The Council has made their position quite clear. They do not believe in the Reapers, nor have they any intention of sending their fleet into the Terminus Systems to prevent Saren from accessing the Conduit.
Forced to disobey a direct lockdown order, Commander Shepard has stolen the Normandy from the Citadel’s docking bays and is now locked in a frantic race against time.
The stakes couldn’t be higher; the Spectre must reach Ilos and destroy the Conduit before Saren uses it and dooms all life in the galaxy to utter annihilation.