Implications
Before I begin my analysis of the implications of this new species among us I would like to make a blunt statement that may offend any alarmists, doomsayers or armchair warmongers who get their grubby little hands on this report.
The humans are not, I repeat, NOT a threat in any way, shape or form, whether economic, scientific or militarily to any of the individual council races, let alone to the council as a whole. The reason for this should be blindingly obvious to anyone with knowledge of the history of the remnants of the old Krogan Empire in the terminus systems. The largest human factions cover barely a few thousand systems after all. There are charities with more in Asari space!
That being said only an idiot would deny that that their presents on the galactic scene will have a great many effect and we at STG will be hard pressed to neutralise some of the negative ones.
The first, and possibly most important change that the humans bring is their strange form of FTL. While less reliable and riskier than conventional Eezo drives, their "Frame Shift Drive" is undeniably faster and has more range. However it is easily intercepted and traced, which is impossible for conventional drives. As well as that it is still much slower over long distance than travel by Mass Relay. As such it will most likely be adopted by fast response military or rescue teams as well as short range traders in safe regions of space. As such this is largely a positive change that should save lives and stimulate the economy.
The second change that will occur before too long is the new playground for mercenaries, pirates and organised crime. For over a thousand years the only places in known space that such people could operate to any significant degree was the remnants of the old Krogan Empire in the terminus systems, or the frontier worlds of the Attican traverse.
Now large merc companies such as the turian Elanus Risk Control are preparing to muscle in on the Human Bubble. Smaller firms such as the batarian Blue Suns have already begun making a name for themselves. Piracy and criminal syndicates were already rife in human space before the Human Turian war. It should not surprise anyone that the situation deteriorated since then. The inevitable increase in power and scope of these syndicates and mercenary companies, as well as the civil unrest that they will cause in citadel space itself, is worrying to say the least.
My recommended course of action is targeted neutralisation of connecting agents in the larger groups, this should prevent them from gaining too much influence. Covert appropriation of assets and destruction of resources should also help to disperse them. Anyone interested in likely candidates for our attention should refer themselves to my analysis of suitable targets.
The final issue is more one of potential than probability. The human race, though disjointed and far more interested in screwing each other over than any kind of unity, is the equivalent in total population, and more importantly technology and combined military force to any of the council races, or indeed the terminus systems. Any attempt at total war on the whole of the human race would be bloody and vicious and nobody would come out of it intact. The terminus systems would certainly take advantage of any chaos in citadel space. Because of this we should move assets into place to support improved relations and joint ventures between human factions and the turian hierarchy. We cannot allow them to go to war.
This concludes my review.
"The Wheel Turns. Either thou shall be moved or thee shall be crushed under the weight of ages."
The Eternal Cycle
Chapter 1
Verse 1
