I believe the catalyst is the combined mind of all the reapers, the voice of all previous organic races as a whole. It is likely that the earliest organics reached the peak of evolution (peak of organics, not life as a whole), and had developed AI. The only possible way the organics could defeat the machines was to harness the powers of their own race into a single being (a Reaper), and they succeeded in destroying their own creations.
Being a single entity, it came to a consensus which made the 2 rules of life, thus the reason why each cycle must
be harvested to become a Reaper. HOWEVER, it is an uncertainty, as no one can predict the future. It is likely the earliest organics calculated the probability of the 2 rules happening every cycle. It is possible for peace, but it is so small that it is virtually impossible, but still a chance. Ultimately it set up a “game”. It built the relays and citadel, and also the plans for the crucible. As said in the game, the Crucible was passed down from countless cycles. The crucible’s job is to act as a final hope of the cycles, a test for the lack of a better term. It acts like a key to a safe, it unlocks that probability and gives the Catalyst realization that Organics could survive on its own. Organics was always given a choice, ever since the beginning. But no cycle was deemed worthy of that choice until Shepard’s cycle. It is implied that by building the crucible and docking it with the citadel, Shepard achieved the impossible, thus giving domination over the Catalyst, proving the Catalyst wrong. The Catalyst had no right to withhold that choice from Shepard. Which ending Shepard chooses is his/her own, that is an uncertainty, the Catalyst cannot foresee that. But whichever choice is chosen, it is a successful one.
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Destroy: although EDI and the Geth are destroyed, Shepard has proven that organics and synthetics can coexist.
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Control: Shepard takes over the Catalyst’s role as the controller, providing a backup plan if the synthetics do turn against the organics in the future.
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Synthesis: by doing so, life will reach the final stage of evolution, and this entire problem will no longer be present.
Shepard saved the galaxy and its future one way or another
Although I wish it be false, but I cannot see how Bioware can come up with ME4 as a continuation of ME3. Future DLCs can only fill gaps in the storyline in ME3 (such as Omega) or add in additional closures after the endings. As for future games, I can only see prequels such as explaining the First Contact War, Rachni War, Krogan rebellion, etc. Shepard is done, the current cycle is done, Mass Effect is done!
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