User blog comment:Commdor/Questions for Mass Effect 3/@comment-3053284-20101214161804/@comment-730941-20101214162612

I wonder if machines would think that 'emotionally', though. To a Reaper, any attack would be a logical calculation of power and defensive ability, not so much a revenge-struggle. I can definitely understand if the attack is motivated by human innovation, though - if they'd somehow calculated we were too intelligent or rapidly expanding, then it makes sense to wipe out the biggest potential threat first. For all we know, Reapers are capable of running sophisticated simulations and projections, and considered humans their greatest possible threat.