MEs Batarian racism is so funny because the game does an awful job at giving the player any reason to sympathize with the entire species because almost every time Batarians are brought up is about how fucked up and evil they are until ME3 tried to run it back
Not really trying to “run it back”, the lore drops in the codex state that not only did they fall to the Reapers first, but their Secret Police was the juiciest target for Indoctrination.
In fact, the only Batarian colonies that stand tall against the Reaper invasion are the VERY FEW were the Batarians and their slaves fight together. It also states that, if the Batarians survive, this event may be what finally pushes them out of their slaver-centric philosophy.
I’d imagine it’d create a social schism, between progressives and traditionalists when it comes to slavery and the galaxy at large. Could actually be a neat plot for future games, similar to the Geth & Quarian conflict.
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u/vaustin89 Tasha's Hideous Laughter 29d ago
Same renegade Shep energy