Nashiktal wrote...
Largest fleet sure, but not of military vessles. Most are around three centuries old, others were derelict ships salvaged, and yet others were decomissioned purchased by the Quarians.
They have a large fleet, too bad most of it is nothing more than flying scrap.
I love the Quarians, but if a modern fleet has trouble taking on one reaper... The flotilla is just going to be scrap when facing a legion of reapers.
To be fair, I'b bet the majority of space fairing vessels collectively owned by each race are also civilian.
If you were to count every spaceship owned by (random example) the human race, you'll probably find that most of them don't even have guns, unlike Quarian civilian ships. Also, if the Alliance navy had to protect every single one of their ships like the Quarians, they would probably be streched just as thin.
Lets forget about using civillian ships for a moment and consider the just Quarian navy. If it was to be freed of the burden of protecting all civilian ships in the Migrant Fleet (which would be the case if they get a world to shelter their non-combatants, like every other race), it would be much more practical.
Remember that it is said in the codex the Quarians have rebuilt their navy since the Morning War and that their warships number in the "hundreds". The Quarian navy may look insignificant when compared to tens of thousands of civilian ships it has to protect, but by itself it is still huge and worth having on our side.