Irst, we must consider what we gain and lose by working with aliens. Above all else, every species must consider its own survival imperative, and be aware of threats to their niche of existence. Seen in that light, humans are a problem for the other races of the galaxy. Where it took the asari a thousand years to move from diesel engines to the atomic bomb, it took us a bare handful of decades. Where the turians strained for almost nine thousand years to move beyond the limits of technology...