Why were the Reapers created?

For millions of years, the Reapers existed for the sole purpose of ensuring the ongoing existence of organic life in the galaxy, based on the assumption that all synthetic intelligences will eventually destroy their organic creators.

How were Reapers created?

The Reapers are created by the Catalyst (the overarching antagonist of the original trilogy) who modelled them after the Leviathans. The first one was known as Harbinger. One Reaper was created after one cycle.

Why are the Reapers killing everyone?

Why did the Reapers kill the Protheans? The Reapers say they do "the cycle" to prevent advanced organics from inventing AI that then rise up and kill all organic life.

What was the purpose of the Reapers?

The Reapers are an ancient race of machines. Called "the Old Machines" by the Geth, they waited in deep space, beyond the Perseus Veil. Their main goal is to harvest all organic species and resources in the galaxy for consumption and also to create more Reapers.

What is the motive of Reapers in Mass Effect?

Their primary motivation is to preserve organic life, not matter the cost. More detail is given in the Leviathan DLC. The Leviathans were the dominant species in the galaxy and they demanded tribute from the lesser species.

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Did the Reapers influence the Rachni?

It is postulated that another party, possibly the Reapers, manipulated the rachni into starting the Rachni Wars. When confronting the Rachni Queen on Noveria, she will explain to Commander Shepard that she was unaware of why the rachni went to war against the galaxy.

Why do Reapers look like Leviathan?

Reapers resemble them because the Starchild AI created them in the Leviathans' image and with Leviathan genetic material after the first “harvest”.

What was the original plan for the Reapers?

The story went that the goal of the Reapers was to find a way to stop the spread of Dark Energy, which is why every 50,000 years they would turn an entire species into Reapers to slow its spread.

Who is the strongest reaper in Mass Effect?

Alliance intelligence suggests that Harbinger is the oldest and largest Reaper of the entire fleet.

What is the Reapers weakness?

The Reaper has no weaknesses and is immune to status effects and instant-kill moves. It also has high defense and a wide variety of attacks that allow it to target party member's weaknesses. The Reaper also uses instant-kill moves, so be prepared to revive teammates.

What are Reapers weak against?

The Reaper has no weaknesses and no resistances or immunities. Players should ensure that the Phantom Thieves are ambushed by the Reaper, despite this seeming counterintuitive, as this will cause the Reaper to only take one turn instead of two in a row whenever it gets a turn.

What happens if you choose to destroy the Reapers?

In each ending, the Reapers are destroyed, but with varying levels of calateral damage and each species is left to rebuild their civilization on their own. The Destroy ending would be the equivilant of siding with Captain Anderson, as he wanted the Reapers destroyed.

Are Reapers a type of angel?

Reapers is a type of angel, tasked with the duty of taking human souls to the Afterlife in Supernatural the CW TV show. Reapers are the children of Death, who has established the Natural Order with God, which shows that souls must move on, as being a ghost is somewhat unnatural.

What is inside a Reaper?

A Reaper is essentially "billions of organic minds, uploaded and conjoined within immortal machine bodies."

How did humans survive the Reapers?

They encased the relay in ice purposely and completely cut outside access. When the Reaper fleet conquered the galaxy, they had no way in, and thus humanity was spared until the next harvest.

Who can beat Reaper?

A well-placed Accretion from Sigma can instantly counter Reaper. It not only opens a kill window for him where Reaper can't use Wraith Form. But even if that doesn't happen, Wraith Form always comes out right after. Nearly all of Orisa's new kit plays well into Reaper.

Did the Reapers let Shepard win?

Shepard was practically dead and the good guys were getting torn to shreds (by only a fraction of the reaper forces,all the others were on palaven and thessia or out in space). Then the catalyst woke him/her up and handed him "victory" .

Can the Reapers be defeated?

Upon defeat of the Sovereign-manipulated Saren, the Reaper loses its defenses and is destroyed by the combined might of the Citadel's defenders. The genetically mutated remnants of the Prothean species known as the Collectors reveal themselves in Mass Effect 2.

Who built the first reaper?

In 1831, twenty-two-year-old Cyrus McCormick took over his father's project of designing a mechanical reaper.

What did the reaper say before blowing up?

In response, the Reaper drops his knife, smiles, and simply says, "Pope marked you," before deliberately blowing himself up with a grenade.

What kills the Reaper Leviathan?

Subnautica doesn't provide traditional missiles or torpedoes but does give players the option to create gas torpedoes. These will explode on impact and release powerful gas fumes that can kill even a reaper leviathan.

Do all Reapers have green eyes?

All Grim Reapers have chartreuse phosphorescent eyes, and wear glasses because they are extremely nearsighted.

Can Reapers hunt other Reapers?

Having a reaper in the game should be a point of concern for the emissaries and they may want to deal with them. If there is more than 1 reaper, the reapers can also fight each other.

Could the krogan beat the Reapers?

After the genophage is cured and the krogran breed out of control could their sheer numbers be enough to stop the reapers. It would take a decade or two for those krogan to grow up and be ready for war. But it would take the reapers a century to wipe out most people in the galaxy.

What happens if Shepard takes control of the Reapers?

If the player chooses to have Shepard assume control of the Reapers the harvest is stopped, the Mass Relay system is rebuilt by the now-benevolent Reapers, and all synthetic life survives.