Turians



Known for their militaristic and disciplined culture, the Turians are the most recent of the Citadel races invited to join the Council. They gained their Council seat after defeating the hostile Krogan for the Council during the 'Krogan Rebellions'. The Turians deployed a salarian-created biological weapon called the genophage, which virtually sterilised the krogan and sent them into a decline. The Turians then filled the peacekeeping niche left by the once-cooperative Krogan, and eventually gained a Council seat in recognition of their efforts.

Originally from the planet Palaven, Turians are best known for their military role, particularly their contributions of soldiers and starships to the Citadel Fleet. They are respected for their 'public service' ethic—it was the Turians who first proposed creating C-Sec—but are sometimes seen as imperialist or rigid by other races.

There is some animosity between Turians and humans, largely due to the Turian role in the First Contact War. This bitterness is slowly beginning to heal—as shown by the cooperation of the two races on the construction of the SSV Normandy—but many Turians still hate humans, and vice versa.

As a teenager, Kaidan Alenko took a Turian out with a full biotic kick, right in the teeth, which, even though it sounds totally awesome, traumatised the young Alenko.

Turians are fond of calibrations, female Shepards, particularly Assbutt Shepard and Jane Shepard, both of whom are romantically involved with a Garrus Vakarian, and angsty behaviour.

Tragically, many ME Twitterverse Turians are afflicted by a life-threatening condition known as "chronic brooding". It is not currently known whether this condition is contagious or not. Attempts at developing a cure are underway; however, results so far do not appear to be promising.