User blog comment:RayShepp654/How to defeat the Reapers Theories/@comment-217683-20101028230139/@comment-2256917-20101029040417

I agree, some other race that hands over the solution would be a deus ex; as would a computer virus (ID4 anyone?), especially since we already had one in ME2 (from Sovereign no less [the geth], and Harbinger after him [Normandy SR2]). - But since I loathe the idea of a deus ex, I readily agree that the galactic races face a very ugly foe, both because we know for certain that the Reapers are at any rate superior ships (e.g., Sovereign can land on dense planets, no problem), and above all, because not one race (so far as we know) even considers that the Reaper threat exists. In any case, it will be hard to work it out such that Shepard and squad have a decisive influence in victory or defeat, if they stay on the "ground" (recall Ashley's complaint in the first game).