User blog comment:RayShepp654/How to defeat the Reapers Theories/@comment-1221773-20101031021231/@comment-217683-20101031070107

No, I'm notsaying that they would sit there helplessly. You'll note that I never say anything remotely resembling this. However, I am also not simply assuming the Reapers have abilities or powers we've seen no evidence of, such as the ability to bombard the Citadel with such ferocity as to wipe out defending troops while simultaneously not destroying a critical console that is in the same room as many of these troops.

Now, were I to "assume control" of the Reapers, as it were, and based off of their known capabilities, I'd really see one of two options. Either try to have another go at infiltration (aka the "Saren route", or wage a massive war of attrition, sending waves and waves (and many, many more waves) of husks at the defenders in the hopes of overwhelming them. This would likely be quite a long process, as husks have shown themselves to be relatively ineffective against even a small number of troops on the move, much less dug-in troops in any great numbers. It'd be a matter of trying to simply drown the heavily armed and armored C-Sec defenders in bodies, hoping they run out of ammo before I ran out of husks. While this was occurring, it'd be necessary to fight a holding action in space against the ships sure to be pouring periodically through the relay (as I doubt they'd be smart enough or simply prudent enough to try massing them all at once, but you never know...). And that's about it.