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Rachni
The rachni are an extinct race that once posed a dire threat to the entire known galaxy. The rachni were a race of space-faring insects with a hive-mind intelligence, the only such species encountered before or since. At the beginning of humanity's Common Era, explorers venturing through a mass relay into an unknown system encountered the rachni, who responded to this first contact by launching a devastating war. Attempts to negotiate were in vain, as the hive guiding the actions of the species was located far beneath the surface of the toxic rachni homeworld. After decades of brutal conflict, the Citadel races unleashed the krogan upon the rachni, with devastating results. The krogan proved capable of taking the fight to the rachni where they lived, and when the rachni refused to surrender, the krogan drove them to extinction. Ever since, the rachni have served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of activating dormant mass relays, and the Citadel has put stringent policies in place to prohibit such actions. more...