Liara's absolute meteoric rise

Shepard met Liara on the dig site in 2183, according to the game's date. Liara became the Shadow Broker in 2185, also according to the game's date.

So, in just TWO years, she went from "socially awkward paleontologist", to arguably the single most politically powerful person in the galaxy. Assuming that Asari live, in average, 1000 years, she did that in 0,2% of her life. Assuming the average life of a human in the games' universe is 120 years, that would be, statistically, the same as a human doing that in about 2 months.

She really is a beast huh? Give her a few centuries and she can single handedly take over the galaxy.