Oh, okay. [It's a little odd, so many military people.] It's just that, uh, I think she specializes in that, too. So if you ever wanted to make, um, a professional... acquaintance? [Do soldiers have those?]
I barely know the first thing about being in a fight, honestly. Uh, our country isn't allowed to have any army except for self-defense, so it's kind of like... the opposite of that.
Well, I wouldn't mind making a friend. Almost all of the humans that I knew back home were professional military too.
[ so... this is actually kinda a new experience for him. ]
You're not alone in that. Some of the other species in the galaxy don't have that big of a military presence either. Some don't even need it, since they have us.
[ sure, the turians can be a little... extreme at times, but they mean well... mostly. ]
China and Japan... those are nations for you guys? In the time I come from, nations aren't quite as important. It's the System Alliance that's the big thing.
[ sorry, You. it's easy to forget not everyone knows things sometimes. ]
Citadel space is basically all the parts of the galaxy that are under the jurisdiction of the Citadel - our central government. There's four different Council races that make up the main governing body, and a bunch of ambassadors from other species. My species- the turians, are council members, along with the asari, salarians, and humans.
What year is it for you? I bet that it's definitely pretty "futuristic" from where you were from. And don't worry. I served on a human ship, so I know what the human years are.
[ he's guessing she must be from like a century back. ]
Not just off Earth, but all over the galaxy. With a little help from the Mass Relays, of course.
Oh, it's 2016. I know that the Americans went to the moon, and we've got all sortsa satellites and probes on the moon and Mars and stuff, but that's kinda it.
Basically this super cool tech that lets you travel from one side of the galaxy to another in a manner of minutes. You guys ended up finding one right at the edge of your Solar System after studying some Prothean ruins on Mars.
[ he'll avoid mentioning the whole built by the Reapers thing for now... ]
That's about 150 years or so out from where you came from. Or... I guess it would be if it weren't for that whole Storm thing...
Probably something about alternate universes. You know, similar worlds, but like one change means infinite possibilities. But don't ask me too much about that. I'm more into practical physics than theoretical stuff.
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I barely know the first thing about being in a fight, honestly. Uh, our country isn't allowed to have any army except for self-defense, so it's kind of like... the opposite of that.
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[ so... this is actually kinda a new experience for him. ]
You're not alone in that. Some of the other species in the galaxy don't have that big of a military presence either. Some don't even need it, since they have us.
[ sure, the turians can be a little... extreme at times, but they mean well... mostly. ]
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So you're sort of like... the Americans of space? [You Watanabe: Astute political analyst.]
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[ Americans... probably an old Earth country. ]
There's a few turians that are into Confucianism and Zen Buddhism, if that helps?
[ look. he doesn't know as much about Earth as he probably should. but in his defence, they only joined the galaxy when he was a kid. ]
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I don't think they do a lot of it in America, though.
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[ not that he knows that much about humans. ]
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[Hang on.] What's the System Alliance?
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[ so the question of course is: "what's citadel space", right? ]
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Citadel space?
What's that? [A citadel is a fortress. Space is space. Is it a space fortress?]
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[ sorry, You. it's easy to forget not everyone knows things sometimes. ]
Citadel space is basically all the parts of the galaxy that are under the jurisdiction of the Citadel - our central government. There's four different Council races that make up the main governing body, and a bunch of ambassadors from other species. My species- the turians, are council members, along with the asari, salarians, and humans.
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I can't believe humans actually ever get off Earth.
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[ he's guessing she must be from like a century back. ]
Not just off Earth, but all over the galaxy. With a little help from the Mass Relays, of course.
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What's a Mass Relay?
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[ he'll avoid mentioning the whole built by the Reapers thing for now... ]
That's about 150 years or so out from where you came from. Or... I guess it would be if it weren't for that whole Storm thing...
[ it's a real shame, ok? ]
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[Though.]
I don't really get how that works, honestly. How can we have a future like that if the Storm destroyed the world in 2017?
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[ #engineeringproblems ]
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Kinda... over my head, anyway. Physics was never really great for me.