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In a bid to secure more troops, the Reapers make another deal with the Geth, promising advanced weaponry so the Geth can defend themselves from their Quarian creators, who are attempting to reclaim their home world Rannoch. The organic species are not the only ones affected by the Reaper invasion - the fate of Mass Effect's Geth becomes a focal point in the midst of the war. The Intelligence constructed the first bio-synthetic Reaper named Harbinger in the Leviathans' image, a design that all subsequent Reapers would mimic with variations. Thus, the first victim of the harvest would be the Leviathans, who created the Intelligence to improve their own existence. In order to fulfill its prime directive, the Intelligence decided organic life must be harvested for the sake of preservation before it is allowed to create a subjugated synthetic race. In one way or another, the attempt by synthetics to evolve to a higher form resulted in the violent destruction of the organic race. This AI, known as The Intelligence, came to the conclusion that organics created synthetics in order to improve their existence, but in order for the synthetics to become the ultimate tool, they would have to surpass their creators. In an ultimate act of hubris, not realizing they would fall victim to the same cycle, the Leviathans design an artificial intelligence to solve the problem and preserve all forms of life. At the very least, bow out before the section dealing with the Reapers' involvement in the first Mass Effect, since the section regarding their origins will have some interesting background information and only reveal the big-picture concepts behind the series' main group of antagonists.
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The following history of the Reapers in Mass Effect will necessarily contain spoilers, so those looking forward to playing the series for the first time when the remastered Legendary Edition comes out might want to avoid reading too far ahead. Related: How Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Character Creation is Different The existence of the Reapers begins nearly one billion years in the past, and their machinations are uncovered throughout the events of all three Mass Effect titles by Commander Shepard. An ancient and looming threat for most of the trilogy, Mass Effect's Reapers seek to destroy all life in the Milky Way Galaxy for reasons unknown to the interstellar races currently facing the threat of extinction.