* TROOP TRANSPORTS carry husks to unconquered planets and bring victims of the harvest to Reaper processing centers. Research suggests destroyers are created from those species that are not harvested to make capital ships. They engage cruisers and other, smaller ships, as well as communications posts and enemy command centers. * DESTROYERS are 160 meters long and, in astounding numbers, make up the bulk of the Reaper fleet. Some capital ships are capable of launching small drones equivalent to fighters.
Experts believe the Reapers harvest a single species of organics during each cycle of extinction to create these massive ships. They typically target the dreadnoughts, defense installations, and industrial cities of organic civilizations. * CAPITAL SHIPS are Sovereign-class Reapers two kilometers in length. The Citadel races have classified the known variants of Reapers into four types: Slow, patient indoctrination allows the thrall to last for months or years. Rapid indoctrination is possible, but causes this decay in days or weeks. Higher mental functioning decays, ultimately leaving the victim a gibbering animal. Long-term physical effects of the manipulation are unsustainable. Should a Reaper subvert a well-placed political or military leader, the resulting chaos can bring down nations. A Reaper's "suggestions" can manipulate victims into betraying friends, trusting enemies, or viewing the Reaper itself with superstitious awe. Indoctrination can create perfect deep cover agents. Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim's body to amplify its signals, manifesting as "alien" voices in the mind. As time passes, they have feelings of "being watched" and hallucinations of "ghostly" presences. Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. The Reaper's resulting control over the limbic system leaves the victim highly susceptible to its suggestions.
Reaper " indoctrination" is an insidious means of corrupting organic minds, "reprogramming" the brain through physical and psychological conditioning using electromagnetic fields, infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, and other subliminal methods.
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