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[@Hillbilly12]

I'm gonna make the geth faction but I need to know if you are the Asari before or after the reaper war? I need to know so I know if my geth will be able to function with complete autonomy or not.
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Made an Asari species that's basically pre Citadel races, but they have the tech of modern Asari. Didn't want to involve the entirety of the Citadel races due to someone else picking a ME faction.

Either way the Geth were always capable of functioning without Reaper upgrades. As long as they had enough programs within a platform they were able to reach sapience in their own way. Geth platforms only start to act differently when too many programs stayed away from the collective for too long. Its actually more interesting to me than just making them their own individuals but that's just another reason for me to rage at ME3./Saltiness 

I guess it matters if you want an easier way to portray certain Geth with very very distinctive personalities.