Many races. Which was the first? Lost to the shrouds of time.
As I see it, a civilization created a super-being mechanical-construct to upload its consciousnesses into. Indoctrination is the process by which the controlling mind forces the others within itself to cooperate and coordinate, as the cells within our bodies do.
As they said in ME2, it is our "evolutionary destiny." The next step from being a human is being a super-human-collective... a reaper.
Now, contrast the Reapers with the Geth. Same MO... many consciousnesses living in a single body, but there's no forced control. The Geth collaborate and come to conclusions.
As each reaper comes to pass, they leave the galaxy and let life develop anew so that they can pick the strongest species and help them to "ascend" and join the Reaper society as well.
The reason that they want Shepherd is that they feel that he possesses the ability to wield Indoctrination... think about it... all of those insane paragon and renegade checks that force people to do your bidding...
Modifié par Koralis, 17 octobre 2010 - 11:48 .