User blog comment:Arbington/The Next Cycle/@comment-4206713-20120805044447

My thoughts: Firstly, all of this is assuming that the Refusal option is chosen/the Reapers eliminate the current cycle. If Destroy is chosen, there will be no more Reapers. If Synthesis is chosen, the Reapers won't be hostile. If control is chosen, they also won't be hostile. Of course, something could go horribly wrong with any of these options, causing the Reapers to come back/become hostile again. Now about your predictions. 1. Will the Raloi ever go into space? They know how to make the technology, but they may be too paranoid to ever go into space. I highly doubt it, but it's a possibility. The Raloi seem smart, probably the Salarians of the next cycle. 2. Will the Vorcha ever learn to make space technology? Currently they only get into space by stowing away on other races' vessels. Not that they seem stupid, but the Vorcha seem to centered on clans and combat to do anything useful scientifically. However, they could pull a Krogan, who they seem near parallel to, and be "uplifted" by a technological race. That brings me to my next point. 3. Would the Vorcha ever set aside their clans and pack mentality to ally for the greater good, both with themselves and with the other races? To me, they still seem to focused on clans and brutality to ever set those aside. They are only utilized by other races in the current cycle by being beaten into soldiers. You can't get a whole race on your side by beating them into submission.

In summary, I feel that if all of the races of the next cycle could band together to defeat the Reapers, they could beat them. However, the races seem to hostile to ever do that. The Vorcha would be too hard to form alliances with, and the Yahg would probably, due to their dominant nature, try to become sole leaders of the next cycle, which would not work out well. There would be many inter-species wars, and the races couldn't work together. Another possible scenario is that the races split into two or three factions - the scientific ones (Raloi, Kirik, Pyjaks, Space Cows), and either the militant races (Yahg and Vorcha) or two seperate factions, the Yhag and Vorcha. If the Vorcha don't ally with the Yahg, they would most likely remain in a state similar to the current cycle, warring amongst themselves, not technologically advancing, and may be wiped out.