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Palaven's largest moon has been shrouded in secrecy since the dawn of the turian space age. During the Krogan Rebellions, the Hierarchy classified nearly all data on Menae, and its sister moon Nanus, because they feared the krogan could use the moons as weapons by smashing them into Palaven's surface. However, some information has leaked out. Images of turian bases where personnel walk without enviro-suits indicate advanced infrastructure--likely a network of subterranean tunnels with powerful mass effect field generators that retain heat and atmosphere over swaths of the surface.

In reality, Menae is one of the turian military's main base of operations that is in charge of managing thousands of operations across Council Space. A couple of large bases cover the surface which is more than safe to walk on without proper vacuum protection. Training grounds and ship mechanics for the turian military forces are also known to exist on the surface.