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[Obadiah]

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What we have is: An AI wants to prevent all organics from getting killed by AI, so the AI kills many organics, so many organics and over so many times, that it kills more organics, than an AI killing all organics once would, but there is no AI wanting to kill all organics, so there is no point in killing organics in the first place and if there were an AI wanting to kill all organics, there would be no AI wanting to prevent all organics from getting killed.
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In addition to all the individuals (organic and synthetic) that are killed in the Reaper cycle, you should also calculate how many lived and died in each civilization up to the start of the Reaper War. You have to calculate how many are still living now in as yet undiscovered developing civilizations in the galaxy that would have never existed had Synthetics wiped out all organic life long ago.

[Vortex13]

What about alien species that don't use the Reapers' technology, or don't even rely on technology, like the Thorian? Where do those fall in the spectrum of the Catalyst's measurement of harvestable species?

 

Would an alien race like WH40K's Tyranids be allowed to continue since they use no technology? If the issue is that organics keep building synthetics that ultimately rebel, then why not cultivate an alien race that doesn't have need of synthetics? Harvest and/or exterminate the organics that will make AI, but leave the galaxy to the societies that won't use technology; there problem solved.

[Obadiah]

Its questions like those that REALLY make me curious about the civilizations that came before.

[Farangbaa]

What about alien species that don't use the Reapers' technology, or don't even rely on technology, like the Thorian? Where do those fall in the spectrum of the Catalyst's measurement of harvestable species?

 

Would an alien race like WH40K's Tyranids be allowed to continue since they use no technology? If the issue is that organics keep building synthetics that ultimately rebel, then why not cultivate an alien race that doesn't have need of synthetics? Harvest and/or exterminate the organics that will make AI, but leave the galaxy to the societies that won't use technology; there problem solved.

 

The Thorian survived at least one cycle.. probably more.

 

So there's your answer.

[Vortex13]

The Thorian survived at least one cycle.. probably more.

 

So there's your answer.

 

 

We don't know if it survived because it was avoiding detection, the Reapers deemed it non-harvestable, or if the Catalyst simply overlooked it; like it does a lot of things apparently.

 

It would actually be funny if the ME equivalent of the Tyranids was allowed to nom nom the entire galaxy because the Reapers didn't harvest it.

[Farangbaa]

We don't know if it survived because it was avoiding detection, the Reapers deemed it non-harvestable, or if the Catalyst simply overlooked it; like it does a lot of things apparently.

 

It would actually be funny if the ME equivalent of the Tyranids was allowed to nom nom the entire galaxy because the Reapers didn't harvest it.

 

Forgive me my ignorance.. but eh.. how does a species without tech conquer the galaxy?

 

Space magic?

[Vortex13]

Forgive me my ignorance.. but eh.. how does a species without tech conquer the galaxy?

 

Space magic?

 

In case your not familiar with the Tyranids of WH40K

 

A similar species in the Mass Effect setting could quite easily wipe out all habitable planets in a very large region of the galaxy if left unchecked. 

[Farangbaa]

In case your not familiar with the Tyranids of WH40K

 

A similar species in the Mass Effect setting could quite easily wipe out all habitable planets in a very large region of the galaxy if left unchecked. 

 

I wonder if their bio ships are tickle resistant