User blog comment:James12708/Reapers VS. Forerunners VS. Angels from Darksiders VS. Humanity from Halo VS. Council and humanity from Mass Effect VS. Imperium of Man/@comment-50.80.96.33-20130222071445

step one: reapers hibernate in darkspace will their collector cronies and Hgeth allies search for a harvestable species. step2: collector cruiser finds multiple forerunner and imperium colonies similar to seaward lacking defenses efficient coms systems and no guarding fleet this info is relayed to harbinger who orders the colonies harvested and they must be discreet about it. harbinger wakes the reaper fleet and they jump towards the galaxy. step3: for the next year the collectors abduct defenseless colonies that belong to the forerunners and the imperium. the imperium assumes either pirates or the forerunners are attacking their outer colonies they dispatch small frigate fleets to guard their outer colonies only to lose contact days later. the forerunners begin noticing the loss of contact with their outer colonies and deploy scout ships to investigate only to find empty colonies with no survivors or witnesses. These scout drones and ships are put on guard only to disappear a month later. step four: a collector cruiser discovers a halo by accident and is nearly torn apart the rings defenses this was the forerunners official first contact with the reapers they don know or understand what they just shot at. the collectors begin attacking defended colonies this proves to be more sucessful with the imperium at first but begin to fail the collector are able to inflect moderate damage to the light imperium fleets, the collectors attack forerunner supply chains only to inflict light casualties on the forerunners collectors take heavy casutlies and retreat. through the eyes of collector ship commanders harbinger comes to the conclusion the collectors must be repurposed as well as their ship design harby also realizes that reapers current weapons shields and outer shell plating wont suffice they begin the process of adapting tech from captured imperium frigates and forerunner scout ships and drones the collectors had captured but not without taking casulties and almost exposing the reapers hiding place. within a week the reapers begin cloning the now repurposed collectors en mass the collector begin using dreadnoughts and only use cruisers when the area is clear the forerunners and imperium still fighting assume their colonies are and the threat gone. ill explain the rest later as of now im to tired and sleepy to continue typing.