Mass Effect: Aftermath
Chapter: 2
Great Northern one: I don't know my points was somewhere in the six thousands.
Straight Edghe: Thanks, most of the crossovers always have something happen that will make Shepard lose his/her weapons or have to downgrade to weaker ones. I wanted to try something different I wanted Shepard to have soldiers and resources behind her when she meet her enemies in this fanfic. I know its to balance it out to take away something from Shepard so the Dragon Age world has a chance to fight back but like I said I wanted to try something different.
HCVquizibo: Ouch but thanks for being honest.
If you want to see what my Shepard looks like here the code. (I don't make this Shepard myself I got her from (Mass Effect faces . com) I just changed her a little.)
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Note: I have two ME/DA crossovers right now so from now on I'll be working on them only. I'll be focusing on one chapter for Unexpected Events then moving my focus to Aftermaths next chapter then come back Unexpected Events then so on so forth. And I won't be updating my story for I don't know how long starting on July 15. Going out of town and when I get back I have to go straight to F***ing Jury Duty.
I have changed chapter one a little and will be uploaded soon just need to double check it.
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Shepard was standing outside her tent wearing black cargo pants, and a N7 tank top, she was looking around the small camp. It was night a few lamps lighting the inside of the tents. The camp took the whole day to set up, the large crates from the Normandy were emptied they were then moved around the camp making a wall of sorts but from the lack of crates it left a large opening in the front of the camp which was replaced with six fox holes and two trenches there was a gap in the middle of the trenches large enough for the vehicles to easily come and go.
They're a few Marines walking around the make shift walls and trenches lightly armed and armored. The guards in the trenches were carrying standard M-8 assault rifles while the ones on the walls were carrying either Mantis or Viper sniper rifles. They wore personal shield generators, armored shirts and cargo pants. The foxholes a few feet in front of the trenches held the auto turrets both were keeping watch for any dangers.
She then looked at the Atlas's, M-080, and Kodiak parked near the Normandy being recharged from their day of use. Most of the power used for the camp came from the Normandy many wires laid on the ground leading from the Normandy to what ever it was powering.
Around the Normandy was the tents housing her crew members each one held ten people in them, they were small but being trained Alliance Marines they're used to being in small sleeping quarters. The Marines not on duty were either resting or playing cards in their tents she could tell by the laughter coming from a few of the them.
Two of the much larger tents were used for Doctor Chakwas medical bay equipment as well as the Normandys provisions. The other held the ammo, weapons, and armor which Cortez, and James bunked in. Both tents were on both sided of the Normandy, the Medical on the left, the supply tent on the right.
Shepards tent had two rooms one was her sleeping quarters it had a cot and small desk holding her holo computer, the other room held the QEC. Both Liara, and Ashley's tents were next to Shepard's. Liara's tent held all her Shadow Broker equipment from her quarters on the Normandy. Ashley's was a simple tent just a weapons, and armor rack and a cot. Joker and EDI had their own tent right in front of the Normandy's cargo bay entrance.
"Admiral Shepard." Shepard looked to see Jackson walking toward her, her patrol team behind her moving towards the crew tents to rest.
"Commander, did you find anything on your patrol?"
"We found the water I'll upload its location to your Omni-tool. But the farmland we found seems to be taken by the natives of this planet." Jackson answered.
"Did you make contact with them?" Jackson shook her head.
"No I decide to play it safe and keep our distance encase they're hostile." Shepard nodded.
"Did you see what they look like?" Shepard asked, Jackson shook her head again.
"No we were to far to see but I do know they're humanoid." She answered, Shepard nodded Jackson stood next to her looking around the camp.
"Have the other squads arrived?" She asked.
"Yes Jericho and Misfit were attacked by some of the wild life on this planet." Jericho, and Misfit were the names for Zann and Wilson's teams. Jackson, O'Connor, and Harrison's team names were Viper, Zeta, and Noble.
"There were no injures they were able to fight off the animals with little effort. They both got back half an hour before you did. Noble, and Zeta arrived ten minutes ago." Shepard answered.
"Looks like you came in dead last Commander." Shepard said with a small smirk, Jackson let out a short chuckle.
When she stopped the two stood in silence for a few minutes until Shepard broke it.
"Is there something you want to talk about Jennifer off the record." Jennifer sighed.
"How long do you think we are going to be here stuck on this planet ma'am?" Jennifer asked, Shepard sighed.
"Honestly I don't know a week, a month, a year I... I just don't know but I promise you this I will get everyone here home safe." Jennifer nodded.
"I know you will Shepard, and I'll stand with you no matter wha..." Jennifer was interrupted by a loud shriek followed by a roar.
"HOSTILES." One of the guards in front of the camp yelled followed by gunfire. Shepard, and Jennifer looked to see coming from the darkness strange armored creatures charging toward the camp their faces were yellow and deformed they had no lips or eye lids and were carrying.
"Swords, and axes?" Shepard thought to herself. The few guard and auto turrets on the outskirts of the camp were firing at them kill a few but there was to many, the whole camp was a uproar nothing but people yelling.
"Hostiles, move move move, defense positions, get to the Atlas's and M-080."
Most of the Marines who moved to fight off the attackers were wearing their off duty uniforms. They all ran toward the attackers weapons raised and firing. Shepard and Jackson both ran to join the battle. Jackson had her Mattock, Shepard had a M-77 Paladin.
All the combat personal of the camp were running toward the trenches jumping in placing their rifles on the ridge of the trench firing at the creatures charging them. The attackers were not reacting to their comrades who were falling over dead. Shepard fired six rounds hitting six different creatures perfectly in between the eyes killing them instantly.
Ashley and Liara jumped in to the trench landing next to Shepard.
"What the hell is happening?" Ashley shouted over the loud gunfire.
"We're getting attacked Williams what do you think." Shepard shouted back as she blind fired hitting one of the attackers.
"Where are the Atlas's and M-080?" Shepard asked ejecting a spent thermal clip.
"The pilots are powering them up now." It was Liara that answered throwing warps at random attackers. The intrenched soldiers along with the auto turrets in the foxholes in front of them and snipers on the walls behind them were holding the attacker off fine but they were still slowly getting closer to the Marines.
"Admiral the Atlas's don't have enough power to help but the M-080 is powered up and on it way now." Jackson shouted, a few moments later the M-080 along with six Marines riding on its back.
The vehicle rolled past the trenches firing its main cannon, running over squashing any enemies who were unfortunate to be in front of the vehicle, and the Marines riding on its back fired where the M-080's cannon was not able to. The main cannon could turn and fire in all directions but the turret is not able to fire at enemies that were right next to it.
Shepard watched as the creatures who began to swarm and climb the vehicle trying to grab the Marines off the back of it, the Marines either stabbing them with their Omni-blades, or kick them off.
"Everyone move up and stop them from destroying the APC move." Shepard yelled, everyone in the trenches vaulted out running to help their comrades. When the Marines ran past the auto turrets the turrets powered down when the VI picked up friendly signatures. Shepard followed by her crew charged forward towards the vehicle firing at the deformed creatures killing them with chest and head shoots.
Shepard turned to see one of the creatures swing a very large axe aimed for her head. Shepard keeled down raising her arm activating her omni-tool. A large holographic shield appeared.
The shield was similar to the omni-blade being made up of small Mass Effect fields which trapped small balls of fire. When hit the fields will break sending the trapped flames out towards the attacker engulfing him.
When the creatures weapon hit the shield the flames shoot at him. The creature screamed in pain as the flames engulfed his entire body. His arms flailing around trying to put himself out. Shepard then stood, slowly aiming her pistol at the screaming creatures head and pulled the trigger the creatures head snapped back then fell over dead.
Around her the 79th was having little trouble keeping this creatures away from both themselves and the M-080 having both biotic soldiers and being veterans of the Reaper War four years ago where they battle hundreds of husks at a time making them used to close quarter combat, most of them switched to their onmi-blades and Scimitar Shotguns.
After a few minutes of fighting the battle was starting to died down the few attacking creatures start to turn and running away. When all the creatures either laid dead or running away, Shepard walked around seeing if any of the creatures that laid on the ground were still alive when Ashley called out to her
"Shepard looks like we have a live one over here." Ashley said kneeling near one of the creatures her pistol aimed at its head, it had a gunshot wound in its stomach blood oozing out, but it didn't reaction to it. Shepard moved toward them.
She keeled down next to the injured creature. It look at her with a blank expression or what she though was a blank face with its deformed face she couldn't tell.
"Can you speak?" She asked, the creature said nothing just continued to stare at her. She barely notice the small knife the creature had in its hand, it shrieked and slashed at her but she quickly held up her prosthetic arm the metal of the arm was to hard for the knife to cut threw.
Shepard then power up her biotics and punched the creatures face turning it to a bloody mess.
"Take this thing to the Med bay, have Chakwas and EDI study it." Shepard said calmly as she wiped the black blood from her hand on the grass. The two Marines nearest to her nodded grabbing the creature by the legs and dragging it away.
"How many thermal clips did we waste?" She asked to no one.
"Three to four clips per Marine." She hear Jenifer answer.
"Take all the wasted clips to Cortez and James see if they can savage them, and double the guards fully armed and armored." Jackson nodded.
"Yes ma'am."
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Kirkwall, Three months later.
Hawke walked in to the Viscounts office to see him sitting in his desk leaning on his elbows his hands covering his face. Seneschal Bran leaning next to him speaking in to his ear.
"The Chantry is getting concerned with this war between the Darkspawn and these new..." Bran paused as he noticed Hawke. "Outsiders." Bran then stood up straight as Hawke grew closer.
"Leave us." Dumar said keeping his head down Bran nodded and quickly left the office closing the door behind him. Dumar sigh and slowly stood and turned towards the window.
"First the hundreds of Qunari soldiers being stranded here and now these new outsiders camp out by Sundermount."
"Do you have any idea who they are?" Hawke asked.
"No all we know is they're fighting nearly none stop with the Darkspawn, but that doesn't surprise me as much as they are winning this war with the spawn." Hawkes brows lifted up a bit in surprise.
"How?" He asked.
"I don't know I tried to get scouts near one of the battles but its over before it begins all they find is dead Darkspawn and no trace of the new comers other then a few tracks. Anyway I call you here you for a reason you made a name for yourself going from commoner to noble in a year."
"And?" Hawke said.
"And I choose you to find the outsiders and persuade them to come here."
"What makes you think I will have any luck convincing them to?" Hawke asked.
"You have the ability to make people listen to you like the Arishok who allows you to come and go from the Qunari compound, maybe you can do the same to these outsiders."
"I still doesn't see how I going to convince them." Hawke said, Dumar sigh and pinched his nose.
"Hawke please do this for the city then, please Meredith is down my throat about these outsiders she want to know if they're a threat." Dumar said almost begging Hawke. Hawke look away from a moment then spoke.
"Fine I try to convince them, where at Sundermount are they camped?" Dumar let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Hawke, all we know is they're camped near Sundermount we don't know where exactly."
"Very well then I'll... go and find them." Hawke said before give a quick bow then walked out of the office heading for the Hanged Man.
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Sundermount
Hawke, Fenris, Sebastian, Carver and Isabella were walking through a valley toward the area the Viscount said the outsiders last battle took place. Hawke asked everyone to join him but only Fenris, Carver, Isabella, and Sebastian were able to join him. Fenris because he had nothing to do, Sebastian tag along to see if these outsiders followed, much to Hawke's annoyance the Chantry, Carver just to fight, and Isabella just because she was bored.
Everyone one else were not able to join. Varric had work to do with the merchants guild, Bethany didn't want to go encase of Templars were involved somehow, Anders had to many patients to treat at his clinic, Merill wanted to work on the broken mirror she had, and Aveline was need to maintain order in Kirkwall the city was in a up roar of sorts over these new outsiders.
"Hawke what do you know about this new outsiders?" Sebastian asked moving next to Hawke.
"Nothing only they're fighting the Darkspawn and winning." Hawke answered.
"How is that possible Ferelden barely won the war with them. I mean they all but destroyed the army at Ostagar with little effort." Carver said.
"We..." Sebastian was interrupted by a loud explosion. They all look to see a Darkspawn ogre land in a clearing that was in front of them. Its head was split in two and a large hole in its chest. The group look in shock as a small group of Hurlocks and Genlocks came in to view they were all being hit by something making them fall over dead with small holes in their bodies. A loud roar came and another ogre came to view charging at something, it want out of the groups view.
Hawke, Fenris, Isabella, Sebastian, and Carver all stood there with their mouths gaping open as the ogre that charged came flying back in to view landing on it back then a large blue and gold color behemoth stomped in to view.
The ogre got up and once again charge at it, the ogre was stopped by the behemoth arm that grab its throat it then raised its other arm to the ogre stomach and a loud bang came causing Hawke and his companions to cover their ears. They watched as blood spilled out of the hole in ogres stomach causing it to cry out in pain then fell over dead. Hawke and his group jumped when they hear a woman shout.
"Hostiles neutralized." They hear the female voice yell, they then saw six armored figures run in to view standing near to the behemoth holding what looked like crossbows. Three of them were women the other two were men. They looked around as if they were looking for something.
Hawke look at what they were wearing, blue colored armor that he never seen before on their chest were gold symbols in the shape of a small archway with three stars in the middle.
He then saw a pair of ogres followed by another group of darkspawn charge out of no where surprising the small group of blue armored soldiers. He watched as one of the males of the group was to slow to react as one of the ogres hit him in the chest with the back of its large hand sending him flying a few feet away when he landed, he cried out in pain.
"Man down." The other male of the group shouted. The blue armored soldiers turn and aimed their crossbows. Hawke saw small flashes of light come out of the crossbows followed by bangs but there was no arrows flying out but the darkspawn fell over dead anyway with holes in their chests.
The small group then moved to the fallen man forming a protective circle around him. The behemoth was fighting both the ogres while the soldiers defended their injured comrade from the Genlocks, and Hurlocks but there was to many and the group began to be overwhelmed.
"Come on we need to help them." Hawke yelled as he charged forward sword and shield drawn. Fenris, Sebastian, Carver, and Isabella quickly followed weapons ready. Hawke charged and sliced a darkspawn head off that was about stab the women who look like the leader of the group in the back.
The blonde haired woman turned and raised her hand and a red blade shoot out of her fist stopping a inch from Hawkes neck
"We're here to help." Hawke said quickly raising his hands in surrender, the woman didn't say anything just lowered her arm and moved back to fighting the Darkspawn. The behemoth already killed one of the ogres and was fighting off the last.
Hawke blocked a sword from a Hurlock who was aiming for his chest. He then countered with a stab to the darkspawns heart killing it instantly.
Sebastian was picking off darkspawn with his bow, when they got to close he would switch to his dagger. Carver and Fenris were carving their way threw darkspawn. Isabella was disappearing and reappearing behind darkspawn stabbing them in the back.
The behemoth and ogre were circling each other. The ogre was the first to act charging at the behemoth. The behemoth waited until the ogre was just a few feet away before swing its clawed arm punching the ogre making it fall on to its back the behemoth then walked toward it slamming its foot on to the ogres chest. The behemoth then aimed it arm at the ogres head and a loud bang was heard and the ogres head disappeared.
After all the darkspawn laid dead Hawke sheathed his sword and look at the women in front of him with her back turned to him.
"Lopez go check on Peters." She said one of the women with a large backpack ran over to the injured soldier who was groaning in pain, the women then turned to Hawke.
"Thanks stranger, you help us out of a tight spot." She said placing the strange crossbow on her back.
"Commander Jackson of the Systems Alliance, can I ask what your doing out here in the middle of no where?"
"My name is Hawke, we been look for you actually." Jackson stared at him blankly.
"Why?" She asked crossing her arms.
"The Kirkwall Chantry knows of the war your fighting with the Darkspawn and they want you to come to Kirkwall to... well to talk."
"That not up to me that up to my CO Admiral Shepard." Jackson said.
"Then can you take us to him?"
"Her, and yes I can take you to Shepard as long as you hand over all your weapons when you meet her." Hawke look at his companions.
"You all willing to give up your weapons?" He asked they all nodded, he turned back to Jackson. "Yes we understand."
Jackson nodded turning to the behemoth behind her, she raised her arm pointing to the sky and made a circular motion for a few moments then point to her right. The behemoth then start moving in the direction she pointed. She then moved to Lopez who was helping the man named Peters to stand.
"Is he good to go?" She asked, Lopez nodded.
"Yes, I gave him some pain killers that should last him long enough to get back to camp to get fixed up." She answered as she placed Peters arm around her shoulders and wrapped her arm around his waist to support his weight.
Jackson nodded before turning to Hawke.
"Come on you can keep your weapons until we reach our camp." Hawke followed by Fenris, Sebastian, Carver, and Isabella followed the blue armored soldiers toward their camp.
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After a few hours of following Jackson, Hawke and his companions came to a grass clearing a small camp at the base of the mountain. Walls were cover all side of the camp except the front of it. As they grow closer Hawke noticed a strange looking... ship toward to back of the camp.
"How in the Makers name did a ship get there?" He thought to himself. It had holes in it which to him looked like claw marks made from a dragon.
When he was at the entrance of the camp he noticed the trenches more of the blue armored soldiers in them, some were talking and laughing while playing what look to like Wicked Grace, others just sitting their backs leaning on the dirt wall. The same crossbows Jackson had laying on the ridges of the trench pointing at the direction they just came from, the soldiers ignored Hawke and his companions as they passed by them.
Before they entered the camp Jackson turned and stopped Hawke, her team block the entrance to the camp. Lopez, Peters and the Behemoth ignored them continuing in to the camp.
"This is were you hand over your weapons. You'll get them back when you leave." Jackson said firmly
"You seem very protective of this Admiral Shepard." Fenris said handing his great sword to one of the soldiers.
"I would give my life for her, everyone in this camp would do the same." Jackson said.
"What made you so loyal to her?" Sebastian asked.
"She god damn hero and she saved my life as well as our entire home from the Reapers." Jackson said as she took his bow and dagger. Carver felt jealousy built inside of him when he hear Jackson say this Admiral Shepard was a hero.
"What did she do win one small fight or something." Carver joked as he gave his sword to Jackson who was glared at him.
"Carver." Hawke groaned pinching his nose, he then noticed the soldiers in the trenches stopped talking along with them and Jackson's team they were all glaring at Carver. Before he could do anything Jackson dropped both Sebastian and Carvers weapons and walked up to him and shouted.
"Admiral Alicia Shepard is a living fucking legend she has eight Stars of Terra the high honor in the Alliance Military, a Turian Nova Cluster, Salarian Silver Dagger, and a Citadel Palladium Star, she is the Hero of Elysium, Butcher of Torfan, Hero of Eden Prime, Hero of the Citadel, Hero of Horizon, Destroyer of the Collectors, Hero of Earth, Savior of the Alliance, Savior of the Galaxy and Destroyer of the Reapers." When Jackson was done Hawke and his companions jumped when they heard everyone around them shout.
"OORAH."
She then grabbing Carver by the collar of his shirt bring his face a few inches away hers so she could staring right in to his eyes.
"If I were you I'd show her the fucking respect she deserves you understand me boy." She growled making Carver squirm in fear.
"Alright, alright I'm sorry." Carver whimpered, Jackson held him close for a few more moments before shoving him away making him stumble to the ground landing on his back side and turning to a man standing behind her.
"Summers hold on to these weapons." The man saluted then gathered Hawke's and his companions weapons.
"When you leave the camp talk to me I'll be here." Summers said, Hawke nodded then turned to Jackson
"Follow me." Jackson said moving in to the camp. Hawke, Isabella, Fenris, Sebastian followed. Carver stood dusting himself off then ran to catch up. Hawke looked around the camp seeing people threw out the camp doing different things, some were sitting around relaxing others running around from tent to tent carrying different things from small, and large boxes to from what Hawke could see was small clipboards with blue lights glowing from them.
Jackson lead the group to one of the tents he saw a women with her back turned to him leaning over a table look down at what look like to him was a map. She had black shoulder length hair with a few strains of gray, she was in black armor with blood red strip running from her right shoulder pad down to her wrist. On her back was two of the strange crossbows, and a sword he never seen before, and two smaller crossbows on both sides of her waist.
"... Jericho squad is moving to reinforce you ETA five minutes Commander Zann when they arrive make your way back to camp." Hawke look at her confused because it look like she was talking to the table.
"Admiral Shepard." Jackson spoke causing the woman to slowly turn. When she stood full height Hawke was surprised she was taller then him by half a head. Hawke stopped himself from gasped when he saw her eyes they were glowing bright green. He then saw the front of her armor noticing a letter and number reading N-Seven and next to the seven was a small blood red triangle. The women looked at Jackson with her arms crossed.
"Commander, is there a reason you brought some of the natives in to my camp?" The women said firmly not bothering to look at Hawke keeping her focus on Jackson. Hawke look at her seeing the two scars on her face he then noticed something was wrong with her arm, it had no skin on it just nothing but bone but not bone it was pure black metal. Hawke look away from her arm and back at her face when Jackson spoke.
"I am sorry ma'am, this man help us out when we were attacked he insisted on talking with you about the attacks on us." The woman finally look at Hawke and his companions behind him with a blank expression.
"Very well, Jackson your dismissed." Jackson saluted and walked away the woman then fully turning to Hawke. "What your and friends names kid?" She asked him putting her hands behind her back.
"My name is Garret Hawke, this is my brother Carver." Hawke pointed next to him at Carver who was glaring at her. "And these are my friends Sebastian, Fenris, and Isabella."
"Hello." Sebastian said happily.
"Hey sweet thing." Isabella said winking at Shepard who didn't react to it. Fenris gave a simple nod. Carver said nothing just continued to glare at her.
"Pleasure, I am Alicia Shepard Commanding Officer of the SSV Normandy, now your here about the attacks on my Marines."
"Yes the Viscount of Kirkwall has sent me here to ask you to come and discuss where your from and why your here."
"You mean to discuss if I am a threat to you." Hawke eyes widened a little before he could speak again Shepard stopped him.
"When is this happening?" She asked.
"I... I was told to return with you as soon as possible." Hawke answered.
"Very well I need to make preparations come back here in thirty minutes, and for helping my men in combat your free to come and go as you please if you explore the camp don't interrupt my men from their duties, and my ship is off limits." Shepard said firmly when she spoke about her ship.
"If you have questions talk to my XO Ashley Williams she will either be in her tent other here." She pointed to the tent to her left. "Or over seeing the exercise area over near the medical tent." She then pointed to a large tent with a large red cross on it on the other side of the camp.
"I understand and thank you for accepting." Hawke said, Shepard simply nodded and walked in to her tent.
"Come on I want explore this camp a little." Isabella said happily before running off.
"Isa... damn that woman." Hawke said threw his teeth. "Well come on." He said to the three men stand in front of him.
Hawke followed Isabella towards a small group of men and women. The women were dressed in black tank tops and shorts while the men were only dressed in shorts. The group was in two lines facing each other.
Hawke watched as they all at the same time punched at their opponents who blocked their attacks. He noticed the tattoo on their shoulders the number seventy nine underneath that a well detailed drawing of a Phoenix its flaming wings spread out as if it were flying upward, it head turned to the side.
Carver stood next to Hawke watching the soldiers spar.
"I wouldn't mined test myself against this lot." He said as all at once the people in the left line grab their opponents arm flipping them over to the ground then punched at their stomach but stopped a few inches before their fists connected. They then stood helping their opponents to their feet then resumed the sparring.
"It you think you can handle it by all means join in." A female voice spoke behind Carver. The group turned to see a black hair woman with a scar on her lip, she was wearing blue armor with a S-seven on the right side of the chest plate. She had her arms crossed as she stared at Carver.
"I'm Major Ashley Williams, Admiral Shepard's XO. So what to you say, you think you can handle it?" She said with a smirk.
"Sure give me a opponent and I'll beat him." Carver said with confidence. The woman nodded.
"Rodriguez get over here." She yelled, Carver was a little shock as a small woman who barely reached his chest come running toward Ashley.
"Ma'am Servicemen Rodriguez reporting as ordered." She said saluting.
"This man here need a sparring partner." Ashley said pointing toward Carver. Rodriguez looked at Carver and nodded.
"Yes ma'am."
"Ar... are you sure I'm twice her size." Carver said staring at Rodriguez who moved to stand in front of him.
Ashley shrugged. "Well go easy on her then." Carver would soon regret his decision to spar with this woman.
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Shepard's Tent
Shepard, and Liara stood in front of Hackett, and Kahlee Sander Holograms.
"Yes Admiral I can confirm they're humans on this planet as well." Shepard said. Hackett was rubbing his chin.
"How is that possible?" Kahlee Sanders said. Shepard asked for Liara, and Sanders for their scientific views.
"We don't know ma'am, maybe... maybe they were placed here." Liara said.
"Who would have done that and why?" Hackett asked.
"Maybe Cerberus as one of their experiment?" Kahlee offered as she looked at Hackett's hologram who was shaking his head.
"No we collected all the data from Cronos station before we destroyed it. There was no record of experiments involving dropping humans on random planets." Hackett answered.
"Add to that they're to primitive, they're still in what I think is the Medieval age." Shepard said. Liara sighed rubbing her forehead before quickly dropping her hand when a answer pop in her head.
"Wait maybe, just maybe it was the Protheans that placed them there." She said.
"Why would they do that?" Hackett asked.
"Maybe they thought the Reapers harvested everything even the younger races. Maybe they moved some races to different planets to protect them from the Reapers during their war." She answered, Shepard nodded then spoke.
"Yes I remember Javik saying that they deactivated some of the Mass Relays in their cycle to stop the Reapers from getting to our home worlds, maybe they moved some races to different planets encase they still got to us."
"Its possible." Kahlee said folding her arms.
"But that was fifty thousand years ago wouldn't they be more advanced?" Hackett asked.
"Maybe the resources of this planet may be the reason or maybe they were hidden in stasis somewhere on the planet until the Reapers left." Liara answered.
"Well we'll never know, Shepard you said this man who came to your camp asked you to go with him?" Hackett asked.
"Yes sir his leader wants to meet with me to see if I'm a threat to them. What to you want me to do?" Shepard said crossing her arms.
"I want you to go and show your not a threat then I want you to keep the peace as best you can." Shepard nodded.
"Yes sir, any update on the Mass Relay?" Shepard asked looking at Kahlee.
"Yes from what we could find was the core we used for the Relay was to small we are looking threw the Reaper corpses for a larger one that still intact." Kahlee answered.
"How long?" Shepard asked, Kahlee sighed.
"I won't lie Shepard even when we do fine the core we will have to retrofitted the Relay to fix anything wrong which will take... three to four years." Shepard sighed leaning on the rail of the QEC lowering her head.
"I... I'm sorry Shepard." She said.
"I understand we will be find just get the Relay fixed." Shepard said as she stood up straight.
"We will, just stay alive Admiral that an order." Hackett said.
"Yes sir." Shepard saluted Hackett nodded then his hologram figure disappeared. Shepard then turned and left the room followed by Liara.
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Just in case anyone confused when I say armored shirts and cargo pants the guard are wearing, its what Anderson was wearing in ME3.