"That's the thing, what the best strategy to win a war? Make sure one side has no information about you. The reapers were very careful of that with other societies, wiping out all traces of their existence from record. So, when we came along, we'd be taken by surprise and be defenceless."

Even Pax admitted it was a good tactic. Terrifying that it was being used against all organic life but she could see the effort that went into harvesting the galaxy every 50 000 years or so.

"To be fair we didn't know anything about them until about a year ago, and then suddenly they're on our doorstep and mass murdering colonies, turning any body they can find into a slave for them and we're scrambling to find a solution."