User blog comment:Legionwrex/Why Destroy is the worst ending (besides refusal)./@comment-176.251.48.153-20120706125602/@comment-899316-20120706150946

The keyword is "maybe." We have no proof of any geth surviving. In fact, It is possible for Shepard to die in the Destroy ending, if your EMS is too low. The Starbrat said that all of the synthetics will die, and, faced with no overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we must conclude that this is indeed the case. Only one counterexample has been presented, and that varies depending on EMS. Furthermore, what remains of the galactic community will have great difficulty repairing the relay network. Admiral Hackett himself clearly states that reconstruction will be slow and difficult. Not impossible, but slow and difficult. Also, Gboy is correct. It is quite likely that another race of synthetics will be created, leading to the extinction of all organic life. In the Destroy ending, there is no countermeasure in place to prevent this.