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[Foolsfolly]

Know what you've got when you come across a dead batarian?





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Cause for celebration!

[Veritasinpersonam]

Foolsfolly wrote...

Know what you've got when you come across a dead batarian?


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Cause for celebration!

Pop the bubbly!

[Christmas Ape]

Foolsfolly wrote...

Know what you've got when you come across a dead batarian?

Armed allies somewhere in the area?
One less target the next time you hit a pirate camp?
A four-shot reduction in your operational expenses for the mission?
A good reason to roll him over and put one dead center of his eyes to make sure?
Varren food?

I can do this all day.

[JaegerBane]

I think the main issue that Batarians have is that they've come across Humanity - a species that is very similar to them in many respects (in terms of history, attitude, intentions, morphology) but superior to them in practically every way (physically, financially and militarily). They appear to feel they've essentially been replaced for a more effective model. Now, the species they once competed with has now ascended to the top echelons of power, and considered equal to the major political heavyweights in council space.

In some respects, someone who is like you, only better, elicits far more jealously then someone who is far beyond anything you could hope for, and I think we're seeing this here.

Like many of the 'enemies' in ME1, ME2 left me feeling some measure of sympathy for some batarians. I still think their government and power structure is a total joke, though. Ultimately, instead of trying to step up to the human's level, and compete, they just mess around in the arse-end of the galaxy whinging about how no-one likes them. Pathetic.

I vote for Batarian husks in ME3.

[GreenDragon37]

JaegerBane wrote...

I think the main issue that Batarians have is that they've come across Humanity - a species that is very similar to them in many respects (in terms of history, attitude, intentions, morphology) but superior to them in practically every way (physically, financially and militarily). They appear to feel they've essentially been replaced for a more effective model. Now, the species they once competed with has now ascended to the top echelons of power, and considered equal to the major political heavyweights in council space.

In some respects, someone who is like you, only better, elicits far more jealously then someone who is far beyond anything you could hope for, and I think we're seeing this here.

Like many of the 'enemies' in ME1, ME2 left me feeling some measure of sympathy for some batarians. I still think their government and power structure is a total joke, though. Ultimately, instead of trying to step up to the human's level, and compete, they just mess around in the arse-end of the galaxy whinging about how no-one likes them. Pathetic.

I vote for Batarian husks in ME3.

Indeed.

[Christmas Ape]

JaegerBane wrote...

I think the main issue that Batarians have is that they've come across Humanity - a species that is very similar to them in many respects (in terms of history, attitude, intentions, morphology) but superior to them in practically every way (physically, financially and militarily). They appear to feel they've essentially been replaced for a more effective model. Now, the species they once competed with has now ascended to the top echelons of power, and considered equal to the major political heavyweights in council space.



In some respects, someone who is like you, only better, elicits far more jealously then someone who is far beyond anything you could hope for, and I think we're seeing this here.

Particularly if you have a cultural prejudice that tells you every single member of their species is, by its very nature, dumber than your own species. A simply unavoidable, genetic, racist fact; they have two eyes, they're just not as smart as batarians.



Stuff 'em. A whole species I'm just waiting to give me a reason...

[Cyanios]

In my eyes, Batarians are a bad stain on your N7 armor that wont go away until you shot it a little. prefferably with something large.

[Highdragonslayer]

Batarians wouldn't be able to survive the zerg swarm

[ShadyKat]

skcih-deraj wrote...

Only good batartian is a dead one!

They attack colonies,take slaves and expect every one to feel sorry for them. There is know excuss for what they do and the said thing is the alliance does nothing about it. (except torfan.)

You sir. You are a Blight!

[JohnnyBeGood2]

It's easier morally if they remain cannon fodder (Batarians are bad because they always point guns at us so we are encouraged to shoot them without remorse). Not so good for them though.

Modifié par JohnnyBeGood2, 19 juin 2010 - 01:44 .

[Nightwriter]

[GreenDragon37]

Nightwriter wrote...

LOL, then they should stop attacking colonies and enslaving Humans. Damn terrorists.

Modifié par GreenDragon37, 19 juin 2010 - 03:14 .

[Nightwriter]

*batarian sobs in corner*

But his dreams, they aren't as empty... as his conscience seems to be...

Modifié par Nightwriter, 19 juin 2010 - 06:04 .

[GreenDragon37]

Nightwriter wrote...

*batarian sobs in corner*

But his dreams, they aren't as empty... as his conscience seems to be...

[PhoenixBlue]

ShadyKat wrote...

skcih-deraj wrote...

Only good batartian is a dead one!

They attack colonies,take slaves and expect every one to feel sorry for them. There is know excuss for what they do and the said thing is the alliance does nothing about it. (except torfan.)

You sir. You are a Blight!

Did anyone else hear a little bit of Keith Olbermann in that?

[stormrain]

Mass Effect has made me racist. And I'm perfectly okay with that.

Burn all squints!

[GreenDragon37]

PhoenixBlue wrote...

ShadyKat wrote...

skcih-deraj wrote...

Only good batartian is a dead one!

They attack colonies,take slaves and expect every one to feel sorry for them. There is know excuss for what they do and the said thing is the alliance does nothing about it. (except torfan.)

You sir. You are a Blight!

Did anyone else hear a little bit of Keith Olbermann in that?

I know!

[The Big Nothing]

Batarians, like humans, cannot all by be summed up in one word. Some people are bad; some people are good. It's a duality within every species.
Perhaps most Batarians are upset with the Council for ignoring their pleas to slow human expansion, but it doesn't make them all extremists.
I sympathize, if anything - and I'm a thin white guy.

Modifié par The Big Nothing, 22 juin 2010 - 11:21 .

[Christmas Ape]

Batarians, like humans, cannot all by be summed up in one word. Some people are bad; some people are good. It's a duality within every species.

Every single batarian you encounter over the course of two games could fit under "antagonistic".

[The Big Nothing]

Christmas Ape wrote...

Batarians, like humans, cannot all by be summed up in one word. Some people are bad; some people are good. It's a duality within every species.

Every single batarian you encounter over the course of two games could fit under "antagonistic".

Cathka wasn't an antagonist; he was a simple mechanic who loved his cigars.

[GreenDragon37]

The Big Nothing wrote...

Christmas Ape wrote...

Batarians, like humans, cannot all by be summed up in one word. Some people are bad; some people are good. It's a duality within every species.

Every single batarian you encounter over the course of two games could fit under "antagonistic".

Cathka wasn't an antagonist; he was a simple mechanic who loved his cigars.

Cathka got a tazer in his back.

[didymos1120]

The Big Nothing wrote...

Cathka wasn't an antagonist; he was a simple mechanic who loved his cigars.

In the literary sense he was an antagonist.  Every merc there was: they were all part of the group opposing the protagonist, Shepard, whether they were aware of that opposition or not. But no, he wasn't antagonistic in the colloquial sense.

[The Big Nothing]

didymos1120 wrote...

The Big Nothing wrote...

Cathka wasn't an antagonist; he was a simple mechanic who loved his cigars.

In the literary sense he was an antagonist.  Every merc there was: they were all part of the group opposing the protagonist, Shepard, whether they were aware of that opposition or not. But no, he wasn't antagonistic in the colloquial sense.

He's as much an antagonist to Shepard as Oppenheimer is to everyone who has been nuked. You are right, though, he is a member of the blue suns, so, technically, he can be considered an antagonist.

[SuperMedbh]

Not to Godwin the thread, but think about **** Germany. The average German just knew what the government told them, and wasn't actually a bad person. But if you lived in one of the countries they invaded/fought, you probably hated all Germans, with darned good reason.

[PhoenixBlue]

The batarians' plight reminds me a bit of the Native Americans during the 19th century. Of course, the key difference is that humans aren't pushing batarians off planets they've already colonized; they're just taking planets batarians felt they were entitled to.