—”The Reapers are an ancient race of alien synthetics that exist beyond recordable time and with the sole purpose of harvesting organic life in order to keep it from completely destroying itself.Before the Reapers an ancient race of giant squid-like beings called the Leviathans created an 'Intelligence' to solve the problem of organics and synthetics killing each other. However, this Intelligence turned on them, slaughtering most of their kind and processing others into the very first true Reaper, Harbinger. Harbinger's form, that of the Leviathans themselves, became the template for subsequent Reapers harvested from the galaxy's races on cyclical purges over the next millions of years.In order to speed things up between harvests, the Reapers created technological constructs such as the Mass Relays, the Citadel, and various information beacons to help organic life develop faster.Eventually, the Reapers would be finally defeated by a united Galaxy which created a doomsday device called the Crucible in order to break their harvesting cycle. Contents Battle vs. (by)No battle written.Winner: CybertronExpert's OpinoinTBABattle vs. (by )On the edge of Imperial space.A mighty fleet stood waiting, watching.
Reapers leave behind a vanguard, if that vanguard fails, they create a new one, the real reason probably equates to something having to do with metaphysical essences. A theory is believed to exist that says the Reapers are actually metaphysical beings trapped inside metallic shells, literally a spirit inside a machine. Despite having the capacity and longevity to travel to and from intergalactic space, writer Mac Walters has revealed that there are no Reapers in the Andromeda Galaxy, the setting of BioWare's 2017 game Mass Effect: Andromeda. References ↑ Legion conversation in Mass Effect 2. In Mass Effect 3, the Reaper's main indoctrinated victim is the Illusive Man, who is eventually revealed to be being controlled by the Reapers. Was this guide helpful?
They could see the galaxy before them, and it was ripe for their taking. All they had to do was wait for this Empire to be at its weakest, and they would move forward and take it. Saren and his Geth had begun their offensive against this Empire slowly, and when he failed, they would spring their attack.
Come the next week, and all life would be extinguished.' Come in, Lord Vader.
This is Admiral Palas on the Starship Decimator. We have a massive influx of activity near your location, over.' Vader heard through his helmet's communicator.
'I am aware of these invaders, Admiral Palas. That is why I demand immediate assistance from your fleet. Do not fail me.' Vader replied in his intimidating monotone.
He hung up, then walked away to assemble the 501st and send out a scouting force.Saren stood out before the massive wasteland around him, nothing more than grass and the beginnings of a base from this pathetic 'Empire'. His allies, The Reapers, would soon wipe any evidence of this pathetic dictatorship in their conquest. 'Saren-Commander, we require your orders.
A group of organics have been spotted attempting to infiltrate and find information on our force.' A Geth chirped in behind him. 'Please, they're just humans. Eliminate them.' Saren growled, then heard a voice boom within his head,' Saren, do not delay, or we will not spare you our time or our mercy when we raze this galaxy.It was Sovereign, his flagship who waited just off world with two other Reapers to provide assistance against any reinforcements the Empire might send against them.
They had worked out a deal. Saren helps them defeat the other races, the Turians are spared.
He would scatter these pathetic humans and their so-called 'Lord Vader' on the fields of this planet, and the Empire will fear the Reapers for the remainder of its short existence.Deadshot, a clone marksman, and his squad sat on the hill, motionless. They saw these strange Robot-like things come down in shuttles along with a strange lizard-like alien. They had radioed Lord Vader about it, and he ordered them to stay on the hill until his personal reinforcements arrived. Typical Vader, he saw all the Stormtroopers as expendable. 'I got somethin'.' Deadshot whispered as suddenly, a squad of Geth walked not even a quarter mile away from him. 'Everyone get ready.
The moment I pull the trigger, they figure out that we are here.' Foxtrot squad readied their weapons. 'Alright,' Deadshot whispers,'Lets roll.' Then pulls the trigger on his E-11, the shot passing straight through the Geths sensor and killing it instantly. Intruders detected!' A Geth cried out as a squad began to open fire on Foxtrot, riddling two members with bullets.Empire: x31Reapers: x32'Everyone get down!' Deadshot cried as bullets flew by his head and explosions rocked the hillside.
His second-in-command, Biggs, cried,'Where do we move? We can't stay on the hill.' Out of options, Deadshot said the only option they had. And charged with the last 4 members of Foxtrot down the hill. 'Do this men! For our brothers!'
Deadshot cried out as he shot one Geth with his Se-14c and Biggs blasted one away with his rifle.Suddenly, an explosive sound went off as a rocket came flying towards the squad. It impacted the squad with such force it killed three men instantly and sent Biggs and Deadshot flying off the cliff. With a crash, the two landed on the ground in front of a rocket Geth. It looked down in surprise, just as Biggs blasted a hole through its chest. Deadshot saluted his fallen teammates and ran off to rendezvous with what was left.Empire: x28Reapers: x29Biggs and his men had hoped to fall back to base. Saren and a squad of his best Geth disagreed with that plan of action.
One Stormtrooper stood up to fire and took a sniper round through the skull for his efforts. Suddenly, a click was heard, followed by beeping. One Geth looked down to see a thermal detonator beeping at its feet before it and the Geth next to it were blown to bits.' You are only prolonging the inevitable!' Saren cried as he lifted a Stormtrooper in the air and riddled him with bullets from his STA.
Suddenly, a shot went off and a Geth collapsed with a smoking hole through its chest as Deadshot opened fire on the surprised Geth and an enraged Saren. We'll return later.' Saren growled as he took off in his rocketboard. The last Geth was not as lucky to escape.Empire: x26Reapers: x25Biggs and Deadshot looked around at the chaos and remains of the firefight. Foxtrot squad was annihilated, with the two of them as the only survivors.
Geth lay in pieces and all together all over the field. 'We have to report to Lord Vader.' Biggs mumbled as he flopped to the ground, exhausted.
'Lord Vader, we have neutralized a squad of enemy forces. They appear to be some form of droid, just stronger.' Deadshot said into his communicator.'
Very interesting. The rest of the platoon has arrived. We have assembled our forces just over the hill to the left. Beware, for more of these.droids are nearby and we will not to come to your aid if you are cornered.' Vader answered back.
Suddenly, an explosion was heard and Vader ended the comm link. 'That didnt sound good.' Deadshot said as he and Biggs ran off to investigate.An attack force of 2 dozen Geth had assembled and launched their assault on the Imperial forces.
A Geth fired a rocket, blowing three unfortunate Stormtroopers to bits as the rest of their squad scrambled for cover behind a cluster of rocks. 'Show no mercy! These intruders will be annihilated!' Vader shouted as he sliced a Geth in half.Empire: x23Reapers: x24'Delta squad! A stormtrooper cried as he and the last three of his men dashed out of cover to a better position. 'Just like fighting droids again, eh, Sev?' A stormtrooper shouted as he threw a detonator at a Geth, blowing it to bits.
'Damn right, Scorch. Hell of a lot more fun than standing around fighting rebels.'
The Stormtrooper known as Sev shouted in response as he blew a Geths head open with his E-11. Suddenly, a Geth trio charged over their cover and began furious hand-to-hand fighting.A Geth blasted a hole through a Stormtroopers chest when he turned to see if his sergeant was alright. The trooper leader shouted and blasted the Geth in the face with his pistol before he was in turn shot 30 times in the chest with a Geth pulse rifle by the Geth he had been struggling with. A detonator latched onto the Geths chest and it exploded, sending the last two troopers tumbling out of cover, the one known as Scorch still struggling with his opponent.
He stabbed it three times with his Vibro-blade as it seemingly went limp, then snapped up and threw him off. Sev pivoted and attempted to blast the Geth, but before it went down, it shot Scorch through the head. Sev fell to the ground, holding one of his broken ribs gained from the explosion.Empire: x21Reapers: x20'I'm sorry, brothers.' Sev whispered as he pulled himself up and ran off to continue fighting.
Suddenly, a massive metallic roar was heard and out of the sky descended a Reaper to aid in the battle. It fired a single shot that disengrated an entire squad and was met with repeating fire from three late to the party saviors, AT-AT.
As a chaotic infantry battle waged below, the four giants traded fire. An AT-AT was destroyed, its wreckage crushing three Stormtroopers and two Geth unlucky enough to be near it as the Reaper collapsed for a moment, its shields gone and it feeling pain, albeit only for a moment.The Reaper fired again and destroyed another AT-AT, but not before it scored several hits and destroyed the Reapers third eye, weakening its laser. Enraged, it roared for all to hear before firing a beam that instantly destroyed the last AT-AT before succumbing to its injuries and crashing dead to the ground, sweeping up a mighty dust cloud.Empire: x11Reapers: x22Sev had linked up with what was left of Foxtrot squad, and the three now led a charge of what was left to defeat these 'Geth'.
The only full squad that remained was Charlie squad, and the rest had formed a four-man team, with Sev and Deadshot as snipers, Biggs as explosives, and a new trooper, X2 leading out the back. The four had a plan to lure the Geth into a one way pass through the mountains. As the Geth assessed the situation and gave chase, Biggs and X2 set up detonators all up and down the path.Suddenly, a sound that they did not desire to hear at all echoed down the pass. Sarens rocketboard. He charged forward firing shot after shot at the duo just as Deadshot and Sev showed up with 8 Geth hot on their heels.
Saren opened fire on Sev first, riddling him with bullets and killing him almost instantly. Deadshot despreately attempted to pull himself out of the pass with Biggs and X2 pushing him up. A round passed through Deadshots's shoulder just as he pulled himself up. The Geth had Biggs and X2 surrounded as Deadshot reached down despreately in an attempt to pull himself up. Biggs shook his head and handed him the Flechette launcher just as X2 activated the detonators.
'It was an honor serving you sir.' 'And an honor leading, Biggs.'
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Deadshot replied just as the detonators went off, causing an avalanche and burying the 8 Geth and 2 troopers.Empire: x8Reapers: x14Saren laughed wickedly as he flew his board closer. He had run out of ammo earlier, but now he was moving in to finish off that pesky soldier. Suddenly, they whipped around, revealing a rocket launcher of some sort that fired and destroyed the board, sending Saren falling onto the ground hard. He growled, then lifted Deadshot into the air, shouting,'You are a fool if you believe yourself capable of defeating me or the Reapers!' And then slammed Deadshot into the ground, cracking his helmet. Out of nowhere, a great force sent Saren flying off the mountain pass.
Vader had arrived and he was ready to end this battle.As Charlie squad and Deadshot rushed over the rubble into conflict with Saren's remaining Geth, Vader and Saren charged at each other furiously. Saren used his Biotics to levitate a rock and throw it at Vader, who calmly caught it and slammed it into the ground. Vader lunged, lightsaber at the ready, and Saren barely sidestepped, firing shots from his HWWP as he did so. They all hit their mark as Vader dropped to his knees, wounded from the bullets in his back. 'I've got you now.'
Saren said as he leveled his pistol with Vader's helmet. 'Lord Vader!' Deadshot cried as he limped up the hill with the last two surviving members of Charlie, having just wiped out the last Geth. Saren whipped around and opened fire, killing a Stormtrooper and wounding the other.
A lightsaber pierced Saren's chest, and he let out a dying,'No. Vader shook his head,'You underestimate the power of the Sith.'
Then drove the blade completely through Saren, finishing him off.Empire: x2Reapers: x0 (Saren dead)Meanwhile in space.Saren had failed. The Reapers were angered but their plan was not defeated. They would destroy the Imperial Fleet then finish the job themselves. The Imperial Fleet leaped out of hyperspace, ready for battle.
Begin the assault, Sovereign ordered as Geth fighters took off into squads to begin battling the TIE fighters, as The Reapers roared and moved forward.Empire: x15 x32Reapers: x3 x32Admiral Palas watched with a determined stare as The Reaper fleet moved forward. He was the leader of the only defense force with a dozen quadrants that could propel these intruders and his crew knew it. 'All fighters prepare for battle. Alpha and Bravo squads move out on my mark. He shouted into his command piece as TIE fighters scrambled out of the Decimator.
These Reapers had attacked at a bad time, as a clash with the Rebels had left them with only 32 fighters.' Your orders, Admiral?' Captain Thrawn of the Starship Vindicator said on a holo display by the chair. 'Ready your guns. Fire only if the need arises.' Palas was not risking any ships being caught off balance. Suddenly, a Reaper screeched a metallic roar and opened fire with a bright red beam, followed by its companions on either side.
'Evasive Manu-agh!!!!' The leader of Alpha squad cried out as he and 5 other TIE fighters, alongside three Star Destroyers, were obliterated.Empire: x12 x26Reapers: x3 x32'All ships return fire immediately! Split into two squads! Palas shouted into as the fleet opened fire on the advancing Reapers. 'Yes Admiral?' Thrawn replied in a surprisingly calm tone.
'You're in charge of half the fleet. I need you to move around them and take them out from behind.' I have just the plan for this.'
Thrawn's fleet moved ever slowly out of the way of fire as the Geth fighters engaged the TIEs.' Bravo squadron. Split up and lead these Geth away from the fleet!' Bravo squadron leader, Oddball, shouted into comms as the Geth riddled the pilot next to him's ship with bullet. Oddball pulled up at a 90 degree angle, flying over the 6 surprised Geth who are unable to calibrate in time and are swiftly destroyed in a rapid unison of shots as two more of their brethren slam into each other.Empire: x12 x26Reapers: x3 x24Palas watched, satisfied, as a chorus of shots rang into a Reaper's eye and suffered a series of explosions all up and down it's hull before finally deactivating.permanently.
'Good work, everyone! But that's not the last of them!' Palas said just as a laser shot cut through the ship next to him and the one above it. 'The Dominator and Malak are down sir!' A bridgehand cried. 'Get us out of here!
Evasive action!' Palas shouted just as a blast hit the ship head on. It sliced through the hull, dealing heavy damage to the Devestator's internal systems. It was through pure luck that it did not hit the bridge and finish them off. 'Close, but no deathstick.'
Palas said as the ship pulled out of position and fired a shot that badly damaged the Reaper in return. Where the hell was Thrawn and his ships?The TIE fighters fought desperately as the cold and calculating Geth tore through their ranks.
Alpha squadron had been wiped out ten minutes ago and Oddball was down to half his squad. I have a plan. It's not gonna end well for a lot of us.
But it's gonna work.' Oddball said as he and his squad assembled a firing line and advanced full force. They tore through the Geth that tried to emulate them and eventually scrambled as Geth flew from different angles and opened fire, killing two pilots.Empire: x10 x9Reapers: x2 x12Palas grinned in steely determination. His fleet would meet the remaining Repaers head on in a crash. Dare those bastards to see that one coming. The Reapers roared in vengeance as the fire tore through the SD's and the fire tore through them.
The damaged Reaper imploded as the Sovereign retreated for the first time. Palas would have cheered, but he looked around and saw his ships in ruins. It was just his ship and one other. Badly damaged. And most likely at the Reapers mercy. Suddenly, a burst of light appeared as Thrawn's fleet appeared behind the Repear. 'Sorry for the delay, had to wait for the right moment.'
Thrawn said as his fleet opened fire on Sovereign from behind, devastating him.' Foolish humans!'
Sovereign cried through a telepathic link with Palas. 'We will finish you off once and for all when the Grand fleet arrives. You will not be ready!' Palas paused for a moment, giving the hold fire signal to Thrawn. We are enjoying ourselves and would like more guests.' He responded as the fleet opened fire, destroying Sovereign once and for all.
The confused Geth are caught in the blast and destroyed as the Imperials cheer. For tonight, they had defeated the Reapers and saved the Empire. And when this 'Grand Fleet' arrived they would be ready.Empire: x8 x9Reapers: x0 x0Winner: The Empire!Expert's OpinionTo be written.Battle vs. (by and )TBW.Expert's OpinionTBD.
“ The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. They did not create the Citadel. They did not forge the mass relays. They merely found them.
The legacy of my kind.” — to, c. 2183 CEThe Reaper invasion began in the near the heart of space, and spread along the network. Within days, the was effectively wiped out. The few ships that survived the fall of Khar'shan fled to Alliance space along with thousands of refugees. In a matter of hours, had fallen, the was in full retreat after the Second and Fourth Fleets were destroyed, and a massive offensive had been launched against the. Although accurate information about the Reapers remained scarce, the galaxy now realized that the Reapers were not a myth ― they are a real and devastating threat.In the following weeks, the galaxy’s population centers were conquered or annihilated one by one as the inexorably advanced. On captured planets such as Earth, the Reapers began destroying satellites and defunct nuclear missile silos.
They soon began broadcasting orders, inviting local leaders into their superstructures to “negotiate peace”. This was a ruse to indoctrinate them and help pacify the population. Contents History Fall of Khar'shanFor every thousand refugees, there are a thousand and one stories about how the invaded the batarian systems.
A few elements are common to almost every version, however. The Reapers arrived first in the and immediately destroyed its communications network. The Hegemony's Department of Information Control blamed the loss of signal on space weather, but scrambled ships to the system nonetheless. Within a day, Reaper capital ships appeared in the and descended on the batarian homeworld,.For all the rhetoric about the Hegemony's military prowess, their response to the Reapers was uncoordinated. Moments after the information minister took to the extranet and announced that unknown ships were destroying all traffic near Khar'shan, the defense minister declared there was no reason to panic.
The planet's comm buoys were destroyed next, creating an ominous silence that has persisted ever since.Fearing they were next, batarian colonies across Hegemony space began evacuations. So many refugees poured into the -occupied that officials at first thought the batarians were invading.More systems have gone dark as their comm buoys were destroyed, and millions more batarians, trapped on their planets, sit waiting for the Reapers.Fall of EarthThe took in a matter of hours. The knew the first wave would arrive from batarian space, but they were unprepared for the speed and scale of the attack.The Reapers bypassed the Sixth and Seventh Fleets at and, flying straight from relay to relay where they could neither be tracked nor intercepted. The tactic was unexpected, since the navies of organic species would never risk coming out of within combat range or leaving enemies at their backs to threaten supply lines.At, more than a dozen Reaper capital ships engaged the Alliance's Second, Third, and Fifth Fleets. This was mere screening for the main force.
Dozens more capital ships continued through the, where the First Fleet had been lying in wait but was soon destroyed. The Fourth Fleet, near Earth, had a few minutes of advance warning. It stood no better chance.After destroying Earth's comm buoys, smaller wiped out all GPS and communications satellites in Earth's orbit and cut the undersea fiber-optic cables that linked the continents. Earth's resistance now relies on outdated radio towers and a few quantum entanglement communicators whose matched pairs happen to be on other continents or outside the.
Communication is so limited that the fate of entire nations remains unknown.The capital ships bombarded defense installations and industrial centers, annihilating entire cities with populations in the low millions, including,. Meanwhile, Reaper destroyers descended into the atmosphere to melt roads and capture population centers with minimal loss of life. This is not an example of the Reapers being merciful. More likely, they are herding their prey to make the coming harvest that much easier.Fall of TaetrusThe Reapers' first attack on space followed an age-old maxim: hit them where it hurts. A populous colony dating back centuries, was already embedded in the turian psyche as the site of the worst terrorist attack in turian history. Wounds were still raw from the Vallum Blast, in which a separatist revolutionary slammed a starship into the colony's capital, killing more than a hundred thousand turians.
Hierarchy forces responded with a massive invasion of the planet to stamp out the separatist movement. It was a catharsis for the turians, reassuring them that heroes would always triumph over evil. And so the Reapers struck Taetrus first.By the time Taetrus went dark, the turians had already learned that the batarians and humans were under attack. The Hierarchy responded with what they believed was overwhelming force, only to walk into a trap. Reaper ships were waiting on the other side of the relay to Taetrus, and they released devastating firepower the moment the fleet emerged.
Turian leaders observing the one-sided battle were faced with a choice: reinforce their side of the relay to defend against a Reaper invasion, or throw more resources into an offense. With soldiers and civilians alike clamoring for retribution against the Reapers, the turians continued the assault. The Hierarchy sent warp bombs through the relay to clear a path, fighting tooth and talon to inflict casualties against the Reaper fleet.
It was a valiant effort, but doomed. The Reapers emerged victorious from the relay and began broadcasting a signal to turian comm buoys―images of Vallum, Taetrus's capital, once again a smoking wreck. The fight for turian space had begun.Desperate measuresFaced with utter annihilation, military planners have considered extreme solutions in their quest to stop the Reapers.
The two most plausible are the destruction of mass relays and the use of starships as suicide weapons.Destroying a mass relay to stop the Reapers' advance is infeasible. Although it has recently been proven that mass relays can be destroyed, a ruptured relay liberates enough energy to ruin any terrestrial world in the relay's solar system. It would take too long to evacuate the millions or billions of people living near each relay, and the Council is unwilling to sacrifice that many lives when combat stands a chance of saving them. Even if a garden world were to survive the relay's destruction, the Reapers have infinite patience. They traveled out of dark space using conventional FTL―travel within the galaxy is not an insurmountable barrier.Meanwhile, starships are too costly to be used as projectiles, given that it would take many collisions to seriously harm a Reaper. Some armchair admirals suggest that a single starship traveling faster than light could obliterate a Reaper capital ship, but all ships based on mass effect technology possess hardwired safety features to prevent FTL collisions.
If a ship's FTL plotter finds a significant object in the path of a planned jump, the FTL drive refuses to fire in the first place. This is not a perfect safety feature―the sensors can only scan for objects within a reasonable distance at light speed, and a navigator must plot the rest of the course―but it is so inherent to the FTL warm-up process that removing it is nigh impossible. Cynical intelligence analysts note that the secret of mass effect technology, including that safety system, has always been attributed to the Protheans―just as the mass relays were.Fall of the Hades Gamma cluster. Main article: Battle of PalavenWhen Taetrus fell, the turians knew little about the Reapers except that they wanted to enrage the turians. Staying calm, the turians massed in force around, their homeworld. Fleet Admiral Irix Coronati, in what became known as the 'Fifteen-Minute Plan,' stationed only two carriers, Undaunted and Resolute, near the system's relay.
When the Reaper fleet emerged, the carriers launched swarms of unmanned fighters and spy drones. These were quickly destroyed, but the drones transmitted vital data on the Reapers' effective range, fleet composition, and exact location. The turians' other ships then deployed to defend the system in earnest.Knowing that the Reapers' weapons had a longer effective range than any of his own, Coronati made a short, daring FTL jump―landing his dreadnoughts in the middle of the Reaper fleet. The dreadnoughts then turned to line up their main guns on the Reapers, which also needed to turn to fire on the turians. This ploy used the Reapers' size against them―because they could turn faster, the turian dreadnoughts locked targets first, and their concentrated firepower downed several Reaper capital ships.The Reapers countered instantly. Their destroyers performed a jump of their own to the skies above Palaven, beginning orbital strikes on turian cities. The turians, forced to defend the planet, found themselves in a pitched battle far from the relay, from which emerged a seemingly endless line of Reaper ships.
After massive casualties, Coronati ordered retreat.The turians insist that Palaven is not lost―the battle has merely moved to the ground. Reaper troop transports have dumped hordes of husks to capture Palaven's inhabitants, but met with little success. Reaper capital ships are destroying city after city.
But much of the turian fleet is still operable, and the citizenry is heavily armed. The turians refuse to be intimidated.Fall of Elysium. Main article:Citadel Councilor 's attempted coup will no doubt be analyzed for generations to come, but a clear picture is beginning to merge. Udina had contacted to coordinate what was intended to be a bloodless takeover of the, in which he would force the other councilors to grant him emergency powers so that he could command the. He would then direct the fleet to liberate his homeworld, Earth.The plan fell apart early when the C-Sec Executor and Councilor Valern caught wind of it. In defense of the plan, the Illusive Man dispatched his top assassins, commanded by, to kill them.
Udina had little choice but to support the assassins with an armed force sufficient to hold the Citadel. Captured confidantes have indicated that Udina and Leng's alliance was relatively fragile: Udina may have planned to turn on Cerberus once the fleet was his to command, and Leng departed when he calculated that Udina would not succeed.Persistent rumors suggest that Udina might have been a high-functioning victim of Reaper indoctrination. His actions played right into the Reapers' plans: even if the coup failed, it would damage Citadel governance. If it succeeded, his plan to retake Earth would likely have turned into a military blunder that Council forces could ill afford. However, there is no direct evidence of his indoctrination, nor obvious opportunity.
It is more likely that Udina acted out of desperation, and in doing so, cost humanity its councilor.Attack on Volus Systems. Main article:The ' plan to take back their homeworld was risky, and could easily have led to their annihilation if a peaceful solution had not been found.In an initial battle against the Reaper-upgraded ships, the quarians found their Heavy Fleet and a portion of the Patrol Fleet outmatched. To stave off defeat, the quarians retreated at FTL speeds to rally with the Civilian fleet on the far side of 's sun,. Temporarily hidden, but with only minutes of advance warning should a geth scout spot them, the quarians planned counterattacks to disrupt the geth link with the Reapers.
First preying on a damaged geth dreadnought, the quarians followed by sending strike teams to Rannoch's surface to destroy the Reaper that was transmitting improved software to geth forces.When the Reaper uplink was disrupted, the geth suffered momentary downgrades in response time and intelligence, allowing the quarians to press their advantage. But emergency orders from Commander and Admiral broke off hostilities before the geth's full capabilities were restored. It is to the quarians' credit that all three fleets obeyed the order to cease fire, even the Civilian Fleet, which had little combat experience. The geth, for their part, bore no ill will towards enemy combatants and broke off hostilities with perfect discipline.It remains to be seen how the geth and the quarians will manage to coexist on Rannoch. For now, they have committed their considerable military forces to repel the Reapers. Given the long-lasting animosity between the geth and quarians, it is possible that the Reapers did not plan for the possibility of such an alliance and will be unprepared to contend with both armadas.Attack on Camala. Main article:The assault on did not go as smoothly as the Reapers' strikes against other races.
While other species met the Reapers head-on, the resorted to dangerous hit-and-run tactics to harass their attackers. By engaging in guerilla strategies-blasting a Reaper ship, then jumping to FTL where they could not be tracked-the asari forced the Reapers to remain on the defensive.Unfortunately, the Reapers' greater numbers allowed them to accept certain losses, so they soon ignored the attacks against them and began orbital bombardment of Thessia. This in turn forced the asari to defend their homeworld with a more traditional stance, facing the Reaper forces directly.
As soon as the Reapers landed on Thessia, the harvesting began.A swift and brutal slaughter of the asari ground forces followed. Resistance from trained barely slowed the attackers down. In the end, Thessia's minimal military forces, combined with unpreparedness in the face of an overwhelming enemy, resulted in the fall of the planet.Fall of the Silean Nebula.
Main article:The turian and counterattack on Palaven combined deception, courage, and tenacity. First, the turians leaked a false battle plan that drew on the same tactics they used at beginning of the assault on Palaven. Then the dreadnought Indomitable faked a problem with its drive core, coming out of FTL near Palaven's moon,. Three other dreadnoughts and their attendant fleets deployed to assist Indomitable, a tempting target that drew the Reaper capital ships away from Palaven. Turian troop transports then entered Palaven's atmosphere to release shuttles, gliders, and individual soldier capsules.The Reapers did not understand the seriousness of the threat at first-those that detected the landing crafts sent husks and Collector swarms to intercept them, but little more.
This allowed krogan commandos to link up with Palaven's resistance and hand off their payloads-warp bombs and fission weapons.In simultaneous strikes across the globe, Reaper ships began to explode. Turian resistance members had managed to smuggle the bombs inside when the Reaper processing ships, troop transports, and even destroyers and capital ships had opened their structures to indoctrinated turian leaders.Large swaths of territory fell back into turian and krogan control. News of the victory gave a much-needed boost to the morale of the turian resistance and the galactic public.But the action was not without sacrifice. Turian insurgents gave their lives to ensure the explosives detonated, and the processing centers they destroyed were full of civilians who died just as surely as if they had been harvested. Of the dead, General Minin Resvirix said, 'Whatever they were in life, their deaths had no equal. They are worthy of joining the spirit of Palaven itself.'
Second Battle of the Citadel.