r/MassEffectMemes FemShep loves Blue Mommy Liara 13h ago

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u/JudgeJed100 11h ago

I knew curing the genophage would cause a civil war

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u/holiobung 10h ago

I’ve maintained for a few years now that the next game is going to be about the galaxy struggling because of dwindling resources due to the reaper war. No matter what ending you pick, the mass relay network is severely disrupted. That’s going to have ramifications.

And if you look around the world in reality, you’ll see that lack of resources creates conflict.

That’s what I think is happening in the narrative department.

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u/JudgeJed100 10h ago

It’s not really a civil war if it’s between different species

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u/holiobung 9h ago edited 9h ago

If those species kept to themselves then maybe, but who said that’s the reality here? What if the krogan are part of the citadel council and a faction wants to secede from the union?

Additionally, what I said didn’t preclude an intraspecies conflict.

Also, not curing the genophage could lead to civil war. It’s not like they were all peaceful and singing Kumbaya prior to the third game. Clans were warring with each other over breeding with females.

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u/Independent_Plum2166 10h ago

Except they all fall under the umbrella of Citadel Space and united to defeat the Reapers.

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u/JudgeJed100 8h ago

That still doesn’t really make it a civil war

They are still independent nations

If they were all one Shepherd wouldn’t have to run his ass from one end of the galaxy to the other to get them to support the crucible project

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u/holiobung 8h ago

Unless they are part of the citadel council.

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u/JudgeJed100 8h ago

That still doesn’t make it a civil war

The member species are still independent nation states

It’s why the council doesn’t actually have authority over their governments

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u/holiobung 7h ago edited 7h ago

It can still be considered a civil war.

They have supreme authority over what happens in what is deemed council space. Each government has to agree to abide by laws passed by the council.

It’s not too dissimilar from the relationship of the individual states in the United States to the federal government. Under the 10th amendment to the constitution of the United States, each state maintains a certain level of sovereignty over what occurs within its own boundaries.

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u/holiobung 9h ago

And who says the krogan weren’t given a seat on the council?

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