These seem relevant to the discussions at hand, so I'm posting them:
A) Origins “You wouldn't dare destroy such an important source of knowledge." - Dwarf in the Flask
“We created an intelligence with the mandate to preserve life at any cost." - Leviathan In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the Dwarf in the Flask was created by an Xerxean alchemist using the blood of Van Hohenheim to create a source of knowledge to aid in his research of finding a way to create the perfect being. This gained the attention of the King of Xerxes, who was aging and seeking a way to become immortal, and ordered the alchemist to come forward with this source of information to aid in his goal. The Dwarf in the Flask agreed to aid the king as long as the king followed the Dwarf's instructions exactly.
In Mass Effect, the Catalyst was created by the Leviathans as a source of intelligence to aid in finding a way to stop the conflicts between organics and synthetic life forms. The Leviathans saw that with this problem plaguing their servant races eliminated, their reign as the apex race would be an immortal one.
Betrayal “You said if we stood in the center of the circle, we wouldn't be harmed." - King of Xerxes
“Its understanding grew until it found a solution. In that instant, it betrayed us." - Leviathan In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the King of Xrexes accepted the Dwarf in the Flask's terms and followed his instructions to create a giant Transmutation Circle that spanned the area of the entire kingdom of Xerxes. The Dwarf then told the king that in order to obtain immortality for himself and his top staff that the entire population of Xerxes would have to be sacrificed to create a Philosopher's Stone within those who stood in the center of the circle when it was activated. However, the Dwarf in the Flask had deceived the king and his advisors by making them think they were standing in the center. In reality, the center of the circle was where the Dwarf in the Flask and his now loyal friend Van Hohenheim, unaware of the deception, were located, and thus the entire kingdom was destroyed to bestow upon the two of them immortal bodies, aiding Dwarf in the Flask's reason of creation in the first place, through the Philosopher's Stone. As a sign of appreciation for aiding in his birth, the Dwarf in the Flask based his new body in the same form as Hohenheim.
In Mass Effect, the Catalyst watched the fighting between organic and synthetic life and discovered the solution to the problem was not only synthetic life, but organic life as well. Following his programming, the Catalyst decided the best way to stop both forms of life from destroying each other was to preserve their essence inside an organic-synthetic hybrid. Acting fast, the Catalyst mislead and betrayed the Leviathans and harvested them for this solution first, since they were the most advanced race and thus the largest threat to the then powerless Catalyst as well as being the top priority of preserving in the perfect form and aid in his purpose. As a way to acknowledge the Leviathans aid in his creation, the Catalyst based this new perfect design, later known as Reaper, in their form.
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E) Final Goal "I have done what I set out to do: acquire God." - Father
“I am only facilitating their request." - Catalyst In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Father's true goal is to simply do what he was created to do in the first place: learn. He discovered that the only way to learn everything was to acquire the power equivalent to that as God by obtaining a perfect state of being. He deduces that the only way this is possible is to obtain that much power is through the Philosopher's Stone. With that power, he would be able to open the Gateway of Truth and assimilate all knowledge inside, and thus obtaining the power and knowledge equivalent to that of God. Everything he ever did, from obtaining a body to creating the Homunculi, was to aid him in that process.
In Mass Effect, the Catalyst's true goal is to fulfill his programming: preserve all organic life. He discovered that the only way to do that was through the harvesting, processing, and preserving of all advanced life in the form of the Reapers. The Catalyst viewed the Reaper solution as perfect, or at least the best way to preserve life possible until he was smart enough to find an even better solution. With each Reaper constructed and having that races knowledge within it, the Catalyst, having the collective knowledge of all Reapers, would eventually be able to figure out this final, ultimate solution to the program he was created to fix.
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C) Flawed Logic “You insist on treating humans as a lower lifeform, but don’t you see: only through them can a Philosopher’s stone be created, and only through a stone can a Homunculus arise, but what does a Homunculus produce? What do you create? Creation is all and you’ve done nothing but destroy. You may think you’ve reached a perfect state of being, but in truth all you’ve reached is a dead end.” – Van Hohenheim
“But you’re taking away our future. Without a future, we have no hope. Without hope…we may as well be machines, programmed to do what we’re told.” – Commander Shepard In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Father’s ultimate goal was to obtain the perfect state of being. However, his actions actually contradicted his goals. Mainly, he separated his seven desires from himself to remove distraction and dedicate himself fully to obtaining knowledge. However, this robbed him of perspective and thus extinguished any chance he had to fully understanding this world, and thus become equal to a perfect being.
In Mass Effect, the Catalyst’s ultimate goal is to find a solution for the organic versus synthetic conflicts that keep occurring. Mainly, he uses the Reapers to preserve those races before they completely annihilate each other completely and add to his intelligence. However, this robs him of fully obtaining each race’s perspective of the situation and also goes against what he was created to do by destroying life in order to save it.
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