Nimrodell wrote...
I'm sorry for bumping here and maybe asking the question that has already been answered... blame my lack of skills in searching - and most importantly, I don't want to be understood as a person that is trolling this topic or people who actually believe in IT. I would like one answer from all those who are firm believers in IT - how do you explain attack of Reapers on Sanctuary? Why did they attack Sanctuary if Lawson's discoveries on controlling the Reapers and their indoctrination process weren't ground breaking? What was Reaper logic behind that attack according to IT - and what was the purpose of it in Mass Effect 3 story itself, if TIM's claims at the end weren't true, if it's actually Reapers tempting Shepard? Why would Reapers go through such length of attacking place like Sanctuary that already has indoctrinated forces and those who became husks that are directly reacting to Reaper signal, as stated by Lawson himself in one of his logs? Once again, I don't mean anything bad by these questions nor trolling - I'd just like simple answers that are not based on watching very often used textures and animations - something that could not be denied like images of Jesus seen on piece of toast, cheese or clouds. Thanks in advance to all those who are willing to show me this explanation that I most surely missed
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I...can't...help myself!

Now, my personal view is that the reason for the reaper attack on Sanctuary is that there is some evidence of being able to control low level reaper troops (Husks, marauders etc). TIM may very well have told the reapers about this without realizing he had. He ordered the tests to try and learn to control the reapers, but unintentionally sabotaged himself. The reapers would then take this information to make themselves immune to this form of control
Reason why I think that's a possiblity is that Grayson sends a shuttle off in one direction thinking it's a good thing to save someone. But because of his indoctrination he sends it the way the reapers wanted him to without realizing it.
And remember, the Prothean cycle had an indoctrinated group that thought they could control the reapers as well. The Protheans could have gotten to this stage as well (Potential to control reaper troops) but had someone sabotage it from within without realizing it.
But that's just some speculation on my part. See what others have to say as well