What would a build for a Turian look like?

[Darkspear]

Wanna make a Turian race (mass Effect for the clueless), but not sure what ethics and ruling would be.

1: Greatest fleet in the galaxy (railguns and missiles) Thinking cruisers and battleships only.
2: Strong ground soldiers
3: Ruler is called a Primarch
3 Garden planet.. guessing tropical or continental


This is from the ME Wiki about turian Society
Turian society is highly regimented and very organized, and the species is known for its strict discipline and work ethic. Turians are willing to do what needs to be done, and they always follow through. They are not easily spurred to violence, but when conflict is inevitable, they only understand a concept of "total war." They do not believe in skirmishes or small-scale battles; they use massive fleets and numbers to defeat an adversary so completely that they remove any threat of having to fight the same opponent more than once. They do not exterminate their enemy, but so completely devastate their military that the enemy has no choice but to become a colony of the turians. It is theorized that another conflict between the rapidly advancing humans and the turians could annihilate a large portion of known space.

The turian military is the center of their society. It is not just an armed force; it is an all-encompassing public works organization. The military police are also the civic police. The fire brigades serve the civilian population as well as military facilities. The corps of engineers builds and maintains spaceports, schools, water purification plants, and power stations. The merchant marine ensures that all worlds get needed resources.

[Maarten]

you sir, just answered your own question xD

[fat4eyes]

I'm guessing reptilian (closest in terms of looks), resilient, strong. Militarist and maybe materialist or collectivist. And military republic for government.

[Darkspear]

ethics?
Militaristic yes
strong yes
then what?

[PsyqhicalTTV]

Old thread, but the Turians are ruled by Primearchs... as in plural.
So Turians are more akin to a Military Junta if anything else.
However, Primearchs rule till death, so Oligarchy government isn't right either...
It's a mix between Oligarchy and Dictatorship.
IMO, I'd take Oligarchy.
Ethics would be (fanatic) Militarist and Autoritarian. (+ Materialist if you just take Militarist).
Traits would be:
- Resilient (cause of their carapace)
- Talented (cause of their role in galagtic society and how quickly they rise in ranks)
- Non-adaptive (since they're amino-based lifeforms)

Civics would be:
- Distinguished Admiralty (Since Generals are just below Primearchs when it comes to leadership).
- Nationalistic Zeal (For their great pride).

[Karina]

F militarist, egalitarian or xenophile. Oligarchy, CITIZEN SERVICE. If you not using citizen service you are not playing turians. Phenotype- Avian.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Esteban Failsmore:

F militarist, egalitarian or xenophile. Oligarchy, CITIZEN SERVICE. If you not using citizen service you are not playing turians. Phenotype- Avian.

Ship type - reptilian, though.

Probably not xenophile, they see no issue having a client species.

Originally posted by Psyqhical:

Civics would be:
- Distinguished Admiralty (Since Generals are just below Primearchs when it comes to leadership).
- Nationalistic Zeal (For their great pride).

I'd argue Warrior Culture, actually.

Originally posted by Psyqhical:

Old thread

GET THE FIRING SQUAD!!!

[Danny]

Originally posted by dennis.danilov:

Originally posted by Psyqhical:

Civics would be:
- Distinguished Admiralty (Since Generals are just below Primearchs when it comes to leadership).
- Nationalistic Zeal (For their great pride).

I'd argue Warrior Culture, actually.

Warrior culture is more a Krogan thing, with assembly of clans.
Especially when you see Wrex uniting all the clans. ^^

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Danny:

Originally posted by dennis.danilov:

I'd argue Warrior Culture, actually.

Warrior culture is more a Krogan thing, with assembly of clans.
Especially when you see Wrex uniting all the clans. ^^

Not necessarily. Look at the stock Citizen Republic. Warrior Culture can be slapped onto absolutely any political system.

[Danny]

Originally posted by dennis.danilov:

Originally posted by Danny:

Warrior culture is more a Krogan thing, with assembly of clans.
Especially when you see Wrex uniting all the clans. ^^

Not necessarily. Look at the stock Citizen Republic. Warrior Culture can be slapped onto absolutely any political system.

I think Citizen Republic still makes more sense for Turians.
As they definitely require military service for full citizenship.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

Fanatic Militarist, Materialist.

They seem to be rather practical and nothing else seems to be a strong value to them beyond serving in a military sense.

I would say it's between 3 different civics.
Police State, stability and enforcers based which kind of fits their policing style.
Distinguished Admiralty, if you want the best fleet, well, there it is.
Citizen Service, fits well with their culture and the play style.

You could of course always grab the third at some later point.

While warrior culture you could argue for a lot.. I don't think it really pertains as much to the Tuirions who are more pragmatic rather than desiring for warfare.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Danny:

Originally posted by dennis.danilov:

Not necessarily. Look at the stock Citizen Republic. Warrior Culture can be slapped onto absolutely any political system.

I think Citizen Republic still makes more sense for Turians.
As they definitely require military service for full citizenship.

Republic, no. They vote on absolutely nothing whatsoever.

Also, AFAIK they require service, full stop, no ifs, no buts, there's barely a society outside the state machine. Heinlein, a hardcore libertarian, would kill them with nuclear fire over that.

They are something akin to a War Council or a Military Junta; at a very stretched and charitable best they're a Citizen Stratocracy.