Replace All Humans on the Tempest Crew with Aliens

That's exactly what I had in mind, actually. Recast into Aliens! I was initially obsessing over Gil -as - a Quarian with a half-mask sort of a deal, but then I wanted to try other Humans as aliens too and see if it gets interesting. 

I can see how six pairs of eyes will lead to an interesting make-up situation. 

Also, I guess, if it goes into AU, and the Ark that arrives on Nexus is NOT the Hyperion, but the Lost Quarian Ark, we'll have Quarians as the main characters in place of Ryder clan?

Replace Suvi with an Elcor, just for the cockpit resdesign this would entail
Replace Gil with a krogan, really stoke up the tension with Kallo
Replace Liam with a yahg
Replace Cora with a Hanar, Ryder sex scene could be interesting

Replace Gil with a Quarian, makes more sense.

Replace Suvi with a Fem Drell also makes more sense.

Replace Cora with an Asari, I made a thread about this because it makes more sense.

Replace Liam with an Elcor, because then he'd be twice as exciting.

With contempt and malice: Maybe because I shot him in the face.

Replace Addison with an Asari.

Replace Spender with a Salarian.

Replace Harry with a Hanar but keep the name so we can actually call him Harry the Hanar.

Replace Reyes with a Salarian.


Sloane with a Drell.

And make all the outcasts Vorcha.

Done.

Replace Gil with a Quarian.

His new backstory is that he helped work on the Nexus construction, necessitating him having gone ahead of the Quarian Ark. His rivalry with Kallo also has been building over the past year in Andromeda, since they were assigned to the same team and frequently butted heads over Gil's unorthodox solutions to technical problems, rather than following the design specs as Kallo wanted.

Replace Liam with a Batarian.

His new backstory is that he formerly worked as part of a crisis response team on Omega, helping to rescue/extract civilians caught in the crossfire of gang-fights, riots or industrial accidents. He decided to join the Initiative for a fresh start, after most of his family were wiped out by the plague sweeping Omega in ME2. During the Uprising he sided with the Nexus and served as part of Kandros' militia, before transferring to the Tempest.

Quarian Ark is not here yet, so we have no idea, I think. And since it contains 3 races - anyone on that Ark can be a Pathfinder (including a Hanar (god, that would be hilarious!) if it actually has any.

P.S. Still would love to see Liam as a turian. Would be so unorthodox and funny...

Cora Harper: Asari. She could be the Asari commando she always wanted to be.
Liam Costa: Geth Prime. That would be interesting twist for sure.
Gil Brodie: Quarian. Aren't they all good with tech?
Suvi Anwar: Angara. Why just have one Angara, more the merrier.

If we save everything and simply replace the race - no, does not fit at all: just to begin with - it is already in game, that Quarian Ark is late, plus the whole story behind SAM development does not fit a Quarian), etc. The game story has to be seriously altered to allow other races as main protagonist. Not that it stopped DAI team, but still.

As it is now, I do not see any other race on Ryder's place.

That would be anything but Mass Effect Universe where humans play central part. If Ryder could be a Quarian, then he could be Turian, Asari or anyone else as well. Not the ME as we know it. We can fantasize about it but

Cora Harper: Asari. She would never leave the bathroom.
Liam Costa: Drell or Quarian.
Gil Brodie: Quarian is the obvious answer, but I thought MEA was about getting out of stereotypes of the species a bit. It could be cool if he were a krogan mechanic. Help deepen his rivalry with Kallo. There are already other MEA krogan who are less violent like Kesh and Vorn. Leave him as m/m romance of course.
Suvi Anwar: Quarian, because there should have been a quarian pre-DLC.

A very pink Salarian... heh. Yeah, I can see it, and her dialogues with Kallo might get a bit of a jealousy twist.... can see that.