It was wonderful. The construction and placement of the working station and the holograms gave a clean and elegant look. Jane wanted to hug the Normandy and never let go. She threw her bag on the floor and crashed onto the bed, the others smiled at her enthusiasm. The bed was a little disappointing but she had worse.

"How do you like this place so far?" Jane opened her eyes and saw a handsome man standing beside her bed.

"It's so awesome! I can't believe I'm here. On the Normandy, THE Normandy." She sat up and the left some space and invited the man to sit down.

"Kaidan Alenko." presented the man himself and reached out one of his hands. He had a very charming smile Jane noticed.

"Jane Shepard." Jane could not hide a smile when she saw his face, and shakes his hand. She could imagine the warmth that flooded from his palm.

"Nice, so we have another Shepard on board. I worked with your brother during Eden Prime."

"I heard about Jenking, I'm sorry."

"He was a good man, but it was nothing we could have done. Your brother made the right choice."

"He is a good leader my brother. Have always been, will always be."

"Agreed." Jane liked this man, he made her feel warm and welcomed. He reminded her of how John made her feel when they were children. John's voice sounded through out the speakers. He had told her about the mission and everything, even the danger. She had shot him down every time he tried to convice her to stay on the citadel. Even Andersson told him to let her come, because he would have chose to and John respected Andersson highly. John was a natural leader and he took his role serious. She was about to explode with pride and joy when she heard his speech to the crew.

Jane left the sleeping quarters after they approached the mass relay and started to explore the ship. Even if she did not understand all the technology that surrounded her, she could not elude to be impressed by it. She synchronized her omnitool to the ship's database and downloaded a map over every floor. She stated that the ship was enormous,closed the map and went into the elevator. It took forever to arrive to the second floor and Jane could not understand what took so long. Finally the doors slide open and she walked right into something big and red.

"Wow, you are a krogan!"

"Did not see you there human." The krogan chuckled for himself before getting serious.

"Jane Shepard" She presented herself, eager to get to know the big and brutal alien. She had meet krogans before, but did not expect to meet one on the Normandy. The once at the citadel was not known for being friendly, but Jane had always loved them since they were famous as formidable warriors.

"The Shepard sibling everyone's talking about. Hope you are not trying to live up to the rumor about your brother, because you will lose." was all he said and went into the elevator. Jane was left standing and confused, even a bit disappointed. She had hopped that the krogan would show more interest, she wanted to take part of the big krogan glory, but he just left.

"No need to care about him, he don't talk much." a woman cried out. She sat besides the armor- and weapon lockets, polishing an assault rifle.

"So you are the other Shepard?"

"Jane is the name." She felt frustrated to be in second place, she had certainly made a name for herself during the Blitz and she had the scars to prove it.

"Nice to meet you Jane. First time serving on a ship?"

"No I was stationed on Apha Columbus for some years." Jane opened her own locket and found her old, trusty armor. It had seen better years, but it had save her life many times.

"Columbus? heard that was a good ship, Captain Wilka have a fine reputation. By the way, I'm Ashley Williams."

"Nice meeting you Ashley. I'm taking a trip through the ship to meet the crew, but it seems like everyone already know I'm here."

"Well rumors spread fast when you are trapped in a limited space. How do you like those you met so far?" Ashley stopped cleaning her assault rifle and inspected her handiwork.

"Well all the humans I've met have been welcoming, but I have only met the krogan so I should not judge everyone yet." Ashely lowered her voice.

"I must say that I don't trust all the aliens on this ship. It's a human ship so they don't have any reason to be here."

"If they can fight for themselves, then they are good enough for me." Ashley did ot seem particular happy with her answer. She continued cleaning her rifle.

"You sound exactly like your brother." Jane gave her a sharp look of dislike.

"Sorry, I did not mean to offend you, but your brother and I had this discussion not so long ago." Jane still felt like her pride was hurt, but accepted the apology.

"He have always accepted and respected people."

"yeah he's a good man."