Sol System, Earth
Day of Final Push
Somewhere Commander Shepard herself is trying to save Earth and to stop the Reapers once and for all, but this Asari Vanguard knows she will not be seeing that anytime soon, blood pumps roughly in her veins as adrenaline keeps her heart beating rapidly; her wounds exceed the little Omni-gel she has put on them and she bleeds out slowly as she waits for some kind of assistance- or a way out of this misery, she's run out of heat sinks now and it has to be a matter of time before something claims her.
Her head feels too heavy for her own body and she droops her eyes, leaning back against the collapsed structure she'd been led to by her companion, before he left to reload that is- she can't remember how long ago that was; spots begin to blur her vision and she finds herself drifting back into the past when things had begun to fall into place.
Fire-base Glacier
Intel Retrieval
Mission 01
The Shuttle rocks as it travels towards the destination and the Asari finds herself drifting back out of her daydream, glancing at the strangers that had been put into her team- with some concern- due to the unfamiliarity of two of them, she had of course met the Turian Drahjk a few other times but had never met the Krogan or Salarian before so she had no guarantee that she wouldn't be endangered by them, hopefully that was not going to come true so they shouldn't be too much trouble to get used to.
Drahjk looks off into the empty space of the shuttle as if trying to avoid conversing with any of them; or perhaps he is subtly attempting to get her to try and talk with the others of their team, she doubts that is so but as soon as she considers introducing herself the Krogan snorts and drags his feet on the Shuttles flooring roughly with a glare directed at her and immediately she switches to focus on the Salarian.
The Asari clears her throat and nods in the Salarian's direction but to her dismay he doesn't notice her attempt to gain his attention leading to her having to break the relaxed silence, "Hey, How'd they recruit you?" she speaks calmly towards him and it falls silent again until the other realizes he is in fact being addressed and looks to her with a pleasant smile she had not expected.
"I'm sorry I did not realize you were talking to me" sheepishly he acknowledges his failure to notice her attempts to make conversation before smiling once more and continuing on, "I've been trying to assist for some time, I'm not sure of why they decided to reconsider me- Ah, I'm Kalin, Kalin Kilorosa."
Kalin extends his hand to shake and the Asari seems to hesitate for a few moments before clasping his and shaking firmly, "Maelar Taran" calmly identifying herself she would pull her hand back awkwardly before looking away from him in an attempt to lose the conversation.
"So what about you then" Kalin inquires curiously but getting no response he rolled his eyes and shuffled slightly before standing up hazardously in the confined space the shuttle allowed them so that he could prod her on the shoulder, "Hey, Maelar- You seem distracted…" he would trail off before shuffling awkwardly back to his position and before he could try to engage anyone else in conversation the pilot announced that the ETA was five minutes, causing them to solemnly gather their supplies together and face the exit point on the shuttle.
Exchanging looks they would each judge how they thought this mission would follow through tensely.