[Tuchanka] Relief Volunteers Murdered

Relief Volunteers Murdered
Crossposted from Citadel News Net

Aver Safe Grounds, Maw’s Reach, TUCHANKA - Two relief workers were found murdered yesterday in an escalation of the attacks on volunteers on Tuchanka. Tuchanka Times has previously reported several attacks on alien volunteer organizations, but there were no deaths until now.

The victims were largely unidentifiable due to the extent of damage to the bodies, but authorities can confirm that they were turians from a Hierarchy-sanctioned volunteer group. The bodies were found just outside the Aver Safe Grounds, a neutral zone established in Maw’s Reach. The region, despite its name, is reportedly safer than other provinces for aliens.

Like other victims of the attacks, the corpses were found with a datapad on one of the victims. Authorities have chosen to withhold the information on the note, though previous attacks have included threats of further attacks and a demand for alien influences to leave Tuchanka.

“I can understand the mindset of the attackers,” Urakk Aaera, Clan Mother of Aver said of the attacks. “Our people are a strong and proud species. We have survived the Rachni Wars, our rebellion, the Genophage. We have not needed alien assistance before to survive, why should we now with the Genophage cured? But the difference between these attackers and us is that we are strong enough to admit that we need help in these times.”

Relief efforts have been firmly established in Tuchanka since the war, assisting in everything from large efforts such as agriculture, reconstruction, research and development, to day-to-day life, such as child care and medical assistance. Some sources in the Krogan Clan Leaders have admitted that volunteer groups are now vital to Tuchanka’s recovery. “We can’t lose these aliens or their help, not yet.” One anonymous source stated. “If we do, Tuchanka’s hope is lost. Or at the least, very distant from us. We’ve spent too long destroying that we forgot how to build.”

Citadel News Net has contacted several governments that sanctioned the various efforts, but as of this posting, none have commented.

[UPDATE]
A comment from the Salarian Union from Dalatrass Alera: “These krogan have proven that they are no better than the Yahg. With any luck, the Salarian Union will pull all our efforts in the Krogan’s soon-to-be-again DMZ. I would advise all other committees to follow our example.”

[UPDATE]
A representative from the Systems Alliance, Cpt. James Marshall, has this to say of the article and of Dalatrass Alera’s comments: “We of the System’s Alliance have no interest in turning our backs on people who need our help just because of the actions of an extremist group, and we have no interest in following the Dalatrass’ example, which is clearly rooted from previous grudges against the Krogan people. The war has taught us that we all need to stand together, even in the face of adversity, and there is no species in the galaxy yet that is ready to stand on its own. We are all rebuilding still, and we all need to stick together and let the past go.”

[UPDATE]
A representative from the Turian Hierarchy sent a short message after our latest update. “What he said. Now let’s get back to work.”

It's sad when bloody relief volunteers need bodyguards, but that certainly seems to be the case on Tuchanka. And many places on Earth as well to be brutally honest.

I'm actually surprised that relief workers weren't instructed to never leave the safe grounds without escort yet.

My guess is that they figured their so-called "Turian-Krogan Alliance" was enough to keep themselves out of trouble.

"Oh, but the krogan were just misunderstood!"

"We should never have deployed the genophage"

"They deserve another chance!"

Yeah, any krogan apologist who said one of the above, care to defend this?

This just in! Relief volunteers murdered by krogan. All krogan are murderers!

Also in the news today! All batarians are slavers, all asari are whores, all salarians are spies, all turians are imperialists, and all humans are racist!

Lemme just undercut them and state the obvious comeback: "It was a fluke! An extremist!"

If the krogan down there don't bother to rein their extremists in, they can keep the shithole they're digging themselves back into. Pull out the aid workers and shoot down the shipyards, we gave them a chance to make up and they're not doing it.

Okay. Good idea. That works. While we're at it, let's shoot down all the shipyards over Earth and pull all the aid workers from there too. Earth is doing a pretty shit job of reigning in their extremists. Let those damn Earthers keep their shithole if they don't want aliens there.

Last I checked, humanity hasn't been a threat that took a sterility plague to keep in check. Tuchanka has a lot to prove if they're ready to join the galactic society or stay the backwater they are, and this is hardly impressing.

Seriously, you act as though no other race in the galaxy ever had trouble capturing criminals and terrorists. The Alliance hardly got to Cerberus in a timely fashion, and the Hierarchy certainly had more than enough trouble with Facinus. Why do you expect the Krogan to deliver you a perfect solution to their criminal and terrorist problems within a year?

I disagree about the "all krogans are the same" arguments, but I think the aid workers should demand better protection. If the clan chiefs want help they need to do their part and protect the workers, even if it means pulling workers from some clans unable to appreciate the help they're receiving.

Thing is, with all the efforts going on now, what with rebuilding, defending, and shit, a lot of safe grounds can't spare warriors to take care of volunteers. Certain places need to deal with things like daily klixen attacks, or a maw nest too close for comfort. And even if they could provide an escort, who's to say they pick the right people? I'm guessing that some of these attackers are from the very camp, and they blend in with everyone else who actually wants us here.

But these dumbasses are definitely in the minority. Inside the camps, a lot of clans are doing all they can to keep the volunteers safe. I know the camp I'm at has a new patrol force meant solely for looking out for volunteers and there's been talk of changing the volunteer duties so that non-essential functions can be delegated back to the krogan.

And I think some people are pushing for volunteers to be armed. Not too sure about that one though.

Extremists exist in all cultures. To blame all krogan for the acts of their extremists is petty, stupid, and misrepresenting the krogan as a whole.

The krogan do need to better protect their volunteers, and the volunteers should probably be armed anyway. After all, it is Tuchanka.

Arming volunteers may well be viewed as an escalation by the krogan presently attacking them, particularly given they may be looking for any cause to cast light on the volunteers as an unwanted negative presence. Yes, the krogan authorities need to do something constructive (or, rather, something more constructive) than they are presently, but perhaps they should be focused on finding and dealing with the perpetrators rather than risking further endangerment by implications.

While it is a fringe group committing the attacks, it isn't an uncommon sentiment. The stupid among us, and boy, there are a lot of them, want Tuchunka to return to an isolationist state built around nuclear warfare and massively idiotic leadership. The person in the OP was right - we need the aid of outsiders. Urdnot's doing a good job, but there are far more clans than that.
Also, I was under the impression that the volunteers were armed, since they were veterans. If they don't have police escorts and militia bodyguards by now, they certainly should.

i dunno, i bin doin' purty good myself

They need light armor and KB's for the lot of 'em, and they should all have a knife and a sidearm. There's a lot more than just some xenophobic idiots out there to keep an eye out for, and you might need the few moments that protection gives to do something about it.

If some of them aren't packing, that might be attracting more attention from those idiots than if they were. If you're armed you might discourage some of the slightly less stupid ones.

You have a pet volus genius whose antisocial nature has repulsed everyone else he could make a fortune with.

I would just like to politely suggest that the idea of having everyone armed and armored on Tuchanka may not be a bad idea, the krogan are the only dangerous thing on the planet that one has any hope of reasoning with, and if the Extrapedia information on Tuchanka is correct than it is rightfully classified as a death world. I believe the krogan are tied with the turians for armed citizenry, yes? Thus it strikes me as silly for anyone to go to a planet inhabited by tough tribal warriors and nasty monsters to be unarmed.

AN' YET IT'S BETTER'N YOU, BITCH

HAW