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[FlyingSquirrel]

I don't think the tiny Drell species should be that high on that list unless you count them as part of the Hanar Luminary. The Hanar only saved 375 000 of them 200 years ago. Which would have been around the time of WW2, or the decades right after.

 

You may be right. I guess I'm sort of assuming that they coordinate with the hanar on any issues that they'd want to bring to the Council or that are otherwise important to the rest of the galaxy. Their numbers are small, but they at least have a patron species that's in good standing, whereas the quarians, batarians, and krogan don't have that.

[zestalyn]

Yes, they are militaristic, but the only reason they attacked during the FCW was because of the strict laws enacted by the Council. When first contact was made with the Turians by the Salarians and Asari, war did not break out and an alliance was formed.

But, 1,500 years of the Turian empire expanding in isolation could definitely change things. Maybe it would even make them an antagonistic aggressor race.

I can totally see turians as an aggressive and imperialistic entity had things been different. In the Citadel DLC there was a historical scene in the spectre archives you can watch where a human is being interrogated during the FWC. The turian interrogator basically called humanity primitive and said something along the lines of, "And when I conquer your Earth, I would be glad to teach you all".  

*shudder*
(..altho theres a tiny part of me that doesnt mind turians ruling earth. come hither  )

[Massa FX]

Interesting alt timeline scenario, OP. 

 

I'd rather have a galaxy that defeated the Reapers in a previous cycle. Fully recovered from the fight and benefiting from all the previous cycles experiences and tech. New adventures, new enemies and new characters.

[Ryriena]

I actually like the idea of a Turian race being more imperialistic in way. They would also Shun those who wanted peace like Victas or Garrus. I feel he's much more of a renegade in that he's not one of those war loving types and has a bad habit of being too emotionally driven to be effected in a military setting. So him siding with the humans and other races would fit well within his character, if he saw how the military was acting towards these races.

[Kabooooom]

The Turians also aren't stupid. They would likely ramp up production of warships, even while in isolation - not just to put down their own if civil war breaks out (which we know it did) but also in case they encounter an alien race.

That's what humanity did - that's why we were more prepared for the FCW than the Turians assumed we could be, giving the impression of a much more expansive militaristic race than we actually were. We figured, WE didn't build these relays, but somebody did and eventually we might run into them out here-best build some warships. And it was a good idea.

Now imagine the Turians doing the same for 1,500 years in isolation of the Council, without voluntarily submitting to any external laws like the Treaty of Farixen.

I'm starting to agree with the others here in that it would probably be very bad news to open the relay to Turian space after all that time.

[mybudgee]

Humans would need more reach, Asari would need to enhance their flexibility

[justafan]

Turians would be sulking in their corner of space, still being a military superpower, only made up of many factions.  Perhaps such an arms race would make them even more powerful then before, thug less united.

 

The more interesting question is how does galactic history alter.  For one, you either have a victorious Krogan species, or more likely, the Salarians would have had less time to develop a counter weapon, and resorted to more traditional biological warfare, going for either total genocide or total sterilization.  This would mean a greatly reduced krogan presence in the galaxy, as the final survivors of the war are dying off.

 

Second, without the Turian military being miles ahead of the rest, perhaps some of the younger species might seek to coerce the council for power.  The council species are strong, but the Asari rely on commandoes, and the Salarians on subterfuge.  A large Batarian armada, or a massive army of Geth VI soldiers pre-morning war could potentially overwhelm the Turian-less council, and coerce them into either sharing power, or moving towards a more democratic system without the Turian military enforcing their hegemony.

[DeathScepter]

Well, there would be no Cerberus. That would make things very different since apparently they were behind 96.8% of the events that happened in the MEU.

 

 

Well Cerberus will form differently but we still will have a Cerberus regardless