#camala

[discosart]

My oc, Quinn Hurd.

Camala with Ujon the capital in the background. The smoke is from industry, I imagine with it being rich in eezo and other resources it's very industrialised and not in a pretty way (well, industry is never pretty). I don't think off the top of my head the planet has moons, but there was a lot of empty space and it looked cool soo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[eilidh]

Earlier in spring I came across this wonderful fic by @discoeffect and I knew I wanted to paint something for it.

If you like Mass Effect, motorcycles, original characters and a story that will keep you on your toes, I highly recommend it!

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Sketch & early colour version below:

[drelldreams]

Mass Effect lore collection from the books

Camala + Batarian lore (Source: Mass Effect Revelation)

Read if you wish to know more canon info about batarians and their colony Camala.

Under the cut.

One of the most important planets in the Skyllian Verge is Camala, a primarily batarian world and desert planet known for having some of the largest deposits of eezo in the Verge under its surface.

The planet also features two large metropolian areas of over a million people each, the capital Ujon and the city Hatre, location of the world’s primary spacesports.

As the colony world has a wealthy economy, it draws in a lot of visitors and immigrants of different species.

Of all the batarian worlds, Camala is easily the wealthiest one.

Among Batarians, social standing is extremely important and insulting a batarian’s social class is considered a very grave insult.

As social class is of such high importance among batarians, batarians place high value on dressing as well as they can afford.

Batarians tend to wear robes, even males.

Some of the most popular liquors on Camala are made by the hanar.

It seems like common knowledge says that the Blue Suns were founded by batarians and recently started taking on humans, when the reverse is true. It is possible that few people know the truth about the story behind the Blue Suns.

Batarians tilt their heads to the left to show admiration and respect. A tilt to the right is a greeting directed towards someone a batarian believes to be inferior.

Batarians tend to have relatively lean builds, compared to humans. Their necks tend to be longer and narrower than human necks, and their lips thinner.

The ridges of cartilage on top of a batarian’s head extend to their neck.

Batarian faces are covered with fine, thin hair that grows longer and thicker around the mouth, making them the second known species in the galaxy with hair.

Batarian names in the books: Groto Ib-ba, Jella, Helanda, Sh’n’ya, Edan Had’dah

It appears as if female batarians tend to have old Germanic sounding names (Jella, Helanda). Their names also tend to end in a though that could just be due to a Western-centric and anthropocentric approach from the writer.. (no offense to Drew I love him). Or it’s just the translator.

Surnames of batarians tend to have apostrophes in the middles or they are some sort of double name

Batarians are on the cutting edge of medical science

Most people don’t know into which pair of eyes to look in batarians, which gives them an edge in negotations as people will avoid eye contact with the race altogether, resulting in other people not being able to read batarians well

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[CUISINE] The Stench of Fear - Tourists Still Avoiding Sushi Bars

via Sights Unseen [CUISINE] The Stench of Fear - Ryuusei's Incident Still Haunts Sushi Bars, Deters Tourists The infamous Ryuusei's Sushi Bar shootout may be over ten galactic standard years old by now, but Citadel's sushi restaurants still feel its paralyzing sting on their business in the present. Results from a survey conducted last year by Citadel Restaurant Association and Partnership cast light on the grim reality. Staff and management reported the most drastic decline in their restaurants' popularity and some even had shuttered over past years. "Assassins make an attempt at a Spectre's life in a restaurant and the Extranet zooms in on the sushi bar as the butt of their joke! People didn't jeer at the victims like this when Cerberus razed a whole food court up at Presidium, did they? It's a sick, sick galaxy out there." wrote one anonymous restauranter in the survey. Yet not everyone believes it's just the incident behind the decline. Jomun Gemlen, a veteran restaurant reviewer with reviews published from The Citadel Post to Omega Herald, believes it is really twilight for one genre of cuisine in the galactic scene. “Earth’s time on the plate is over. Every combination of rice and fish in a roll has been seen and eaten. The mouths of the galaxy desire novelty!”, Jomun commented to us, “What one should really keep an eye out for are what’s coming out of Camala and Erzsbat. Today it might be a bowl of raksha hash from a street stall, tomorrow it’ll be ribs and t-bone steak at Presidium!” Whether the spicy and notoriously health warning-labeled cuisine out of Kite’s Nest will win over the galaxy’s tongues or not remains to be seen.

[discoeffect]

Mass Effect Fanfic AO3 - The Road Less Travelled

Author: discoeffect

Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy (Pre ME 1)

Pairing: Female Human OC x Male Batarian OC

No Archive Warnings Apply. Explicit. Slow Burn. Action & Romance. Interspecies Romance. Canon-Typical Violence.

Part 1 of possibly 3. No.2 a WIP

Summary: Quinn Hurd is a motorcycle courier on Camala. Tasked with delivering a highly sensitive package, she is accompanied by an armed escort. Trouble is, he's a batarian. The job turns complicated and so do their feelings for each other.

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Photo sources: Vapourwavecorp Tumblr, Critical Hit Creations, Frijoleluna DeviantArt, @pkmfaris, Holiday magazine. Couldn't find source for first photo.

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[CAMALA] Confederate Navy Seizes Grusto Ships

via Confederate News Broadcasting The Batarian Confederate Navy was forced today to intervene in a ship-to-ship battle taking place in orbit of Camala. Two privateer ships had come to mass accelerator shots for reasons as yet unknown, but the Navy’s intervention impounded both ships and their crews with haste. Officials are remaining tight-lipped about the base causes of the firefight, and have merely commented that the dispute related to ‘Grusto affairs’. Lahkel Seiro’tah, leader of the Seiro’tah clan, has in the meanwhile issued a public commendation for the Navy’s swift reaction, and assures the wider Confederate public that incidents such as these are “unbecoming of Camalans.”

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[RAMLAT] Pre-Prothean Statue Determined To Be Hoax

via Confederate News Broadcasting University of Ujon Exterior has determined that the statue recovered from a tin mine on Ramlat is of contemporary origins, dismissing claims and speculation of its pre-Prothean status. In their press release, professor Kahlik Irgrimvy who represents the xenoarchaological department of the university, explained results of their investigations and their conclusion. According to the professor, the statue itself was several decades old and had been deliberately damaged to make it appear aged. As for why the statue was placed in the tin mine, professor Irgrimvyr referred to her colleague G. R. Sah’vik from the Ujon Geological and Mining School. According to Sah’vik’s theory, the mine shaft had been re-sealed somewhere in the past three decades and records of the act had probably been lost in the chaos of the Reaper War. Clan Forsan’s representatives have declined to comment on the subject.

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[RAMLAT] Pre-Prothean Statue Discovered In Mining Operation

via Confederate News Broadcasting An ancient statue has surfaced in a tin mine on Ramlat, and preliminary examinations imply that it may predate the Protheans. Information has been sparse since the discovery, as clan Forvess, who own the business operating the mine, have posted additional security to the site and restricted access. Camala’s University of Ujon Exterior has also declared that their xenoarchaeologists have been summoned to examine the find.