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Westenev

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Awkward Question: Would a Halo work on the Reapers? I think it's implied the Reapers do utilise the genetic material of the host species used in the construction - so, if we assumed a halo could attack this sample, could one cause fatal damage?

More importantly, would it destroy reaper minions - or would they all turn out like Saren?
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04-Jun-2017 02:18:17 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2017 02:19:16 by Westenev

NotFishing

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Westenev said :
Awkward Question: Would a Halo work on the Reapers? I think it's implied the Reapers do utilise the genetic material of the host species used in the construction - so, if we assumed a halo could attack this sample, could one cause fatal damage?

I'm not familiar with the Reapers, but I think the real question would be: do the Reapers have enough genetic material to sustain a Flood parasite? Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

04-Jun-2017 02:38:50 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2017 02:39:02 by NotFishing

Westenev

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NotFishing said :
Westenev said :
Awkward Question: Would a Halo work on the Reapers? I think it's implied the Reapers do utilise the genetic material of the host species used in the construction - so, if we assumed a halo could attack this sample, could one cause fatal damage?

I'm not familiar with the Reapers, but I think the real question would be: do the Reapers have enough genetic material to sustain a Flood parasite?

I actually think a Reaper's "Aura" could indoctrinate a Gravemind, if not steal control of the flood - similar to how they domesticated the rachnai, a race of hivemind insectoids. The Gravemind, being a creature of multiple minds, would be tough to break - but everything eventually succumbs to the reapers call.

If that failed, they'd probably make their own gravemind, which would be completely under their influence.

I don't think this would work in reverse - a Reaper only retains the genetics and not the form of their donor species, and is otherwise a race of cybernetic sentient mindwashing spaceships with BIG guns and thick armour.



EDIT: Basically, the Reapers and Necromorphs posess the same mind-control abilities that make them somewhat superior to the Flood. The difference betweem Necromorphs and the Reapers being that Reapers are capable of higher thinking, and not only that, posess the accumulated knowledge of thousands of civilisations. Plus reapers don't need a crew - thus, there is no "food" for a hostile takeover.
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04-Jun-2017 02:47:03 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2017 03:13:20 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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Honestly, I am now tempted to include an additional ending: The Great Journey was real the entire time, and those who are saved, flee the Reapers, spared from their destruction, and arise in Paradise.

Annie1227 said :
Lol.

Azi, I think this is one of the coolest rps I've belong too. I get to be a Jedi Padawan and that's awesome!
Very good! I got excited from this RP as well. Even though 90% of it is just copy-pasting content from other franchises, it surprisingly blended together pretty easily!


About Halos, Reapers, and Gravemind,
These are all good points, I honestly never thought about them.
Personally, I think that, if the Halos activated, they would at least vaporize Reaper troops and smaller vehicle-like forces, but not the biggest dreadnoughts/giant Reapers themselves. Technically, if the Halos activated, indeed, they would kill-off the Flood, most of the Reaper troops, and basically anything else in The Milky Way. It would probably kill-off most guys even like Saren, but if the Husked forces were inside the largest Reapers already, I suppose they could survive, seeing as they don't seem to need food, water, or rest.

Very interesting, if Reapers can indoctrinate the Flood, even the Gravemind. I suppose a Flood-infected host, and Necromorph, could be impaled on the Reaper's Dragon Teeth, and so be Husked/indoctrinated, but I think the Gravemind would still be in partial control.

Like West said, the Reapers were able to indoctrinate the Rachni, but not the queen (I think), so the Reapers could, I think, indoctrinate some aspects or parts of the Flood. However, I consider Gravemind a “superunit” consisting of a “superfaction”, so, for the sake of story and action, the Gravemind will be resistant to the Reapers' control.

OK Annie, if you want a new character for the sake of the Collector subplot, go ahead.

04-Jun-2017 03:32:45

NotFishing

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Westenev said :
I actually think a Reaper's "Aura" could indoctrinate a Gravemind, if not steal control of the flood - similar to how they domesticated the rachnai, a race of hivemind insectoids. The Gravemind, being a creature of multiple minds, would be tough to break - but everything eventually succumbs to the reapers call.

If that failed, they'd probably make their own gravemind, which would be completely under their influence.

I disagree because I don't like it. I hate it, I hate you, and you are ruining the Gravement. I hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it hate it hate it i hate it hate it hate it i hate it

In all seriousness though, the Gravemind is more than just a hivemind. It gains traces of knowledge from everything it infects. And it can communicate with or mindrape people who aren't even infected. I think it goes beyond simple hive mechanics.

Also, I really don't think it's fair to say one is better than the other. In both franchises, they are the big bad that will ultimately destroy us all, so if you put them in the same universe and say one is superior you are pretty much shattering that big bad image, because suddenly the other one is vulnerable and you don't need to focus on it as much. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

04-Jun-2017 03:48:17 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2017 03:48:33 by NotFishing

Westenev

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Azi Demonica said :
Like West said, the Reapers were able to indoctrinate the Rachni, but not the queen (I think), so the Reapers could, I think, indoctrinate some aspects or parts of the Flood. However, I consider Gravemind a “superunit” consisting of a “superfaction”, so, for the sake of story and action, the Gravemind will be resistant to the Reapers' control.

Rachnai were resistant to the reapers call, but not immune. The rachnai queen was under the posession of the Reapers for weeks, and was clearly under duress (not to mention completely losing control of her spawn). If you kill the rachnai queen in 1, she was cloned by the reapers - and fully under their control by the time you meet her, lowering your war assets if you choose to spare her.

I believe that if the reapers DID attempt to control a gravemind, they would begin by re-engeneering flood dispersal pods - similar to what they did to Rachnai Eggs. By implanting them with tech, the infection flood would only listen to the Reapers - and would function as suicide units, as usual.



NotFishing said :
Also, I really don't think it's fair to say one is better than the other. In both franchises, they are the big bad that will ultimately destroy us all, so if you put them in the same universe and say one is superior you are pretty much shattering that big bad image, because suddenly the other one is vulnerable and you don't need to focus on it as much.

As a person who plays all three franchises, I think Reapers would dominate the others. Azi has stated that none of these factions are allied (I believe), so the reapers would have the strongest assets based on what we know.
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04-Jun-2017 03:52:31 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2017 03:57:40 by Westenev

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