Female Turians and so on...

[Harbinger_]

I noticed something in Mass Effect 1/2, their is no Female Turians, Elcor, Volus, Salarians, Krogans, and Batarians.

Maybe its just becuase I never did a quest with any (or just can't remember). Or maybe they don't have female counterparts much like Asari (though its hard to call them female technicaly if they don't have a male counterpart)

Anyone else just wonder this? I mean I could really care less but it was just so happenly on my mind.

You never see male Asari either. Some species are genderless or perhaps its just hard to tell their gender. Perhaps it could be some sort of social norm that only male turians are soldiers, etc. etc.

It has been stated many times over that the Asari are monogendered and appear females as to help raise the child.

Except in the first novel for Mass Effect Anderson says they are genderless.

 

[archvile93]

There are female Turians, they're just too damn flexible for you to notice them.

So they were hiding in the cracks in the walls. Those clever bastards. In all seriousness, it probably was just a time and money issue for the most parts; others though it would probably because you wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway, and Drell, well you only see two.

 

[Sporky111]

Well, I'd guess that with Elcor, Volus, Krogans, and Hanar you wouldn't be able to tell the difference (for different reasons).

But I remember hearing that they had originally planned to have female turians in the original, but they ran out of time or money or something and couldn't find the resources to make more than one character model for each species (humans, excepted of course. Though, I'm sure the human female body is the same as the Asari's )

 

[Blind Sight]

For the Batarians, there's a part early on in Mass Effect 2 where a salarian on Omega is trying to talk to you, and then this gruff Batarian comes up and tells him to leave. The salarian replies with 'yes, yes, whatever SHE wants' so I assume that female Batarians are impossible to tell apart from males in human terms.

 

[Mrglass08]

I am pretty sure you can have a brief talk with a female Krogan in the Urdnot camp.

 

[alittlepepper]

Turians and Krogans are probably not sexy enough to warrant female counterparts.

I think a lot of fan-girls would disagree regarding Turians.
They love themselves some Garrus.

It's that voice. His voice is loooovely.
Anyway.

Not sure about all of the races, since I only just recently got Mass 2 and haven't had a chance to play it yet. I would assume that a good number of the races have effectively "Unnoticeable" female counterparts, like the Elcor, Volus, and Hanar. I DO remember from reading the Codex in Mass 1 that something like 90% of the entire Salarian population is born male due to their egg fertilization methods (I think they impose a very strict limit on fertilized eggs, and all unfertilized eggs are born male, or something like that) so females are really few and far between. Makes me think of the old Battletanx game for some reason and it's Queenlords.
As far as the Krogan are concerned...I always looked at them like they were just big ugly frogs without a specific gender. I can't imagine that they'd have noticeable differences; maybe sized differently or with unique colouration. And I sorta doubt anyone's beating down the door for them to be rendered.
I don't even know what a batarian looks like, so I have no opinion on that one.

 

[Nocturnal Gentleman]

How would you be able to tell? Lizards don't have breasts, and other than that, they would probably have different gender differences.

That's not a good statement to make. For some reptiles it is difficult to impossible to tell their gender. However, there are a good number of species were the genders are very distinct. Whether it be size (one much bigger than the other), body changes (larger jaws, crest, ect.), and even color/pattern differences. They could make female krogans very different if they wanted to.

Anyway, I assume the size and the head plating is different for Krogans. For Turians they'll most likely make body frame changes and give the females the in-game mentioned "frills". Salarians...we've already seen one. Elcor and Hanar look the same.

 

[thingymuwatsit]

I noticed something in Mass Effect 1/2, their is no Female Turians, Elcor, Volus, Salarians, Krogans, and Batarians.

Maybe its just becuase I never did a quest with any (or just can't remember). Or maybe they don't have female counterparts much like Asari (though its hard to call them female technicaly since they don't have a male counterpart)

Anyone else just wonder this? I mean I could really care less but it was just so happenly on my mind.

the codex conveniently states that because of the responsibilities surrounding the women of these species, there is a low chance of us ever seeing them.
Krogan: fertile women have their own clan for protection.
Salarian: about 10% of their population is female, making them too bogged down in politics to leave their homeworld.
Batarians: have a civilisation run by communists, giving the women no civil rights to get offworld.
Vorcha: are very protective of their women and wouldn't want them joining the merc gangs we see them in.
Elcor: Not explained
Volus: Tribal nature of their species infers that their tribal leaders keep the women close as trophies.
Turian: i can't remember.

 

[Worgen]

There was a female krogan on mordins loyalty mission.

huh, must have not noticed...

edit: don't quote me, six or so already have...

to be fair she was covered in a blanket and dead

 

[Korten12]

There was a female krogan on mordins loyalty mission.

huh, must have not noticed...

edit: don't quote me, six or so already have...

to be fair she was covered in a blanket and dead

clearly you didn't see the edit: don't quote me, six or so already have...

 

[Worgen]

There was a female krogan on mordins loyalty mission.

huh, must have not noticed...

edit: don't quote me, six or so already have...

to be fair she was covered in a blanket and dead

clearly you didn't see the edit: don't quote me, six or so already have...

I did but I just wanted to make sure its the holidays

 

[JoshGod]

There were female krogans in ME2 they just looked the same as male krogans.

 

[ScRaT_the_destroyer]

For the Batarians, there's a part early on in Mass Effect 2 where a salarian on Omega is trying to talk to you, and then this gruff Batarian comes up and tells him to leave. The salarian replies with 'yes, yes, whatever SHE wants' so I assume that female Batarians are impossible to tell apart from males in human terms.

i thought that the she referenced in the salarian's speech was a reference to Aria

 

[Gahars]

I noticed something in Mass Effect 1/2, their is no Female Turians, Elcor, Volus, Salarians, Krogans, and Batarians.

Maybe its just becuase I never did a quest with any (or just can't remember). Or maybe they don't have female counterparts much like Asari (though its hard to call them female technicaly since they don't have a male counterpart)

Anyone else just wonder this? I mean I could really care less but it was just so happenly on my mind.

It was an issue of not being able to program them in for some of the species, so either they gave an inuniverse explanation for it, like with the Salarian women being in positions of power on the homeworld, to just plain ignoring it with Turians.

I imagine we'll see more females of different species in Mass Effect 3, but who knows?

 

[Dorian6]

Yeah, Humans and Quarians are the only species in Mass Effect where we see members of both sexes

 

[Blind Sight]

For the Batarians, there's a part early on in Mass Effect 2 where a salarian on Omega is trying to talk to you, and then this gruff Batarian comes up and tells him to leave. The salarian replies with 'yes, yes, whatever SHE wants' so I assume that female Batarians are impossible to tell apart from males in human terms.

i thought that the she referenced in the salarian's speech was a reference to Aria

True, that's a far more likely possibility.

 

[Brad Shepard]

There was a female krogan on mordins loyalty mission.

yes, but shes under a plastic sheet, so you cant see her.