What Do Quarians Look Like Under Their Suits?

[@OrangeRiver]

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[@FrostyShock349]

I'd hire a quarian because as Tali said: "give me a circuit board and some element Zero, and I'll have the Normandy doing precision FTL jumps." Their technological knowledge is something us humans really strive for

[@jmgonzales7701]

plus i also think they are hot... in theory i mean

[@daltongarrett3393]

A chunk of scrap metal, a circuit board, and some element zero*

[@FirebirdPrince]

The Quarians are fascinating to me cause it's survival and unity taken to a new level. Like yeah the Geth is very important in their history but the fact that Quarians managed to adapt and survive while also maintaining technological levels comparable to the major powers of the galaxy is nothing short of remarkable. On top of that they essentially created a whole new culture that both give their youth some freedom while also adding to their collective power.

[@arx3516]

Being stuck in spaceships made them totally dependant on technology. But i wonder why they couldn't find any suitable planet to migrate on after their exile from Rannoch. You'd think they could have found one within 1-2 decades after the exile.

[@jaffarebellion292]

@@arx3516 They did. The Council threatened to bomb them off it, and they left.

[@zeropolicy7456]

It doesn't help that Rannoch's ecosphere is insanely unique, even by Mass Effect standards. Even if the found another planet suited for their incredibly delicate immune system, I think that it would essentially have to outside of Council Space for them to be allowed to successfully colonize. And we've seen what kind of a chaotic world it is outside the Council's sphere of influence. Couple that with the Council's ridiculous policy of an almost obsessive grip on grudges for past transgressions of formerly embassied races, and you have their hands essentially tied. They really do need to stay within what little good graces they have with the Council, because while they do not receive direct protection, they absolutely benefit from the massively increased safety and security from regulated Council space. Even with all of their technical knowledge, they absolutely cannot risk colonizing within Council space and burning their bridges with their only viable trade options. Nor can they risk colonizing outside Council space because of their delicate biology that makes them an easy target for bio-terrorism. The only reasonable thing for them to do was to take back their homeworld, Rannoch was never officially recognized as Geth owned, so they still have rights to it officially. They just lack the strength to seize it, and with the Council being fence-sitting pricks about the conflict on their front lawn, they have no real support until the threat of galactic cleansing via Reapers to reclaim what is legally still theirs. Sure,the Quarians played with fire and burnt their house down, but the lack of empathy for their refugees in the face of the "Geth Mistake" is a telling indicator of old world dogmatic philosophy that permeates the Council pre-Reaper War. Thankfully, my Shepard was able to lock everybody upside the head and get them to play nice if for no other reason than to fight a common enemy. And just so happened to broker peace between Quarians and the Geth as a happy side effect.

[@arx3516]

@@jaffarebellion292 why did the council do that?

[@jaffarebellion292]

@ARX 351 Probably to keep their ready-made, convenient, on-hand example of what happens when you defy them and fuck with AI.

[@QuarkGamingLLC]

Talimancers eating good today Edit; And he’s got the body pillow! Based Orange River

[@jjsheets330]

Bought the body pillow just for the video. Ya we’ll go with that…. 😉

[@marshallhuffer4713]

Good on you for using the Legendary Edition version of the unmasked Tali photo.

[@OrangeRiver]

It would have been a disservice to my fans and the entire Mass Effect community for me to do otherwise ;)

[@higueraft571]

@@OrangeRiver Optionally: A single frame of the Photoshop frame, as a treat

[@short72hp1]

Thanks for the great video and for clueing me in on the great picture of Tali. I also appreciate the great website for the artist. This is a tip in appreciation for all you do.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you so much!!!

[@archentity]

You: "Oww!" Quarian squad mate: "What's wrong? Were you hit?" You: "Yeah, I just lost a finger!" Quarian squad mate: "Stop complaining, you still have another spare one on that hand..."

[@marenjones6665]

You missed one detail about Quarian biology that has driven me nuts for years. Upon arrival on Rannoch, and following paragon speaking options, Tali will say, "Our bodies carried the seeds that spread the desert grass." This is wild to me, because it implies one of two possibilities: A) Quarians eat raw grass, and freely defecate, or B) Quarians are fuzzy. There are other ideas, but those two are the most likely. I personally like to think of Quarians as fuzzy. Better for hugs.

[@plzletmein3267]

Or maybe when they die they’re bodies act as nutrients

[@leprechaunbutreallyjustamidget]

Or their grass has those annoying spikey ball things that will cling to literally anything

[@caciquerojas]

@@leprechaunbutreallyjustamidget Consdiering their world is basically a desert world, I say this is the case

[@Lasershadow]

Maybe that quote is a religious and not literal?

[@marenjones6665]

@@caciquerojas hmm.. I don't think so. The phrasing is rather specific, especially the word "bodies". Also, the symbiotic nature of Quarians is mentioned throughout the series.

[@kalin666]

Takes a real SIGMA to brandish his waifu body pillow for comedy

[@OrangeRiver]

Amen

[@blakethebeast3174]

Always seemed like the other races dropped the ball when it came to not recruiting the Quarians, especially humanity, because you have this technically adept species that may have made one gigantic mistake but still could be an incredible asset for research and development. Though if the quarians weren't in the position they were in in the games it wouldn't have made for an interesting story arc if they were the Council's technological powerhouse think tank.

[@Superabound2]

They're space gypsies. Would you hire a gypsy?

[@TheDancerMacabre]

It was discussed that Quarians used to sit on the Council with the Turians, Asari, and Salarians. However the creation of the Geth and the following war had them kicked off the council.

[@TheAlgorath]

With the migrant fleet they steal IP and material often. They're relatively untrustworthy

[@Finding_Arcadia]

8 month old comment, I know, but there are 17 million quarians, and they get so many resources from trade and mining, and can't really exist next to others due to their immune systems. So if one of those races picked them up they wouldn't just be "oh hey it's cool if you live with us for a bit", they'd have to essentially give them a colony or star system in space and resources. That's not a small purchase. I don't disagree, I definitely think that the Taurians should have "bought" them, it just makes sense as natural allies, but I can understand why they wouldn't

[@FrostyShock349]

@@Finding_Arcadia their immune systems went to shit after the Geth kicked them off their planet after a few hundred years of the sanitary ships and their suits

[@ClintSprayberry]

That was awesome!! Keep bringing us the Mass Effect knowledge!

[@SnarkNSass]

😉 bought the body pillow just for the video... Yeah😂😂💙💜

[@jacara1981]

The problem with a 1 child rule is that it doesn't maintain a population, it forces it to shrink.

[@barkasz6066]

I took that as a sign that quarians are coming off of a population boom.

[@twinodoom]

That suggests that their population is at a high enough point that they're encouraging practices to shrink it rather than expand.

[@OmegaZyion]

If having two children means they both die due to insufficient resources, then a one child policy would actually help maintain the population more. The population is still shrinking, but less so if they decided to breed like mice.

[@twinodoom]

Update: I replayed ME1, and Tali actually has a line about that the 1 child rule gets waived at times when the population is at risk of becoming too low.

[@bombomos]

@@twinodoom I remember here saying this line. Sounds like their society has a sort of ebb and flow that everyone agrees on

[@VelvetCake423]

i hope in ME4 we get to go to a fully re-settled rannoch~ that would be so cool

[@KitKatHexe]

3:25 not so fun fact: My nephew ended up developing Ectrodactyly due to drug abuse by his mother during pregnancy. Even less fun fact: in spite of this abject abuse, and her trying to leave the state with him mid custody battle, the misandristic Connecticut courts awarded custody to the mother and allowed her to decide if my brother would even get visitation. Actually fun fact: It is now 8½ years later and his mother transferred full custody to my brother, who after several years of depression has found his purpose again in being the greatest father I've ever personally met!

[@Superabound2]

Single motherhood is the single most destructive plague on our society

[@TheScience69]

I developed aerodactyl too. Got a kabutops and everything.

[@____________838]

This is wonderful news! Now you get to be the greatest aunt/uncle that kid’s ever had!

[@nickytheanimal2413]

So messed up how they do men in the courts.. especially in super lib cities/states

[@lostnumber08]

When a serious-sounding man pulls out a waifu body pillow... shit just got more serious.

[@OrangeRiver]

Indeed

[@themagnus2919]

Wait... Bioware actually sells Tali body pillows???

[@OrangeRiver]

YEP: gear.bioware.com/products/tali-zorah-body-pillow-case (also Liara, Thane, and Garrus pillows)

[@eclat4641]

That is cool!

[@aregulargamer3813]

1 year too late but !!!!!AYO!!!!! The OFFICIAL store I knew such things existed but the OFFICIAL store that taking it to the next level

[@BlackViper37]

Thanks to the expanded galaxy mod I have the Quarian we met on the citadel and the one we helped out on Omega helping and serving aboard the Normandy.

[@claytonhusted]

Fun fact about Quarians: They only learn to count to 6 in Preschool.

[@bombomos]

I see what you did there

[@Maxbass700]

The Quarians may not use money, but the rest of the galaxy sure does

[@OrangeRiver]

Yep, probably a Star Trek United Earth situation. No money domestically, but money's still used for trade and such

[@hds8434]

Didn’t expect the “I should go!” at the ending here. 😊❤ Well ‘dan’e!

[@rohenthar8449]

Wow, the best material and the most complete depicting Quarians. Thank you.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you Rohen!

[@sammanberg9485]

Holy this is an absolutely amazing video, love how you use science to determine how quarians might look like, so interesting!!

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you Samman!

[@elricthebald]

10:53 A day on a tidally licked moon is indeed equal to its rotational period. The day on a tidally locked planet is not. Depending on your location on the surface the 'time of day' us always the same. Perpetual day, perpetual night or perpetual twilight.

[@TheVgrey]

The body pillow had me in tears

[@RavensbladeDX]

Great video! I've always been a big fan of the Quarians and their background, even if the idea that they couldn't just find a new homeworld in the vast expanse of the galaxy is a bit convenient for the story. My one criticism of the species is that the designers fell into the tired old trope of making them look like humans with a few markings and or bumps on their heads as opposed to something truly alien like the Turians or Salarians. I would have prefered them to be not even remotely attractive by human standards; angular features, slit like nose, lipless mouth with needle-like teeth and pale, flat white eyes. Then Sheppard has to face this moral dilemma. Emotional or physical attraction. Seeing how Sheppard would have reacted in that situation would have been interesting.

[@OrangeRiver]

Matt's original concept with the pale skin is so intriguing, I sooo wish they'd gone that route

[@pwnmeisterage]

It's not that they cannot find a new homeworld in the vast expanse of the galaxy. It's that they're space gypsies. Wherever they go, they encounter people who don't really want them to stay around too long. Their biology limits the number of suitable worlds they might colonize, all the other species around them aren't as limited so they always seem to get to worlds and resources first.

[@artemismoonbow2475]

@@OrangeRiver Or, whether they were originally pale in the light of their home world, life-times lived in the confines of an environmental suit would create the pale complexions of a cave dweller.

[@PacMonster0]

For the record, Tali explains pretty reasonably why they couldn't find a new homeworld. The Quarians *did* colonize other worlds than Rannoch. The Geth pushed the Quarians out of their entire home system, not just from their homeworld. And in the time it took to try and find a new homeworld their bodies had already adapted to the clean environment of their migrant fleets making settling any new world essentially suicide. Space is gigantic, and finding habitable worlds is not easy, let alone ones that meet their very specific physiological requirements. The mass effect relay network did not make the entire Galaxy 100% open to exploration (as the Humans immediately found out when happening upon Turian controlled space).

[@clxwncrxwn]

I actually attended a panel hosted by 2 members of the development team of mass effect 3mat animethon a small anime convention held at macewan university for 3 days in august in Edmonton Alberta(also the same city of bioware headquarters), and they were asked what the quarians looked like originally, and they were mum on the subject with smiles.

[@dakotalange2858]

Awesome work love the video!! I would like to mention that the quarians and goth had some changes to their backstory between me2 and me3 that changes points in the dawn war (geth quarian war) Pikemonwolf does a video over the waste of legion and the geth that explains it

[@OrangeRiver]

Have seen that video--it raises a LOT of interesting points!

[@johnsteiner3417]

Something that Mass Effect messed up is that a three finger hand cannot stabilize a pistol grip while firing.

[@voidseeker4394]

I think it'd be possible with two hands, if we account for enhanced strength in each individual finger. For one-handed grip special shape of the handle would be required. And i think it's missed oportunity - changing grip shape depending on the wielder specie. Our pistols often sold with different grips for different sized hands, and you can separately buy even more grip options. Same would make sense for multi-species economy.

[@BackwardTravisty]

I suspect they're smooth as a dolphin. Smoother than a Brazilian during Carnival.

[@quantafreeze]

There's a cool dinosaur museum in my town in Wyoming, that has a lot of information on lobe fish. Great video!

[@WildWestRaider]

Thermop? Just a guess lol. I'm from Big Horn County! 👍🏼

[@knightspearhead5718]

I find it strange alot of there ships look alike even though they claim they buy a few foreign ships

[@bombomos]

Lack of budget to model different ships

[@or6397]

I think it makes more sense thematically if they are a beautiful species who normally would have been as one with their homeworld; but this has been taken away from them because of their exile. So yeah, space elves. Eldar from 40k. Whereas if you make them very alien or grotesque you’re more playing into the spectacle and going for shock value.

[@angstony459]

Thanks!

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you so much!

[@damoinau]

Species wearing permanent suits always interested me the most. I have always wondered what the Breen from star trek look like

[@agenda697]

"Tali'Zorah body pillow that i ordered just for this video" .... sure just for this video 😏

[@marshallhuffer4713]

I read that the clothing worn by female Quarians, specifically their hoods, was inspired by traditional iconic images of the Virgin Mary. This was originally done to fit the "virginal" and "almost motherly" quality which the developers saw in Tali. I also seem to notice how Quarians bear some similarities to Romani Gypsies as they're nomads who travel in a fleet of derelict ships that are similar to caravans, and they're discriminated by most of the galaxy who see them as thieves and vagrants,

[@OrangeRiver]

This is all very true :0

[@valz2282]

I like how they go out of their way to make sure u complete ur pilgrimage they know their long term survival depend on everyone coming back so they give you many things to see the journey through

[@beezelbuzzel]

BOTH sides of that body pillow are "PG rated"!? I'd have felt ripped off 😂

[@OrangeRiver]

LMFAO

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Maybe it's one of those things where the picture changes when it's hot or cold!

[@dudewatches6125]

The Body Pillow LMFAO

[@RazuX5]

Easy, based on the Tali romance and the synthesis ending (after making peace between the geth and quarians) the quarians look very similar to humans apart from the hands and feet.

[@nagger8216]

That's so fucking lame and unimaginative though

[@hamstercow6219]

Only having three fingers also allows for each finger to be stronger with the same muscle mass. The middle and ring finger on humans tend to be less strong and dexterous, so if you just took them out from birth and had the three remaining fingers be stronger to compensate, you probably wouldnt notice a difference (unless you want to roll and coin around your fingers i guess? since the spacing would be bigger? Or playing the piano?)

[@Superabound2]

Yeah but then we'd have ended up with a base 6 mathematics system, and math is hard enough as it is

[@Loestal]

Pillow had me lol

[@OdariArt]

Awesome video! Also, I love the new shirt! Big ups to Phobia.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thanks Odari!

[@faxinspace]

If I were an Alliance captain, I would be honored to have a quarian serving on my ship, and I would strive to make them feel like an equal among my crew. Everything from having a dedicated stock of dextro-amino foods and training for the cook(s), to making sure the quarian would have the supplies and resources necessary to maintain the environmental suit. Medicines, immuno-boosters, everything a quarian would need to be safe and comfortable, even if it means paying for it out of my own pocket. My own real life experiences have lead me to relate heavily with the quarians, so if i found myself the captain of a ship and a quarian among my crew, I would make damn sure they were happy to be there.

[@cliffcampbell8827]

The xenomorph in Alien/s have been depicted with 2 knees per leg. I've seen it on various posters and comic book art and drawings. The foot, being long and thin, still has a heel or more accurately, a rearward facing toe with a claw or talon with a subtle but physical ankle below the first knee that bends backwards (like a bird's knee) which is below the other knee that bends forwards. Other biological "abnormalities" would be the 6 digits on each hand. 4 fingers with 2 thumbs (on opposite sides of the palm from each other). No eyes but not entirely sure how they navigate their environments or hunt (echo location is a possibility but I'm not dismissing thermal or other non visual sensory types of input either). The 4 respiratory tubes on the back (I think they are necessary because the organism doesn't have enough room in it's head/neck for a sufficiently sized bronchial tube, what with the extendable secondary set of jaws). The prehensile tail and the highly acidic blood is well known along with the creature having an exoskeleton...it's form of reproduction is parasitic but the creature is not a parasite. I believe it is a biological weapon, developed in a laboratory, in a petri dish, under a microscope, in a test tube.

[@Superabound2]

@Richdragon and at least two really shitty movies

[@Kamenriderneo]

Being a captain on any ship, I would definitely hire a quarian engineer, no hesitation.

[@SageofStars]

It got removed some time ago, but I still remember back when the ME3 hate was fresh, rather than the smolder it is now(Ending's still shit), but one of the more interesting bits of fan backlash came from someone actually trying to put the 'pictured Tali' into the game as a model, and then popping her into the suit. For those curious, she doesn't fit. The neck is too thick, the arms aren't log enough, and the fingers and not jointed in the right places, and the hair would require her helmet to be hiding about 4 extra inches of space to be anything other than stuck to her head at all times.

[@horatiopelagius8703]

The deadpan delivery when you lifted up the Quarian body pillow was absolutely fucking perfect. One of the best jokes I've seen a while.

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you! Finally someone gets it

[@micshaz]

ah yes ordered the body pillow, specifically.. for the video.....

[@singletona082]

Quarrians have had to basically repurpose, recycle, and figure out how to get dispirate systems to talk to eachother for the cohesion of their migrant fleet, often forced to buy ships that are of.... debateable quality. Hell yes I'd hire on quarrians. Though from a practical standpoint I'd also want a few Turians stationed on board too for the sake of ensuring any foodstuffs and or medical supplies isn't going to just one person. Granted that would also mean having some fairly substansive medical, but given the potential value add of quarrian engineers? Totally worth it. Plus, y'know. I'd be more than a little curious on how they handle interpersonall issues, sinceeven if it wouldn't work out in 'my' situation, helps to know the crew's way of doing thigns on their last posting.

[@xpgx1]

Hiring a Quarian as Crew? *Hell yeah* , he/she will treat the ship with the respect it deserves, can probably teach your chief of engineering a trick or two and can *easily* be persuaded to stay behind to watch the ship when you're working! =) Gr8 video, as always

[@Teadon86]

I'd be hesitant to hire a quarian. Their galactic status as a shunned people for their horrible mistake, unleashing the geth, would be the least of my concerns. To care for a quarian, to have the necessary medical facility and medical knowledge, would be a financial issue. As a captain you will also be burdened with the potentiality of informing that quarian's family that they died from an allergic shock brought on by a punctured suit. A reality that wouldn't be a factor with non-quarian crewmates. However, knowing that quarians are exceptional engineers and unreasonable resourceful I'd likely hire at least one; doing my utmost to invest in my ship's medical facility and to provide extra protective material for their suit.

[@andyb1653]

I can't be the only person to notice "Keela Se'lai" sounds a lot like "Keep us alive", which is kind of the Quarians' whole deal: keeping themselves alive.

[@fancyhandle]

Highly underrated channel.

[@DustyRazz420]

You get to see a picture of quarians without their suits on if you get the perfect green ending in me3.

[@GamesintoMovies]

Yes, I also bought a body pillow for this video

[@domonator5000]

The Quarian local economy is primarily barter based, and doesn’t function off of much legal tender. However, their species is aware of how the wider galaxy’s economy functions, and so ship captains will accept money from a pilgrimage, in order to buy new parts and equipment from the outside economy

[@magicpyroninja]

Kela Sali. I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong but that quarian saying is something to the effect of swearing by returning to the Homeland or holding out hope for the day they return home

[@OrangeRiver]

Yep, "by the homeworld I hope to see one day" I think it was!

[@sspaceforce]

so long as the people are honest, respectable, they could be quarrian , krogan, or purple tentacle haired people and i wouldn't care. The hardest thing to do is find people you can trust and count on to do what they are meant to do without creating a larger problem. The value of honesty, and trustworthiness supersedes nearly everything else when it boils down too it. After all who would you work with, who would you fight beside, who would you trust with your life in the balance ? There are good and bad in all people and it's finding the ones that would not back stab you, steal from you, or set you up to get rid of you should be especially in the mass effect world the top priority. Just like how you might work with the elusive man... but you wouldn't trust him, and you wouldn't give him the trigger to a bomb placed around your neck. you know what i mean?

[@PutSumDirtInYaEye]

Honesty is the best policy

[@kingsman4628]

2:43...yeah sure... For the video... 😏😉

[@voidseeker4394]

We only use three fingers in almost all precise actions and manipulations anyway. The other two are just providing additional support for stronger grip. Humans can barely bend them separately.

[@paulmacdonald5135]

If I was a captain of a ship I would probably get a couple of Quarians as help for technical aspects

[@marginbuu212]

So you *can* clap Quarian cheeks but it's very complicated to do so.

[@aregulargamer3813]

2 year too late but !!!!!AYO!!!!! The OFFICIAL store I knew such things existed but the OFFICIAL store with OFFICIAL merchandise that taking it to the next level

[@ahuman4386]

Tali is one of my top waifu ladies I just couldn't help but love. In general, Quarian ladies are among my other favorite non-human female species like the Viera (top favorite of mine) then Au'Ra and lastly Miqo'te (FInal Fantasy) and certain elven ladies. Loved the writing for Tali and her Quarian looks just made her great. Ah yes, fantasy/scifi can be fun.

[@Lia-uf1ir]

17:32 of course I would! Especially if I were to come across Tali! ☺️

[@SnarkNSass]

I clikd for a dose of Tyler😎🤠 I stayed and learned about Mass Effect 🤓😂

[@ColourizeTheStreets]

Keeping Quarians appearances hidden from the player was dumb from a lore perspective. The appearance of Quarians should be k own, I'm sure a quick search over the Mass Effect version of the internet and anyone could find that out. There is even data entries describing porn in the Mass effect universe that even mentions Quarian porn. So it seems that the appearance of Quarians isn't some huge mystery that non-Quarians wouldn't be able to find out. Hiding things from the player that your character should or easily could know is dumb. Keeping a specific character like Tali's appearance is fine, but there should have been images of unsuited Quarians the player could find.

[@voidseeker4394]

There are a lot of asari (and krogans) who literally seen them without suits, as their lifespan is much longer than quarian exile. It's even mentioned in the game. Even if we assume that nobody ever took pictures of them... Well, just ask matron asari artist to draw(sculpt, 3d-model, whatever) them. Problem solved.

[@axelnilsson5124]

While quarian appearances should be known in-universe whether by 300 year old recordings or autopsy’s of deceased quarians I feel that their appearance should be hidden out-of-universe

[@vivien9579]

great as usual!

[@OrangeRiver]

Thank you Vivien!

[@Hozay1228]

Them hips don’t lie

[@lsporter88]

Fascinating. Compelling story-telling.

[@Raycloud]

I'm not certain that quarians actually are digitrade. When you compare them to salarians, krogan, and turians, their legs are actually very different with their stance being the same as humans, asari, drell, and batarians. Even looking at their legs below the "knee" it is not apparent where the other joint is supposed to be.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

There's only 17 million of them ... how does the galaxy even notice they exist

[@sakisaotome6753]

While we know for sure that they use dextro proteins, to my knowledge there is nothing about what kinds of sugars they use. Their is no reason that they couldn't use both dexteo proteins and sugars

[@woody32095]

I have 3 fingers but mines because of an escalator

[@venkelos6996]

This was a very fun video, but I'm going to complain, all the same. I hate the idea that people don't know what Quariajs look like. It comes up at least once in possibly every sci-fi setting, from Dune, to Star Wars, and on, but while the Guild Navigators are literally always isolated, and a weird element of how the Spacing Guild actually operates, instead of the magical monsters who run it, many others aren't. What does a Jawa look like, under the hood? A Tusken, under the bandages? Has no one ever killed one, and snapped a pic? Is the medical community completely shut off from them, that they've never offered aid, or conducted an autopsy? I can appreciate that such doctors, with some decency, haven't just spread images callously, but not everyone is nice, and decent. Luke and Kenobi dealt with lots of dead Jawas; I guess they know. The Quarians are the same. I get that they do dwell in their enclosed environs, and then closed off in communities almost as much, but I just find it hard to believe no one has pictured dead Quarians, or exploited some, to answer this burning question. From the outside, I get the appreciation of the mystique, even as I whine, but in-verse people seem in the dark, and that just boggles my mind. Apart from that pointless tirade, I was entertained. As a people, the Quarians are a race I enjoy, both for the Ines we meet, and some of the social commentary, both for their own hardships, and their own mistakes. I usually prefer my ME species to have biotic potential, and I don't beluthe Quarians have been exposed to Element Zero in ways that would trigger this, even living upon so many ships that I assume have eezo drives, but of those that favor more natural abilities, and tech, over dark energy space-magic, the Quarians are great! And yes, as a ship captain, I would value having 1+ among my crew.

[@roberttauzer7042]

Mass Effect was such a good game.

[@JohnAprile]

It still is especially now with the legendary edition

[@apackofhoboes]

We all know that Tali body pillow well before this video was made. No judgment. Tali is easily the best Mass Effect waifu.

[@ArchaeanDragon]

While Quarians may not use money to trade between themselves, they would still require "alien" money so they can trade with those aliens they encounter, so that notion makes sense.

[@Knights_Oath]

If they all look like Tali, the answer is both hot and best girl.

[@ridesq]

Very fun video!

[@rmeddy]

Yeah pretty cool race of space romani with BSG's background Tali's ME2 theme song is still probably my favourite in the entire franchise. BANNANA! for my Me3coop peeps out there.

[@barkasz6066]

I don’t see the romani connection. The Quarians are technologically advanced, care about hygene and are actually industrious. We don’t see any basis for any of the stereotypes that Citadel races have against them. There is literally no scummy or violent Quarian ingame.

[@jenx5870]

Hmmm. Never thought of them that way, but you could be right. I always viewed them as the space equivalent of the Jewish race. Both well known for traveling and being outcasts, so I guess it could be either/both. The Romani would fit with the bartering, while the Jewish fits with exile. The Quarians are complex. I like a lot of the characters, but they definitely set in motion their own fate when they tried to destroy another sentient species (the Geth). Their ancestors got scared and messed up. I always make peace with them in ME3.

[@Arutemysu]

I dont see why I wouldn't recruit a Quarian. If they can do what they do best, I dont see why they couldnt become family. One's race doesnt define what they can or can't do.

[@isengarde9490]

You don't have to look very far or hard. Just look Tali up on rule 34, and you've found out what they look like.

[@axelnilsson5124]

That’s just people’s interpretation of what a quarian would look like but it’s not canon

[@cloudnimble]

"All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again"

[@jordangalentine1441]

Why is there a tiny hole in that pillowcase?

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

Opposite chirality is impossible in this universe - in normal matter. Though dark matter could have that.

[@OrangeRiver]

It's...not impossible with normal matter lol, I have no earthly idea where you got that information. It may be very rare, however...kind of like it is even in the fictional videogame

[@sandrogamer30018]

Great video my man! One of the few Quarian's lore videos that I sat down and enjoyed watching the entirity of it. Unlike some other Quarian lore videos where the narrator is stupid and immature contantly saying "I prefer Geth d*cks tho..."for the most part of the video. I'm looking at you, Fact Fiend...

[@fwdbias9099]

yes yes....pillow just for this video....

[@PM-zw6xb]

I guess I would want to hire an Quarian but would ultimatly deside against it. Not because they woulden`t be excelent crewmembers, but because I would be to concerned about their well being

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

I need one of those body pillows...

[@notaheretic6675]

casualy pullouts body pillow to prove a point

[@OrangeRiver]

Yes siree. A true sigma chad move if I may be so bold (many people are saying this)

[@TouringWolf42]

Everyone gonna ignore that he's got a life sized body pillow? 😂

[@OrangeRiver]

That's the joke lol

[@mech0p]

i feel like with how smart the quarians were they would have brought humans to live with them so that they could adapt their system to be similar to ours so that they wouldnt die from a suit tear possibly. Thats one of the only things i didnt get because tali made it seem like it would be pretty easy to adapt back to their system with some time.

[@bombomos]

Over time means several generations. So 200+ years depending. But it wouldnt even really work with a human. You can't just transfer immune systems. Plus they would need to be on a planet. No matter what, living in a space ship makes you weaker. Even our astronauts can't stay in the international space station for more than a few months or they get extremely weak and their body starts to deteriorate.

[@mech0p]

@@bombomos To be fair they're insanely more advanced than us so they technology to do these sorts of things is way more likely in their time I mean hell they've lived in space their entire lives which as you mentioned is something we can't do so it's hard to look at it from our perspective. But I look at it like the chicken pox or even a vaccine that introduces these things to your system this way you can either fight it off better or just be completely immune. Also, I couldn't imagine it would be that hard to collect bacteria or whatever it may be from their planet and make a vaccine or slowly introduce it into their suits but hey I'm not a quarian expert so what do I know lol.

[@nasis18]

I think the best real life parallel for the Quarians would be the Roma. Both are looked down upon by other races. They don't have a real home to call their own, so they just rome endlessly.

[@seannemo8076]

I have a few things to say… I’ll start with a couple of issues: First, limiting families to one child wouldn’t result in a stable population, but in a shrinking one, presuming a binary reproductive system (2 sexes necessary for reproduction). Families should be encouraged to have 2 children, with the councils allowing 3 of the population becomes to small, restricting families to 1 in case I’ve overpopulation. Although I doubt that overpopulation happens often given the attrition that undoubtedly occurs due to the Pilgrimage. As for money, while Quarians may have a truly Socialist society (possible due to the insular nature of their society and the limited population), they would still need money when dealing with the rest of the galaxy. For example _maybe_ they could pay for a spacedock slip for a major refit through trade, but money would make it much easier. My last point is not a problem, but personal observation and theory: That the Quarians are responsible for their own weakened immune systems. We know that if people who are “germaphobic” have weaker immune systems due to their bodies not getting minor infections and illnesses to strengthen their immune systems. We also know that people in enclosed communities (like aboard a ship) can pass illnesses through the community rapidly. My theory is that an early Quarian ship had an illness that tore through the ship, causing everyone to use environmental suits to effectively quarantine themselves, and then thay all simply _stayed_ in those suits. The extreme sterile environments have caused the Quarian immune system, which was already weak, to degrade further. Whereas if they had _not_ quarantined themselves, their immune systems would have become _stronger,_ not weaker, due to the constant exposure to outside influences. Anyway, it was a good video, thank you. I just wanted to put in my two cents.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Your videos are always great but this one has been particularly good. I love Tali and I love the Quarrians. I don't get the one child thing though, because you half the population each generation. Two parents would need to create two children to maintain a stable population, generation after generation.

[@OrangeRiver]

Based on my understanding, zero population growth is not so much based on the actual number of children but the ratio of births and deaths. That said, it's definitely a throwaway line--I can't even remember where it's said in the series. Probably during ME1. Either way, so glad you liked the video James!

[@barkasz6066]

@@OrangeRiver yeah it is early in ME1. Tali says that when the population gets too low they allow multiple children.

[@DeanBrah]

@@OrangeRiver its in the first conversation you can have with her in the engine room of the normandy, in the very very beginning

[@KeytarArgonian]

It’s balanced out because of the population starts to dip, the law is relaxed. And if it begins to dip too rapidly, prospective parents are actually given incentives to uh… do their part. Then later once the population climbs again the low is reinstated.

[@zaxxon4]

I society can choose to not use money amongst themselves, and still have the need for money to use in trade. This would be like in a commune or cult. They don't use cash for internal trade, but do use it to buy things they cannot produce themselves.