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[Commander Steve]

hey people, i just beat Mass Effect, and i had one question burning in my mind after i beat it. How exactly did the Reapers kill off the Protheans? I realize they used things like indoctranation to trick other Prothean worlds, but what weapons did they use? Judging by planets like Feros and Illum, the Reapers didnt use many WMDs. Did they use a form of radical terriforming that poisoned the atmosphere? That would explain some worlds, but then how would the hanar survive the extinction of protheans on their world? And how would the Thorian survive the poisoning of Feros? Will someone clarify things up for me?

[TudorWolf]

Quite frankly, it's never elaborated upon.



Generally I just assume they must sit there and indoctrinate the whole population or something.



Although, the vision does seem to show what appear to something like... cyborgs?

To me, that kinda hints at another form of reaper/ reaper minion

[Silvanend]

They most likely bombarded planets from orbit, this would explain the debris on planets like Illos and Feros. That is also why some species like the Thorian, managed to survive because of his location. I seriously doubt they could brainwash all the protheans so quickly.... The Protheans most likely surrendered and were taken to become indoctrinated aboard Reaper ships. The Prothean civilization was destroyed in a mere year.

[Jedi Master of Orion]

My first thought was they simply descended onto a planet and destroyed all life around them. Unless they wanted to conquer and indoctrinate the population of particular planet.

[Jsmith0730]

It's a possibility that the Reaper forces are just that staggeringly large that they could simply wipe entire civilizations out with little to no effort.

[Commander Steve]

wait the collectors are prothean right? because i guess that would explain why feros was in good condition. i guess they just kidnapped them all like they do the humans in me2. and then mabye they just got lazy and started wiping out planets completely? that would explain the flat featureless "unknown cataclysm" planets.

[Zaxares]

My guess is just concentrated orbital bombardment on a colossal scale. Each Reaper's main gun packs enough power that's more than 3 times the destructive force of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Assuming that there's thousands (or maybe even millions) of Reapers, you'd just need to get into orbit and just blast each population center, and use indoctrinated servants to hunt down and exterminate any survivors who got away from crowded centers.



Complete extermination of a planet's inhabitants isn't strictly necessary; once you reduce the population to below a viable level, and wipe out any architecture or technology centers to ensure they can't rebuild, you can safely leave in the knowledge that the survivors simply don't have the numbers or technology to recover and repopulate.



This method would still take years or even decades to completely destroy one planet, however, which explained why it took centuries for the Reapers to complete the extermination of the Protheans.

[philiposophy]

Sovereign was able to land on planets such as Eden Prime and (I think) Virmire, so it's not unfeasible for the Reapers to have landed on planets after they bombarded them.





Also ME2 spoilers below:





It is established that Husks are Reaper constructs and that each Reaper is filled with them. They don't function as a crew but they do seem to facilitate the Reaper equivalent of ground troops:



Husks swamp enemies by sheer weight of numbers.

Abominations are explosives on legs.

Scions are the main firepower, since they're like walking turrets.

Praetorians are basically tanks.



So my guess is that they soften a planet up by taking out any defences from space, then land and spill out their ground forces to sweep up.

[Zanramon]

They suck them in.

[Homey C-Dawg]

I figured the Reapers only harvest "advanced" life, hence why they would leave primitive humans and hanar alone, seeing as how the prothians had their hands in both, and both were around during the last harvesting.



There are also some random planets that you can't land on (forgot their names) that show planet-wide orbital bombardments, very possibly caused by reapers. They probably take what new technology they need/want and just blow the rest of the galaxy's advanced life to hell.

[MrAnthonyDraft]

philiposophy wrote...

Sovereign was able to land on planets such as Eden Prime and (I think) Virmire, so it's not unfeasible for the Reapers to have landed on planets after they bombarded them.


Also ME2 spoilers below:


It is established that Husks are Reaper constructs and that each Reaper is filled with them. They don't function as a crew but they do seem to facilitate the Reaper equivalent of ground troops:

Husks swamp enemies by sheer weight of numbers.
Abominations are explosives on legs.
Scions are the main firepower, since they're like walking turrets.
Praetorians are basically tanks.

So my guess is that they soften a planet up by taking out any defences from space, then land and spill out their ground forces to sweep up.

I would see this is the most likely scenario.

[Tirigon]

It took several 100 years to wipe the protheans out. I guess that´s enough time to just shoot them all with those big guns Sovereign - and probably other reapers too - has.

[therevaloution]

They lured them in wit,"Adult Magazines"