User blog comment:Markurion/How many of you put a bullet in Godchild in EC?/@comment-101.172.85.70-20120723015344

I'm suprised that no one thought that a refusal option would lead to an "Absolute Defeat". It was obvious since the beginning that the Reapers could not be defeated by military power alone, even if it was a force of the entire galaxy.

History has proven that who ever have the most superior warfare technology is the one who wins. For example, the european settelers always won against aborigines because they had guns and cannons, while their enemies remained in a an era when they use bow and arrows. They might win a fight at least once, but not a war.

The Reaper war is driven the same logic. The galaxy races are like the savages with sticks and the Reapers are like the white men with heavy artillery. It's clear who is the superior one.