Mass Effect 3. Desperation
A quick message to explain: I wrote this as somewhere in my mind I recall being told that the ME3 multiplayer had its own story. After playing ME3 online I loved the gameplay but was gutted to see the lack of story. So I thought I would write my own.
Chapters vary in length from short to borderline unreasonable but this version is the best I could get it to, what with editing my own stuff it has taken quite a while and I hope you can forgive me for any mistakes that have slipped my (Batarian submission) net.
Based right at the start of the Reaper war. Written to coincide with the start of the ME3 game. (Or slightly after the start.)
Would love to hear comments on what you think. I have also added a couple of new touches as I didn't want to stick to exactly what is in the multiplayer hope it's not too much. Hope you like it.
Chap one;
Agent Philip Keung, level N7, stood before his newly formed fireteam wondering what to say. He couldn't remember his armour ever being so tight in the mid-section, even before pressurisation. Still, he was not out of shape for a man of his age. It had been years since he had reason to wear his combat suit and it felt good to be back in it. A scruffy bomber jacket made of brown leather went over the top of his high tech gear completed his classic look. The same unique look he had sported all his life within the Alliance Intelligence Services.
After years of active service Keung had retired from the Human Systems Alliance to a cosy place on the Citadel where he could make the best of the diversity within the galaxy which he loved so much. It also allowed him to keep his ear to the ground for fresh information, just in case. But the Reaper War had recently exploded and changed everything.
Keung had seen the attack on the Citadel with his own eyes and ever since he'd listened to all the rumours. Even now years out of the service he had access to all the restricted information through his old contacts. Ever since he had heard about Commander Shepard's last report about the destruction of Bahak and the imminent Reaper invasion Keung had gotten back into the training room. But the recent attack on Earth had somehow caught all but a rare few off their guard.
As soon as it was confirmed that Earth was under heavy attack Agent Philip Keung had signed back on for active duty. It took only four hours for an N7 level mission to come through to his omni-tool.
His mission brief was simple in principle but it was missing vital details which made him unsettled. He needed to assemble a Fireteam and attend an engineering facility codenamed Firebase Ghost on the planet Benning in the Milky Way. The latest local mission reports were attached. Planets on approach to Benning were going dark for unknown reasons.
A threat assessment analyst in the Alliance had clearly seen a pattern and identified something within Firebase Ghost as a priority, thus flagging the mission for the N7's; the very best the Systems Alliance had to offer. A memo attached said that the strength of the Systems Alliance forces in the area had already been moved on to help the Earths evacuation process.
The specific mission intel was locked. This meant it was a high security mission and that the fine details of the job wouldn't be revealed until his omni-tool's GPS had lined up with mission coordinates. All this left Keung feeling uneasy as he didn't know his enemy or his objective, meaning he had to plan for anything and everything.