The Beginning of the End
A Mass Effect / Battlestar Galactica (RDM) fanfic
Spoilers: Mass Effect ending, BSG S4E10 Revelations
Disclaimer: I do not own Mass Effect or Battlestar Galactica Those are owned by the fine folks at bioware and the Motherfrakkin' genius that is Ron Moore, I have no intentions or ability to make any money from this.
Prologue: The Discovery
Dr. Bryce Tanner was walking through the halls of his research station, on an unnamed world in the Artemis Tau Cluster known only as P3X-6844; Tanner's expedition had just made a discovery that would ensure the council's continued funding for the exploration of P3X-6844. Exploring the nuclear wasteland was finally starting to pay off, one of the field teams had just discovered a single robot, it was determined that it had twice the processing power of an army of geth, perhaps almost as advanced as the recently discovered reapers, Tanner wanted to be there when they activated the robotic being, he was listening to a recording of a transmission he had recently received from Dr. Liara T'soni advising against reactivating the ancient machine, "Dr. Tanner I believe awakening this machine is a foolish, and dangerous idea at this time, further study is needed. Please I have seen the destruction such machines can cause, I hope you will consider what I have to say." Tanner had considered what Dr. T'soni had to say but as far as he was concerned she was a recluse who had only recently become involved in the scientific community again, and why should someone on the other side of the galaxy be telling him whether or not he should take action that could save his expedition. He walked into the laboratory and stared in amazement at the chrome plated synthetic lying on the examination table it looked almost human there was a single slot where the eyes would be, and a metal grate in the place of its mouth. "Okay let's power it up" said Bryce reaching for the bottle of champagne he had been saving for an occasion like this. He looked at his turian assistant as he flipped the switch on the portable power supply, both of them were ecstatic when they saw the first sign of life from the machine, a red light had begun pulsating across the robot's eye slot with a high pitched hum, "Hello?" his assistant asked the machine, it sat bolt upright it extended its arm to his assistant, Tanner was horrified when a large blade shot out of the robot's forearm into his assistant's chest. The security guards had drawn their weapons and begun firing at the mechanical monster. The armor piercing rounds should have torn the machine apart but it stood up to its full height of about 8 feet tall, ran towards the first guard and threw him into the wall with enough force to break every bone in the man's body, it picked up its victim's gun and shot the two remaining guards with deadly precision. Bryce was now running as fast as his legs could carry him, he heard the screams of the other researchers, as the machine continued to slaughter everyone in its way. The robot had finally found him it was now armed with an assault rifle as well, there was no point in running he was cornered, he looked into its pulsating eye and knew he was looking into the face of evil. It grabbed Bryce by the throat and lifted him above its head, its cold mechanical voice asked "are you one of the Five?", "No, I don't even know what the five are" said Bryce terrified "Are you human?" it asked "Yes, please don't kill me" begged Bryce, "You must be exterminated" droned the machine as it easily snapped the scientist's neck.
Next Chapter: The Ceremony
Authors Comments
This is my first fanfic so any constructive criticism you may have for me The next chapter will introduce you to Commander Hank Sheppard and several key characters so I hope you enjoyed this story and will continue to read as I add future chapters.