User blog comment:JediSpectre117/Council not helping in ME3/@comment-2250460-20110921060626/@comment-118213-20110922000447

They don't. You only categorically hear one of the Councilors acknowledge the Reaper threat, the diplomatic Asari. The other two make no reference to what Sovereign was.

Their are then several reasons as two why they/she might change her mind:


 * For a start, they were expecting evidence to back up Shepard's claims about the Repears to be available within the near future - both from Vigal on Ilos and the remains of Sovereign. Neither, however, were then available to back up Shepard's claims.


 * They say time is a great healer, it to can heal "'madness"' (a madness that belives the Reaper threat with no supporting evidence). Anderson even stated that he didn't blame them for not wanting to believe it. As of ME2 they still do not have any evidence to back up the claim that its a reaper threat. As they point out in ME1, their decisions effect trillions of lives, it would be irresponsible for them to make serious, costly policy because of a threat with absolutely no evidence.

On that same logic, you might also ask "why did the Council only have one Destiny Ascension?" Resources, and the time of construction would answer - that question. As it would for the potentially Geth-built Sovereign, should it have been Geth built. Every nation wants more ships that it's got, they can't and don't just keep building just because they are advanced enough to know how to.

And "A Wikia contributor" you point is moot. They clearly state the remains of Sovereign told them nothing. And since they have never just taken what Shepard says on face value i'm not sure why they would suddenly start. Especially after Shepard turns up working with Cerberus.

My point still stands. With the evidence that the Council has actually seen, the Seren lead Geth attack is the most believable scenario as well as the only one with evidence to back it up.