Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-88.171.98.229-20160428110042

Mass Effect could be a contender, but it depends on what race we are talking about. Asari, Humans, Turians, Krogans, Batarians...I think they would be just crushed, because of sheer man and industrial power. Like the Humans are something like 20 billion in this universe, most of them on Earth...it's a world where the major races are relatively young (the oldest of the known races that still have a lot of power in the galaxy are the Asari, and their civilization must be less than ten millenia old), so the galaxy is not really developped compared to the 40K universe. In terms of technology, I'd call it a draw, mainly because in the ME universe there symply DOES NOT exist any means of travelling in FTL for more than a few dozens of lightyears without using the mass relays, whose technology remains largely unknown ; but overall, the technology in the ME universe is more advanced than the ork and human techology, and they have a few other advantages, like the biotic powers that basically give the ability to bend space and minds (to a certains and limited extent of course) without being exposed to the warp.

Then, of course, it's completely different if we are talking about the Reapers for they are basically a mix of the worst (or best) aspects of the Necron and the Tyranids. The Reapers themselves are essentially sentient semi-organic and semi-synthetic ships, almost indestructible by normal means and capable of things other ships wouldn't even dream of, like landing on a planet with a fucking two kilometers long dreadnought. It's not even the worst part ; they create their armies with those of their opponents, assimilating biomass, genotypes and technology in order to turn their fallen foes against their opponents. They are basically Tyranids on steroids after the beginning of their invasion. I honestly don't know what would be the outcome of a full Reaper invasion in the 40K universe, but I'm pretty sure it would be interesting to watch.