User blog comment:RayShepp654/How to defeat the Reapers Theories/@comment-1221773-20101031021231/@comment-737801-20101031053434

Me personally I think that the Reapers probably have a "back door" into the galaxy. I really doubt that this is the first time this has happened, and even if it was, then the Reapers probably have thought of this. They've had millions of years to think about this and implement strategies to defeat organic species, so they probably have taken many things into account. However I think those back doors, if the exist, probably aren't very large and even then, the Reapers many no longer know what is happening in the galaxy, so they would probably scout around to see what is going on. We know the relays can have a lot of ships travel at the same time, but I do think that having all the Reapers poor through one relay at the same could cause more problems than they hope to solve. Also I come back to the need for information, or if they have it, then they will have to plan this time.

We know that Sovereign probably did something similar while it waited for organic civilization to reach where it needed to be. I do somewhat agree that they may have let to go too far. We don't know when Sovereign sent the original signal to active the Citadel relay.

However something keeps telling me that this probably isn't the first time something like this has happened, but maybe the Reapers did things differently then, hence Harbinger saying that they will find another way. We know the Reapers are patient, but I doubt that is limitless and we don't know of Sovereign attacked out of desperation or boldness. Personally I think desperation, but then that's me.