User blog comment:SolitaryReaper/Shepard in Javik's position/@comment-355183-20120726185815/@comment-1388547-20120726221417

According to the Protheans, the cycles repeat along similar patterns each time, so probably things would be similar in overall shape -- though with their galaxy-spanning empire, the Protheans' cycle was at least superficially quite different from Shepard's. But yes, probably around the time of the next Reaper invasion there'd be something similar to Cerberus. I'm sure the yahg would also play a big part in whatever galactic community develops, provided they didn't nuke themselves into oblivion. As for Liara's time capsule, the Refuse ending shows that it canonically does work and allow the cycles to be broken the next time around.