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How many Reapers are there ?

Débuté par AkiKishi , févr. 08 2011 04:48

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 04:48

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I'm going guess there are around 740 Reapers. Any other theories ?

Also if anyone could provide numbers for the Alliance,Taurian and Asari fleets that would be great thanks.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 04:51

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I'd think about >>100000 from just what we see in the cut scenes.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 05:01

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NewMessageN00b wrote...

I'd think about >>100000 from just what we see in the cut scenes.


You mean at the end of the game?

I don't think there are that many for this reason. If there were that many Reapers then they would not have to bother with all that subterfuge with the Citadel.

Reaper strategy has been.

1. Use the Citadel as a lure.
2. First strike the Citadel where the governments reside.
3. Take control of the Mass Relays
4. Take out everything system by system.

Those are the tactics of an elite strike force, not a large army.

Modifié par BobSmith101, 08 février 2011 - 05:01 .

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gogman25
Posté 08 février 2011 - 05:23

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10000, give or take.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 05:34

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Definitely somewhere between 1 and 1000000000. I'd say 27

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 05:43

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Over 9000!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Probably a couple hundred. BobSmith's analysis of their tactics seems accurate to me.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 06:50

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BobSmith101 wrote...

NewMessageN00b wrote...

I'd think about >>100000 from just what we see in the cut scenes.


You mean at the end of the game?

I don't think there are that many for this reason. If there were that many Reapers then they would not have to bother with all that subterfuge with the Citadel.

Reaper strategy has been.

1. Use the Citadel as a lure.
2. First strike the Citadel where the governments reside.
3. Take control of the Mass Relays
4. Take out everything system by system.

Those are the tactics of an elite strike force, not a large army.


So you're refusing to believe evidence in favor of speculations... interesting.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 06:52

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]NewMessageN00b wrote...

So you're refusing to believe evidence in favor of speculations... interesting.


What evidence ? I never saw that many Reapers in the scene at the end of the game. If you have another source do share it.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:05

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Well, the assumption that it is the whole fleet holds same ground as the assumption that it isn't, so we're on the same boat here.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:09

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NewMessageN00b wrote...

Well, the assumption that it is the whole fleet holds same ground as the assumption that it isn't, so we're on the same boat here.



You said evidence until I see some I think my theory makes more sense than 10.000 or more Reapers.
Your more than entitled to your opinion whatever it may be based on. But you did say evidence.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:10

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I'd guess the low thousands, maybe somewhere between 2000 and 4000. OP, what did you do? Divide 37mil by 50K and figure one new Reaper per cycle? Logical, I guess, if you did.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:11

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The number of Reapers is the same as the meaning of life.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:14

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Pro_Consul wrote...

I'd guess the low thousands, maybe somewhere between 2000 and 4000. OP, what did you do? Divide 37mil by 50K and figure one new Reaper per cycle? Logical, I guess, if you did.


Pretty much. Although we know they failed once, they likely failed a few more times as well in 37 million years.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:18

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No one knows, but I'll make an educated guess..



The earliest evidence of the Reaper cycle we have is 37,000,000 BC, (Klendagon rift valley created whilst shooting at a Reaper) which is 740,000 cycles when you divide it by 50,000 years.



We know the Reapers only Reaperise a 'worthy' species, so lets assume they only find one of these every 2 cycles. That would leave us with approx 370,000 different species who have been turned from species into Reaper.



However this doesnt take into account how many there to begin with prior to the first extinction. It also doesn't take into account all of those who have died over the millenia. Sovreign was killed, the one we took the IFF from was killed, figures there would be thousands more over the 37,000,000 years..



I'd probably guess there's gonna be about 500,000 of them all told. Certainly too many to fight off; and that means the only way to win the war is to find a weapon which takes them all out at once. Lets just hope it's not a complete deus ex machina.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:31

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Rivercurse wrote...

The earliest evidence of the Reaper cycle we have is 37,000,000 BC, (Klendagon rift valley created whilst shooting at a Reaper) which is 740,000 cycles when you divide it by 50,000 years.


37M / 50K = 740 (not 740K)

I think your decimal point misplaced itself when you did this calculation. Better kill that decimal point just in case it has become sentient and this is its first step in a genocidal plot to wipe out humanity.

:ph34r:

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:34

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Three... No, wait--four!

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:37

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Sovereign claimed there's legion of them so around 1000.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:42

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Mesina2 wrote...

Sovereign claimed there's legion of them so around 1000.


And..how did you get this number?

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:50

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Mesina2 wrote...

Sovereign claimed there's legion of them so around 1000.


Wait? Isn't a legion 10,000?

Though, Sovereign's estimate isn't reliable... yet.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:52

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:52

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Mesina2 wrote...

Sovereign claimed there's legion of them so around 1000.

No. Sovereign said that their numbers will darken the sky of every world.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:55

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BobSmith101 wrote...

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Well, the assumption that it is the whole fleet holds same ground as the assumption that it isn't, so we're on the same boat here.



You said evidence until I see some I think my theory makes more sense than 10.000 or more Reapers.
Your more than entitled to your opinion whatever it may be based on. But you did say evidence.


Looking at the math, I wonder why you think it's just one per cycle. Considering that the Collectors have only recently been abducting colonies, and that they got quite far in developing a Reaper kind of screams for a bigger number. But, well, it wasn't as big, so it's not the true fact I'd hold on myself.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 07:59

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NewMessageN00b wrote...

Looking at the math, I wonder why you think it's just one per cycle. Considering that the Collectors have only recently been abducting colonies, and that they got quite far in developing a Reaper kind of screams for a bigger number.


They appear to  reap one civilisation per cycle. There were plenty of others around besides the Protheans 50.000 years ago. Including humanity.  Bet they wish they had reaped them while they still had stone spears now Posted Image

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BobSmith101 wrote...

NewMessageN00b wrote...

Looking at the math, I wonder why you think it's just one per cycle. Considering that the Collectors have only recently been abducting colonies, and that they got quite far in developing a Reaper kind of screams for a bigger number.


They appear to  reap one civilisation per cycle. There were plenty of others around besides the Protheans 50.000 years ago. Including humanity.  Bet they wish they had reaped them while they still had stone spears now Posted Image


Currently they'd need to reap everything to call it just one civilization. 

And then the "big revelation" that the Collectors will be targeting Earth, and the size of the Collector station kind of suggests that there might be from one to a few per planet. I'd think the empty space inside of that ship is where they had built a few. 

Thus more than one per civilization with quite a high certainty in my books. Also that you probably can pile up humans to fill a Reaper form all the human material on Earth, so feels plausible again about that ~1 per planet theory.

But one... per civilization? How comes just one... from so many multi-billion planets. With seemingly more than enough material.

Also consider that your number is a lowest estimate assuming the lowest possible productivity scenario. But I also wonder if the Reapers ever die. If not, then we apparently haven't seen the oldest of them. If yes, then your numbers might hold a bit (but just a bit - still low estimate) more ground, but for now it's all a little magic and plot holes here and there, and rinse and repeat.

So I say >1 per major (Earth-like) planet.

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Posté 08 février 2011 - 08:04

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AwesomeEffect2 wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

Sovereign claimed there's legion of them so around 1000.

No. Sovereign said that their numbers will darken the sky of every world.


What, you think he was literal?



Also @Zurcior, I fail at history. Roman legion is around 3000 and 6000 soldiers including cavalry.
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