Raindash - I was refering to Vandy's idea with the bareface thing. I would say there is in fact face paint for Citadel-born Turians as quite a few live there.

Sixsmith - there are many reasons for leaving the Flotilla. While I want say its impossible to be an exile, I will say that every Quarian submission that has tried to use that device to join Nova in the past has been rejected. I suggest that if you go with it, you should research everything there is on it beforehand.

Some other suggestions if you're set on a Vas instead of a Nar - while the Flotilla uses Quarians on pilgrimage for its hands outside the fleet for the most part, such is not always the case. They conduct missions with Quarian marines and scientists fairly regularly, not in Citadel space but everywhere else is free. They send scout ships both ahead of the Flotilla and roaming across the galaxy in search of a new world that suits them. Individual Quarians are sometimes sent to gather particular vital supplies.

Granted none of these reasons are on their own enough to join up with the group, but if for example something were to happen to a scout ship, like if it were attacked on suspician of piracy (by Siame industries) and your character was one of those who survived, then you have a reason both to be away from the Migrant Fleet and join up with us specifically, and still not be against the Flotilla in any way.