History Characters / MassEffectRaceTropesNativeAndromedaRaces

* HigherTechSpecies: Zig-zagged; their ships are actually less advanced than what the Systems Alliance was fielding in the Milky Way prior to the Initiative leaving, which in turn means that they're significantly less advanced than several of the other Milky Way species. However its noted that their knowledge of genetics and medicine far outstrips that of the Milky Way races. The Moshae actually points out that they probably have enough knowledge of genetics that they could reproduce via cloning, if they wanted.

* {{Determinator}}: Pretty much their hat. Their planets were hit by a NegativeSpaceWedgie, which screwed up the environment, and separated them for hundreds of years. Then the kett invaded, crippled their leadership and has spent a good part of a century trying to wipe them out. They just see all this as a momentary inconvenience, as Jaal so ably puts it. Not for nothing, their word for "resistance" also apparently translates to "stubborn bastard".

-->'''Homeworld:''' Sarhesen

-->'''Homeworld:''' Havarl

-->'''Homeworld:''' N/A

-->'''Homeworld:''' ???

-->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown

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-->!!Sirinde
'''Homeworld:''' Unknown

!! Kett

'''Homeworld:''' Sarhesen

!! Angara

'''Homeworld:''' Havarl

* LastStand: After the Resistance figured out that the kett want to take angara alive, they changed their tactics to fight to the death and make every mission a SuicideMission. This reduced the number of kett attacks, but the kett responded by then targeting angaran cities--by destroying their homes and other forms of shelter, they hope to expose the angara to the elements and compel them to surrender. This did not deter most of the rebels, because they would still rather die than [[FateWorseThanDeath let the kett get them]].

!!Remnant

'''Homeworld:''' N/A

!!Jardaan

'''Homeworld:''' ???

'''Homeworld:''' Unknown

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'''Homeworld:''' Unknown

!!Sirinde

'''Homeworld:''' Unknown

A race that existed in the Andromeda galaxy before they were conquered by the kett.
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** This extends to their military technology. Their plasma guns are flashy, but [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter arguably less effective than the Citadel races' railguns]], and their standard infantry don't have shielding while this is standard back in the Milky Way (the codex entry for the Anointed implies this is ''not'' GameplayAndStorySegregation). Their fighters are also shown to be at somewhat of a disadvantage against the Citadel races' fighters. Nor do their infantry seem to have the useful gadgets that are standard on infantry back in the Milky Way like wrist devices that launch mines or gun-mounts that fire homing incendiary missiles. It's not for nothing that Sloane's crew of mercenary deserters were able to liberate Kadara from the kett garrison with little effort. Most critically, kett capital ships are nowhere near as capable as Milky Way ships: the kett cruiser in Cora's loyalty mission, for example, completely lacks shielding, point-defense weapons, or dozens of broadside turrets, all of which are, again, standard for the warships of the Milky Way races and considered absolutely critical for survival. They don't even have spinal guns that run the whole length of the ship, which the Milky Way races' ships are dependent on to give them [[HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure nuclear-scale firepower]] in the form of rapid-fire main cannons. Instead, kett ships favor missile spam (with the one in Cora's loyalty mission taking a mere three seconds to fire dozens of torpedoes each equivalent to [[https://i.imgur.com/3udqJr2.png about 11 tons of TNT]]) complemented by a handful of small broadside guns (in the mission on the Archon's ship, it only seems to have five per side, with each gun being ~20 meters in length). Back in the Milky Way, [[MacrossMissileMassacre missile spam]] is considered irrelevant both because of the low firepower of the missiles themselves[[note]]Even if every missile was a multi-megaton nuke, despite having more firepower on paper than (say) a 38-kiloton railgun, only a fraction of the energy of the nuke would be transferred to the target due to it being an energy burst weapon, while the railgun concentrates all its force on its target. It's the difference between a 15 kilojoule AMR bullet and a 1 megajoule hand grenade. The former will penetrate lightly armored vehicles, the latter will do nothing.[[/note]] and because point-defense lasers are so effective. Only the aforementioned spinal guns or technobabble disruptor torpedoes (launched at point-blank by the thousand) are remotely effective.[[note]]Well, that or mass spam of smaller broadside guns- a ''Kiliminjaro-class'' dreadnought for example has ''156'' broadside guns that each fire once a second, and each one is larger and more powerful than a kett broadside gun, running 40% of the ship's width.[[/note]] All things considered, the Andromeda Initiative would have no had no trouble with the kett had they brought [[NormalFishInATinyPond so much as a single military-grade cruiser]] from the Milky Way.

** This extends to their military technology. Their plasma guns are flashy, but [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter arguably less effective than the Citadel races' railguns]], and their standard infantry don't have shielding while this is standard back in the Milky Way (the codex entry for the Anointed implies this is ''not'' GameplayAndStorySegregation). Their fighters are also shown to be at somewhat of a disadvantage against the Citadel races' fighters. Nor do their infantry seem to have the useful gadgets that are standard on infantry back in the Milky Way like wrist devices that launch mines or gun-mounts that fire homing incendiary missiles. It's not for nothing that Sloane's crew of mercenary deserters were able to liberate Kadara from the kett garrison with little effort. Most critically, kett capital ships are nowhere near as capable as Milky Way ships: the kett cruiser in Cora's loyalty mission, for example, completely lacks shielding, point-defense weapons, or dozens of broadside turrets, all of which are, again, standard for the warships of the Milky Way races and considered absolutely critical for survival. They don't even have spinal guns that run the whole length of the ship, which the Milky Way races' ships are dependent on to give them [[HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasurement nuclear-scale firepower]] in the form of rapid-fire main cannons. Instead, kett ships favor missile spam (with the one in Cora's loyalty mission taking a mere three seconds to fire dozens of torpedoes each equivalent to [[https://i.imgur.com/3udqJr2.png about 11 tons of TNT]]) complemented by a handful of small broadside guns (in the mission on the Archon's ship, it only seems to have five per side, with each gun being ~20 meters in length). Back in the Milky Way, [[MacrosMissileMassacre missile spam]] is considered irrelevant both because of the low firepower of the missiles themselves[[note]]Even if every missile was a multi-megaton nuke, despite having more firepower on paper than (say) a 38-kiloton railgun, only a fraction of the energy of the nuke would be transferred to the target due to it being an energy burst weapon, while the railgun concentrates all its force on its target. It's the difference between a 15 kilojoule AMR bullet and a 1 megajoule hand grenade. The former will penetrate lightly armored vehicles, the latter will do nothing.[[/note]] and because point-defense lasers are so effective. Only the aforementioned spinal guns or technobabble disruptor torpedoes (launched at point-blank by the thousand) are remotely effective.[[note]]Well, that or mass spam of smaller broadside guns- a ''Kiliminjaro-class'' dreadnought for example has ''156'' broadside guns that each fire once a second, and each one is larger and more powerful than a kett broadside gun, running 40% of the ship's width.[[/note]] All things considered, the Andromeda Initiative would have no had no trouble with the kett had they brought [[NormalFishInATinyPond so much as a single military-grade cruiser]] from the Milky Way.

** The kett have been compared to another group of ScaryDogmaticAliens; [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the Covenant Empire]]. This is because the kett are also an expansionist empire of ScaryDogmaticAliens drawing on Type III (Aliens as Religious Fundamentalists), a fixation with ancient technology and [[spoiler: eventually fall victim to infighting]]. They're even technically [[spoiler: multi-species, as they are made up of various alien races turned into kett]].

* NoNameGiven: A species-wide example. Though it's implied kett do have names, no named kett appear in the game and all kett characters are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep referred to by titles]]. While the Archon introduces himself as "Archon" it's unknown if that's his name, his title or both.

* LookOnMyWorksYeMighty: Four hundred years, the Scourge, the kett, and even plain old infighting have done a number on their civilization. The angara used to live on the moon of Elaaden, but the only sign of their having any settlement there now is a very small pile of ruins in the midst of the dunes. Besides that wreck, nothing else remains.

* MachineWorship: The thusali worshipped the Remnant. [[spoiler:The kett Exalted them to gain access to their knowledge.]]

* ShockAndAwe: Kett ascendants have the ability to manipulate electro-magnetic fields.

* TheGhost: Like the jardaan, we never see them in the game at all. The only remaining evidence that they existed are the Scourge and vague references to them in jardaan logs. [[spoiler:The Codex actually raises the possibility they might have been jardaan too.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The kett look down on all non-kett until they prove their abilities, then they will show respect. This can be seen in the reverence and interest they show in Remnant technology. However showing respect involves [[spoiler:taking them and making them into kett, willingly or not]] via invasive and painful procedures. However, this is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:their only method of reproduction]]. In addition, the kett are forceful and violent with other races.

* CreatingLifeIsBad: Suvi speculates that this may be the reason the "Adversaries" fought the jardaan and deployed the Scourge. A lot of people, even in the Milky Way, saw attempts to create life (both synthetic and organic) as dangerous, hubris, and/or sacrilege. She argues that, considering what the Scourge does, it could be that the enemy wanted to target ''all'' of the jardaan's work: Remnant and angara alike.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: What the Scourge was designed to do. It doesn't just seek out Remnant technology, it alters entire planets and the laws of physics across the ''entire'' Heleus cluster. Liam compares it to a minefield; a weapon that sticks around and makes normal life near-impossible even for people who weren't the intended target.

* NoNameGiven: A species-wide example. Though it's implied kett do have names, no named kett appear in the game and all kett characters are referred to by titles. While the Archon introduces himself as "Archon" it's unknown if that's his name, his title or both.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Part of the package with being ScaryDogmaticAliens, but played with as there is an element of BlueAndOrangeMorality (see below). The [[spoiler:exaltation process]] means that all kett are fanatically loyal to their species, and their species is often single-minded and ruthless, but beyond that they can and do have individual personalities that can question orders and wonder if there's really a point to the Archon's war. Furthermore, it isn't entirely known if that is the ''only'' way they can reproduce.

* OrganicTechnology: It's hard to see where their bodies end and their armor begins -- if there ''is'' a disparity. It's revealed in [[spoiler: the CloneByConversion scene that the kett's rocky-looking features are a form of natural body armor]]. Averted with their weapons, as their guns are metallic and not connected to, or a part of, kett anatomy.

* ScaryDogmaticAliens: UpToEleven. The kett are a combination of all four types, though they mostly represent "aliens as Nazis". This is due to their charismatic psychopath leader (though [[spoiler: the Archon is not the leader of the entire kett race, just the kett encountered by the Andromeda Initiative]]), practicing [[TheyWouldCutYouUp gruesomely invasive]] [[PlayingWithSyringes scientific procedures]], their deadly ''literal'' work camps and their fixation on genetic purity and superiority. They also represent "aliens as religious fundamentalists" as the exaltation process is considered holy and some of their imagery and titles are directly ripped from real-life religions ([[UnfortunateImplications and all that the latter implies]]). They also represent "aliens as conquistadors" as they have come to a new land to convert the native population and often times has had skirmishes with another foreign civilization. They represent "aliens as communists" to a lesser degree only with [[spoiler: the [[CloneByConversion exaltation process]] making all non-kett into kett an example of literal assimilation]].

* {{Foil}}:
** To the Reapers, fittingly. [[spoiler:They're essentially an organic version of the Reapers with more human personalities and driven by the desire to exalt the worthy rather than preserve all life in starship form. They also reverse the Reapers' prejudice; while Reapers saw organic races as imperfect "accidents" that needed to be [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] in order to be useful, the kett value genetic traits and dismiss symbiotic and synthetic traits. In short, if it can't be found in a genome, they don't care about it.]]
** They're also a foil to the Protheans. [[spoiler:The Prothean empire spanned much of the Milky Way and incorporated many, many species, culturally assimilating them to the point that they all considered themselves to be "Prothean". The kett do much the same thing in Andromeda, but rather than simply ''culturally'' assimilating other races, they ''genetically'' assimilate them, physically making them into kett. Also, Protheans saw this as a might makes right method of dominance to unite the galaxy against synthetics, while the kett believe they're bringing a gift in improving and uplifting "lesser" races who're simply too ignorant to see the benefits of their "gift".]]

* {{Foil}}: To the geth. [[spoiler: They're essentially the geth, but without [[TheGhost presence]] or personality. Where the Heretic geth played an active role in serving, even worshiping, the Reapers, the Remnant seem to not serve anyone other than their programming. Also, where the majority of the geth were open to reconciliation with the quarians, the Remnant seem to have no interest in history or in what happened to the Jardaan. The geth are also very isolationist by choice until the events of the original trilogy while the Remmant were designed and programmed to be user-friendly. Also, where the geth platforms are predominantly humanoid in design, Remnant machines seem to favor more animalistic forms.]]

* {{Foil}}
** To the Reapers; TheReveal in the first ''Videogame/MassEffect'' revealed that the Reapers created the Citadel and Mass Relay network as a trap to destroy lesser organic races, destroying entire planets to drive them into extinction. TheReveal of ''Andromeda'' tells us that the Jardaan created the angara and ''created whole worlds'' for them to thrive in.
** To the quarians, as the only other known race to create another one essentially from scratch, though the angara are organic while the geth are synthetic. There is also a clear difference in attitudes toward the created races. When the geth grew beyond what they were intended for, the quarians panicked to disastrous results, while records found in the Remnant City show that the Jardaan actively wanted the angara to grow and discover new uses for their bioelectricity without Jardaan involvement.

* {{Foil}}: To the Reapers; TheReveal in the first ''Videogame/MassEffect'' revealed that the Reapers created the Citadel and Mass Relay network as a trap to destroy lesser organic races, destroying entire planets to drive them into extinction. TheReveal of ''Andromeda'' tells us that the Jardaan created the angara and ''created whole worlds'' for them to thrive in.

* TheGhost: No visual depiction of them is given throughout the game. About the only clue to their appearance is their stuff is built to human scale.