iakus wrote...
Anacronian Stryx wrote...
Fist and foremost because of it's size, The Reapers are known to be two kilometers long ships, The Reaper Larvae structure implies it would be no more than 20-25 meters tall when completed(if it's to keep it's form) - Second of all the last scene of Mass Effect 2 shows quite a lot of Reapers and while there is some deviations they do all seem to conform to the same over all shape - If their exterior where to take exact shape after the race used to create them one could expect far more deviance in their appearance.
Most likely the Reaper Larvae is the central/core unit (something akin to the Space jockey from Alien)and the cuttlefish shape exterior is then build around it.
Which leads to the question: Why does this "core unit" have to resemble the host species? Particularly since it's to be an entirely internal component when completed. I'm inclined to think Reapers don't get many opportunities to get out of their ships/hulls and go for a stroll while hibernating in dark space. As a spacefaring synthetic life form you'd think you take a form designed from the ground up to be the last word in "Reaper CPUs"
It might be something as simple as a homage - in the art book there is a drawing of a Reaper(ship not core larvae) who has a face of a creature on it's back quarter and the text reads that Bioware at some point toyed with the idea that the ships should play homage to the species they where made of this way, That plan was dropped (thankfully in my opinion) but it shows that Bioware has thought about this.





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