User blog comment:Elseweyr/Mass reading for best Effect – Introducing the Mass Effect Book Club/@comment-5619827-20140326214822/@comment-1440333-20140328075509

Ok so I've read 1 and 2 (saving 3 and 4 - no spoilers please).

I'm thinking the Arca Monolith may actually be part of a Reaper, perhaps part of the Leviathan of Dis, as the Batarians were part of the Citadel at this point. Perhaps part of the corpse was moved via a ship, which then was called to Shanxi and shot down, or it contaminated the crew at Shanxi. It seems Saren at least may be aware of its true origins and has shared that information with Desolas.

It also seems to have left Jack with some connection to the Reapers as the opening of 2 sounds like what Sovereign tells Shepard, but then some of Illusive Man's actions in ME2 have led to me wondering before if he is indoctrinated earlier. Maybe he is like Boomer in Battlestar Galactica - generally unaware of it, but susceptible to bouts of control by the Reapers.

I also believe that it being part of a Reaper would explain how it can husk-ify people with only direct contact - it works differently because of what it is. And as for the language, well the Reapers and their husks do make vocalisations in the series, especially Marauders in ME3, so perhaps what we are seeing in this comic is something along those lines, and that is a form of Reaper language for their ground troops.

Also with Foundation 9 - I've only read the summary on the wiki, but it sounds to me like the mission was a bit of a clusterfuck. Maybe the STG report was a cover? Or didnt Mordin mention that several drops were used to spread the genophage as they didnt have access to the Shroud? Maybe issue 9 and the STG report both cover different drops?