Turian

The Turians, known to Humans as Sentries are a sentient race known for their militaristic and disciplined culture. The Turians were the third race to join the Citadel Council. They gained their Council seat after defeating the hostile Krogan for the Council during the Krogan Rebellions. The Turians deployed a Salarian-created biological weapon called the Genophage, which virtually sterilized the Krogan and sent them into a decline. The Turians then filled the peacekeeping niche left by the once-cooperative Krogan, and eventually gained a Council seat in recognition of their efforts.

From the planet Palaven, Turians are best known for their military role, particularly their contributions of soldiers and starships to the Citadel Fleet. They are respected for their public service ethic — it was the Turians who first proposed creating C-Sec, but are sometimes seen as imperialist or rigid by other races. There is some animosity between Turians and Humans, largely due to the Turian role in the First Contact War. This slowly begun to heal—as shown by the cooperation of the two races on the construction of the SSV Normandy, but many Turians still resent Humans, and vice versa.

The Ark and Reseeding
The Turians evolved from non-flying birds in the tropical jungles of Palaven. The Turians were one of many species indexed by the Librarian for preservation on Installation 00 from the firing of the Halo Array. They were subsequently returned to their homeworld, where they began re-building their culture.

Unification War
The Turians had already discovered several mass relays and spawned colonies throughout the galaxy when the Asari reached the Citadel. In 1324 BCE, the Turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war. The Unification War, as it was later named, began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from Palaven. These colonies were run by local chieftains, many of whom had distanced themselves from the Hierarchy. Without the galvanizing influence of the government, the colonies became increasingly isolated and xenophobic. Colonists began wearing emblems or facial markings to differentiate themselves from members of other colonies and open hostilities became common.

When war finally broke out, the Hierarchy maintained strict diplomacy and refused to get involved. After several years of fighting, less than a dozen factions remained and the Hierarchy finally intervened. By that time, the chieftains were too weak to resist; they were forced to put an end to fighting and renew their allegiance to the Hierarchy. Though peace was restored, it took several decades for animosity between colonists to fade completely. To this day, most Turians still wear the facial markings of their home colonies.

Krogan Rebellions
In the midst of the Krogan Rebellions, in 720 CE, the Citadel Council made first contact with the Turians. At the Council's behest, the Turians brought their considerable war machine to bear on the Krogans, now a recognized threat. While the initial Turian offensive was successful in routing many Krogan warrior bands, it provoked a massive counterattack from the Krogan which devastated several Turian colonies. Three Turian worlds were rendered completely uninhabitable after the Krogan used fusion torches to throw asteroids at them, and the bloodiest battle in Turian history occurred at Digeris, where the planet was severely bombarded and the Turians sacrificed many frigates and fighters to take out a fleet of Krogan dreadnoughts. Rather than scaring off the Turians with this show of force, the Turians only fought with more resolve to quash the Krogan utterly. Eventually, theTurians implemented the Salarian-developed Genophage. With their advantage in numbers removed, the majority of Krogan were subdued by 800 CE, although scattered insurgent actions would continue for decades.

Homeworld and Colonies
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