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How is Harbinger back? He up and exploded in 1...
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That was Sovereign.

Harbinger was the reaper controlling the collector general through remote possesion. The ending of 2 implies Harbinger was with the rest of the reapers outside the galaxy, and removed his conciousness before the sattelite exploded.