Klencory (planet) is famously claimed by the eccentric volus billionaire Kumun Shol. He claims that a vision of a higher being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of light." These entities were supposedly created at the dawn of time to protect organic life from synthetic "machine devils."
Your interpretation of this may be different. But I render it as there being a form of "Anti-Reapers". The Reaper's polar opposite. Maybe they never existed. Maybe they were defeated. Maybe they are still around, waiting.
Lets assume for a minute that this isn't complete garbage.
Here is the main concept for the Anti-Reapers:
They originated as members of an advanced race that managed to evade the Reaper's destruction. Over time they began matching the Reaper's technology to use against them.
Simple right?
Of course they must continue to grow their strength, using similar but "less brutal" techniques as the Reapers do. Before an advanced species is completely annihilated the "beings of light" save a handful of those that are left. They "convert" them, similar to how Reapers harvest organics. But they aren't being killed or liquified.. They are being preserved.
Using a "synthesis" type method, they are connected to the Anti-Reaper. (Imagine how the Geth plug into the pods to get into the Consensus. It would be very similar to this.) Each organic life form powers it and controls it.
Every few cycles the Anti-Reaper races wake up and continue working on their super weapon/upgrading their technology to match the advances the Reapers have made. But they are mostly in an advanced form of stasis until their time of activation (The Crucible.)
All of this technology was created by the "beings of light". But it would be revealed that the original creators are actually all dead. Only their machines are left to continue their work.
You may be thinking that my inspiration for this has something to do with 2001: A Space Odyssey, that's true.
"Bowman is transported via the monolith to a star system far outside our galaxy. During this journey, he goes through a large interstellar switching station, and sees other species' spaceships going on other routes; he dubs it the 'Grand Central Station' of the universe. Bowman is given a wide variety of sights; from the wreckage of ancient civilizations to what appear to be life-forms, living on the surfaces of a binary star system.
He is brought to what appears to be a nice hotel suite, carefully constructed from monitored television transmissions, and designed to make him feel at ease. Bowman goes to sleep. As he sleeps, his mind and memories are drained from his body, and he is made into a new immortal entity, a Star Child, that can live and travel in space" (That starchild was a hell of a let better than the one we got.)
When Shepard activates the Crucible it alerts the Anti-Reaper that a cycle has come far enough to finally stop the Reapers. The Crucible isn't the weapon but it signals the weapon..
The Anti-Reaper is summoned. It would be pure white in appearance. The way you might imagine an "Anti-Reaper" might look. But of course it would look less threatening than the Reaper we are accustomed to seeing.
In coopertation with the intelligent races of the current cycle, the Anti-Reaper (or Anti-Reapers) would destroy or disable all of the Reapers in the Galaxy.
Yes, I'm talking about brute force. A real battle, with heavy losses.
Depending on your assets. The Anti-Reaper would:
-Low assets: The attempt fails completely. The superweapon is not enough to stop the Reapers.
-Medium assets: The Anti-Reaper self destructs upon destroying the Reapers. Every organic lifeform in the Solar System is wiped out. But organic life will be free to evolve in peace.
-High assets: Reapers are destroyed. The Anti-Reaper disappears - Shepard also vanishes.
-Max assets: Reapers are destroyed. The Anti-Reaper disappears. Shepard lives a happy life with his crew.
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This is just me brainstorming what they might have done if they went with this idea. Feedback is welcome.
Modifié par AxisEvolve, 07 avril 2012 - 07:34 .
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