And here we go, the sequel to Endgame. If you haven't read that, I recommend you do so. :)
Let's get this show on the road! Skip down about half-way if you want the start of the narrative proper.
Mass Effect: Genesis
Prologue
Maj. Jonathan Coats
Houses of Parliament (Temporary GHQ)
London, Great Britain
To: Fleet Admiral Stephen Hackett
Subj: Allied Losses, Battle of London/the Citadel
...TF Hammer: 63% casualties, most dead or crippled for life.
...Sword Fleet: 73% of vessels destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
...Shield Fleet: 33% of vessels destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
...C-Sec: 97% casualties – recommend absorption of remaining troops into Allied units.
Search efforts continue from SSV El Alamein and SSV Poitiers, alongside Allied frigates. Life pods still being recovered, but by this point it is likely that any remaining pods still in orbit have run out of oxygen. Recommend downgrade of MIAs to KIA status.
"...reporting for Alliance News Network. Fleet Admiral Stephen Hackett has made a speech to remaining Allied leaders, announcing an end to Alliance rescue operations in orbit around Earth. This makes the Systems Alliance the last group to cease search and rescue operations in what has become known as the 'Graveyard of Heroes'. The admiral proclaimed that the time has come for the Citadel races to move forward, and to leave their dark past behind."
"...the next few years will be hard, we do not doubt that, but we shall move on into a brighter future – not just for humanity, but for every race in this galaxy. That is our duty, our dedication, to those who gave their lives for this new dawn..."
"In related news, Admiral Hackett had entered talks with Primarch Victus to create a duel human-turian command in the continued campaign against Cerberus holdouts..."
Spectre Terminal History – Lieutenant-Colonel Kaidan Alenko
Memorial to 323rd/329th Mechanized Battalions:The 103rd's two battalions of M35 Mako and M44 Hammerhead troops were wiped out to the last man during the charge on the Conduit. A memorial has been suggested to commemorate their sacrifice. [APPROVED]
Transfer and Promotion: Cpl. Graham Smith has been recommended for commissioned officer status within the proposed anti-Cerberus task force. [APPROVED]
Commendations: Commendations have been recommended for C-Sec officers Commander Bailey and his officers for their efforts in holding the C-Sec outpost on the Presidium. [APPROVED]
Killed in Action: Admiral Boris Mikhailovich has asked that Alliance personnel and heroes Commander R. Shepard and Flight Lieutenant Jeff Monroe be formally declared Killed in Action and the investigation into their loss halted. [DENIED]
OPERATION CHARON IS GO STOP. 63RD AND 79TH FLOTILLAS TO DEPLOY TO THE FATHAR SYSTEM STOP. ALL COMMS REMAIN SILENT FOR ELEMENT OF SURPRISE STOP.
The Elbrus was preparing.
General Oleg Petrovsky paced back and forth across the bridge, occasionally stopping to glance at his tactical display. There was no sign of activity – but that couldn't last. Eventually, Alliance fleets would come for them – and with just four cruisers and a handful of frigates, there was no way they could hold.
"General."
Petrovsky was shaken out of his thoughts as another man entered the bridge. He was dressed in a standard Cerberus lab uniform. He was an older man, wrinkled and thinning, with dull hazel eyes, freckles, and a mole under his nose. A slightly gravelly Irish brogue underlined his words. Yet this unassuming appearance masked a man of startling intellect – Dr. Winston Patterson, the head of Project Alpha.
"Doctor," nodded Petrovsky, venomously.
"Is this really the time for a petty grudge, General?" asked Dr. Patterson, crossing his arms.
"I don't hold grudges against animals," sniffed Petrovsky.
Patterson smirked and rolled his eyes.
"And is the flotilla ready?" he asked.
"Ready to die for a dead organisation and a lost cause?"
Petrovsky glared at Dr. Patterson.
"We haven't had any contact with any other Cerberus cells since the Reapers were destroyed," he snarled, "Why should I throw away what's left of my forces so that you can run some damn tests?"
"You act as though your men can still think for themselves," sneered Dr. Patterson.
Petrovsky winced.
"I'm sorry, General, was that a sore spot?" sniffed Dr. Patterson, "If you disagreed with the morals of the trooper's improvements, then you should have left earlier."
"I still believed back then," whispered Petrovsky.
"And now it is too late," finished Dr. Patterson, "The Alliance would imprison you, the turians would shoot you, and if Aria got her hands on you..."
He made a cutting motion across his neck.
"Keep them off us, General," he snapped, "Whatever the cost."
He walked out of the bridge, leaving the General alone.
2187 – Six months after the Battle of London.
The final remnants of Cerberus are on the run. A combined Alliance-Turian fleet, under the command of Admiral Stephen Hackett, has pushed them all the way back to the Terminus Systems. With Chronos Station gone, their command has centralised under General Oleg Petrovsky on Omega.
Now, ground forces under the command of Septimus Oraka and assisted by the forces of Aria T'Loak push through the cramped quarters of the space station, engaged in a heavily attritional battle against an entrenched and well-led enemy. With air and armour support impossible, casualties are mounting, but numbers are on the allied side. It seems that conflict is finally nearly over.
A strike force has now been dispatched to Archimedes Station in the Fathar system, the last remaining Cerberus scientific facility. Alongside the last vestiges of the organization's perverted science, the station also houses Petrovsky and his staff – co-ordinating the battle on Omega from a distance. If Archimedes Station falls, Omega will follow...
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