Memories: "The one shot station", 2164:

"Sam, Sam Wake up! Sleepy bastard!" Matt voice yelling.

"Let me sleep until the assault." I had not sleep last night thinking in a way to get out of the station.

"They postponed the attack; more forces will be coming today."

"And how the hell everyone will get out of the place?" Was only getting worse.

"They are the Blue Suns; they don't care if some men are cannon fodder."

"This was supposed to be an infiltration job, and simple, how many are coming?"

"I don't know, but the blue suns will be distraction for an infiltration team set the armament and destroy the station."

"Wait, now they want to destroy it, the job was enter, free the slavers and maybe do some kills, not blow up a space station!" If this is the infiltration team had better not blow everyone, I expect to retire someday.

"Our payment will increase."

"Why?" Something was wrong with his expression.

"We are the infiltration team." He has to be joking.

"You sign us for the most dangerous part of the mission?"

"Wasn't my fault, they know you are N7 and an engineer."

"And his partner is N6 and bomb specialist."

"See, not my fault." It was the truth.

"Just the two of us?"

"Yes, but I think that's better." And really was better less people.

"All right, let me think something. I am open to suggestions." Wasn't going to be easy.

"Cloaking maybe?" Not bad.

"Yes, we can cover our approach."

"I will go see if someone have long periods cloaking devices for sell or something." Good idea.

"Meet me here if you find at least one."

"I will." He headed out the door.

Now, the plan was how to get in, because the way out was covered. Go with my ship, enter by airlock or the armory, normally it's where the shuttles are, and get out after set the munitions to implode, probably exiting by the enter point or hijacking a shuttle or fighter. A simple plan but efficient, and simplicity was required if a big contingency was about to enter a space station. FYI, the station was built to prevent the hard life on the colony. Luckily, they anticipated any attempt of attack, leaving it way off any city, and they had an Eezo core for maneuver. I anticipated that too and when I saw the specifications the plan was already "divide and conquer", with me going to the core, as engineer and Matt to the armory, as he was the bomb expert.

I was testing a new Sniper Rifle I purchased before going to the planet when Matias appear with a smile in his face:

"Hit a few at least?" In fact, the weapon is very precise.

"With this sniper I can hit a target farther than three thousand kilometers." I wasn't joking.

"This weapon is that good, because you aren't."

"Who saved your ass last job covering you with a sniper?"

"All right, you did, but they weren't this far, maybe two and a half, tops." He was a bit good with distances, but not enough for be the one with a sniper. He like close quarter combat, and uses mostly shotguns and hand cannons.

"Yes, but what you found?"

"I found one old cloaking working in the common equipment and bought other for a small fortune, but is okay, I can have that." This generosity was rare.

"You tested them both?" I had to be sure they are working.

"Yes, both can maintain a field for three hours before overheating." That should be enough.

"Let me see if I can upgrade them."

"Here, but I think someone already tamper with both."

I scanned both with my Omni-tool, but he was right, someone already bypassed the energy system to make the field last more time, and they did a good job because three hours was a good time, maybe they could even last more, but overheating, and three hours is enough to do the job, then I said:

"Maybe they cannot hold enough to last until the escape, but is sufficient to reach the armory and the core."

"Yes, and the escape we will have the teams covering our exits." Good, they could draw the attention out of us.

"When do we go?"

"Tonight, when it's most dark."

"Who told you?" A surprise attack was a good idea.

"The contractor, Benny P. Senior." Benny Price.

Night, 00:14. Fourteen minutes before we, the infiltration team, enter the station, the diversion entered at midnight, in the CIC they will signal the infiltration team where the forces of the station are more focused. By the time they are inside only 10% of the personnel is guarding the Armory, the Drive Cores and the Crew Quarters. Leaving room to maneuver through the station with small problems. Matias looked preoccupied:

"Are you nervous Matt?"

"Just the basic chill before an attack, but these cloaking devices are worrying me a little. Will they hold long enough?" I was thinking the same.

"They are modified already, if we go fast enough they can even cover our exits, and if we lock the doors, we can deactivate them for a while."

"Well, this might work."

Suddenly, my comm start to ring, and when I answer I hear a desperate voice calling for me:

"Someone in this channel, I am Benny Price Junior and I'm trapped in the captain cabin, there was a trap and my arm is broken, if someone is hearing this I will pay fifty Thousand credits to anyone who get me out."

I said, without thinking much time, a mistake, but I said even so:

"I am from the infiltration team, where is the cabin?"

"In the end of the Crew quarters, I locked the door but I don't know if there is anyone out."

"We need you Samuel, just explode the armory will not be enough to set the station to Adek."