Turians

Militaristic and disciplined, the Turians of Palaven are the most recent species to be granted a seat on the Citadel Council due to their valiance during the Krogan Rebellions. Volunteering the most forces out of any military to serve as a part of the Citadel Fleet, the Navy of the Hierarchy of Palaven is still regarded as the strongest within the Milky Way regardless of those forces technically sworn to a foreign government. Ruled in all aspects of life by the Hierarchy of Palaven, turians born within this territory are conscripted into mandatory public service at 15.

Taller and more physically dangerous that most sapient species within the Milky Way, the turians are equipped with natural talons on each of their three fingers. Their metallic carapace, harboring trace amounts of Thulium, helps ward against dangerous levels of solar radiation as is found on their homeworld. Despite this protection, their exoskeleton does not provide any natural armor effects. Unlike all other known sapient species aside from the Quarians, the turians are based upon dextro-amino acids. As such they are susceptible to a wide variety of effects if eating levo-amino food from allergic convulsions to immuno-suppressing reactions.