User blog comment:Commdor/Questions for Mass Effect 3/@comment-118213-20101216230959/@comment-217683-20101217032018

But remember, the Collector Cruiser was speculated to be going after Earth to acquire humans for the Human-Reaper... which was destroyed. So... that point seems to be more of a non-point.

What I'm trying to do here is not assume anything. After all, we do know that Alliance forces still exist as of the time of the attack on Earth, and these forces seem to be sufficient (at least in one unnamed combatant's mind) to pose a somewhat credible threat to the Reapers. We can't just assume they're hitting Arcturus and other military targets. It would make sense, but then, it would make sense to us. The Reapers have shown that their definition of "logical" and ours differs quite a bit, even in areas such as military strategy.

What I'm really driving at here is that Commdor's question was valid, and that the answer is probably rather complex, so we shouldn't really try to answer it so simplistically. Saying "well, we know they wipe out all civilization" isn't an answer, nor is stating "well, humanity is either on or leading the Council, so Earth would be a natural target" when Earth... really doesn't factor in to the Council. Arcturus does.