With evidence of Saren's final goal of reaching a device called the Conduit on Ilos, Shepard informs the Council, who don't believe in the Reaper threat, and are mustering a fleet to defend the Citadel from Saren's Geth forces.
Related: Mass Effect 1's Best Crewmates In Legendary Edition Shepard has slowly been able to uncover Saren's motives to facilitate the Reaper invasion, a key part of which appears to be Ilos, a planet that has been unreachable because of a lost Mass Relay. Up until this point Shepard has been traveling the galaxy investigating recent Geth activity.
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The beginning of Mass Effect's climax takes place on the planet Ilos, when Commander Shepard learns from a Prothean virtual intelligence about the plight of the extinct race and the full extent of the Reaper harvests. In the first game, the Reaper threat is largely unknown, and focuses on Shepard's investigation into Saren, a rogue Spectre that has betrayed the Citadel Council and now commands a heretical sect of the Geth. Each game serves as its own distinct saga, with plenty of side content to flesh out Mass Effect's vision of the Milky Way and provide character development for Shepard and their crew members. The Mass Effect trilogy tells the long and complicated story of Commander Shepard attempting to stop the extinction of all life in the galaxy.