VORCHA: Cultural Index

[@johnsteiner3417]

"Plan? Hahaha. If Vorcha started planning we'd all be in trouble." -Captain Gavorn

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Sontarans

[@excaligirra]

Sontar, ha!

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Cybermen

[@LordProteus]

That Vorcha on the Citidel talking to the fellow N7 Mercenary was wise as fuck. He was some kind of Mercenary Battle Jesus.

[@Jamahran]

I like the Vorcha, wish bioware expanded their "place" in the Mass Effect Universe.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

I'm pretty sure they already did! They're the vermin of the galaxy!

[@Eisenwulf666]

I think that they were meant to be the dominant race in the next cycle. Primitive, extremely resilient and adaptable. If the reapers had won the vorcha would have emerged and repopulated the galaxy. Like it happened with Innusaris, Protheans, Asari and arguably humans. With endless space to expand and the technologies left by the other races they would eventually become wiser and more civilised.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@Eisenwulf666 No the Reapers were attacking them as well and invaded there homeworld in ME3. But they turned out to be harder to kill then they thought due to them adapting to anything, so they had been a thorn on there side in the invasion.

[@baz1388]

@@Eisenwulf666 I'm pretty sure the yahg were ment to be the dominate race in the next cycle I maybe wrong as the reapers weren't attack them as they haven't even got into outer space yet I think the yahg had only just near completed there 1st space ship

[@samsmith4242]

@@brandonlyon730 More proof the writing team for ME3 just plain forgot how to write there universe. Only the blood pack Vorcha had left there home world. Tbh, the Vorcha should have been through several cycles surviving due to a lack of advanced culture. Use of the Vorcha should also have been one of those optimisation things the reapers did to shrink cycles. Along with the Rachni to explain the fake queen. The rachni force a galactic war and war means improved technology, while the Vorcha cause ethical conundrums while also enhancing galactic armies and biology. Both Would lead to improved tech and act as accelerants for developing galactic civilisations

[@diehgo_sp]

I like Vorcha philosophy, even in bad moments they bring a smile on their face.

[@tompadfoot3065]

The Vorcha were one of my favorite "side" races in Mass Effect, and by far one of my favorite races to play in ME3 multi-player. The Vorcha Engineer with a Reegar Carbine X was absolutely devastating

[@iamfuckstro1438]

Same dude. I play them purely for the little gremlin noises they make when they doge and run around

[@Gabryal77]

It does very much have the feel of "stealing children to raise as soldiers" feel to it doesn't it? I suppose it kinda helps that a Vorcha would probably eat their own children if they needed to to survive.

[@orkboy2238]

Vorcha are awesome

[@quwykxz]

Yeah they are! :)

[@thedarkmaster4747]

They'd make the perfect marines for the reaper war.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Agreed. They are very resilient, are in high number, are not easily scared or intimidated by the death of their comrades or even planets. They are aggressive and all of them have basic to good fighting skills. Truly a wasted potential

[@thedarkmaster4747]

@@Eisenwulf666 My ruthless calculus for the repear war was to step 1: Cure the genophage. Step 2: Prioritize defensive operations around all high asari, krogan and vorcha population bodies. Earth would've been left to twist in the wind. Step 3: This is ofcourse bidding time to turn E.D.I. Into the von nuuman appocalypse she was always embodied to be. Step 4: Begin systematically opening dormant relays, in a desperate attempt to alter the strategic sittuation. Step 5: Conscript all incoming able bodied refugees. Step 6: Create the equivalence of the spanish inquisition to deal with the indoctrination vector. No way was my shepeard going to become a husk. All the vorcha got was a fighter squadron, which makes sense, as in WW2 the limitation of small aircraft waves, is that strategically the planes were always far easier to replace than the pilots. But really vorcha & geth just pouring into inhospitable rediculous nightmare battlefields were what it should've been about. Step 7: convince edi to break sheperd out of warcriminal prison lmao!

[@thecircleoft.e.d2121]

@@thedarkmaster4747 I like the way you think.

[@ByrdieFae]

I have never played ME, but the last bit of commentary was VERY nice to hear. I like this series a lot, thanks for making it.

[@That80sGuy1972]

A hyper species like this, I can actually see one raised as an engineer to be supremely suited for it. To have a maximum lifespan of 20 years with survivalist capability, that means the species has a similarly bolstered learning capability. Raise it in an extreme tech environment, you have great tech savvy guys. They are a potential blight upon the galaxy if someone does that to a lot of them as they pass the behavior to their descendants.

[@nightrunnerxm393]

Vorcha...great name for a Klingon Attack Cruiser...oh, wait...wrong franchise. :P

[@lordgong4980]

I have never thought about the Vorcha that the Asari took as some one domesticating an animal. I suppose that makes some level of sense. But i don't believe anyone else see it as such. In this galaxy Asari apparently have Children with Vorcha so often that it is a know fact they have an Allergy to Dairy.

[@xavier84623]

great analysis. there was sooo much here i missed when playing the games

[@537monster]

You can’t help but feel a little bad for the Vorcha.

[@ricardogens9834]

Serves to show why the ME universe is so beloved, to include such social commentary in such a minor species that if you weren't paying attention you'd miss it, but still be incredibly poignant. Dammit (true) Bioware, couldn't you have done another good ME before working on Anthem?

[@olegebloek]

The fascinating thing about Vorcha is that they are stuck in their development in a state between animal and sentient beeing. They are clearly capable of learning to an extent but not enough to form coherent social structures. One could say they are the neanderthals of the galaxy. I wish this aspect of evolution was explored further in the game, what to do with races that show clear signs of sentience but just aren't evolved enough to become a part of the galactic civilization.

[@liamclarke91]

I can't believe I forgot that picture of a Vorcha engineer.

[@madvulcan8964]

I see much potential in the Vorcha all they lack is an opportunity to develop they're minds. They can be just as great as us humans.

[@Corvus__]

So, when are you gonna do one on the ballchinians?

[@picklerickle3871]

They was raised too soon, if left they would of evolve, could become less aggressive or gain longer lives by breading out or weaken the regeneration gene,

[@cathalhughes5996]

They have potential as a race what if someone bring a small group to a planet and let them grow there somewhere more safe

[@barrybend7189]

Stonersloth Hughes actually they need a planet more dangerous than their homeworld but need genetic engineering in order to evolve intelligence equal to humans. Edit: the need for adaptable intelligence.

[@Banchoking]

According to ME3, they can be incredibly intelligent if raised to be so. The problem is that their culture has no incentive. Vouch a raised by humans are very intelligent and sociable.

[@Kainlarsen]

The Vorcha are a really cool addition to the ME universe. In some ways, al these different races taking them and using them for various purposes seems like abusive or pushy parents trying to manipulate them for their own gain. It's pretty sad. :(

[@glorbojibbins2485]

I've never played mass effect but these guys are neat lol

[@kennethmccall4809]

Kryptonians - DC comics

[@davidgipe997]

hello. might i suggest the races of the Chanur Saga (aka Compact Space) from C.J. Chery be added to the selection at some point? thank you Certifiably Ingame for reading and producing.

[@lukevankleef4245]

So when you said ''Stowaways'' you meant ''Slaves'' right?

[@mesozoicnerd3412]

Set them free on earths surface in small numbers.

[@bencox3641]

They should put the Vorcha on a planet where they don't need to spend all of their time on surviving and let them develop their own society and culture.

[@Serocco]

Ben Cox It's impossible for Vorcha to do that

[@johannesvonmalos7505]

What happened ?

[@brandonlyon730]

Basically the Asari help develop the vorcha colony and educated them. It work fine at first but the problem with the Vorcha is there short life expediency, since they die off so quickly they are unable to help educate the younger generations and Vorcha breed quickly. Eventually the colony fell into anarchy after overpopulation and lack of educated individuals. The colony ended in failure.

[@lastzulu180]

What about the elite from halo

[@Eisenwulf666]

I really love the Vorcha, although I think that their origins don't make sense. We see on earth that populations who live in harsh climates tend to be very social and have a strict code of norms, often dogmatic in nature(granted they are humans, but let's pretend similar habitats grant similar responses) . The assumption that short life spans didn't allow them to develop a social structure, a culture or even science it's all kind of wrong. 1)life spans are relative for each race. Asari and Krogans(and other races) live many centuries, to them humans are incredibly short lived. Primates don't even live 20 years in the wild and yet they have developed a social structure, they feel loss and anguish if someone they love dies and we have plenty of examples of them teaching their young what they've learned. 2) they contradict themselves since Salarians too have shorter life spans (30-35) and yet they are extremely advanced 3)bees, ants and other arthropods that live in colonies (and yes I know there are several species of them that lead a solitary life) are incredibly short lived to our standards and yet they live in hives with strict roles and have evolved strategies to counter many type of dangers(floods, fires, extreme weather, predators). Seems strange the Vorcha didn't evolve to either :a) have a slower reproduction rate b) live in colonies to ensure the little resources they have will be distributed among the members of the colony. What could grant a similar evolutionary impasse would be if some sort of predator or natural phenomenon that used to kill a vast number of them had suddenly ceased to be a factor. We as a species are arguably facing overpopulation problems now because our medicine and technology allow us to live longer and not starve, but that's a very recent development. Couple of centuries, even less if we are talking about medical progress. Living in an incredibly hostile environment and having overpopulation problems just don't fit with a savage non society. Even with borderline super regeneration. A parallel that comes to mind are rats and mice: incredibly resilient and resistant, short life spans and fast reproduction rates. But they too are social animals wich prefer to live in groups. Skaven in space? Probably but the Skaven are the most technologically advanced race in warhammer so...

[@jackieanderson9408]

Sweet 👍

[@mesozoicnerd3412]

Its the place to be.

[@Edd25164605]

Rejoice. There is a new Mass Effect in development. The Franchise will rise again....we hope

[@reedallen4613]

As long as the next Mass Effect game DOESN'T involve Shepherd then it will be a good game. Don't get me wrong, I did like playing as Shepherd. But as the developers themselves said at the beginning of the production process of Mass Effect Andromeda, "Commander Shepherd's story is done". That means, essentially, that Commander Shepherd is...how shall I put this...whacked, kacked, snuffed, erased, cleaned, k.i.a., rubbed-out, eliminated, terminated, capped, history, kicked the bucket, bought the farm, taking a dirt nap, pushing up daisies, feeding the worms, sleeping, D.-E.-D. (DEAD!!). Far too many people seem UNABLE to let go of Shepherd, mainly because in my opinion it seems to me like they lack the intelligence and mental capacity to ever be able to understand grasp or comprehend the fact that Shepherd is nothing more than a fictional game character, and so instead they act like Shepherd is a real person who has died. The very same people who hated Mass Effect Andromeda simply because it didn't have Commander Shepherd in it. Those people need to accept the fact that Shepherd is dead and gone, and GET OVER IT and MOVE ON!!!! Just my own personal opinion anyway.

[@smistgoman]

Can we get more xindi please?

[@mesozoicnerd3412]

Make it so.

[@quwykxz]

Sontarans, please. :)

[@thejadedrabbitTJR]

The Vorcha will out last us all, even the Krogan. Roaches given sentience I tell you, not much sentience but enough of it! sure they may end up back to the stone age once or twice in random population ultimately becoming separate species of "Vorcha" but Vorcha none-the-less. don't underestimate the Vorcha. ever. it could literally kill you. not joking.

[@KingBearmane]

Do races from the show Andromeda

[@TheDanlovejoy]

Lukus Bearmane I would agree, and start with nietzscheans if possible.

[@fredrickhightii5692]

Get it by the horns

[@SC-zq6cu]

I guess its a bit hard to talk about the culture of a people if they have little of it.

[@datfisheboi6519]

Shouldn’t you pin the voting at the top?

[@landfair123]

They make good targets. Sontarans please. I want to see the potato men.

[@permeus2nd]

Aka their rats.

[@yasirblackburn5971]

cybermen

[@yasirblackburn5971]

cybermenp

[@johnjackson3800]

Cybermens!!!!!!!!!

[@nbmoleminer5051]

The Vorcha need the help of the other races to change for the better.

[@BrianJJones1]

you said they are diverse? not seeing it

[@archer9338]

Each one auto adapts to outside stimuli. They are as diverse as the environments they end up in.

[@jamegumb7298]

They made the Vorcha after arabs. So racist.

[@grantwilson4506]

Idiot comments on Sci-Fi channels be like:

[@daveholland6293]

How?

[@johannesvonmalos7505]

In what way are vortcha like the Arabic peoples?

[@daveholland6293]

@@johannesvonmalos7505 Isn't it kinda racist to compare a violent gang-like race to Arabs?

[@johannesvonmalos7505]

@@daveholland6293 yes it is.

[@Mr003251]

Sontarans

[@JuanRivera-uq1uq]

Cybermen