North America Inc wrote:Mechanic wise, how will indoctrination work? How quickly can the Reapers take over us?
It depends, Reapers can do a quick indoctrination or slow ones.
Quickest I think is several days, but the strain exerted on the mind of the target means they might only live for a week or so, and don't really act themselves, or alive, really.
Then they can basically have it take as long as they want to from there, which increases the amount of time the indoctrinee will have.
I think Saren was indoctrinated over a period of several months, and he lived for quite some time (until he dies, naturally), and remained quite sane, and thinking he was in control of his actions, not Sovereign (Utter lie, but he believed it).
I'll say both are applicable, however if it's a really quick indoctrination (If race A downs a reaper (but doesn't completely destroy it) and tries to salvage it, that'd require a short indoctrination in order to take control), then both parties would have to agree to it, otherwise if Istanistan can somehow convince someone to take a Reaper artifact on board their ship or in a lab or whatever, he'll be capable of indoctrinating whether you like it or not, albeit probably over a period of at least a month or two.