Mass Effect's Nomadic Species - The Quarians

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Today we explore the full lore behind the species known as the Quarian's from the Mass Effect games and the books/comics.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:47 - Being Exiled & New Life
12:25 - Society & Culture
20:41 - Quarians In 2186
23:46 - Quarians In Andromeda
26:59 - Future Of The Quarians
27:49 - Thanks For Watching
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@WiseFish 5 ай бұрын

Give the video a like if you’d like to see more Mass Effect lore and cheers for watching and supporting the channel!

@magatsmorghulis6981 5 ай бұрын

keelah se'lai

@mrjenchilada 5 ай бұрын

Pls more!!!

@Kirby-Krios 3 ай бұрын

yes happy to see more MASS. always been my favorite scifi and why I found the channel. ^_^ Hoping the next ME is good and not just a "Andromeda 2".

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite races, a curious fact was that in the novels it was expanded upon; the geths ended up not only killing those they considered hostile, but everything and everyone according to a VI that lived through the war. That was a brutal genocide; in less than a year, they murdered billions. Even those who supported them eventually fled to the fleet to avoid being killed. They even killed the aliens living in quarian territory, as mentioned by an asari on Illium in Mass Effect 2.

@SomeTuberr 5 ай бұрын

Where did it say that the supporters were being killed by the geth? From what I understood the government killed the supporters and the geth proceeded to wage war

@ONI_SectionAPersonnel-tf5un 5 ай бұрын

Similar to how the krogan treat the genophage matter, most quarians like to stress the fact that they were on the receiving end of a near-genocide at the hands of the geth. While that is true, they often completely disregard or downplay the fact that they tried to commit genocide on the geth first, for the sole reason of them gaining consciousness, despite still being peaceful. The geth then defended themselves and even let them escape in the end. Most of the time, they justify this stance via disregarding the geth as an actual lifeform. Tali: The geth drove us from our homeworld! Admiral Koris: Of course they did. We tried to kill them.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 5 ай бұрын

@@ONI_SectionAPersonnel-tf5un The problem with that is that it's also not true that the Quarian government attempted genocide; the Geth committed it. Before asserting that the Geth let them go, they did so when only a million (an extremely small number for an entire population) managed to escape the system. They didn't pursue them because they didn't know the consequences of annihilating an entire species and feared how the rest of the organics would react. Therefore, they decided to be isolationists and essentially shape the rest of the galaxy's perception based on what they exhibited during the genocide. In other words, if they had known that eliminating them wouldn't have consequences, they would have done it. The Geth didn't leave a quarter; they left less than that. Furthermore, there's a huge difference between the Geth and basically any other race: the Geth are not individuals; they don't know individuality. While I agree on self-defense, we shouldn't portray them as if they didn't know what they were doing. The Geth targeted civilians, innocents, and killed billions, something that even Legion doesn't deny. They didn't just kill the responsible ones. The Geth complain about their reputation, but isolating themselves for 300 years and killing even those who had nothing to do with the conflict tarnished their reputation.

@chandrila-zl5qg 5 ай бұрын

@@SomeTuberr The person above must be referring to the novels following Mass Effect 3, especially one from Andromeda featuring a woman who lived through the war. It portrays that the geth didn't just target those against them or neutral parties, but they reached a point where they started attacking indiscriminately. Honestly, it kinda makes sense. I wouldn't really take the geth consensus as the 'canon' version, because it's riddled with inconsistencies and seems to overly glorify the geth, especially when Legion already revealed their actions in Mass Effect 2, even reiterating it on Tuchanka, which is supported by characters who lived through that era, like the asari whose daughter was killed by the geth.Also, we know from Legion in the third game that even though they claim they don't lie, they can manipulate or withhold information And before anyone brings it up, there's nothing wrong with the geth presenting their perspective, but Mass Effect 3 doesn't really present it that way. The game seems to be trying to evoke sympathy for the geth, almost like it's propaganda Ignoring things that were already confirmed. It may also be that the consensus ended up like this because Mass Effect 2 and 3 only have a 2-year difference between them. The game came out so quickly that they brought in new writers, and it shows with several subplots and their endings.

@chandrila-zl5qg 5 ай бұрын

@@ONI_SectionAPersonnel-tf5un Yeah, I'm totally in favor of them getting a shot at life, but let's be honest, the Council's decision-making is questionable at best. The Council would have forced them to dismantle or be invaded. So, it's hard to believe they would have come up with better solutions. I mean, just take a look at the Citadel Archives. The Council gives its Spectres the green light to commit genocides, and they didn't hesitate to shut down their AIs when they started becoming too self-aware. The thing with the geth version is, it's just not that believable. They paint the geth as these peaceful victims who always wanted to talk to the galaxy, which totally contradicts what we've seen in the other games and novels. Take Legion, for example. He's the first geth in centuries to try to talk to us, and that was mainly because of the Reaper threat. They were so scared that they started scanning dark space with a giant telescope. And yet, they weren't exactly welcoming. I think there's a part where a quarian guy named Shio tries to communicate with them and ends up fleeing for his life, then comes back and tries to talk to them only for the same thing to happen. And let's not forget, in the other games, they've always been hostile to anyone who tries to communicate with them. They never bothered to engage in dialogue with anyone who approached them. And wiping out almost the entire quarian population? That's another level. They pretty much wiped out 99.9% of them, which means most of those people were innocent civilians. Sure, the quarians started the war, but the geth didn't just defend themselves; they went to kill. Defending yourself is one thing, but what they did? That's another level.

@blowbert9126 5 ай бұрын

The one reason i wanted a sequel to the dissapointing Andromeda was the fate of the quarian arc. But with how things are going...that might never happen. Good video

@topcat59 5 ай бұрын

I just realize that the Quarians are very similar to the Eldar, where they were on top of the world but eventually losing everything and being forced to live in colony ships for the rest of their lives well also being somewhat hunted down by their creations.🐱

@austinguthrie5528 5 ай бұрын

Still 10 times better than those pointy ear xeno scum lmao. Sorry if you love the Eldar 😅

@darthjekyll3648 5 ай бұрын

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@booperdooper1790 12 күн бұрын

Hey at least they didn't muder fuck a new god into existence like the Eldar

@Cothfotmeoo 5 ай бұрын

Tali was my favorite character from the Mass Effect series and I've always wanted to know more about the Quarians because of it. Great video! Well played.

@magatsmorghulis6981 5 ай бұрын

keelah se'lai

@TheGreatThicc Ай бұрын

Was not expect her romance arc to be so wholesome yet so heart breaking

@ostaruempire Ай бұрын

The Quarians as well as Tali Zorah are my favorite - I completely relate with them and how they're mistreated by society and I have no idea why but I love the concept of how Shepard and Tali have this forbidden love thing because she can't take off her helmet without antibiotics and a yacht load of herbs. Btw: Tali is my #1 romance choice in Mass Effect - not once have I ever gone a full playthrough of romancing anyone else

@bluewizzard8843 5 ай бұрын

One of the most interesting races in Mass effect. Probably my favorite race. The decision between legion and tali was one of my personal highlights. I betrayed legion and then the quarian fleet anhilated the geth fleet. That was epic.

@clarencewalters338 5 ай бұрын

Is it a betrayal? What if you never really tried to trust Legion and just did his loyalty quests and the side missions of Rannoch? All those objectives serve to save quarian lives as well. Having an AI (important because they are more vulnerable to indoctrination than organics, which we've seen are severely weak to it anyway) ask you to download reaper upgrades to EVERY Geth is a huge unreasonable risk that we can only make because we have the benefit of knowing "Paragon good".

@bluewizzard8843 5 ай бұрын

@@clarencewalters338Well actually it was the fake legion because the real legion was "killed" in me2. But the other point is I don't like artifical intelligence. It's no real life and I don't think it has a place in this world. Certainly not in the sense that we should treat dead things like it's alive. So actually I am kind of a biological life supremacist if you want call it like that. In my second playthrough Legion was "alive" and I reluctantly went with the decision the game wanted me to make. But if tali had requested to kill legion and destroy the geth that would have been my decision. They Paragon renegade sytem is probably the biggest weakness of me in general, because it's way to simplistic. We really shouldn't view the world as black and white, because ilife is Always grey.ish. and Game developers should be less riskaware and explore our Grey Nature much more. That's more interesting and more realistic.

@clarencewalters338 5 ай бұрын

@@bluewizzard8843 I'm not an organic supremacist, however I was paying attention to background information. All info points to Reaper tech ALWAYS being a bad idea to use. Vigil states(based on several 10s of centuries of data mind you) that Synthetic organisms succumb to the effects of indoctrination easier than organics because they're code that can be reprogrammed, whereas a sapient organic organism requires time and careful cultivation. So despite my liking Legion, at the time it appeared he was going to make the fundamental mistake of using Reaper tech I naturally assumed he was either indoctrinated or in the process of succumbing to it. Legion absolutely REFUSED this very idea, it's what he was trying to stop during his loyalty mission. Without the knowledge of future events and game mechanics, the responsible choice even if you sympathize with the Geth is to make the decision that saves the most life as we currently know it.

@itsgabbybtch5587 Ай бұрын

@@clarencewalters338 the reason legion wants the upgrades is because the Quarians are literally destroying his race when they lose the upgrades. It's an act of survival, sometimes we are forced into situations where our principles and survival are pit against each other. Also, Vigil never said the synthetics were indoctrinated, he only stated they're probably more USEFUL for the reapers than the keepers that evolved to only listen to the citadel.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Ай бұрын

@@itsgabbybtch5587 They literally changed the whole purpose of the geth for Mass Effect 3. Every time you talk to Legion, it seems to talk about how the geth want to be one, want to be like organics, when in Mass Effect 2 they rejected individuality. It's simply bad writing because by Mass Effect 3, Legion says that this has always been their goal.

@mitwhitgaming7722 5 ай бұрын

These guys inspired one of the alien races in my sci-fi story before I even knew why they wore the suits. My aliens wear similar full body suits because they come from an extremely cold planet with an extremely thick ozone layer, so they have no sweat glands nor natural immunity to UV radiation.

@TheCorrodedMan 5 ай бұрын

May i ask what the name of this species is? I’ve been working on a shared universe kind of thing, where each story comes from a different author, but is set in the same galaxy. I could send you some notes, if you like

@tiberiusdawn2042 Ай бұрын

I wonder they would get along with the quarian

@feralprocessor9853 5 ай бұрын

Tali best girl

@havig7825 5 ай бұрын

Mass effect has a special spot in my heart, amazing video!

@WiseFish 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much dude really appreciate the love 😁

@Serocco 5 ай бұрын

Peace between the geth and quarians remains the best outcome for both races. It began with attempted genocide (from quarians to geth), then retaliatory genocide (geth driving quarians to exile), finally vengeful genocide (quarians to geth after returning to Rannoch) Choosing between Tali or Legion just continues the cycle of extermination. Peace through Legion's sacrifice is the only way for it to stop.

@chandrila-zl5qg 5 ай бұрын

Although to be honest, I believe that if that remaining million hadn't escaped, the Geth would have killed them. Legion explains it was a logical decision rather than a moral one, fearing how other races would act. Coupled with their extreme isolationism to the point of firing at diplomatic ships, I wouldn't blame anyone for not seeing them as friendly. In fact, I think Legion was the first non-hostile Geth in 300 years

@spencerstevens2175 Ай бұрын

There is a theory that this is what broke the cycle and this is why Shepard gets the choice to end the cycle at the end of 3. Because it was the first time in any cycle organics and synthetics had tried to move forward together, peacefully. If you think about the choice in this context you are pretty much playing God with the galaxy in that, final choice

@Skyrionn 5 ай бұрын

This was brilliant friendo

@WiseFish 5 ай бұрын

Thanks you man! Means a lot as always 😁

@Dripularstein 5 ай бұрын

Ayo 2 of my favorite lore channel here. Nice

@anthonyfrench3169 5 ай бұрын

I'm super stoked you returned back to Mass Effect lore!! I love your Cyberpunk lore, which got me hooked onto your channel, but I definitely digged your Mass Effect lore videos!

@Wooksley 3 ай бұрын

It's not the "opposite digestive system" but opposite chirality of their molecular structures I believe. That basically means that their molecules are mirror images of ours. And having one child per couple results in population decline, that' kinda obvious if you think about it.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 3 ай бұрын

The rule one child is only where there are Big problems with the fleet resources

@roguerifter9724 5 ай бұрын

One thing I remember is their ancestors were known to the Protheans and considered very attractive. And I think their one kid per couple policy makes no sense because that means their population will constantly be dropping massively even without plagues, accidents or combat losses.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 5 ай бұрын

That policy is not set forever, only when the fleet's resources are very stressed, and even when the population decreases, incentives are given to those who have more children

@rdf4315 5 ай бұрын

Yeah javik talked about the quarians as if he met many in his life time.

@chandrila-zl5qg 5 ай бұрын

The Protheans used to eat the flesh of intelligent races including humans, krogan, salarians, and they researched other races. It's no wonder the asari became a power due to the gifts and Prothean technology that their species kept hidden from other races@@rdf4315

@SomeTuberr 5 ай бұрын

@@rdf4315im sure he met many 😏

@TheGamingmaster5000 5 ай бұрын

one of the coolest looking races in the game.

@ocw5178 5 ай бұрын

Yes! Excited to listen to all your upcoming Mass Effect content!

@jasonx1174 5 ай бұрын

Awesome work as always. Quarians have always been interesting to me both in their esthetic with the suits and how much of a close knit society they are. Which can work both ways.

@calebadmiracalebthreestrik240 5 ай бұрын

It's Hard to tell about How many species lived out there on the Stars, even if an alien species having a hard time adapting to everything like, Technology Advancement, Space Travel, Gathering Resources and Getting their Militaries up and running. But I'm hoping for another Video about the Reapers, because I see them in Combat in the videos and I want to know how they are that strong at Annihilating all Species that quick

@CanadianLegionaire 5 ай бұрын

The reason why is explained in game though. To quote Sovereign "Your society develops along the lines we desire." Because races in the Mass Effect universe become reliant on the mass relays and the citadel, they are effectively going down a technological and developmental road designed to make them easier to harvest when the Reapers arrive. If you were to pitch the Reapers against other sci fi factions, they wouldn't do nearly as well because they would lose those advantages.

@SomeTuberr 5 ай бұрын

I would imagine there military strategies are like how animals fight in packs. Because they are technically indestructible in mass effect they can just get up close and rip a ship apart

@stitchfan08 5 ай бұрын

i love tail her romance is so sweet

@kalaelizabeth 5 ай бұрын

Woo mass effect lore!

@stuartclifton4764 5 ай бұрын

Mass Effect lets gooooooooo

@KevinKoolx 5 ай бұрын

Tali is the best

@wizzzjer 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! Quarians are my favorite... well, I even still have one as my profile pic :D

@sultana-gaming 5 ай бұрын

I plan to romance tali on my next playthrough round

@isengarde9490 15 күн бұрын

Once again, no matter if it's a Human or Alien problem, the Council either does fuck all, or actively makes the situation worse.

@Wfalen 10 күн бұрын

Quarians are a weird crossover between Battlestar Galactica and The boy in the plastic bubble

@S-N7 5 ай бұрын

Nicely done video, hopefully you'll cover more Mass Effect lore like David Anderson and Kahlee Sanders.

@Longshot441 8 күн бұрын

Imagine if a sect of Quarians surivived the purges and still remained on the planet.

@feralprocessor9853 5 ай бұрын

Right off the bat, pictures of the variety of the Citadel Council races.

@Jaeger_Bishop Ай бұрын

Ah, I see the Citadel Council's policy of, "Well it doesn't negatively affect our species, so appeasement of monsters and screw the victim it is", has a long and proud tradition. The only reason I bothered saving the Destiny Ascension, is because it would be a waste to throw such a powerful asset away before the coming war.

@carlossabogal2970 Ай бұрын

They have literally been threatened for 300 years, even when they try to colonize other worlds like Ekuna, which was in the Terminus Systems, a territory that wasn't theirs and where their presence could start a war, in addition to their expeditions.

@Ancikristus 2 ай бұрын

Why don't the Quarians just expand their ships with galvanized square steel and eco friendly wood veneer?

@jayduffy5532 6 күн бұрын

They kinda remind me of mandalorians from star wars except for the whole weak immune system thing

@dominiccenteno1233 5 ай бұрын

You gotta get into The Elder Scrolls series. You'll have a gold mine of content from Skyrim alone.

@Karlos1234ify 5 ай бұрын

Very nice!

@austinguthrie5528 5 ай бұрын

Not going to lie. While watching this i just kept thinking of the A.I. Curious NSFW rule 34 animation. 😏😂 (I know, I am a heathen) But on the real, love seeing one of my favorites universes showing up on this channel! Brilliant work! Keep at it!

@gono4806 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see ME content

@Noblesix84 5 ай бұрын

And we'll never know what happened to the Quarians on their Ark, or really much of anything thats happening in Andromeda.

@Dothreban 5 ай бұрын

Tali is best girl. ❤❤❤

@bramigar 5 ай бұрын

My body's ready for Mass Effect lore breakdown videos, mm-hmm.

@Thebettermartyr 4 ай бұрын

I always enjoyed the Quarians back story. If only they relaxed a bit they would have been the most advanced among the current generation of species

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 4 ай бұрын

To be honest, I doubt that the council would have allowed it, and the genocide committed by the Geths was brutal.

@Xehanort10 2 ай бұрын

6:18 The Quarians brought their war with the Geth on themselves. Built robot slaves then panicked when they became self aware.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Ай бұрын

The geths originally we're only machines not sentients not slaves

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Ай бұрын

Additionally, the geth did commit genocide."

@cqwsa-g4j Ай бұрын

No, not that either. They were never created for that purpose or enslaved. That's nonsense And the Geth committed brutal genocide; they are not victims

@young5395 Ай бұрын

Found out I could romance Tali in ME2 and dropped Liara like a hot skillet fr. Liara I thought was bad, yes but, Tali arrested my mind.

@raulecreuset667 Ай бұрын

Tali's Cuteness and being you as her world and home makes her the best romance in ME.

@gsoma4022 5 ай бұрын

I tried playing Mass Effect trilogy is was fine but its so confusing on knowing what to do in the 1st one

@deadstareffect 10 күн бұрын

If you take the fact that the council outlawed AI before the morning war The quarian government's reaction was completely reasonable if illogical! The consequences for accidentally creating AI would more than likely be just the same as intentionally doing it And the quarians formally had a embassy which they lost! If the geth hadn't happened the quarians would've more than likely had a council seat by now or at least still have a embassy and voice in citadel matters!

@Omkay-zx3zo 4 ай бұрын

Alright, I know this is crazy, but hear me out... space cat people. Rannoch is kinda like the African savanna, like lions traveling in packs, explaining their Digitigrade legs. But like leopards, they used trees to hide their food and hunt, over time they would change into bipedal species for hunting. They would also have hair or at least fur, because they were the main pollenators, and hair would be better at trapping pollen. It's far fetched but it make somekind of sense, at least to me.

@feralprocessor9853 5 ай бұрын

To Bricky, they got dem hips ;)

@ZanyHyena 5 ай бұрын

Always a good day when wisefish uploads 🎉

@jimpauls7765 4 ай бұрын

howdy! is this a mod to see the environment at your own pace instead of manually moving shepard around? thanks!

@mitsuhed 5 ай бұрын

Mass effect anything, he'll yea.

@FraserFPS 5 ай бұрын

I'd be interested in seeing another video in this theme, from the Geth perspective!

@anderporascu5026 26 күн бұрын

And we still don't know what quarians look like outside of their helmet.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 20 күн бұрын

We know only in a photo , almost human

@anderporascu5026 20 күн бұрын

@@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Hopefully we get to see their true faces in ME5, it's not like the whole Todd Howard MO of keeping the mystery mysterious so that speculation can last for years and decades. As for that photo, I'm not sure if the artist meant that as official.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 19 күн бұрын

@@anderporascu5026According to it is official, in Mass Effect 3 they literally placed the photo of one of the people who worked there but for the legendary edition they made the entire photographic model from scratch. So canonically they are very similar to humans, plus in a bad Andromeda book it said the same thing

@anderporascu5026 19 күн бұрын

@@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Very well then, no mysteries left there. All that remains is to be granted the ability to play as the other races and be revealed who the Jaardan are.

@marikmeier5605 5 ай бұрын

From what sources was drawn besides the games or was there also a lot of headcanoning?

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 4 ай бұрын

Books and comics

@captaincokecan 5 ай бұрын

Does this unit have a soul?

@spencerstevens2175 Ай бұрын

Vitor proved they aren't very mentally strong. Also the one child law would render them a dying species, guaranteed. They need two kids per couple to maintain current numbers. Assuming everyone has a mate and there are equal numbers of each sex. Probably just an oversight.

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Ай бұрын

Viktor was a traumatized teenager; he was the exception, not the rule. Additionally, the game literally tells us that the asari are responsible, but in the end, it turns out they are hiding technology that could save millions. The game also tells us that the turians are proud soldiers, but Garrus is quite the opposite. He admits that his military career was a disgrace, his career in C-Sec never advanced because he clashed with officials, and his attempt to become a Spectre ultimately failed

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 Ай бұрын

And about the population, the game explained it only applies in times of emergency and is revoked when necessary; it is not permanent

@flost8202 5 ай бұрын

How is having one child sustainable? Don't you need at least 2 to keep the same population?

@carlosdavidsabogalmotta4327 5 ай бұрын

It's maintained for periods of time; when the population increases too much to the point that resources become scarce, they establish the law, but when it's over, they deactivate it

@bluewizzard8843 5 ай бұрын

Well maybe they need to actually shrunk. They have to live in a fleet so it's maybe necessary to become fewer to keep the fleet itself more sutainable. Ships are expensive and with zero planets to exploit, their ressources must be severly limited.