User blog comment:James12708/Reapers VS. Forerunners VS. Angels from Darksiders VS. Humanity from Halo VS. Council and humanity from Mass Effect VS. Imperium of Man/@comment-50.80.96.33-20130112005450

i believe i read the info on the collectors return with the reapers on Wikipedia also just think about it makes sense that the reapers would keep some couple thousand spare collectors in dark space with them that and the fact there is probably more than one collector cruiser roaming around. Indoctrination is when the reapers twist mind until you obey them once its started it cant be stopped reapers can control the amount of indoctrination too much indoctrination and that person becomes a mindless dribbling husk which requires re purposing also the reapers can twist other machines to their will they could probably send a forerunner AI aka anacilla straight into rampancy. Reapers can also twist peoplpes desires and dreams whata the one thing most people and or aliens want POWER!!! THE reapers can then use that desire for power by tricking key people in a fact or tricking that faction altogether Imperium of man is made up of mostly humans so we know the desire for power is there the reapers can twist the idea of mantle to control the forerunners or use that desire for power to their advantage. The reapers again has just begun their slaughter so neither the forerunners or the IOM is prepared to face them and again the reapers are either million or billions of yrs old they've come across tons of civilizations no telling how many were like the forerunners.