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[DeinonSlayer]

Let's see, very short-lived, great physical traits, no complex contract negotiations like with salarians...

Lactose-intolerant offspring. Let us not forget the lessons Mordin taught us.

[Han Shot First]

The low numbers of Asari always puzzled me. Only 5.5 billion on Thessia? Most odd.

 

I think that is a reflection of the Asari being more established as a space-faring species, whereas humanity is a galactic newcomer. The Asari have had about 2,000 years to colonize other planets, so that might be responsible for Thessia's low population compared to Earth. Thessia's had a lot longer to solve overpopulation issues and to shed excess population through colonization.

 

 

 

SporkFu, on 29 Oct 2014 - 12:41 PM, said:

Liara's 106 when you first meet her on Artemis Tau; in her words, she's "considered -- not 'is' -- barely more than a child."

 

This.

 

The games also give a good indication of when Asari reach adulthood, and it is somewhere between 40 and 60. Liara is 106 at the start of ME1. There is an Asari on Illium who can be overheard saying that she is 60 years old and finally on her own, and out from under her parents' roof. Samara says that Mornth left home at 40, though notes that she was very young at the time. Given that the Illium Asari uses the word 'finally' it might mean that 60 is a little later than usual to be leaving home, whereas Samara's comment about Morinth being very young might be indication that she left home earlier than what is usual. (the equivalent of a human teenaged runaway?) That would also fit with when Liara leaves home, although Liara might be more of an average case.

 

In Mass Effect 1 Liara states that she has been an archaeologist for 50 years, which would put her at 56 at the time she started her career. Assuming she spent around the same amount of time studying to become an archaeologist as human students, that maybe has her leaving for university in her late 40s or early 50s.

[Glockwheeler]

An Asari? In real life? In a heartbeat .

[Han Shot First]

Anyway, back to the topic. Good question OP. I wonder what James T. Kirk would say if he ever met an Asari...

 

 

 

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[RanetheViking]

 

Can I try to woo her instead? 

Go right ahead. Blue chicks are better. 

 

 

Although during the Citadel DLC, during the party, if you stand and listen to the background convo's between the crew, you can hear Javik say something like "back when Asari were green". Maybe Shiala's pigment 'regressed'  due to the Thorian,

 

 

And don't mention the two green Asari at Hocks party. 

[Han Shot First]

 

 

 

Although during the Citadel DLC, during the party, if you stand and listen to the background convo's between the crew, you can hear Javik say something like "back when Asari were green". Maybe Shiala's pigment 'regressed'  due to the Thorian,

 

 

 

I never noticed that. Is that the quiet party?

[TheMyron]

@Rane and GlockWheeler,

 

Alright then, would you settle for a Na'vi (assuming height wasn't a problem)?

[Farangbaa]

Lactose-intolerant offspring. Let us not forget the lessons Mordin taught us.

 

 

 

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[Stronglav]

Think about this:no matter who is the "father" there will be olny asari child.

So they mate and make only asari children....

Asari are taking over!!  

 

They are ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROLL  

[Valmar]

Also consider that the offspring will not carry any of the father's genes. You don't pass down anything. No shared DNA. So they're basically adopted children even if they came from your joining with the mother.

[ImaginaryMatter]

 

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Oh, honey...

[Saake]

Also consider that the offspring will not carry any of the father's genes. You don't pass down anything. No shared DNA. So they're basically adopted children even if they came from your joining with the mother.

 

That's what I've been thinking for a long time. No matter how enticing being with Asari might be initially, in the offspring/genetics matter, they win in the end. Perhaps your mental qualities are somehow passed to the offspring but as stated, it/she will be Asari down to physics&genes. So not much physical legacy left behind there. Actually, to me the whole process slightly resembles how the offspring of humans and Deep Ones from H.P. Lovecraft's Shadow over Innsmouth become. Human initially but become fully Deep Ones physically when reaching adult age.

[Mordokai]

Also consider that the offspring will not carry any of the father's genes. You don't pass down anything. No shared DNA. So they're basically adopted children even if they came from your joining with the mother.

 

You say that like it matters.

[Arcian]

Given their track record, I'd think it'd be difficult NOT to get with an asari.

[von uber]

Also consider that the offspring will not carry any of the father's genes. You don't pass down anything. No shared DNA. So they're basically adopted children even if they came from your joining with the mother.

Asari use the dna of the 'father' along with asari dna.
Hence liara's fondness for flaying people alive with her mind; it's the krogan bit.

[TheMyron]

Not to mention the way she gets into a blood-rage against Javik.

[Valmar]

You say that like it matters.

 

To some people it does. Before I get slammed as being anti-adoption, for the record, I'm adopted. That doesn't mean I'm blind to the benefits that come with passing down your genes to your children. We all have a genetic destiny, a lineage that spans back countless years. All that is flushed down the drain when you go with an Asari. I'm not judging those who do it, or even saying they should care about it, its a personal matter. To pretend that it isn't something to consider, however, is not doing your heritage full justice, imo. Don't assume that everyone should be okay with ignoring that just because you are.

 

 

Asari use the dna of the 'father' along with asari dna.
Hence liara's fondness for flaying people alive with her mind; it's the krogan bit.

 

False. Asari do not use any dna from the father, period. Don't feel bad for not knowing that, though. Mass Effect even mentions that what you said is a common misconception people have. They use the partner to randomize their OWN DNA to make a child. Nothing of the father is used. Technically they don't even need a partner to make a child; a little radiation works just as well.  Go figure.

 

"This reproductive process can lead to some confusion among non-asari, who might expect offspring with "mixed" genes. However, the offspring is always 100% asari as no DNA is taken from the partner, but is rather used as a "map" to randomize the genes of the offspring."

 

 

 

Not to mention the way she gets into a blood-rage against Javik.

 

Yeah, because that was completely unjustified. Must be krogan blood-rage, only explanation.

[von uber]

Eh, they take the most beneficial traits from the genes to use, poor choice of words on my part.

[Mordokai]

To some people it does. Before I get slammed as being anti-adoption, for the record, I'm adopted. That doesn't mean I'm blind to the benefits that come with passing down your genes to your children. We all have a genetic destiny, a lineage that spans back countless years. All that is flushed down the drain when you go with an Asari. I'm not judging those who do it, or even saying they should care about it, its a personal matter. To pretend that it isn't something to consider, however, is not doing your heritage full justice, imo. Don't assume that everyone should be okay with ignoring that just because you are.

 

And to some it doesn't.

 

Don't assume everyone is not okay with it just because you aren't.

[Valmar]

And to some it doesn't.

 

Don't assume everyone is not okay with it just because you aren't.

 

At what point did I even come close to making that assumption? You're the one who acted as though, factually and absolutely, it doesn't matter. All I said is that it was something to consider. I never advocated what is right or wrong and even specifically pointed out that its a personal matter.

 

"I'm not judging those who do it, or even saying they should care about it, its a personal matter."

 

No need to be so sensitive about it. Also, just to point out for the irony, you're making the assumption that I'm not okay with it. I never indicated what I was, I was merely stating objective facts. It is a fact that the asari child cares no DNA from the father. Nothing I said on that matter was subjective or opinion-based one way or another, it was factual. My feelings or even your feelings on the matter do not change the facts.

[RanetheViking]

I never noticed that. Is that the quiet party?

Yes I think so. I just did the 'loud' version and didn't hear, although I was in a hurry to finish it, so I wasn't listening for it this time..

[TheMyron]

Only the young, hot-headed Asari say that the father has ZERO effect on the child.

 

The old, wise ones like Aethyta beg to differ. I agree that the father has Zero effect on the concrete traits of the asari children, but what about the abstract?

 

Throughout the series, especially on Illium, there is lot's of evidence that the father has an effect on the abstract traits (personality).

[Valmar]

A child developing traits of the parents, even if not biologically related, is nothing special or ground-breaking. How you're raised plays a big part in your personality. An asari who was raised by a krogan has krogan mannerisms or tendencies... I'm in shock. Lol. Seriously though, this isn't anything new. Though maybe this isn't as obvious as I assume, I could be bias since I have the perspective of being adopted. I was adopted yet I have many of my parents personality quirks and tendencies. Monkey-See Monkey-Do.

[TheMyron]

One of the Asari NPC's never knew her Salarian father, but she acts like a Salarian; talks fast, and is very judgmental about the "pureblood" mother and her dead children.

[Voragoras]

But isn't all DNA just dependent on selective coding anyway, hence why things like recessive genes exist, and why familial hereditary traits can skip generations? So, aspects of your own self are still used in creating the child, which makes the DNA question of Asari reproduction a little irrelevant, since Asari children can still "inherit" genetic traits from the "father".

 

I'm not a geneticist and I've not studied biology since I left school four years ago, so take what I say with a grain of salt. No idea if what I'm saying is legit or not.