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-50.80.96.33-20130111215612

Keep in mind the fact that when the reapers returned in me3 they brought more collectors with them, (refer to the me3 retaliation dlc for more details on this) my point is the collectors are a part of the reaper faction so there in this fight. You have to be near a reaper to get indoctrinated there are plenty of reaper devices lying around buried somewhere on many planets, forerunner official visits a dig site while its being mined while he's taking a look around he sees a glowing device stuck in the wall he pulls it out it speaks and bam the indoctrination process begins same case with the imperium. It only seems normal that while the forerunners are busy fighting that they don't pay attention to their containment units. Containment unit springs a leak and bam there free and if I remember properly weren't the sentinels made after the forerunners came into contact with the flood. Official trump card! the reapers are millions if not billions of years old second the reapers have near terrifying infinite numbers third im pretty sure that within those millions or billions of years of killing and harvesting that they've come across a species similar to the forerunners and lets see the forerunners intelligence level and probably most of there tech came from those who came before not to mention the forerunners are only two or three cycles of age so the reapers wont have to much of a hard time dealing with the forerunners and the imperium especially with the help of their collector pawns not mention again reapers adapt fast! to any situation. Reapers are more advanced than the forerunners and will have little trouble in understanding their tech. (NOTE: local militias don't stand a chance against collectors once seeker swarms are deployed mainly because their stung and collected to.)