Hold up, buddy. Driven from their home system by the geth nearly
three centuries ago, most Quarians now live aboard the Migrant
Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand vessels ranging in size from
passenger shuttles to mobile space stations. Home to 17 million
quarians, the flotilla understandably has scarce resources.
Because of this, each quarian must go on a rite of passage known
as the Pilgrimage when they come of age. They leave the fleet
and only return once they have found something of value they can
bring back to their people. Other species tend to look down on
the quarians for creating the geth and for the negative impact
their fleet has when it enters a system. This has led to many
myths and rumors about the quarians, including the belief that
underneath their clothes and breathing masks, they are actually
cybernetic creatures: a combination of organic and synthetic
parts. The Migrant Fleet is the largest concentration of
starfaring vessels in the galaxy, sprawling across millions of
kilometers. It can