User blog comment:N7EagleEye/New Mass Effect 4 Details/@comment-186.177.50.211-20130611042514/@comment-72.49.149.251-20130611065937

Huh. I was thinking more about naturally occuring organisms augmented mechaniclly and biologically "to their pinacle" in my unamed race's terms. Threshers modified with multiple mechanical transport modules along the beasts enormous frame and either an A.I. (based off the brain of an "Ascended One", those of this race who die and pass their remains down for others use" jammed into whatever passes as it's cortex or a V.I. (a damaged brain with cybernetic graphs) plugged into its pleasure/pain centeer. My idea behind this race is to show off what would happen if the Reapers "Great Cycle" diddn't come about, think of them as an ancient tree refusing to die with the rest of the forest in a wild-fire and instead prolonging it's life by paracitism upon the younger seedlings that grow in the flame's wake and (over time) the flames themselves. Apologies for the lengthy overthinking, tis a wonderful topic for my languishing brain during the summer.