"The turians, originally. Had a bit of a, uh, misunderstanding over mass relays which led to them attacking us, which led to the First Contact War," Kaidan explains, the answer given with an interested look of his own -- that Duv reacts with curiosity rather than recognition is another piece of what's turning out to be a very jumbled puzzle indeed.

He settles back, water glass in hand, and explains that "The fallout that I was reminded of was that the turians -- the species that was the main military backbone of the Citadel Council -- had been fought to a near standstill by a species that had just started poking beyond their own home system. I, ah, got a look at some of the Council's historical records after the fact, since this was when I was a kid. 'Political panic' is a good summary."