iakus wrote...
Okay, now I'm confused.
The Collectors were a threat to humanity in part because they eventually would have built the Reaper. And yes, Sovereign was a problem. I can see a lone Reaper seriously mauling human defenses, softening them up for the true invason.
But the Reaper would not have been finished before the Arrival.
If Arrival happened, there would have been lots and lots of Reapers flying around. In the face of that. wouldn't that make the problem of one more Reaper shrink down to insignificance?
I think its that the Reaper fleet will meet massive resistance wherever it goes, but no-one would expect a lone Reaper to appear from the Galactic Core. That one Reaper could cause all manner of trouble.
Although I do kinda agree with what you're saying - it could only really have been a threat if it was finished before Arrival. Unless its like a super-Reaper.