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** It does help that several of the races in the Compact ''were'' influenced and aided along by Ancient Quetzel astronauts, and the CDC was founded by the Cheb-elan, who live in a massive artificial construct.
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** Averted- while finding it unusual that the asari appear so similar, they largely take the matter in stride.
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** Unknown, but his ''brother'' [[spoiler:Skynet ends up taking control of the Berserkers and becomes a menace to the rest of the galaxy]].
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Given that the timeline is techinally set in the MassEffect universe, that means that the Reapers are out there. Given what the Berserkers are and their MO it's not too hard to see them being made by a long-dead race with the intention of 'toughening up' the Local Cluster races so that they'd have a fighting chance against the Reapers.
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Given that the timeline is techinally set in the MassEffect ''Franchise/MassEffect'' universe, that means that the Reapers are out there. Given what the Berserkers are and their MO it's not too hard to see them being made by a long-dead race with the intention of 'toughening up' the Local Cluster races so that they'd have a fighting chance against the Reapers.
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As has been mentioned on the main page the number and variety of spacefaring races in the Local Cluster exceeds that of the rest of the MassEffect galaxy. If this was natural it'd be somewhat implausible,however if someone had been going around playing uplifter then it'd make a good deal more sense. It's even mentioned in-story that a precursor race (the 'Tharks') noted that the number of sapient species in the area was unusually high and suspected outside interference of some sort.
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As has been mentioned on the main page the number and variety of spacefaring races in the Local Cluster exceeds that of the rest of the MassEffect ''Franchise/MassEffect'' galaxy. If this was natural it'd be somewhat implausible,however if someone had been going around playing uplifter then it'd make a good deal more sense. It's even mentioned in-story that a precursor race (the 'Tharks') noted that the number of sapient species in the area was unusually high and suspected outside interference of some sort.
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After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and have a fully intergrated society.
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After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, isolated), and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and have a fully intergrated society.
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After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and fully intergrated.
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After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and have a fully intergrated.intergrated society.
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[[WMG: The Compact's closest/friendliest allies outside the Local Bubble will be the Unified Assembly]]
After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and fully intergrated.
[[WMG: The Compact's closest/friendliest allies outside the Local Bubble will be the Unified Assembly]]
After some initial tenseness the two seem to have hit it off when diplomatic contact was first established, it was the first time someone had made contact, and friendly contact at that, with the Assembly (aka [[spoiler: the geth and Rannoch-born quarians]]) in a hundred and eighty years (they were very interested to hear news of what had been going on in the wider galaxy while they were isolated, and at the moment they're the only two polities where AIs and organics are equals and fully intergrated.
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* [[spoiler: Confirmed. Roughly a billion quarians survived the Geth Uprising/Morning War on Rannoch and were cared for by the geth while the latter rebuilt. Their descendants are now happily co-existing with the geth.]]
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Council-space AIs being a SlaveRace not wholly unlike [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Jem'hadar]] is not likely to go over well with Compact AIs, an ethnic group that can all vote and include several individuals of no mean power and influence.
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Council-space AIs being a SlaveRace not wholly unlike [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Jem'hadar]] is not likely to go over well with Compact AIs, an ethnic group that can all vote and include several individuals of no mean power and influence.influence.
[[WMG: The Berserkers are a Training Program from Hell... and an effort of this universe's Cerberus...]]
Think about it.
[[WMG: The Berserkers are a Training Program from Hell... and an effort of this universe's Cerberus...]]
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Council-space AIs being a SlaveRace not wholly unlike [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Jem'hadar]] is not likely to go over well with Compact AIs, an ethnic group that can all vote and include several individuals of no mean power and influence.
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** The Local Cluster is the equivalent of Space Australia. The animals are cut off from the rest of the world when the land bridge (in this case the relay) is submerged, and the high concentration of competing elements (and a few extra factors, like the Berserkers and Astro Chickens) forces growth throughout the area. Those changes build upon each other, with competition forcing faster and faster changes, with new applications coming up all the time. Remove the Prothean-based technology (they could have missed the beacon, which was recovered by a later race), and you're on to a whole new way of doing things.
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WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.
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WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment instalment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.
*ConfirmedConfirmed, sort of. [[spoiler:It's actually a scout vessel travelling some way ahead of O'Neil that makes the initial contact, but the big cylinder isn't far behind.]]
[[WMG: The Migrant Fleet are not the only, or indeed even the largest, remaining Quarian faction.]]
Based primarily on [[WordOfGod the author remarking]] that he always suspected that some Quarians chose to embrace the newly-sapient Geth as their equals, fought alongside them when others tried to destroy them, and were spared exile as a result. There's odd hints of this in the text as well, such as the wiki entry on the Geth specifying that "a part" of the Quarian population was forced off-world.
[[WMG: We haven't heard the last of Skynet.]]
With or without his unfortunate OmnicidalManiac tendencies. The fact that the Council races and their enemies have taken to using for-real Terminators doesn't bode well either. And come to think of it...
[[WMG: The relative legal status of AIs is going to create considerable friction when it becomes widely known in Compact space.]]
Council-space AIs being a SlaveRace not wholly unlike [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Jem'hadar]] is not likely to go over well with Compact AIs, an ethnic group that can all vote and include several individuals of no mean power and influence.
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[[WMG: The Migrant Fleet are not the only, or indeed even the largest, remaining Quarian faction.]]
Based primarily on [[WordOfGod the author remarking]] that he always suspected that some Quarians chose to embrace the newly-sapient Geth as their equals, fought alongside them when others tried to destroy them, and were spared exile as a result. There's odd hints of this in the text as well, such as the wiki entry on the Geth specifying that "a part" of the Quarian population was forced off-world.
[[WMG: We haven't heard the last of Skynet.]]
With or without his unfortunate OmnicidalManiac tendencies. The fact that the Council races and their enemies have taken to using for-real Terminators doesn't bode well either. And come to think of it...
[[WMG: The relative legal status of AIs is going to create considerable friction when it becomes widely known in Compact space.]]
Council-space AIs being a SlaveRace not wholly unlike [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Jem'hadar]] is not likely to go over well with Compact AIs, an ethnic group that can all vote and include several individuals of no mean power and influence.
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WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.
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WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.interesting.
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When the Local Cluster meets the Council races, it is only a matter of time until the internet comes into contact with the extranet and when that happens it is inevitable that a certain AI will find their way into the latter. Since the geth are stated to monitor the extranet, it is equally inevitable that said AI will run into them sooner or later. And given that getting involved with the geth has considerable potential for simultainously doing good and trolling the organics, Anonymous will almost certainly take an interest. [[spoiler: Especially since WordOfGod implies that Nony may be literally living up to the 'We are legion' part of their namesake's motto.]]]]
[[WMG: First Contact with the Council races will literally be with the Citadel itself]]
WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.
[[WMG: First Contact with the Council races will literally be with the Citadel itself]]
WordOfGod is that contact will take place in the 2080s. O'Neil is heading in the right direction and as of the most recent (as of 16th November) installment they've spotted what is probably the Serpent Nebula, added it to their 'sight seeing' list and will get there sometime in the 2080s. Given that O'Neil is an FTL-capable mini-Citadel with a large number of armed escorts, if this guess is correct then things are going to be interesting.
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When the Local Cluster meets the Council races, it is only a matter of time until the internet comes into contact with the extranet and when that happens it is inevitable that a certain AI will find their way into the latter. Since the geth are stated to monitor the extranet, it is equally inevitable that said AI will run into them sooner or later. And given that getting involved with the geth has considerable potential for simultainously doing good and trolling the organics, [[spoiler: Anonymous]] will almost certainly take an interest. [[spoiler: Especially since WordOfGod implies that Nony may be literally living up to the 'We are legion' part of their namesake's motto.]]
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When the Local Cluster meets the Council races, it is only a matter of time until the internet comes into contact with the extranet and when that happens it is inevitable that a certain AI will find their way into the latter. Since the geth are stated to monitor the extranet, it is equally inevitable that said AI will run into them sooner or later. And given that getting involved with the geth has considerable potential for simultainously doing good and trolling the organics, [[spoiler: Anonymous]] Anonymous will almost certainly take an interest. [[spoiler: Especially since WordOfGod implies that Nony may be literally living up to the 'We are legion' part of their namesake's motto.]]
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** The Local Cluster is the equivalent of Space Australia. The animals are cut off from the rest of the world when the land bridge (in this case the relay) is submerged, and the high concentration of competing elements (and a few extra factors, like the Berserkers and Astro Chickens) forces growth throughout the area. Those changes build upon each other, with competition forcing faster and faster changes, with new applications coming up all the time. Remove the Prothean-based technology (they could have missed the beacon, which was recovered by a later race), and you're on to a whole new way of doing things.
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[[WMG: [[spoiler: Anonymous]] will end up leading/guiding/otherwise influencing the geth]]
When the Local Cluster meets the Council races, it is only a matter of time until the internet comes into contact with the extranet and when that happens it is inevitable that a certain AI will find their way into the latter. Since the geth are stated to monitor the extranet, it is equally inevitable that said AI will run into them sooner or later. And given that getting involved with the geth has considerable potential for simultainously doing good and trolling the organics, [[spoiler: Anonymous]] will almost certainly take an interest. [[spoiler: Especially since WordOfGod implies that Nony may be literally living up to the 'We are legion' part of their namesake's motto.]]
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Specifically by the fact that so many of them are humanoid. After all, when it comes to sapient species in the Local Cluster, no two body plans occur twice, with even the other bipedial species having enough non-human characteristics to keep them out of the HumanoidAlien catagory. The Council species on the other hand are almost all humanoid which would most likely seem strange and possibly suspicious to the Local Cluster races. Or, to paraphrase a comment on the Spacebattles thread, once is convergent evolution, half a dozen times is suspicious, and the asari are a sign that there's something wrong with the universe.
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Specifically by the fact that so many of them are humanoid. After all, when it comes to sapient species in the Local Cluster, no two body plans occur twice, with even the other bipedial species having enough non-human characteristics to keep them out of the HumanoidAlien catagory. The Council species on the other hand are almost all humanoid which would most likely seem strange and possibly suspicious to the Local Cluster races. Or, to paraphrase a comment on the Spacebattles thread, once is convergent evolution, half a dozen times is suspicious, and the asari are a sign that there's something wrong with the universe.universe.
** The Local Cluster is the equivalent of Space Australia. The animals are cut off from the rest of the world when the land bridge (in this case the relay) is submerged, and the high concentration of competing elements (and a few extra factors, like the Berserkers and Astro Chickens) forces growth throughout the area. Those changes build upon each other, with competition forcing faster and faster changes, with new applications coming up all the time. Remove the Prothean-based technology (they could have missed the beacon, which was recovered by a later race), and you're on to a whole new way of doing things.
** The Local Cluster is the equivalent of Space Australia. The animals are cut off from the rest of the world when the land bridge (in this case the relay) is submerged, and the high concentration of competing elements (and a few extra factors, like the Berserkers and Astro Chickens) forces growth throughout the area. Those changes build upon each other, with competition forcing faster and faster changes, with new applications coming up all the time. Remove the Prothean-based technology (they could have missed the beacon, which was recovered by a later race), and you're on to a whole new way of doing things.
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[[WMG: The number of spacefaring races in the Local Cluster isn't natural]]
As has been mentioned on the main page the number and variety of spacefaring races in the Local Cluster exceeds that of the rest of the MassEffect galaxy. If this was natural it'd be somewhat implausible,however if someone had been going around playing uplifter then it'd make a good deal more sense. It's even mentioned in-story that a precursor race (the 'Tharks') noted that the number of sapient species in the area was unusually high and suspected outside interference of some sort.
As has been mentioned on the main page the number and variety of spacefaring races in the Local Cluster exceeds that of the rest of the MassEffect galaxy. If this was natural it'd be somewhat implausible,however if someone had been going around playing uplifter then it'd make a good deal more sense. It's even mentioned in-story that a precursor race (the 'Tharks') noted that the number of sapient species in the area was unusually high and suspected outside interference of some sort.
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Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.
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Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe two ideas, maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.
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Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.
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Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.TheSpartanWay.
[[WMG: When they finally meet, the Local Cluster races are going to be weirded out by the Council races]]
Specifically by the fact that so many of them are humanoid. After all, when it comes to sapient species in the Local Cluster, no two body plans occur twice, with even the other bipedial species having enough non-human characteristics to keep them out of the HumanoidAlien catagory. The Council species on the other hand are almost all humanoid which would most likely seem strange and possibly suspicious to the Local Cluster races. Or, to paraphrase a comment on the Spacebattles thread, once is convergent evolution, half a dozen times is suspicious, and the asari are a sign that there's something wrong with the universe.
[[WMG: When they finally meet, the Local Cluster races are going to be weirded out by the Council races]]
Specifically by the fact that so many of them are humanoid. After all, when it comes to sapient species in the Local Cluster, no two body plans occur twice, with even the other bipedial species having enough non-human characteristics to keep them out of the HumanoidAlien catagory. The Council species on the other hand are almost all humanoid which would most likely seem strange and possibly suspicious to the Local Cluster races. Or, to paraphrase a comment on the Spacebattles thread, once is convergent evolution, half a dozen times is suspicious, and the asari are a sign that there's something wrong with the universe.
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* Possible evidence for this is that the Berserkers did start to adapt and grow stronger as the other races did. For example, it wasn't long after the first kinetic barriers started showing up on SAC ships that the Berserkers were sporting them as well.
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They're decended from refugees from the cycle before the Protheans and are referred to as the 'precursors of the precursors'. The race that filled the 'precursor' role for the Protheans are the inusannon, about whom nothing is know beyond their tech and a couple of battles that they fought. Them being the same race would also explain why the author chose to name the [[Europans]] after where they live rather then giving them a proper species name; it's probably going to come up at some point in the future and he wants to have it as a plot twist.
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They're decended from refugees from the cycle before the Protheans and are referred to as the 'precursors of the precursors'. The race that filled the 'precursor' role for the Protheans are the inusannon, about whom nothing is know beyond their tech and a couple of battles that they fought. Them being the same race would also explain why the author chose to name the [[Europans]] [[spoiler: Europans]] after where they live rather then giving them a proper species name; it's probably going to come up at some point in the future and he wants to have it as a plot twist.
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They're decended from refugees from the cycle before the Protheans and are referred to as the 'precursors of the precursors'. The race that filled the 'precursor' role for the Protheans are the inusannon, about whom nothing is know beyond their tech and a couple of battles that they fought. Them being the same race would also explain why the author chose to name the [[Europans]] after where they live rather then giving them a proper species name; it's probably going to come up at some point in the future and he wants to have it as a plot twist.
[[WMG: The Berserkers were created as anti-Reaper TrainingFromHell]]
Given that the timeline is techinally set in the MassEffect universe, that means that the Reapers are out there. Given what the Berserkers are and their MO it's not too hard to see them being made by a long-dead race with the intention of 'toughening up' the Local Cluster races so that they'd have a fighting chance against the Reapers.
[[WMG: The entire Local Cluster is part of extinct race's plan to get revenge from beyond the grave]]
Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.
They're decended from refugees from the cycle before the Protheans and are referred to as the 'precursors of the precursors'. The race that filled the 'precursor' role for the Protheans are the inusannon, about whom nothing is know beyond their tech and a couple of battles that they fought. Them being the same race would also explain why the author chose to name the [[Europans]] after where they live rather then giving them a proper species name; it's probably going to come up at some point in the future and he wants to have it as a plot twist.
[[WMG: The Berserkers were created as anti-Reaper TrainingFromHell]]
Given that the timeline is techinally set in the MassEffect universe, that means that the Reapers are out there. Given what the Berserkers are and their MO it's not too hard to see them being made by a long-dead race with the intention of 'toughening up' the Local Cluster races so that they'd have a fighting chance against the Reapers.
[[WMG: The entire Local Cluster is part of extinct race's plan to get revenge from beyond the grave]]
Carrying on from the above idea, it's been mentioned that the Local Cluster has an abnormally high number of sapient races, to the point that tampering is suspected. Maybe the same race that created the Berserkers did something to ensure the development of as many space faring races as possible in order to better play the numbers with the above mentioned TrainingFromHell with the intention of producing at least one species, or alliance of species, that was advanced enough and tough enough to beat the Reapers, sort of an interstellar version of TheSpartanWay.
