Thief

"Tell me Jane Daria," Liara asked over dinner at the mess table. "You are probably the kindest, most honest and definitely the most loving person I know. Why is it you use such underhanded tactics in battle?"

"It does seem contrary to your nature Shepard," Tali remarked.

"Not that I don't appreciate you being able to take down a geth prime that is over half a klick away," Williams said as she nodded in agreement. "But it does get annoying having to wait as you loot every single weapons locker in an enemy compound."

"Remind me Ash were did you get your favourite Assault rifle from?" Shepard queried.

"A weapons Locker on Virmire," the other human conceded.

"So why did you train as an infiltrator Commander?" Joker asked from the other end of the table.

"My parent's I guess," Shepard explained. "Growing up they always referred to pistols as inside guns and Sniper rifles as outside guns. I think it might be a Spacer thing you know. A weapon that's set up in ways so you don't rip the hull open if you use it inside."

"And a weapon that you could use on someone that's standing on the next asteroid over if you're outside," Tali completed having grown up in similar circumstances. "Although if some one has to use a weapon inside the actual flotilla that usually means some one has screwed up royally."

"Still doesn't explain your kleptomania skipper," Williams said a smirk on her face.

"I was getting there," Shepard complained. "That's about minimizing casualties."

"How so Jane Daria?" Liara asked this had been the most fascinating dinner conversation since to one about Pre-Prothean civilisation.

"The goal of any good infiltrator is to be able to sneak in, disarm the enemy and then take them out," Shepard explained. "The other training allows me to bypass doors and hack terminals to do just that. As for me checking every locker for something useful, ask the requestions officer how easy he's job's been since he transferred to the Normandy."

"I must admit a certain satisfaction at being armed with a pistol that formerly belonged to that Asari slaver when we confronted her," Liara commented.

"A definite edge psychologically," agreed Williams.

"All part of minimizing the death toll," Shepard stated. "Of course when you're up against something like a thresher maw…"

"It's okay Jane Daria," Liara said cuddling up to her spectre. "You did all you could on Akuze and those responsible are in the process of being bought to justice."

"I still feel bad though," Shepard said. "All I could do was find a firing position some distance away and take pot shots at anything that looked vulnerable."

"I still think we should try to find you a cloak of invisibility next time we hit the citadel," Ash said trying to brighten the mood. "Hey Liara is it true what they say about Rogues like our commander here?"

Liara stared at the gunnery chief blankly while Shepard's head hit the table.

"It's a very old joke Liara," Shepard mumbled. "If you have a few free hours tomorrow I'll explain it to you."

"Just before we head out," Shepard said to the Cerberus officers before her. "There is a function on this armour I haven't been briefed on yet."

"Oh yes," Miranda said. "Cerberus managed to reverse engineer geth cloaking technology."

"Just press the button on the inbuilt omni tool," Jacob began. "Then bam, the enemy can't see you."

"I'm most interested in seeing how some one with your reputation uses it Shepard," Miranda said in that irritating superior tone of hers.

"Great Ash is never going to let me hear the end of this," Shepard said under her breath.