Batarians

'''***The following is the Initial Draft, subject to change with ME3's release. It should only be used as a temporary guide.***'''

The remaining fragments of the Batarian Hegemony violently refused to bow to the Terran Empire, plunging the remaining scraps of their military—torn apart from the previous reaper invasion—into the thick of several skirmishes with Imperial forces. Scorning the idea of surrender to their long-hated nemesis, many of the remaining bands of batarians chose to retreat into the deeper reaches of space rather than be taken by humans.

Those who refused to retreat were captured by the humans who relished the opportunity to enslave the batarians, using many of the same techniques the batarians themselves used. Initially the batarians were sent to work in camps alongside turian slaves, spending their short lives in perpetual hard labor. The children of these batarians were taken and raised in imperial education camps where they were molded into loyal imperial subjects, taught a comprehensive revised history, and integrated into the Empire to serve as servants and slaves to private citizens.

The batarians who escaped imperial control continue as a thorn in the empire’s side, hitting trade routes to steal imperial shipments, smuggling goods, and generally stirring up trouble. Batarian pirates are a common and often exaggerated threat leveraged by the empire to keep its citizens in line and supportive of continued imperial dominance.

Notable Batarians

 * Gregorn