Reapers

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The Reapers are a highly advanced race of sentient starships in the Mass Effect series that periodically exterminate galactic civilizations in a cyclical purge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist faction
artificial intelligence collective
fictional extraterrestrial species
sentient starship
appearsIn Mass Effect NERFINISHED
Mass Effect 2 NERFINISHED
Mass Effect 3 NERFINISHED
Mass Effect series NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations dark space beyond the galaxy
composition living metal starships
conflict Reaper War NERFINISHED
controls The Citadel (as a mass relay hub and trap) NERFINISHED
created indoctrination technology
mass relay network
the Citadel NERFINISHED
the Collectors (from Protheans) NERFINISHED
createdBy BioWare NERFINISHED
cycleLength approximately 50,000 years
design cephalopod-like starship form
enemyOf Citadel Council NERFINISHED
Commander Shepard NERFINISHED
Systems Alliance NERFINISHED
galactic organic civilizations
firstAppearance Mass Effect NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
goal periodic extermination of advanced galactic civilizations
leader Harbinger NERFINISHED
loreStatus ancient myth to most contemporary species before invasion
medium video games
method cyclical purge of the galaxy
motivation preservation of order through cyclical extinction
nature synthetic-organic hybrid beings
notableMember Harbinger NERFINISHED
Nazara NERFINISHED
Sovereign
The Catalyst NERFINISHED
opposedBy Crucible project NERFINISHED
origin created by the Catalyst
publishedBy Electronic Arts NERFINISHED
roleInWork primary antagonists of the Mass Effect trilogy
sentience collective intelligence
size approximately two kilometers in length for a typical capital Reaper
strategy manipulation of proxy species
surprise invasion via the Citadel relay
use of indoctrinated agents
technology husks and synthetic-organic soldiers
indoctrination
mass effect-based propulsion
planetary-scale energy weapons
universe Mass Effect universe NERFINISHED

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Jared Nomak affiliation Reapers
Mass Effect video game series antagonistSpecies Reapers
subject surface form: Mass Effect
Reinhardt enemyOf Reapers