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Mass Effect Races
   
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This is a collection of races from Mass Effect. My plan is to include all of the races that appear in the games. They are not intended to be completely balanced in ability, but rather to reflect the character traits of each race. I will be adding more races as time goes on.
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Krogan Confederacy
Created by Shepard-Commander
The krogan evolved in a hostile and vicious environment. When the salarians discovered them, the krogan were a brutal, primitive species struggling to survive a self-inflicted nuclear winter. The salarians culturally uplifted them, teaching them to use and...
Turian Hierarchy
Created by Shepard-Commander
Roughly 1,200 years ago, the turians were invited to join the Citadel Council to fulfill the role of galactic peacekeepers. The turians have the largest fleet in Citadel space, and they make up the single largest portion of the Council's military forces. T...
Asari Republics
Created by Shepard-Commander
The asari were the first species to discover the Citadel. When the salarians arrived, it was the asari who proposed the Citadel Council to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. Since then, the asari have served as the mediators and centrists of the Council...
Salarian Union
Created by Shepard-Commander
The second species to join the Citadel, the salarians are warm-blooded amphibians with a hyperactive metabolism. Salarians think fast, talk fast, and move fast. To salarians, other species seem sluggish and dull-witted. Unfortunately, their metabolic speed...
Systems Alliance
Created by Shepard-Commander
The Systems Alliance is the representative body of Earth and all human colonies in Citadel space. Backed by Earth's most powerful nations, the Alliance has become humanity's military, exploratory and economic spearhead. While the Alliance is relatively new...
Vol Protectorate
Created by Shepard-Commander
The volus are an associate race on the Citadel with their own embasy. They hail from Irune which possesses a high-pressure greenhouse atmosphere able to support ammonia based biochemistry. As a result, the volus must wear pressure suits and breathers when ...
Geth Consensus
Created by Shepard-Commander
The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war. The geth p...
Batarian Hegemony
Created by Shepard-Commander
A race of four-eyed bipeds native to the world of Khar'shan, the batarians are a disreputable species that chose to isolate itself from the rest of the galaxy. The Terminus Systems are infested wih batarian pirate gangs and slaving rings. The batarian gove...
Terminus Systems Alliance
Created by Shepard-Commander
The Terminus Systems are the portion of the galaxy not governed by the Citadel Council. These systems are a loose affiliaton of minor species, united only by their refusal to acknowledge the authority of the Citadel Council or adhere to the Citadel Convent...
Quarian Migrant Fleet
Created by Shepard-Commander
Driven from their home system by the geh nearly three centuries ago, most quarians now live aboardthe Migrant Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand vessels ranging in size from passenger shuttles to mobile space stations. Home to 17 million quarians, the flo...
Courts of Dekuuna
Created by Shepard-Commander
The elcor are a Citadel species native to the high-gravity world Dekuuna. They are massive creatures, standing on four muscular legs for increased stability. Elcor move slowly, an evolved response to an environment where a fall can be lethal. This has colo...
Illuminated Primacy
Created by Shepard-Commander
The hanar are a Citadel species known for excessive politeness. They speak with scrupulous precision and take offense at improper language. Their homeworld, Kahje has 90 ocean cover and orbits a high energy white star, causing permanent cloud cover. Due to...
Collector Hive
Created by Shepard-Commander
Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, collectors are human sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive win...
Cerberus
Created by Shepard-Commander
Cerberus is a human-survivalist paramilitary group led by the enigmatic Illusive Man. Cerberus' core belief is that humans deserve a greater role in the galactic community and that the Systems Alliance is to hamstrung by law and public opinion to stand up ...
Rachni Great Symphony
Created by Shepard-Commander
The rachni are an insect-like species from the planet Suen. Intelligent and highly aggressive, the rachni are driven to expand their territory. The rachni are very resilient and have the ability to live on the most harsh worlds. Traits: Prolific Adaptable ...
Drell Protectorate
Created by Shepard-Commander
The drell are an extremely loyal and spiritual people. Native to the dying planet of Rakhana, an alliance with the hanar is the only thing that saved the drell from going extinct. Traits: Unwavering Knowledgeable +10% Manufacturing +10% Influence Growth +2...
Vorcha Syndicate
Created by Shepard-Commander
Native to the harsh planet Heshtok, the vorcha are an extremely adaptable species. However, their short lifespans of only 20 years prevents many of them from learning a particular skill or trade, leading to an extremely violent society. Although the vorcha...
New Prothean Empire
Created by Shepard-Commander
Thought to have been destroyed by the Reapers 50,000 years ago, the protheans have returned to the galaxy. Nearly one million protheans along with their leader, Javik, were put into stasis on the planet Eden Prime, waiting for the Reapers to leave the gala...
The Reapers
Created by Shepard-Commander
The reapers are a highly-advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships. The reapers reside in dark space: the vast mostly starless space between galaxies. They hibernate there, dormant for fifty thousand years at a time, before returning to the gala...
Blue Suns Mercenaries
Created by Shepard-Commander
The Blue Suns were founded by Zaeed Massani and Vido Santiago in 2160. The Blue Suns quickly grew into one of the most successful private military companies in the galaxy. After a disagreement over the hiring of batarians, Santiago betrayed Massani and exp...