The Collectors

The Collectors are an unknown species that are claimed to have came from the Omega 4 Relay, which is said to lead to the center of the galaxy where a black hole subsides. It has been said that any ship which enters the Omega 4 Relay never returns, and the only ship that goes in and out is the Collectors.

The Collectors is a myth beyond the Citadel Council, shrugged off naturally they don't see the Collectors as a threat and more as a myth, as well as the rest of the galaxy. In The Bahamut attack of 2150 it is clear to both Commander Ebrown and Solaris that the Collectors are more than just a myth, but a nightmare of reality. They invaded The Bahamut, taking all its crew for an unknown reason and destroying the ship afterwards, escaping in their own ship. Commander Ebrown, Solaris and a few others lived to tell the tale. After the exploration of the missing colony, commanders Ebrown and Solaris along with ally Lt.Riley found proof of existing collectors, bringing it back to the Bahamut, Janice and Harris were in awe with the possible existence of Collectors. After the loss of spaceship Bahamut, the Collectors ceased to appear for awhile. Young, who witnessed the attack of The Collectors attempted to get in contact of The Alliance for them to help them out and realize the existance of the threat. In response to the call for help, Alliance turned their backs, disregarding the plead and brushed off the possible existance of Collectors. In result, Young, Ebrown and Solaris were all revoked from their Alliance positions, leaving them with no help at all, only room to get their own team and make their own faction.

Young later reveals that his wife and daughter were on a colony that was attacked by the Collectors, he mentions that Collectors are after a new colony only made of Humans, he comes to the conclusion that Humans are dissapearing and that Earth could be the next target, he mentions that if the crew does not act now, there won't be a world left to save. Ebrown and Solaris are deployed to the colony and find that Collectors are storing bodies of Humans in containers, they hold out and take a Collector body back to The Ulyssey for dna examining.

Following a Prothean vision that Solaris had, Tara and Mordin come to the quick conclusion that the vision might be showing the formation of Prothean into Collectors, unaware at who did this they search for answers on who is running the Collectors and putting them up to this. The realize that the Collectors have no free thinking and state of mind which means they fight for no cause at all, completely uncaring if they die in battle and even if it destroys their own race, proving that the Collectors have been put up to complete a mission. Surrounding clues only lead to their mission being to collect Humans, still unknown why they do so, the only known fact is that they store them in pods.

It is discovered in Part 7 that Cerberus is working with the Collectors, showing that the Illusive man is providing information along with special data to recieve people from the Collectors, as well as pushing them to missions. Although Cerberus has been proven to be working with the Collectors, they are not the full command of the unknown faction, meaning that a leader has still not been discovered. While on the new colony Coppertown - a Collector ship is seen in the near distance, turning the sky different colors and sending out short waves of earthquakes, Collectors covered the entire colony, taking every bit of Human lifeform and destroying any that they could not. Tali is held up in a nearby bunker, she talks to the Commanders, telling them that the fact of taking only Humans is true, and also holding precious data on the Collectors, which she provides upon joining The Ulyssey. The giant Collector ship launches off, escaping into space before they leave.