The Citadel Council (Mass Effect Lore)

[@NiraSader]

“What does the council do?” Well... not much

[@Raycloud]

It protects its power and influence and that's about it. It is notable that if you follow the Council's rules you will never rise to sit among them. The only reason humanity has a chance is because we buck and challenge the rules. The Council doesn't want new members joining unless it has no choice. The alternative in humanity's case, or was the case with the turians, is alienating a rival power or sharing some power with them and working them into the system.

[@metalgeardull8279]

@@Raycloud Perfect description of the Council!

[@lutenantsweedpertasa]

The Council is like the United Nation, only even more useless.

[@hexoslaya3696]

@@lutenantsweedpertasa you mean the League of Nations then?

[@elessal]

the turians were the turning tide that saved the galaxy from the krogan revelions. so they being rewarded with a seat in the council is no surprise. but it should also be known the fact that by the end of the krogan revelions the turian army was bigger than that of the salarians and asari put together. to give them something less would not have been a sound move.

[@MandalorV7]

And then humanity saved the council races despite being the newest race on the intergalactic block.

[@barrybend7189]

@@MandalorV7 even in B5 earth was in a precarious situation even after the war with the Minbari.

[@DaMasta981]

@@MandalorV7 even if they (mostly) were in periods of peace you need a standing military with huge navy. Even with the help of the Turians in that regard, they need more

[@TheCorrodedMan]

“You’ve saved us! How can…we…ever…repay you…” (An army of well disciplined turians looks on as the Primarch stares at the council, arms crossed) _”Take a wild guess”_

[@julianfuentes320]

i love how humanity and the systems alliance had a progression of their own in the trilogy, with shepards decisions directly impacting how humanity´s rise to power is achieved, either trough respect or force, according to the games, the other council races have each their own reason to like the idea of humanity having a seat, the asari sees them as a sort of counterbalance to the turians in military prowess, turians see them as another strong military in the galaxy to help them out without being an incontrolable danger like the krogans, and the salarians like their capacity to innovate and progress, its also stated many times that most citadel races are somewhat worried about what humanity will do next, seeing just how fast they went from the "new guys" to being a part of the council to being basically the leading race against the reapers

[@troymcguffey8801]

My all time favorite game and sci fi series

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Innovation when given the time, motivation, and resources is a powerful thing. If Humans is able to rise to a galactic power and unite the Galaxy to provide the one of the greatest threats to the Reapers in only 37 years of being an interstellar civilization, then if the Reapers waited another century or two then they may have had to fight on a balanced playing field. If the Systems Alliance and the rest of the Citadel Council Species did not discover and build the plans for the Crucible by that point.

[@lordgong4980]

You didnt mention the discovery and saving of the Drell by the Hanar. (Unauthorized first contact and then illegal migration and finally enslavement)

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Is it even enslavement if the Drell are equals? They’re a minority population yes, but they’re treated with all the same respect a hanar is accorded while on kahje and other hanar worlds. Some of them have even joined Hanar families as cousins. It’s only when other species like the Asari and the Humans get involved that the word “Slaves” comes into play.

[@lordgong4980]

Because the Drell see the Hanar as saviors and they are the chosen few that got saved and what did the Hanar do with the less evolved Drell convince them to "Willingly Repay" that debt. And now with There disease the Drell are all but trapped by the Hanar until a "Cure" can be found.(the cure being living on anywhere else) Does the bird that can't fly jump out of an open cage?

[@cjvaye99]

I dont think its enslavement. When Shepard calls it that to Thane's face Thane essentially tells Shepard not not to insult him by calling it that lol.

[@uncleurdnot]

Love the video, most this information is nothing new to me but it always is displayed in an interesting fashion. Love your videos

[@Meshakhad]

Humans also have the second strongest fleet after the turians.

[@maxrander0101]

no they had less ships than the other races what made it seem like more was the way the fleets were setup 80% of the fleets were corvettes the rest were split between frigates and heavier ships the full number of ship we had that could go toe to toe with the tuarians or any other council race was about on fleet the 7th which had most of the larger ships in it this fleet was always stationed near the main relay to the earth systems and is the fleet that saved the council but by the time of mass effect 3 only 20 if the ships were left including Hackets flagship the oter fleets were all small patrol fleets

[@zachfreedom644]

Humans bring more military might as they went toe toe to toe with the turians. They also destroy the atrify caused by complacent species with their desire to grow.

[@arx3516]

The main reason the council likes humans is because they are a soecies new to interstellar exploration and they are eager to expand, wich would also expand citadel's space and economy, but the humans would also like some tangible help from the council, wich they are very hesitant about.

[@zachfreedom644]

@@arx3516 while other species atrify waiting for the council to recognize them humans look at the rules and play very aggressive with them. Remember the galactic community was stale for 100 years before humans arrived and despite being weaker they didn't back down from the turians they grew then they didn't back down from the batarians. They push every advantage they have. Sure they step on other races to get to the top but that also shows those other races aren't ready to be there

[@carlossabogal2970]

Great video but from what I've seen of the lore, there were previously cases of rebellious AI's ,in andromeda it was said that there was a case with one AI asari, the geth case was the biggest and most destructive. Note: what do you think about the problems of racism and corruption, such as the situation with the species with a seat on the council that have more advantages than the others.

[@barrybend7189]

Humanity in a nutshell.

[@carlossabogal2970]

@@barrybend7189 Yes it is true but I am talking about the situation and problems that races have with the council

[@the_Kutonarch]

What racism?

[@carlossabogal2970]

@@the_Kutonarch Look I read something from Mass Effect : Annihilation! and it is taken into account that the species with a seat on the council have better advantages in the society of the citadel since they are the majority and the people of others race are second-class citizens because they are not on the council. We even see them with the quarians, krogan, Vorcha and Batarian races for the council and galactic politics are minor species. In games we see it a lot

[@the_Kutonarch]

@@carlossabogal2970 That is absolute nonsense, the Council races are analogous to the UN Security Council, they're there because they're the only ones large enough to be able to enforce a uniform galactic policy across all the member races.

[@VikCachat]

It does not take years to reach a neighboring star from a relay, days to weeks is more likely. There are many settled star systems that do not have direct access to a relay. In all 4 games you travel ftl on either the Normandy or Tempest to many nearby stars, relatively speaking, in fact in andromeda there are no relays or at least none have been discovered.

[@barrybend7189]

Zentradi from SDF Macross please.

[@Ophaganestopolis]

Me, learning about the races affiliated to the Citadel: So many new and fascinating friends! 90% of the comments: HUMANITY MUST RULE SUPREME.

[@KeytarArgonian]

I think humanities contribution to the council was a bit of everything. Many of the corporations mentioned in the game are Human, giving them a fair bit of technological advancement, as well a fairly significant fleet. humanity was already pretty well established in terms of fleets and colonies before first contact was made.

[@bigbitehood1353]

2:25 Justicars of the Old Citadel!! C'mon, why'd we go to Andromeda? This time period, the Rachni Wars, the Krogan Rebellions, the Morning War, First Contact War, Skyllian Blitz... ALL would've been way way WAAY better to explore.

[@arx3516]

Isn't the Alliance military second only to the Turians? And humanity is expanding in the traverse, wich benefits the citadel's economy, such expansion can also kead to the discovery of planets unsuitable for human colonization but perfect for other species. Of course the Alliance thinks the citadel should provide some aid in this enterprise.

[@wastelanddv8062]

I’m here after playing the legendary edition. It’s a great remaster.

[@johnjanicki6524]

asari had admitted they glad to contend with otto von Bismarck because humanity a seat because he was that good

[@WakeRoberts]

What else can you tell me about the Citadel?

[@barrybend7189]

Every store is endorsed by Commander Shepherd.

[@Tresspassa]

I should go.

[@lorcaterran5055]

In addition to the racism of the citadel, its incompetence and desire to make defenseless people or groups suffer for centuries for things that happened a long time ago, not long. In mass effect, they really have a lot of power, but really in the continuity of the franchise, they just seem to be idiots and make bad decisions.

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Can you please do a video of the Robotech Masters and the Zentradie war? Its also called the Macross Saga or Robotech.

[@02091992able]

Why most of the Milky Way is not explored is because the races of the galaxy are not too keen on activating every relay they come across unless they have already found the relay at the other end. That is because such a foolish action is what caused first contact and eventual conflict with the Rachni that nearly doomed the entire galaxy. The Salarians where forced to seek aid by uplifting the Krogan to use as shock troops. They eventually won the war but the Krogan where uplifted when they where not ready for the advancement and their aggression eventually became problematic for the galaxy.

[@KaguroDraven]

5:50 Pardon my "actually", but the laws against A.I. were around long before the Geth. That's part of why the Citadel offered no aid to the Quarians when the Geth Rebellions occurred, they had been breaking Citadel law in making an A.I. in the first place.

[@lorcaterran5055]

It's really not that it's strange, the games tell you after or before the creation of the geth and it's not consistent, they don't tell you anything else, from what is taken from the books of the franchise it seems that those laws were established after the creation of the geth o were different as after the survivors escaped the geths and genocide. the laws in part seem to have been to have a punching bag for the council, and because the council for 300 years thought that the geths might at some point attack them. That is why they did not help the quarians because they believed that the geths would destroy the council of citadel and because of their fear they mistreated them and would never help them. Despite their prayers and that millions would die.

[@DarthObscurity]

Humans brought innovation and development? Dude, they stood against the TURIANS...... AFTER the Krogan war! They didn't have access to any of the tech or resources the Turians did. Putting up any sort of fight, from their position, should be considered impressive. I have a distant memory from one of the games about how even though Turians hated humans, the generals and soldiers respected them even before they joined the Citadel because of their tactics and tenacity in battle.

[@noah4279]

Don't the humans just bring more military

[@UpIrons777]

Citadel Council = Andromeda Council.

[@maxrander0101]

the humans brought shepard

[@02091992able]

The Geth War is known as the Morning War which was fought at the dawn of the Geth's gaining sapience.

[@phrophetsamgames]

More STO episodes or I riot

[@LordProteus]

Mass Effect is awesome, but bare in mind it's a rip off of Star Control, right down to the plot and it's progression.

[@orangvii3633]

vat

[@LordTalax]

Why does anyone care about Mass Defect? What a boring game it was.

[@knowledge_dabs_n_metal]

Perhaps not everybody agrees with you?🤔