viscount]

Revisiting this video. Still one of my favorite IP's and one of my favorite faction overviews.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Mass Effect is an absolutely fantastic scifi universe and property. I love every bit of design that has gone into bringing it to life.

[@RocketChickArt1]

I randomly found your channel the past couple of days ago and fell in love with all the narration and well scripted and great presentation. You got yourself a subscriber. If you don't mind can I request one of the nation's from The Front Mission universe

[@matthewcammer1078]

Love this video. Thank you for making it.

[@adamzafran100]

Its fun to watch a video game commentary while showing the cut scenes... Good video :D

[@speestechsupport1341]

Wonderful...would you consider doing the Adeptus Mechanicus from 40k?

[@doom7ish]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!!

[@Azoth86730]

Pre-Fall and post-Fall Eldar society as well.

[@Daimon-X]

Ave Deus Mechanicus... Victorus aut Mortis!

[@speestechsupport1341]

Slaanesh the Prince of Pleasure there is very little info on Pre-fall Eldar that most of the video would be speculation and guessing and I don't think the Institute deals in speculations, but Craftworld, Dark Eldar and the new kids could be covered

[@SemNome-ds1qy]

For the Omnissiah!

[@xavi-kun]

In a way, the Treaty of Farixen is similar to both the Washington and London Naval Treaties in that all 3 limit the number of Dreadnoughts/Battleships a nation’s Naval Forces can deploy but one or a few of these nations circumvent these restrictions by building Carriers.

[@andreasbonini1647]

Your videos are very well done, and you have a fantastic voice. Keep up the good work!

[@peterevans3504]

Out of all the games this is the best mass effect I love it and it's worlds.

[@SuperAngrycreeper]

A Masterpiece as always! Keep it up!

[@newavengerxx4428]

Thank you for reminding why I love Mass Effect.

[@RykerDavis123]

These get better and better each episode

[@vex6633]

Could you do a video about the O5-Council and the SCP-Foundation

[@cyborg_v271]

Vex Yeah thats a great institution to do if ever there was one, although perhaps it would more befit haloween

[@matteobaldini9837]

Vex even though I'd love to see more about the Foundation, I also think that videos like these don't quite work with it because there isn't an established canon. It's even one of the premises on the website. This said I'd love them to have a go at it

[@vex6633]

Matteo Baldini this comment‘s like „huh, well they clearly can’t do it bc there’s no real canon ... fuck it do it anyway’s” xD

[@user-Jay178]

Amazing video very informant and keep doing your videos.

[@Cailus3542]

God, I love these videos. I’ve always been very fond of the Alliance in ME since it’s just so darn awesome, and you folks did a superb job. ^_^

[@Dickie72002]

Wow! You guys put out some great content! Keep it up! :)

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This great video is definitely a keeper. It is so inspiring.

[@dillonsalmond8929]

Wow okay, this made me cry. Great job!

[@TiddyTwyster]

How have I never heard of this channel before? How is this channel so under subbed?? Why have I been blessed with seeing this in my recommended only just now??? I subbed in 2.3 seconds!

[@YunGGenO77]

The Templin Institute has my vote!!

[@l.s.8994]

I’mma play the whole damn series again cos of you!

[@danielatkins6117]

Loving this channel, thank you 😊

[@AndreaDelRiva]

It makes me want to replay this epic tale once more!

[@Skaitania]

Fantastic video. Thank you.

[@blakebaumgardner2426]

I would really like to learn more on the COG from Gears of War franchise. These are terrific videos though.

[@Corcook]

This one really made me giddy while watching I love the lore of mass effect so much. What I'm actually curious about is some of the videos of space combat though. It seemed like some fan made stuff as well as official cutscenes but perhaps I'm mistaken. If it is stuff that other people created I'd love to see them cause the space battles in mass effect are beautiful, fan made or official.

[@RockSplitter]

0:12 "Well, what about Shepard?"

[@locustzedicus2437]

Gets attacked twice and defends yourself. Xenos declare you aggressive.

[@SwiftGundam]

Nice move to avoid the ending controversy. Impressive video especially given how little there is on the Alliance as a whole told in the canon. Coming up with new suggestions for future videos. How about a video on Dead Space factions as a bit of a tribute? A video on the Destiny aliens would be lengthy especially the Hive. Or the Nazis from the new Wolfenstein games?

[@spectresc7435]

Awesome video, I'm literally speechless.

[@jameslian995]

Wow I'm glad I discovered this channel. Videos are well produced and scripted. The voice over is also quite pleasing.

[@thezandermundellshow3948]

OMG THAT WAS AMAZING I WAS HAVING GOOSEBUMPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH

[@BlueNeptune84]

Wow, impressive! Well done!