History Buff/Miniature Enthusiast,He/Him mid 20's

Garrus: "Not so popular with military command - has a reputation for playing loose with accepted strategy."

Shepard: "What do you mean?"

Liara: "On Taetrus, during the uprisings, his squad discovered a salarian spy ring about the same time the turian separatists did.

"Rather than neutralize the ring, he fell back. He even gave up valuable fortifications, which the rebels took."

Garrus: "Then the rebels attacked the salarians. And when both groups had worn each other down, Victus moved back in. Didn't lose a man."

General Corinthus: "Bold strategy, but wild behavior doesn't get you advanced up the meritocracy."

That Victus' handling of Taetrus is considered unconventional always struck me as odd, because that's how the Hierarchy handled the Unification War:

Codes: Turians: Unification war: "When war finally broke out, the Hierarchy maintained strict diplomacy and refused to get involved. After several years of fighting, less than a dozen factions remained and the Hierarchy finally intervened. By that time, the chieftains were too weak to resist; they were forced to put an end to fighting and renew their allegiance to the Hierarchy." (taken from the wiki)

Bonus:

I reminded her that ‘her community’ is still the same one where I was called a fag and told I should kill myself everyday in school in front of teachers who never did anything. That it’s the same place my friends and I were threatened with sexual assault for being openly queer.

And that Florida is a big state and it’s still the same state where I carried a knife in my pocket when I was alone at night. It’s still the same state where I had to pull that knife on more than one occasion. Where a friend had a gun put to their head. Where I learned that it pays to be the dog that bites. That it pays to know how to throw a punch.

She said with so much confidence ‘We don’t see those things happen anymore. I thought things were better.’

I try to be understanding with her but the way my voice broke on ‘you’re straight where would you have experienced queer discrimination?’ caused dead air long enough I thought she hung up on me.