User blog comment:WilliamsonKnox/Villains of Mass Effect 4?/@comment-203.116.187.1-20150227053908

Here's what I'm projecting based on what we've already learned in ME3:

- Uplifted Yahg: We already know that the Reapers ignored Parnack; Liara notes that the yahg might be in charge during the "next" cycle. Assuming they manage to get their hands on Reaper debris - or one of the escaped STG experiments makes his way home - the Citadel races are in for a hell of a time.

- Splinter STG Faction/s: Their predecessors (the League of One) went rogue, and the STG's already gone behind the Dalatrasses' backs to support Shepard. With all the other shady s**t they're pulling, one can easily see a few cells deciding to split from the salarian government a la Cerberus. Especially if they've been experimenting with post-War Reaper tech...

- Krogan Remnant/Empire: If the genophage was NOT cured, or Wreav is in charge, expect what's left of the krogan to go on a century-long grudge match before they finally end up bombed into nonexistence. Even if Wrex is in charge, he's going to have a lot of opponents who want the old ways back.

- Terminus Confederacy: Aria's merc coalition is pretty much an absolute. The enemy of your enemy is your friend. It's also still your enemy.

- Neo-Cerberus: It's Space Nazi Terrorists. Can't exactly go wrong with this one.

- Asari Fascists: This one's more of a long shot. We know the asari have imperialist/neo-colonial attitudes toward the rest of the galaxy, but they're going for a Cultural/Diplomatic Victory instead of a Military one. We also know that this approach left them helpless when the Reapers showed up, which Aethyta'd been saying for decades.

Let's say BioWare puts the two together: now we've got an entire generation of maidens who, instead of being strippers and hired guns, instead decide to join the military (keeping the racial superiority attitudes). A further rejection of the Matriarchs and their "weak" democratic ideals could lead to a full-out rejection of democracy and a rise of a new Asari Empire - starting with taking over the Citadel.