[Comm Room of the Normandy; 0900 hours]
"Admiral." Shepard folded her hands neatly behind her as Hackett's form flickered to life.
"Commander, we have some good news for you."
A smile did not quite touch her lips, but the lines did smooth from her forehead. "Glad to hear it, Admiral—we haven't gotten nearly enough in this war."
"No we haven't—but I'm pleased to tell you that we won't need to send you off on as many Alliance recon missions. In fact, should you need any recon done yourself, we have a team ready for you to dispatch."
The furrows returned to Shepard's brow. "How? I thought our forces were tangled up on earth and securing what strategic points we can."
Hackett inclined his head. "True, but thanks to the diplomatic alliances you've forged, some of the other armies have donated a few soldiers to our cause; we've been able to form a select, small interspecies counter-strike task forces to tangle with the Reapers, run recon, make tech pickups, data mine—whatever we need. I'll put you in contact with one of these teams in particular; they're constantly on the move, so location of the assigned task won't be a problem."
Shepard considered it. "It'll free up time for our larger missions, take a load off my people."
"That's the plan."
"Sounds good. What kind of specialists am I looking at?"
"I'll forward the dossiers—a few N7s, turian, drell, asari, salarian, quarian… we expect to add a few more as reinforcements are available. One of the N7s graduated the same time you did—Lieutenant Mary Neil."
That did prompt a slight smile. "Sif's still kicking?"
"Indeed. Let them know what you need, Shepard, and they'll see it done."
"Thank you, Admiral."
"Hackett out."
To: Shepard, Commander
From: Hackett, Admiral
Subject: REQUESTED DOSSIERS
N7 Troops Deployed (Full service records attached):
Mark Antony, Marine Master Sergeant
Mary Neil, Navy First Lieutenant – "Sif"
Tyler Nilson, Navy Service Chief, Sentinel Training – "Tenison"
Emily Charlotte, Navy Operations Chief, Sentinel Training – "Bronte"
Kathy Maynard, Marine Second Lieutenant Infiltration Specialist – "M."
Carmine Rogers, Marine Chief Engineer
Nora Demeter, Marine Second Lieutenant, Adept Training
Asari Reinforcements:
Tamara Diona – Justicar, Vanguard specialty; Joined of her own volition
Turian Reinforcements (Full service record forwarded from Hierarchy):
Victron Atarus, Major, Infantry
Quarian Reinforcements (Full service record forwarded from Admiralty Board):
Delror vas Sirtre, Marine Infiltrator
Salarian Reinforcements (Unclassified portions of STG service attached):
Al-Zeran, former STG Engineer
Drell Reinforcements (Forwarded letter from the Hanar):
Ardel Theseus, Assassin, Adept
Mercenary Reinforcements (I'm sure Aria already contacted you):
Simon Condor, Talon Engineer
Please use this resource as necessary, Commander. They are up for anything you throw at them.
