Mass Effect Reaper Ships

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'Reaper: a label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. What they chose to call us is irrelevant.'

--Sovereign

The Reapers are a race of sapientstarships from Mass Effect. They are responsible for the construction of the Citadel space station and the mass relays integral to transit in the Mass Effect galaxy. Reapers are generally two kilometers long, and their consciousnesses are each composed of thousands of AI programs.

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History

'We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite.'

--Sovereign

The Reapers normally hibernate outside of the galaxy in dark space for tens of thousands of years at a time. Every time a spacefaring race reaches a high enough technology level, the Reapers return to the galaxy through the giant mass relay that is the Citadel to wipe out all advanced civilizations in the galaxy. This cycle has gone on for at least 37 million years. The mass relays are set up to more easily facilitate this process; growing civilizations inevitably become dependent on the relays, and since the Citadel sits at the center of the relay network, it usually becomes the center of the galactic government. When the Reapers return through the Citadel, they quickly take out that government and shut off access to the relay network, throwing the galaxy into disarray. From that point, each civilization is easy to defeat, though total eradication can still take decades. The purpose of these eradications is two-fold:

• The Reapers must harvest genetic material from a genetically diverse species in order to produce a new Reaper. The 'core' of the new Reaper takes the form of the race that supplied the genetic material, and an insectoid shell is put over it. The harvest of advanced races preserves their knowledge, culture, and biological characteristics for the future, making way for less advanced species to grow into interstellar civilizations.
• The harvest prevents galactic war between organic races and synthetic races. The Reapers always target races that have begun to develop artificial intelligence technology. The Reapers believe that, left unchecked, such organic-synthetic warfare would inevitably result in the destruction of all organic life.

After each genocide, a single Reaper remains behind as a vanguard to monitor the development of new civilizations and signal the Citadel mass relay to be activated, bringing the whole Reaper fleet. The actual activation is done by the Keepers, a non-sentient race of arthropods that automatically operate and maintain the Citadel. The last race to be wiped out by the Reapers, the Protheans, managed to interrupt the cycle. After the Reapers returned to dark space, a handful of Prothean survivors returned to the Citadel and altered the Keepers' programming. No longer would the Keepers open the Citadel at the signal of a Reaper vanguard; the vanguard would have to physically link up to the Citadel in order to open it. Thus, the next civilization would have a chance of survival that the Protheans and all their predecessors never had. The last Reaper vanguard, Nazara (known as Sovereign to its followers), attempted and failed to open the Citadel, being destroyed in the process thanks to the efforts of the Systems Alliance operative Commander Shepard.

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With Nazara's failure, a Reaper called Harbinger took a different approach. It used the Collectors, a husk strain that the Reapers created from the Protheans, to harvest humans and make a new Reaper, which would be able to summon the other Reapers from Dark Space. Once again, Shepard foiled this plan, destroying the Reaper-human 'larva'. After this second failure, the whole Reaper fleet mobilized and headed towards the Milky Way galaxy on regular FTL.

The Reapers had a back-up plan for overwhelming the galaxy -- if the vanguard failed to bring the Reaper fleet through the Citadel, the Reapers would head towards the galaxy using normal FTL methods. They would arrive at a relay on the edge of the galaxy, known as the 'Alpha Relay', which lay in batarian space. From the Alpha Relay, the Reapers could quickly deploy themselves all over the galaxy, including to the Citadel. Yet again Shepard caught wind of this plan and aided in an effort to slam a giant asteroid into the Alpha Relay, destroying it before the Reapers could use it. The explosion from the relay's destruction wiped out the Aratoht star system as a result. Without a relay to quickly leave the star cluster, the Reapers were forced to continue deploying via regular FTL, delaying their invasion of the galaxy by months. Nonetheless, the Reapers soon arrived in force and began harvesting the more advanced races of the galaxy.

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'There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own, you cannot even imagine it.'

--Sovereign

Each Reaper is a sapient life form controlled by a gestalt artificial intelligence. They are created by melting down millions of selected specimens from an organic species and using their DNA material to embody the species in the Reaper.

A Reaper is actually a gigantic cyborg. A synthetic shell modeled after the first Reaper is constructed around the organic core. The completed Reaper has the following features:

• The shell is armored and protected by powerful kinetic barriers.
• The Reaper is armed with one or more main guns that fire streams of molten iron-uranium-tungsten alloy accelerated to a significant fraction of c, with a range measured at tens of thousands of kilometers.
• They also mount laser defenses for shooting down enemy fighters and missiles.
• They also have advanced FTL drives that can sustain speeds of 30 light-years per day (over 10,000c) for an indefinite period of time.
• Their power source is unknown, but they have never shown any interest in capturing fuel supplies from targeted systems.

An especially dangerous capability of the Reapers is indoctrination. Reapers produce an energy field that slowly alters the limbic systems of the brains of sapient species. Prolonged exposure to the field will cause those exposed to be controlled by the Reapers unquestioningly. However, the more control a Reaper exerts over its victims, the less competent the victim becomes. Some devices created by Reapers also generate this field, and the body of a dead Reaper can still indoctrinate beings in its vicinity.

There are two major Reaper variants.

Reaper Capital Ship

A Reaper capital ship (or 'Sovereign-class' Reaper) is a two-kilometer-long warship and by far the heavier class of Reaper. A Reaper capital ship's main gun has an estimated firepower between 132 to 454 kilotons (presumed to be peak output per shot). A Reaper capital ship's kinetic barriers can withstand the sustained firepower of two Citadel-race dreadnoughts (about 76 kilotons every 2 seconds) indefinitely, while the sustained fire from three dreadnoughts causes it to show strain, and four dreadnoughts are enough to inflict damage. This suggests that the Reapers have a high recharge rate of their kinetic barriers relative to their full strength. Some Reaper capital ships carry squadrons of Oculus drones, which are used as fighters.

Reaper Destroyer

A Reaper destroyer is a much smaller warship, but it still measures hundreds of meters in length. They are made from the 'lesser' races harvested during a cycle, and they have more design similarities than the highly individualized Reaper dreadnoughts.

Other ship types

The Reapers use several non-sapient ship types, which are remotely controlled by sapient Reapers. These include troop transports, which vary between 200 meters and 1 kilometer in length, and processor ships, which are used to harvest DNA material from captured populations.

Reapers of Note

'We are the harbinger of their perfection. Prepare these humans for ascension.'

-- Harbinger

• Sovereign (Nazara): The vanguard left behind after the last Reaper invasion to initiate the next one at an appropriate time.
• Harbinger: The oldest and possibly the most powerful of the Reapers.

Threat Assessment

'You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it.'

--Sovereign

Reapers are highly advanced technologically compared to other races in Mass Effect. Their kinetic barriers are more powerful than those of other Mass Effect races, and they also seem to have a high recharge rate. Their weapons are also an order of magnitude more powerful than those of the other races. It takes at least four turiandreadnoughts to have a chance of significantly damaging a Reaper, and there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of Reapers. Creating a new Reaper is, however, a prolonged process -- essentially, a whole organic species must be harvested and embodied in a Reaper.

Reaper technology allows them to manipulate the biology of other species, creating armies of mutated and cybernetically augmented slaves collectively known as husks. The abilities of husks vary depending on the species used to create them. Husks can be rapidly produced in large numbers wherever Reapers have established a presence.

Reapers do not seem to require supply lines. They typically destroy fuel and ammunition depots in systems where they gain control, and they only use transports for moving husks from one theatre of operations to another.

The Reapers could be considered a significant threat to the United Federation of Planets, but not nearly as much of one as to the Mass Effect races. The Federation doesn't rely on mass effect technology, meaning that Reaper weapons and strategies are not optimized for fighting them.

They probably would not be very threatening to the Galactic Empire.

When Shepard returned to the Normandy in waste any time to head straight to Thessia. Sadly Thessia was already under siege when they arrived the asari military was holding, but it would last for long.

'Commander, Thessia is under heavy Reaper attack!' Joker yelled as Shepard made his way towards the bridge and was soon joined by Liara. 'There's activity across most of the planet.'

'What about the temple? Can you raise the scientists?' Shepard asked.

'Negative. All channels are scrambled across the spectrum.' He then turned and saw Shepard and Liara had entered the bridge. 'The mission's looking really dicey.'

'This is too important. It's now or never,' said Shepard firmly, there is no way he was to squander this chance.

'Shepard… that's my home down there. I have to go,' said Liara.

Shepard nodded, he didn't expect anything less. 'Then get to the shuttle, and let's do this.'

Shepard and Liara soon met the others and moments later they were in the shuttle with content flying down towards the planet surface. As though making their way down Liara looked at the monitor as Reapers capital ships had landed and started attacking the cities.

'Liara, do you have anything more on this artefact?' Shepard asked wanting to focus her away from the monitor.

'These coordinates, the councillor gave you for the Temple of Athame,' she said looking up at him. 'My mother took me there once. It's several thousands of years old. And for some reason, it has classified government funding.'

'Sounds like we're on the right trail,' said Shepard.

'What if we're too late?' she said in a panic voice. 'My people are dying down there.'

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'Your empathy is a weakness. You must numb yourself to loss,' said Javik coldly.

Shepard looked at Liara. 'Benezia took you to this temple?'

'I was just a child,' she admitted. 'I thought it was a history lesson, but now? Maybe there's more to it.'

'What do you mean?' Shepard asked curiously.

Liara activated her omni-tool and brought up some of her mother's files. 'I went digging through her old files. She had heavily encrypted records on this place, some dating back centuries. I still can't crack most of them.' She then deactivated her omni-tool. 'Whatever's going on, it's well hidden.'

'I studied your mission on Novia,' said James looking at her. 'Wasn't she indoctrinated?'

Liara nodded sadly. 'Yes. We have to kill her.'

'Yet it did not stop you from fighting,' said Javik. 'As I said, steal yourself. Many more lives will be lost.'

Shepard forgot that Liara was the only one on the team that was a civilian. He knew they were about to head into a war zone and looked at Liara. 'I know it's difficult, Liara, but he's right. You couldn't spend all day counting casualties.'

'I prefer to spend my days killing the ones responsible,' said James.

Liara just narrowed her eyes at them. 'I'm sorry. I can't be that callous.'

Suddenly the shuttle shock violently.

Javik couldn't even look at her. 'War doesn't always provide you a choice.'

'Hey, buckle up!' Cortez yelled. 'This one's going to be tight!'

All of them prepped ready, because they knew that Cortez had to be quick to drop them off. Cortez was guiding the shuttle towards a destroyed building with plenty of cover. When the shuttle doors opened they saw asari fighting against Reaper ground forces and it looked as if they were about to be overwhelmed.

'This can't be happening,' said Liara horrified. 'My home…'

'Looks bad, but we can't stay put here. We're exposed!' Garrus yelled.

'Let's get down!' Shepard ordered.

They made their way down towards the barricade where the asari are holding back the Reaper forces. He saw that they had set up turrets and had biotic force fields protecting the gunners. He also noticed all the dead bodies under blankets and wondered how many more would be joining them if they can get the Catalyst.

Shepard made his way to the squad leader, who was busy ordering her women around. She then saw Shepard approaching him and looked slightly relieved.

'Commander, we heard…'

Suddenly there was a huge explosion that took up the barrier and when the smoke cleared they saw that the gunners have been killed and only one turret was still standing.

'The barriers been breached!' the Lieutenant yelled. Quickly an asari created a barrier to block the hold that had been created, but without backup she will be able to hold that barrier for long. The Lieutenant then looked at Shepard. 'Commander, we'll talk later! Get on the gun up there and do some damage!'

Shepard nodded and rushed towards the turret while the rest of his team helped the asari re-establish the barricade. The moment he was on the turret Shepard began to shoot at any Reaper foot soldiers that emerged. He shot down husks and brutes that attempted to break past the barrier until they became less frequent.

The Lieutenant looked at her women. 'I want that gunship prepped and in the air!' she ordered. She then looked at the asari trying to re-establish the barricade. 'Plug that hole!'

'We're on it!' her soldier yelled as they used their biotics to gather some wreckage to create about a barricade.

'Someone get me a location on our snipers!'

'Yes ma'am!'

The Lieutenant then turned to Shepard. 'Commader, I'm Lieutenant Kurin. We've been told to expect you. My orders are to hold this grid at all costs.'

Suddenly there was a huge explosion and the other side of the barrier. They turned and saw that the reapers were now firing missiles at the barrier. The asari holding it up was starting to weaken.

Lieutenant Kurin looked at a couple of the soldiers. 'Shore up the barrier!' She then looked back at Shepard. 'But our perimeter's collapsing, and I'm getting my people out of here.'

'This is important. We need your help,' said Shepard.

'Well, unless you can give me a good reason to stay, we're not dying for a field of rubble,' she said gesturing to the blankets that were covering some of her dead soldiers.

'What exactly were you told about me?' Shepard asked.

'Nothing but your name,' she said looking quite frustrated. 'Mission details were classified, which just means we'll die without knowing why.'

Shepard could sympathise with her. 'I know what it's like, but you have to trust the chain of command.'

'We're not even sure that the chain still exists,' she said as she looked over her omni-tool. She then looked at him with a firmed expression. 'So what are we doing here?'

'We're after a relic inside the temple. It's important.'

She stared at him in disbelief. 'That's what this is all about?' She then made her way to the gunship which some of the soldiers were fixing. 'One of our outposts has been trying to reach the scientist over there, but we lost contact.' She then looked to soldiers repairing the gunship. 'Get that gunship moving! Now!'

The engineers jumped off the gunship and they saw it taking off. Lieutenant Kurin then turned back to Shepard. 'I'm sorry, Commander. If your relic has lasted this long, it can wait a little longer. I've lost enough people today. I'm pulling the rest of them out.'

'No,' said Javik as he marched up towards.

He then grabbed her and closes eyes. 'I sense you have the lineage of a leader. A warrior's skill and cunning—they are strong in your genes. But you have grown tired of war, you're exhausted by defeat, and now you worry you don't have the courage left to go on.'

Lieutenant Kurin quickly pulled away from Javik and stared at him. 'By the goddess… are you?'

'Find your resolve. This war can end if you do,' said Javik.

'We're building a Prothean superweapon,' Shepard explained. 'It can win this war.'

Lieutenant Kurin looked at Javik. 'I believe it.' She then reached for her radio. 'This is Lieutenant Kurin! Hold your positions! I want a path carved to the temple! Outpost Tykis, we've got people coming your way!'

She then marched towards the soldiers. 'Let's make sure the galaxy knows the war was won on Thessia!'

They lower the barrier so that Shepard and the others could pass before they blockaded it.

'Make it count!' said Lieutenant Kurin.

'I was here years ago. To see the city burning like this…' Liara just shook her head.

'It can be rebuilt,' said Shepard as they made their way over the bridge. 'Just worry about the next twenty metres.'

As they made their way across the bridge they saw harvester flying above them.

'Watch it!' said Shepard.

Then a gunship appeared and killed one of the harvesters.

'This has to end,' said Liara as he watched a firefight across the entire city.

'Anger can provide you strength. Organics are fortunate in this regard,' said EDI.

'Remember that—because here they come,' said Shepard as he saw the marauders and cannibals advancing towards them on the other side of the bridge. 'Staggered approach! Try to use cover!'

They hide behind cover and fired back at the Reaper forces advancing slowly towards them. Tali and EDI caused several distractions using drones and decoys and Liara user biotics to cause a bit of chaos. Garrus hanged back so he can uses sniper rifle for the greatest efficiency while Shepard led the others in charge.

'Push them back!' Shepard yelled.

They started pushing the Reaper forces back and finally were able to annihilate them.

'We got them!' said James.

'Then move! Get off the bridge!' Shepard yelled.

They rushed over towards the other side of the bridge and soon entered into a burning building. They soon entered what must have been some sort of mall and Liara saw something on the building close by.

'On that building! We've got fire support!' she yelled.

Unfortunately, a harvester smashed right through a window glass and shot them down before they had a chance to react.

'No—damn them!' Liara cried,

'Keep your focus, Liara,' said Shepard as he and the others were shooting down Reaper forces that were approaching them.

'Those things are slaughtering my people!' she pointed out.

'Then return the favour,' said Ashley.

'Scatter and take cover!' Shepard ordered.

They all split up to confuse the enemy and it proved to be quite an effective tactic. James fired the shotgun right through a cannibal and Liara created a singularity trapping a few more them. Shepard and Ashley then goes them down with their rifles while Javik tossed a marauder around. Garrus was providing covering fire from above and Tali and EDI were using their tech skills to distract the enemy.

They soon made their way down towards the courtyard when they took out the enemy, but then more Reaper ground forces out of the sky right in front of them.

'What the edges!' Shepard yelled as he took cover. 'Don't let them get around us!'

Shepard joined Garrus with his sniper rifle and the two of them began picking off the leaders as they made their way around the edges. James and Ashley were in the middle gunning down anything that moved with their rifles, Liara and Javik created a bit of chaos with their biotics and Tali and EDI confuse the enemy once again.

They started making their way through the mall engaging the Reaper forces as they went.

'They just won't stop!' said Liara.

Neither would they. They kept on pressing forwards soon to give the Reapers a chance to regroup. They started tossing grenades in order to clear a path and soon they reached the other side of the mall.

'That door ahead looks like our way out of this mess!' Liara gestured.

Suddenly bursting through a door was a banshee and its terrifying screeches caused shivers down Shepard's spine.

'Another mutated asari!' Tali yelled.

They have been fighting for what seemed like hours, but intruded only had been about half an hour and all of them were starting to get tired.

'Damn, my trigger finger's getting tired!' Ashley complained.

'Keep up the pressure!' Shepard yelled as he dodged a biotic blast.

It took some doing but finally they were able to bring down the banshee and all of them didn't look worse for wear.

'All right, let's get moving before more of them come back,' said Shepard.

'There's a ramp up here, Shepard. Might be our way through,' said Liara as she approached the door.

They made their way up the ramp and found themselves in a ruined staircase metal was twisted in all shapes, the floor was crumbling and the ceiling looks like it was going to give way at any moment.

Liara was still bit shaken up by the banshee. 'I still can't face those things… my own people.'

'When we fought with the Reapers, they turned our own children against us,' said Javik.

'I can't imagine that,' said Liara horrified.

'They assumed we would hesitate to kill them.'

Shepard looked at him. 'Did you?'

Javik looked at him his face emotionless. 'What answer would you prefer?'

'None. Let's stop talking about this,' said Liara and everyone agreed.

Shepard had a bypass the door so they could proceed and soon they entered into what appeared to be a corridor with the roof blown off.

'Above us!' Liara yelled.

They all looked up and saw Reaper capital ship directly above them.

'You never get used the sight of them, do you?' said Ashley slightly nervous. 'Demons really do exist, and they really want to kill you.'

They saw below them that there were Reaper ground forces them, but they appear to have helped with taking them out.

'Ahead to the left—snipers on the balcony,' Garrus noted.

'They're asari. We might be able to reach them,' said Liara.

'The Reaper appears to be moving on,' EDI noted. 'Fortunate, given the lack of thresher maws on Thessia.'

They made their way towards the balcony and suddenly a missile struck the balcony killing one of the snipers leaving only one remaining.

'This is Specialist Cayla! Specialist Jineva was just killed by enemy fire!' the sniper reported.

'What about Shepard?' Lieutenant Kurin asked over the radio.

'No sign of him yet.'

'What's your situation?'

'The enemy forces have tripled in strength. I'm cut off Outpost Tykis.'

'Understood. But you must maintain position. Shepard will be there!'

Specialist Cayla nodded. 'Understood. I'll do what I can!'

She began shooting down of the Reaper forces below and then noticed Shepard and the rest of his team joining in the fight.

'What your head!' she warned.

'How long can you hold out?' Shepard asked.

'Now that you're here? As long as it takes!' She looked down at the Reaper forces and the capital ship that was moving away and then back to Shepard. 'Can you really win this war?'

'We get that temple, and the Reapers are history,' Shepard nodded.

'Then grab some gear over there if you need it and let's do some damage!' she said fearlessly.

Garrus took out the barrier generated the forces were using to create barriers and then they fired everything they had down at them. It was clear that they had ravagers close by, because they were spore eggs lying around. It took a while but eventually they were able to kill every Reaper ground soldier they could see.

'That's the last of them,' said Specialist Cayla. 'Get moving, Commander!'

'Towards the Reaper! It's a way out of there!' said Liara.

James stared at her. 'You call that an escape?'

'No choice!'

Sadly she was right there was no other means of escape, but fortunately the Reaper had its back turned on them. Besides to them they looked like insects which meant they would be harder to see and harder hit.

'Outpost Tykis isn't far from here. I can cover you!' Specialist Cayla informed.

Shepard nodded and they made their way through the large hole in the wall and watched as the Reaper blasted a building on the other side of a lake.

'This nightmare never ends,' said Liara shaking her head.

'The hell it won't. We get to the artefact, and we can all wake up,' said Shepard as they made their way along the edge towards the temple.

'Drinks will be on me. It's been so damned long in coming,' said Garrus.

Liara just stared in horror as he saw the Reapers destroying her world. 'This can't be the last I see of Thessia. We need to get to the temple, Shepard.'

They finally managed to reach Outpost Tykis and saw a single asari soldier being blown off her feet by an explosion. She then got back up, pick up a weapon and went for cover and soon saw Shepard and his team joining her.

'Watch it!' she yelled as a missile barely missed them.

'We're trying to reach Outpost Tykis!' said Shepard looking at the soldier.

'You're looking at it,' she said.

'What about the rest of your squads?'

'They're all dead. We tried punching through to the scientists, but…' She stopped herself and shook her head. 'I'm all that's left.'

Shepard doubted that they could pass through that blockade on their own. 'What about reinforcements?'

'We had gunships flying support, but things got too hot with that Reaper,' she said gesturing to the capital ship. 'They can't chance it.'

'I know it's rough, but I don't see another way in without their help.'

'Have I told you how much I hate this war?' She then reached for her radio. 'Talon Swarm, this is Outpost Tykis! Is anybody left on this frequency? We are in need of immediate air support! Commander Shepard is here.'

'Copy, this is Talon One. I'm on the way,' said a pilot.

'Talon Five inbound,' said a second pilot.

They then saw two gunships flying overhead and position themselves above the pathway which was covered with Reaper ground forces.

'Ground targets confirmed,' said Talon One. 'Weapons are hot.'

'Light 'em up!' Talon Five ordered.

The two gunships then fired a larger bullet down upon the Reapers and they watched one by one they collapsed.

'Talon One, watched the jamming!' Talon Five co-pilot warned.

'Target acquired,' said Talon Five.

Then a ravager fired a shot that struck and took out Talon One's rotor.

'I'm hit!' Talon One yelled as the gunship spun out of control. 'The stabilisers blew out!'

The gunship then crashed and seconds later there was an explosion and they knew that Talon One had been killed.

Talon Five kept on shooting at the reapers until they all collapsed, but more soon replace them showing that they were determined not to allow them entry into the temple.

'This is Talon Five! Whatever you're going to do, you better do it now!' said Talon Five.

The asari soldier took them a fighting position and got a gun ready. 'Go, Commander! I'll cover you from here!'

'Commander Shepard, I've got your back!' said Talon Five. 'Let's get you into that temple!

Shepard then led his team in charge forward towards the Reapers as Talon Five fired missiles down upon them. The asari soldier maintained her position and provided covering fire as they advanced.

'Never thought I'd see a Prothean in action,' said Talon Five.

'Looks like he knows what he's doing,' said Talon Five's co-pilot.

Soon they wiped out the troopers that were on the ramp now they were contemplating the troops above them.

'Firing another salvo!' said Talon Five as she fired several missiles.

'Keep it up, Talon Five!' Shepard ordered.

Together they soon took out the last of the Reaper forces were blocking their path.

'That's it for the missiles. Switching to gun,' said Talon Five.

'Next time we go to war, maybe the Alliance can spring for air support?' Liara suggested as they climbed over the ramp.

They carried on towards the temple now, but the road in front of them was covered with spore eggs and exploded if you got close of them. Despite this they pressed on until they their path was blocked by more Reaper forces.

'Watch out—more hostiles ahead!' Talon Five warned.

'Careful! More husks are headed this way!' EDI yelled.

Liara quickly created a singularity that caught the husks in its gravitational pull and together they all shot them down with these. Talon Five also assisted by raining down bullets on top of them and they kept on advancing towards the temple.

Unfortunately at that moment harvesters appeared and were heading straight towards them.

'Bogey incoming! Hang tight while I shake him!' said Talon Five.

They watched as Talon Five began flying around shooting at the harvester as the two of them danced in the sky. They then both disappeared round the corner and Shepard led his team further forward towards the temple.

Suddenly more Reaper ground troops landed in front of them and they were backed up by a couple of harvesters.

'Up ahead!' said Tali. 'The Reapers have their own air support!'

Shepard first took out the barrier generator with his sniper rifle and they all concentrated on the harvesters, apart from Liara and Javik, who concentrated on the Reaper ground forces that headed straight towards them with their biotics.

'Anybody see our pilot?' James asked. 'Feeling kinda lonely!'

'Keep your head down, and give them everything you've got!' Shepard yelled.

They certainly did that throwing everything they had and used up all their grenades. Unfortunately, with so many Reaper soldiers it made them practically immune to that sort of tactic. Then thankfully Talon Five reappeared and began shooting down at the Reaper forces again.

'Talon Five back in position. Let's punch a hole!' said Talon Five.

'There she is!' Liara nodded.

Together they were finally weakening the Reaper forces that were guarding the temple and all they needed was one final push.

'You're almost there, Commander! Keep it up!' said Talon Five.

They kept on firing until they finally brought down one of the harvesters and then they concentrated on the last one. Unfortunately, the last harvester fired a shot that scored a direct hit on Talon Five.

'I'm in trouble!' she yelled at her gunship spun out of control. 'My shields was just damage! Talob Five is going down! Repeat, Talon Five going—'

Then there was an explosion and they knew that there was the last of the air support. On the plus side the last harvester flew for some unknown reason, but it gave them an opening towards the temple.

'So much sacrifice,' she says shaking her head. 'We have to make it worth something.'

They made a rush towards the temple wanting to get there before more Reaper forces arrived. They soon arrived at the temple and found no resistance much to their relief.

'Looks like were in the clear,' said Shepard as he double-checked the area. 'Let's get inside.'

'How exactly do we do that?' Ashley asked. 'Place looks like it's in lockdown.'

'Let me take a look,' said Liara as she made her way to the controls. She then started a bypass the security system. 'It's military-grade encryption. I think I can override it.'

'Unusual for a religious structure,' EDI noted.

'Especially since few still follow the Athame doctrine,' Liara nodded.

Soon the force field lowers they made their way inside and found the entire temple was full of artefacts and right in front of them was a huge statue of an asari. Shepard, however, was more concerned by the fact there was no asari scientist.

'Hello? Is anyone there?' Liara called.

'Something's wrong,' said Ashley looking around. 'The scientist should be here.'

'Take a look around,' Shepard ordered. 'Maybe one of these artefacts is what one we're looking for.' Shepard then approached the shield and then looked over to Liara. 'What's this?'

'The goddess Athame's shield,' said Liara. 'Legends say she used it to protect Thessia when the heavens grew angry. Our ancestors were probably misinterpreting a meteor shower.'

'It was an asteroid strike. We deflected it,' said Javik.

They all turned towards Javik and Liara looked at him openmouthed. 'You mean… the Protheans? But… that would imply Athame…'

'Is not what you believe her to be.'

'Just keep looking,' said Shepard.

Shepard then made his way over towards an ancient sword which was close by to the shield. He looked back at Liara. 'Could this be the artefact?'

Liara shook her head. 'I don't think so. It's the goddess Athame's sword. Myths says she wielded it against jealous gods who threatened our ancestors.'

'They were a race called Oravores,' said Javik. 'Thessia had vast resources. We protected you from them.'

Liara just shook her head in disbelief. 'Are you actually suggesting that Protheans intervened in our past?'

'It's more than a suggestion.'

'The scientists leaving just doesn't add up,' said Garrus he looked around. 'There's too much at stake here.'

They continue looking around the artefacts and Liara explained to them of their value. Javik kept on mentioning how the Protheans assisted the asari, which was now starting to annoy Liara. Shepard had to admit that the evidence suggesting that the Protheans had intervened was overwhelming especially when they saw an asari bust and images of Athame closely resembled that of a Prothean.

They kept on looking around and then found at the base of the statue were two dead scientist.

'I'm guessing these were the scientists,' said Shepard grimly. He then made his way towards the statue and began to examine it as Ashley examine the scientists.

'Look at their throats,' she said.

Shepard took a closer look at the scientists and saw that they have been cut. 'What happened to them?' he wondered.

'They've been slit,' said Liara horrifyingly. 'The Reapers didn't do this.' Shook her head. 'We're going to have to figure this out on our own.'

Shepard looked up at the asari statue. 'Who is that supposed to be?' he asked.

'It's Athame. Her image became more like ourselves over time,' she said.

'You mean your ancestors try to hide the truth,' Javik corrected.

'I'm still not willing to believe any of that's real,' said Liara narrowing her eyes at him.

'Then why does Athame speak Prothean?' Javik asked.

Shepard looked at him. 'What do you mean?'

'There is something here… I can sense it,' said Javik as he looked around.

'In this temple?' Liara frowned. 'I admit it is strange this place has been so well-preserved. Though Athame does have great historical significance. We once believed our gods were separate from the world, looking down on us.'

As Liara talked Shepard started to feel a presence one that was greatly familiar. He closes eyes and concentrated as he focused upon the statue. He soon realised that Javik was right, Athame was speaking Prothean and he knew why.

'But now asari see everything as a cosmic whole. There is universal energy from which all living things are formed,' Liara continued.

Shepard then turn towards them. 'There's a Prothean beacon here.'

Liara stopped and stared at him. 'What? You're sure?'

'It's not something you forget.'

'But why hide it?'

'I would suggest your government is covertly extracting data from it,' EDI surmised. 'Consider the wealth of information we received from the beacon on Mars.'

Liara shook her head in disbelief. 'That… can't be. I can't believe my people would keep this a secret.'

'A beacon like this could explain why asari are so advanced,' Shepard frowned.

'You did say the temple is thousands of years old, Liara. Lots of time to study it,' Tali pointed out.

'That doesn't make it true,' said Liara firmly.

'You can't keep denying reality, asari,' said Javik. 'Even a small amount of data would give your species an edge. Or are you insulted that your government didn't involve you?'

'The Mars ruins are where humanity got mass effect technology,' Shepard pointed out.

Javik nodded. 'And we learned of it from the ruins of the Inusannon, the race that came before us. It was our secret for centuries.'

'Well, if it is true, the asari should have shared this knowledge,' said Shepard in disbelief. 'We might not have been in this mess if they had.'

'You don't know that, Shepard,' said Liara firmly. 'We don't know what's going on here.'

'I know we don't have much time to find out.'

Liara sighed and approached the statue and activated her omni-tool. 'The few records I can access talk about tapping into Prothean data streams, reconstructing matrices… none of which I can see here.'

Javik looked at one of the artefact. 'I do.' He then approached it and with a single touch is activated a beam of green light that struck the statue. 'The activation process has begun.'

Liara just steps backwards staring up at the statue as it began to crack. 'By the goddess… literally.'

'Look around,' Shepard ordered. 'There must be more of these connections!'

Liara watched as Shepard activated yet another one and like the one that Javik used its shoulder being right into the statue.

'Incredible. The beacon seems to think you're Prothean, Shepard,' said Liara staring at him in amazement. 'It must be the Cipher you got back on Feros years ago.'

'Or it could be the Prothean standing next to you,' Javik pointed out.

Shepard had a feeling that it was because of both of their presences. Shepard and Javik continue to activate the connections and all of them seem to connect straight towards the statue much to Liara disbelief.

'Hard to believe we're so close,' said Ashley. 'We figured this out, and we finished the Crucible. The war's over.'

'I can't believe this whole temple was a front,' said Liara shaking her head in disbelief.

'Best place to hide a secret is out in the open,' said Shepard.

'They've been extracting data from it for centuries.' Liara slightly heartbroken by this. 'I never knew.'

'Let's hope it doesn't take us as long,' said Shepard as he activated another connection.

'It seems each connection provides more power to the beacon,' said Liara examining the beams of light.

'It's likely we're the first ever accomplished this,' said EDI.

Shepard activated the last of the connections and the statue shattered. When the dust settled they saw a Prothean beacon just sitting there widening the open.

'That did it!' said Liara. 'I think we can access the beacon now.'

Shepard made his way over towards the beacon and began to access it.

'We need to hurry,' said Liara. 'This place isn't going to…'

Suddenly an orb of light exiting from the beacon and headed straight down towards them. Shepard noticed that the old resembled a lot like Vigil from Ilos and soon realise that it was a Prothean VI.

'…last very long,' Liara finished in wonder.

'Obtaining chronological marker,' said the VI. 'Hold…' Liara began to examine the VI very thoroughly with her omni-tool. 'Timescale established. Post-Prothean cycle confirmed.'

'One of our computers,' Javik stared.

The VI then lifted up into the air and began to scan the entire city noting the Reapers surrounding it. 'Reaper presents detected. This galactic cycle has already reached its extinction terminus.' He then plotted back down towards them. 'System shutting down.'

'Hold on!' Liara yelled.

'We need answers!' said Shepard pleadingly.

The VI floated towards his face. 'To what question?'

'The Catalyst,' said Shepard plainly. 'We need to know what it is to finish the Crucible.'

The VI retreated slightly and then took the form of a Prothean, albeit a little blurrily.

'A memory… of one of my people,' said Javik breathlessly.

'I am called Vendetta, an advanced virtual consciousness of Pashek Vran, overseer of the project you refer to as 'Crucible,' it said. 'He died fighting the Reapers in the battle of Tranbir Nine. Your remaining time is also at an end.'

Liara looked at Javik. 'Were all Prothean so grim?'

Javik merely shrugged.

'What happened to the Crucible in your time? Why didn't the Protheans deploy it?' Shepard asked.

'We were sabotaged from within. A splinter group argued we should dominate the Reapers rather than destroy them,' Vendetta explained. 'It fractured our order of battle. Later we discovered the separatists were indoctrinated.'

'I always suspected as much,' Javik grumbled.

'And now we're facing the same problem,' Shepard frowned.

'Our studies of past ages lead us to believe that time is cyclical,' said Vendetta as it turned into a galaxy map. 'Many patterns repeat.'

'Like the Reaper attacks?' Shepard guessed.

'And beyond.' Vendetta then produced several red blocks into the galaxy map again and again. 'The same peaks of evolution, the same valley of dissolution… The same conflicts are expressed in every cycle, but in a different manner. The repetition is too prevalent to be merely chance.'

Liara frowned. 'We assumed the Reapers were responsible for the pattern.'

Vendetta then returned to its original form. 'Perhaps. Though I believe the Reapers are only servants of the pattern. They are not its master.'

'So who is the master?' Shepard asked.

'Unknown. Its presence is inferred rather than observed. The only certainty is its intention… Galactic annihilation. You now stand at that precipice.'

Shepard wondered who this master could be, but that was a question to be answered for another time. 'There's still hope for this cycle,' said Shepard looking at Vendetta. 'We need to know what the Catalyst is. Trillions of lives are at risk.'

'Trillions of live are always at risk,' said Vendetta dismissively. It then transformed into Thessia and show holograms of Reaper capital ships heading towards them. 'But if the Reapers have arrived to end your cycle, this discussion is too late.'

'We can break the cycle!' Shepard yelled. 'We found your plans for the Crucible—we're building it right now!'

'The Crucible is not of Prothean design,' said Vendetta turning to the hologram of the Crucible being built with add-ons. 'It is the work of countless galactic cycle stretching back millions of years. Each cycle adds to it. Each improves upon it. Thus far, none have successfully defeated the Reapers with it.'

'Then will be the first,' said Shepard firmly. 'Tell us what the Catalyst is.'

'Listen to the human,' said Javik looking at Vendetta. 'He can be trusted.'

Vendetta turned to Javik. 'I detect you as one of us. You are Prothean.'

'The last. I am the final hope to avenge our people.'

'Your mission was known to me. Do you believe this present cycle can deliver retribution?'

'They have earned the right to try.'

'Tell us what we need to know,' Shepard pleaded.

'Very well,' said Vendetta turning to him. 'If you have followed the plans for the Crucible, are interface with your systems and assist with the Catalyst to—' It then stopped. 'Indoctrinated presents detected. Activating security protocols.'

Vendetta turned back into an orb and retreated behind Shepard. Shepard then saw a familiar figure, though was hardly see him being blinded by gunship. However, he could recognise the silhouette it was Kai Leng, Thane's murderer.

Shepard narrowed his eyes at him. 'You…' All then then pulled out their weapons and aimed them at him. 'You killed the scientists… What do you want?'

'Your attention,' he said coldly. 'Someone would like to talk to you.'

He then pulled out a drone and activated his omni-tool. The drone approached them and then suddenly produced a holographic image of the Illusive Man. 'Shepard.'

Shepard narrowed his eyes. 'How did you find this place?'

'The Archives. Or did your Shadow Broker miss that one?' he asked looking at Liara.

Liara narrowed her eyes. 'Show yourself. I promise I won't miss.'

'Stick to your talents, Dr. T'Soni,' said the Illusive Man walked past Shepard and to Vendetta and out stretching his hand. 'You've helped uncover the key to subjugating the Reapers.'

'Or destroying them,' Shepard added.

'Damn it, Shepard,' said the Illusive Man angrily turning towards him. 'Destroy the Reapers gains is nothing.'

Shepard raised an eyebrow. 'How about peace?'

'They're just trying to control us. Think about it: If they wanted all organic life destroyed, they could do it. There would be nothing left.'

Shepard remembered how Dr Kenson said the same thing when she was indoctrinated. 'What the hell are you talking about?'

'I know them, Shepard. I know how they think.'

'I think you've gotten a little too close to the enemy,' said Shepard in disbelief.

The Illusive Man shook his head. 'No… I'm saying they've got it right. Why kill when you can control?'

'You've been spending too much time with the enemy. They're dragging you to their side—their way of thinking,' Shepard implied.

The Illusive Man shook his head again. 'No, I just… see things differently.'

'If you truly care about humanity, you'll stop fighting me. You'll join me,' said Shepard firmly.

The Illusive Man narrowed his eyes. 'Don't ever question my intentions. I've sacrificed more humanity than you'll ever know. And don't assume you know me. My method of dealing with the Reapers are simply more refined than yours.'

'You've forgotten everything you stood for!' Shepard roared. 'Cerberus was supposed to be humanity's sword, not a dagger in our back.'

'Poetic, but as usual, you miss the point. The world is more grey then you care to admit.'

'With the Prothean data in this beacon, I end this conflict, once and for all.' He then narrowed his eyes at the Illusive Man. 'You're either with me or against me. There's nothing grey about that.'

'No, I suppose there isn't,' he admitted. He walked up to Kai Leng. 'Leng, the Commander has something I need. Please relieve him of it. And then bring me the data.'

His hologram then faded and the drones returned to Kai Leng, who already had his sword drawn. 'Understood.'

At once they all fired at him, but it shields were strong and he was certainly athletic as he jumped across the battlefield. However, they find quite a few shots that depleted his shields.

'You're slower than I imagined,' he taunted. However, he spoke too soon, because Shepard fired a direct shot right through his shield. 'I've been hit. Cover me while I recharge!'

'Heads up! Gunship!' Garrus yelled.

'Get to cover!' Shepard yelled.

The gunship and took up a position behind Kai Leng blinding them with its headlight. A few seconds later fired several shots at them and they had to duck for cover just in time. As they were pinned down Kai Leng began to recharges shields until they were back up to full strength.

'I've got this,' he said and the gunship moved out of position.

Kai Leng then swung his sword and sent a biotic slasher towards them so powerful that it knocked Tali and James unconscious the moment it hit them. They kept on firing shots at them, but he raises gauntlet created a barrier around him protecting him from their shots.

'Your friend Thane died like a coward,' Kai Leng mocked. 'You will be joining him soon.'

Garrus growled at him. 'I'll tear his head off!'

Garrus fired a precise shot with his sniper rifle striking Kai Leng from behind his gauntlet. The assassin then retreated back near the entrance of the temple.

'I need to recharge! Cover me!' he ordered.

'The gunship's taken up position!' Liara yelled.

The gunship moved back into position began to fire down on them once again. Unfortunately, Javik wasn't able to get behind cover in time and was shot in the legs and in the shoulder. He managed to call his way behind cover, but they were out of medi-gel from their previous encounters with the Reapers leaving him unable to fight.

'Shepard is my now,' said Kai Leng and used cloak.

He then reappeared behind Ashley, she was barely able to lift her rifle in time to block his sword. He then kicked her in the chest sending her backwards and then fired a biotic blast sending her across the room.

Liara fired a biotic blast at him, but he was able to jump over it. Though this left him vulnerable to both Shepard and Garrus and they were finally able to whittle down his shields.

'You've had your fun, now, Shepard,' said Kai Leng as he said another biotic slash knocking sending EDI flying. 'It's a pity the good ones never…' The gunship away from its position. 'There's only one way this ends.'

He then plunged his sword into the floor and charge straight towards them. He disarmed Liara and then tossed the right at Garrus knocking the two of them out. Shepard jumped out from behind his cover and fired his rifle, but he simply raised his gauntlet and Hezbollah just bounced off it barrier.

Kai Leng then reached for his radio. 'Target the supports.'

The gunship then reappeared and fired several missiles towards them. They managed to avoid getting directly hit by them, but the explosion shock wave knocked them off their feet. Kai Leng just walked as the gunship fired missiles at them.

Shepard jumped just before a girder slammed right on top of him, but he lost the grip on his rifle and it skidded across the floor. Then the floor began to give way and Shepard ran as fast they could and jump to grab hold of the metal ledge of the floor.

Because only watch as Kai Leng made his way towards the urgent Vendetta. He tried to climb up, but the ledge broke apart from the rest of the floor and he fell into the chasm.

'Cerberus thanks you for all your hard work,' Kai Leng mocked. He then activated his omni-tool and downloaded the VI.

Shepard was still alive having managed to hold onto floor that that was still connected to the ledge. He began climbing back up, but by the time he got back up Kai Leng had already downloaded everything and was walking away grabbing his sword along the way.

The piece the floor he was climbing on then broke away and he had to cling onto the ledge and his hands began to slip. He would have fallen if Liara then suddenly appeared and grabbed hold of his hand.

'Shepard! Hang on!' she yelled.

She managed to pull to safety, but they could only watch as Kai Leng boarded the gunship and flew off along with the data. Shepard ran after the gunship grabbing a pistol on firing, but they were already out of range. He has failed the mission and the entire galaxy.

'…anyone on this frequency?' Lieutenant Kurin voice yelled over the comm. 'This is Lieutenant Kurin. My squad is trapped!'

Shepard reached for his radio. 'This is Shepard! Give us your location.'

'I repeat: Is anyone on this frequency!' Lieutenant Kurin yelled.

'We read you!' Shepard repeated. 'Give me your—'

He soon realised that that while he could hear them they couldn't hear him and he was far too late for them.

'The lieutenant's down!' said a soldier. 'Our whole zone is collapsing! What happened Shepard? Did he make into the temple?'

An asari soldier answered. 'I saw them—Wait, I've got a Reaper inbound!'

Shepard watches to Reaper capital ships landed right in front of them and all they could hear with the screams of the asari soldiers, who risk everything so they could end the war.

'Please! Is anyone there?' A soldier begged. 'I—Oh, goddess. No!'

Liara placed a hand on Shepard's shoulder, but he didn't say anything. He knew that he failed not only his team, but the asari and the entire galaxy. He walked away as the rest of his team just watched in silence.

Rick was on the Citadel trying to reach Shepard, but no matter what he tried he could reach his friend.

'Shepard! Commander Shepard, come in!' Rick yelled, but Shepard's hologram wouldn't appear he couldn't even reach Joker.

'The Reapers must have taken out the comm buoys,' said Rose looking at him. 'We can't contact Thessia at all. I'm afraid that Thessia might have already fallen.'

'That was always gonna be a given, but I want to know whether he's alive and got the information that we need,' said Rick.

'I'm sure he's fine,' Rose assured placed a hand on his shoulder. 'He's survived worst.'

'I know, but I got this feeling of dread that things did not go so well,' said Rick crossing his arms.