User blog comment:Yanxa/Under the suit.../@comment-3053284-20120215185641/@comment-1900300-20120216010627

Um. . . they do mine planets. Firstly the planet they need is not only in the minority because of their need a planet that has dextro-amino acids. The ecosystem that would be prefect for them is incredably rare to the point where it may not exist else where. There cannot appeal to the Council for add nor do they have to politcial power to claim a planet that other races like the turians or humans want. So the only option is to find a planet in the Terminus systems, where they will have to deal with constant attacks from pirates, slavers or rouge states. And after all of that they will be isolated on a backwater planet in the middle of nowhere with no economy, forced to rebuild a civilization from scrach without help because the only ones that can help are the Council and they are so isolated they have trouble getting the equipment and imports thay need delivered to them due to the ever present swarm of pirates and slavers in their space. Yes that is the responsible thing to do. No one becomes a beggar because of lazinest. And they DO mine planets, but do not have the resouces to defend a mined planet in the hope that mining it some more will help them find anything new. Once they strip mine a planet, they get the hell out before others come, because they do not want to risk their military and people to defend what could be a worthless rock by this point. And yes fighting for their planet is exactly what they should be doing. Its not like a much greater threat then the geth that they didnt consider because they were too focused on their personal feud. No never mind its much better to blow things up to get our pride and balls back.