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[masseffect5]

 I was thinking and what are the volus going to do i wish we could see little fat guys with guns  just like grunts from halo

[AquamanOS]

Probably nothing. It's been fairly established that Volus just aren't very physically capable, which is why they get little respect from the Council, which prioritises military force.

[Paulinius]

Seeing that they are a client race of the Turian Hierarchy and ceded all military operations to the Turians (except for some Auxiliaries) I'm assuming not much other than logistical and scientific support.

[tobynator89]

*insert obligatory great biotic wind reference here*

[SandTrout]

I don't know, just because the Volus are not physically adept, and therefor make poor infantry, does not inherently mean that they are not capable of organizing an effective fleet.

However, Palinius's point of them being a client species of the Turians, and therefor playing a primarily logistical role in fleet combat, is a fair one.

[IndigoWolfe]

Grunts aren't fat.

[Paulinius]

SandTrout wrote...

I don't know, just because the Volus are not physically adept, and therefor make poor infantry, does not inherently mean that they are not capable of organizing an effective fleet.

However, Palinius's point of them being a client species of the Turians, and therefor playing a primarily logistical role in fleet combat, is a fair one.

That's true. They could easily serve as crews for ships while those more physically capable of fighting will serve as infantry. I wonder if the Volus have their own ships or if they use Turian ones. I'm pretty sure they can make their own transport ships, but I'm thinking the Turians will make military ships exclusive to themselves.

[tobynator89]

volus clan say: why destroy earth clan, when you can buy earth clans shoes, grandmother and asari lover from right under him.

for how this can be usefull in a fight against the reapers follow this link.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortraship

[Medhia Nox]

I've written this before - but if Bioware took any consideration into the importance of transportation during military campaigns, the Volus could be set up for a huge "win" in their favor.

They're a mercantile race - they "have" to have a masterful fleet of transport ships. That means goods, soldiers, munitions, robots, and refugees should be shuttled at record speeds by the Volus who are also great at organizing such things given their creation of the galactic market.

Also - considering their control of the galactic market (or at least creation) information would be one of their major things (I think Barla Von should be the Shadow Broker not Liara... but I digress). Information would be supremely important in this... even if they were given the task of "Warn planets in the Reapers path."

Their contribution could be massive - but I don't really have faith that they will do anything but be scummy merchants or comical Biotic Gods.

Also... why couldn't the Volus ships be outfitted with massive weapons? Does it take a lot of physical strength to push the "Fire" button in the future?

And... why don't they have war-mechs? Cerberus obviously does. Or freaking battle robots. Honestly - the notion that this race is incapable of any military strength at all... is a little silly, but it's Bioware's show.

Modifié par Medhia Nox, 28 juin 2011 - 01:49 .

[Malanek]

I made a thread about this a while back. I can see them stepping up to a logistical role supplying resources and support....and then charging the council a heavily inflated fee with interest at the end.

[sgtrock]

actually with proper suits they could have infantry, it wouldn't be a very effective infantry unit. but the volus infantry could all be made expert marksman and would play more of a defensive role. as for a fleet, the volus ships would just require much more machinery and everything would have to be scaled down for them to reach, they could also use tanks.

[Praetor Knight]

I just had a crazy thought, that I thought would be funny to share.

How about Volus riding on Elcor, controlling the Heavy weapons platforms that the Elcor would be shouldering?
Like I said crazy thought



I'd rather have the Volus finance a larger joint fleet between the Council races.

[DoNotIngest]

Praetor Shepard wrote...

I just had a crazy thought, that I thought would be funny to share.

How about Volus riding on Elcor, controlling the Heavy weapons platforms that the Elcor would be shouldering?
Like I said crazy thought



I'd rather have the Volus finance a larger joint fleet between the Council races.

No, the Biotic God steering the Elcor Hamlet in his mad charge against the Husks, with Blasto wrapped around Biotic God with two of his tentacles, firing with all of the others.

[masseffect5]

SandTrout wrote...

I don't know, just because the Volus are not physically adept, and therefor make poor infantry, does not inherently mean that they are not capable of organizing an effective fleet.

However, Palinius's point of them being a client species of the Turians, and therefor playing a primarily logistical role in fleet combat, is a fair one.

im with you i meen they look like they can be warlords right if they really tried:)

[Bogsnot1]

Given their lack of combat ability, I suspect Volus ships will look something like this;

[Abispa]

I often wonder how much damage an Elcor could do in a fight. For the longest time I assumed that they were naturally slow and clumsy, but according to the codex they come from a planet with very strong gravity and move slowly on the Citadel and other comparatively low gravity environments to avoid flying into the walls, I guess.

Heck, according to Garrus in ME1, he once tracked down an Elcor serial killer.

That made me think that they must be, in fact, very tough by our standards, but the Elcor merchant on Omega did seem to cave pretty quickly to Shepard's threats, so that blew that theory out the window.

As for the Volus, I wonder if somehow they, like the Hanar and the Elcor, may be more formidable in different environments, though I'm not clear what environment that would be for the Volus.

Biotic God, however, WILL rule all space and time. No way even an Asari mercenary could take him out.

[Medhia Nox]

Seeing a "herd" of Elcor charge the Reaper husk lines like freight trains would be fantastic!

Give the other races some time to shine Bioware!

I'm so sick of Asari (especially these), Turians, and Quarians.

[GreenDragon37]

The Volus are the merchants of the galaxy. They hire others to do the strong-arm jobs for them. They are also a "vassel state" of the Turian Hierarchy. So, no combat fleets, just merchant fleets.

[DoNotIngest]

Medhia Nox wrote...

Seeing a "herd" of Elcor charge the Reaper husk lines like freight trains would be fantastic!

Give the other races some time to shine Bioware!

I'm so sick of Asari (especially these), Turians, and Quarians.

Err... Krogan, helloooo!

[Fordtransit]

In real life it would matter. A lot. In game; maybe a mission for Shep & Co to recapture a massive volus trade fleet stuck on reaper controlled hub world and filled with husks, maybe volus husks. And as revard you get a massive, fat credit bonus. And you get an email later that thous ships are shipping refugees now. Bioware: wink- wink...

[Lord Zeuss]

Isn't 'volus fleet' a contradiction in terms?

[LordNige]

They could fire money at the Reapers but that's about it

[The Twilight God]

They have a fleet of casino barges. If they could get the reapers addicted to gambling they may be able to win the war since the house always wins.

[GamerJ]

or hanar

[Dean_the_Young]

AquamanOS wrote...

Probably nothing. It's been fairly established that Volus just aren't very physically capable, which is why they get little respect from the Council, which prioritises military force.

It is a ship.

It's not like they have to go outside and push. It's a machine: the entire point of it is that it doesn't need fleshy things to empower it. The Volus can build ships and use AI/VI for the crews, for all that their biology matters.