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Not sure if your one of my regular reviewers who forgot to log in or a new reviewer, either way thank you and I'm glad you like Lord Gothic's killing of Revan's team. I guess he'll have to get new sidekicks or just use Mission and the Wookie.
Natalie Portman aka Padme would be helpful in running the government I will go after her this chapter but as Senator Padme rather than Queen as she needs some experience.
I don't think I'll have Lord Gothic go after the Star Wars galaxy for a while yet. The Mass Effect Galaxy is mostly still unmapped after all and after is the Halo Verse as the UNSC will be easier to take over as it has desperate leaders and the Covenant aren't that great. The Flood is a bit of a problem but thankfully they are isolated on the Halos which can be destroyed or the Eternal Empire can invest in lots of robot soldiers to fight the Flood.
Or I could steal Shinzons warbird with that organic killing death ray?.
Kaiya Smith
The laylines seem like they would make things to easy I want my character to struggle and have set backs.
As for the magic systems well magic is often just a word for a science we don't understand. Magic is at the end of the day just a way to use a type of energy to achieve an effect. At least that's how I see it.
Yes he wanted the real Ebon Hawk for a collection later having a copy isn't the same thing. But once he has he reality traversing space ship he can't just grab it from later in the time line.
I don't think he needs to bother about storing people as with 5th element cloning tech he get a perfect copy of anyone he kills at any time he wishes as long as he has a single living cell from their body.
Emperor Gothic Book One. Part Four.
Cloaked Cerberus Space Station. Unnamed System. Mass Effect Galaxy. About Six Months After ME1.
The next three months were going to be rather dull compared to what I had been doing so far. I was going to spend at least twelve weeks travelling around this galaxy converting everyone I could to may cause.
In order to be able to board military vessels and publicly met important people I needed to exist officially which meant becoming a citizen of the Alliance.
Now this was a bit of problem as if there ever had been a version of me in the this universe he'd of died in the 21st century which meant if anyone found out my real name and date of birth well they'd be wondering how the hell I was still alive.
So I needed a new identity which was wasn't as hard to arrange as you think giving the resources Cerberus commanded. Of course as I was planning to be Emperor of the Galaxy one day soon I couldn't be a nobody and I had no desire to be called anything other than Lord Gothic.
This was something Cerberus could actually do.
Changing your name to one word was allowed by law but it was rare for anyone but a pop star to do that but I could afford it. So I was now officially Mr. Gothic. Kind of silly really and I like being called Lord.
Thankfully its not that hard to become a lord if your willing to bribe or convert the right people such as those who the fund Cerberus as they can then introduce you the kind of people who can give you titles.
Namely the current Monarch of Great Britain.
The way I became a lord was to join the House of Lords. The Monarch can appoint a person to the House of Lords if they perform an 'exemplary service for the country' I did this buy 'inventing' the Alliance's newest energy weapon The Plasma Rifle. My plasma was different than the Fallout version and actually had a few design features in common with a Jaffa staff weapon (thankfully the weapon was a rifle and could actually hit what you were aiming at) due to the fact that I had Goa'uld genetic memory to give me an understanding of the science behind it and that had influenced the design in small ways.
As I was the 'inventor' I got to chose who produced the Plasma Rifle for military use. (Something that was making the alien races nervous already) I chose a British company to be sole supplier of the Plasma Weapon to the Alliance and most of the local armed forced as each nation on Earth still had its own terrestrial army.
You see the Alliance Navy is just that its a space navy which also handles the security of humanities colonies. The Alliance is made up of Earth's most power nations ,including the UK, but it hasn't totally unified Earth. There are still nations on that planet that aren't even part of the Alliance and don't have access to space ships.
That would change once I was in charge but for now it meant that my patented Plasma Rifle was only going to be sold to certain nations. Not that this mattered as the none Alliance nations couldn't afford then in bulk anyway.
Anyway this all led to Great Britain economy getting a big boost with more to come as I promised to have my future 'inventions' also mass produced via British companies which assured my set in the House Of Lords once the Monarch of my nation was converted.
As I could now convert small groups this wasn't so hard and through Elizabeth the Fourth I was assured access to other world leaders and perhaps even the Alliance Parliament who were the real power in the galaxy these days.
So I was now Lord Gothic and able to move openly as such. This meant I could travel around and convert even more important people who would, due to social niceties, always make time to speak to a lord who was also a major arms dealer.
Made getting an appointment with the Asari representative easy enough and she was eager to discuss the possibility of gaining Plasma Weapons for her people.
Of course she couldn't as the deal I had made prohibited me selling plasma (and laser )weapons to the other races I could sell them the designs for the improved Mass Effect weapons.
Seven of Nine had already come up with twelve new models all of which were slight improvements over the best the market currently had. She could of come up a model with all those improvements in but why sell one new model that highly out performs the current ones when you could sell twelve models over the next two years and still outsell all your competition.
I was becoming a little like Tony Stark (in the sense that he's a genius and got rich selling weapons to the government) really all I needed was a fancy suit of armour. Granted Stark had never wanted to rule the world but I did say a little like.
Actually thinking about it if this whole Rule The Multi-Verse idea didn't pan out I could make myself a very rich man one of the less advanced versions of Earth. Heck I could even go into the Super Villain business in one of the comic book worlds if I wanted to.
Well those were nice ideas but why aim so small unless you had to. No I already knew that I would spend my life (which could be a very long one given how many ways I could become Immortal) trying to build a massive star-spanning empire. My inner megalomaniac wouldn't allow me to do anything less.
Still even though I wanted to rule thousands of worlds across galaxies I really didn't want to have to deal with the minor political details that would no doubt crop up and I'd need an experienced ruler to help me write laws and such.
Of course there weren't many women who could help me led a nation and be attractive enough to deserve a place in my harem.
Senator Padmé Amidala sprang to mind and she was quite sexy to boot plus by the time she became a Senator she had already ruled a planet as a mere teenager so if anyone could be my political advisor and be a good shag it would be her.
She'd end up doing a lot of the work once things got going but I'd make it worth her while. A nice title, a good income maybe even a fancy palace to live in.
Speaking of that trip Miranda should be here with the details of the trip by now. Wondering where she had gotten to I pressed down the intercom button and ordered her to my office.
She came a few moments later a little out of breath but rather happy with herself. I took pity on her and let her sit on my lap as there wasn't another chair in this room.
"It's all arranged my lord" she explained. "First we'll take a cloaked Cerberus ship to Earth. Then we will be boarding the SSV Dreadnought Kilimanjaro which is due for patrol duty around the Citadel".
I never liked the idea of naming Dreadnoughts after mountains and whatnot, when I am in charge Dreadnoughts will have names like The Invincible and The Conqueror. Names that tell you all about the ship.
"The Kilimanjaro will a month later be returning to Earth via Arcturus Station, there you will be able to convert the parliament and the stations staff".
Not only I would be able to get a good chunk of the Alliance's leadership under my control while on that station I'd also be able to convert a lot of military personal which was a very important thing to do.
"Then after resupply the Dreadnought will be taking a tour of every human colony and outpost " informed Miranda. "Altogether this should take about three months".
Which meant that I'd be able to 'adjust' every human leader of the colonies and in case of some of the smaller colonies their entire populations.
So even if I couldn't get the massive populations of Earth converted I could at least get most of the colonists out there on my side.
Still even if I got every human leader under my control as well as most of the Navy I'd still likely face rebellions on Earth and the more well populated colonies. Which was one of the reasons why I was going to wait until after the Reapers arrived and then save the Alliance using my new weapons.
Those new weapons would actually be copies of missile launchers taken from the star ship Andromeda but using local materials. They'd be inferior to the real thing but they would have more than enough punch to kill Reapers if every Cerberus ship had one.
The Andromeda itself would deal with most of the Reapers as there were quite a lot of them.
Then when my popularity was at its highest and I had most humanity's leadership under my command I would declare myself humanities new ruler by having the Alliance parliament elect me dictator for life. Then the Alliance would become my Eternal Empire.
Most of the lower classes would either eat this up for breakfast or not really care who was in charge. Rebellion was most likely to come from those upper class members I hadn't converted and the more populaces middle classes.
Of course by then I hoped to have enough of the Alliance Navy (or as they be called then the Imperial Navy or perhaps Imperial Starfleet) under my command and they would deal harshly with any rebel scum.
But before my refined plan could come into effect I had to ensure that only was the Alliance leadership behind but also that aliens wouldn't object or try to take advantage of the change in rulership.
That was why I had been so glad that I could convert the Asari as if they encouraged the other races not to get involved they likely wouldn't accept maybe for those four eyed slavers.
But I was getting ahead of myself yet again I still needed to actually take this three month tour. And then I'd likely the same amount of time converting as many Asari leaders as I could. Hopefully I would be able to get enough that my fledging empire could conquer the blue skinned babes with as little bloodshed as possible.
If I could learn to convert whole planets like the Mule had been able to then maybe that conquest would be possible quickly enough that no other race could ally the others against me.
"Make sure you book a similar tour to Illum and any other Asari worlds humans have access too". I told my assistant who was now moving on my lap getting me hard while we spoke.
"I can arrange that my lord" half whispered Miranda as she softly gave me what some would call slow a lap dance. "There are quite a few Asari colonies that act as trade hubs. I've been told of a few hotels on Illum where they give give outstanding service to those who can afford it".
I was very impressed at Miss Lawson's skill at multitasking she able to stimulate me while sending out messages from her hand held computer. Not that I had any idea who she was contacting thanks her other activity.
"Be sure to book me only the best" I told my sectary/sex slave. "Its just a shame we have to spend so much time on board ships".
"I'm sure that I can make the time pass pleasantly" she promised "And I'll have your Jedi to assist me".
Miranda had been fascinated by Bastila and vice versa when the two woman discovered that they both had abilities beyond those of normal people. Miranda was interested in becoming Force Sensitive herself believing that it could make her a more powerful biotic.
I didn't want my servants getting too powerful and while Miranda would never go behind my back to get such power she wasn't stopped from trying to earn it. I'd give in sooner or later but for now I was just going to enjoy her attempts to earn such a gift. I'd award her a minor amount of Sensitivity after the tour and maybe increase it once I was Emperor.
My personal whore picked up the pace of her 'lap dance' and asked if I wanted her alone or if she should fetch another member of harem to amuse me.
I decided to have Miranda bring in Seven for a little fun. I'd have plenty of time to use Lawson when were stuck on a ship.
And perhaps Cameron could join in as well, a nice threesome with the Cerberus operative watching would be rather fun. I wouldn't get to use either cyborg during my tour of this galaxy as their part machine natures would make Seven a pariah at best and my Terminator would attacked on sight given how fearful the Citadel races were of AI.
The woman on my lap pressed down the intercom and ordered the cyborgs to my office.
The Andromeda Verse. Just After The Events Of "To Lose The Fateful Lightening".
The reason I had chosen this point in the time line to steal the Andromeda was a simple one.
Rommie the Avatar of Andromeda AKA the ship made flesh had just been created and if you have the option to add a hot robot babe with mad skills to your harem then why not take it.
It was also early on in Dylan's adventures and so no worlds had joined the new Commonwealth meaning that Hunt had no allies or safe harbour to flee to, not that it would matter with my plan but it was best to try and limit your foe's options even when you have lots of other advantages.
There was also a single nova bomb taken from a Commonwealth space station now stored on the ship. With that weapon I could destroy an entire solar system if I felt the need, something that could come in handy one day.
The temptation to use such a weapon would overwhelming if I had more than one of them so I had resisted the urge to grab the Andromeda earlier in its time line. Which might not of been possible when it had a full crew and perhaps back up nearby. So I was going to grab at this point in time.
It was surprisingly easy to do so. The ship was under crewed and while the Andromeda AI was quite powerful it was no match for Beta as long as she had time to do her work. That meant keeping the Manipulator in close contact with a suitable access point, which was all over the ship really.
Now all my harem had to do was to keep Captain Hunt as his band of misfits away from me long enough for Beta to her job.
They were free to kill anyone but Beka Valentine as while I didn't want her for my harem she was a brilliant pilot and I was going to need someone like her to fly the Andromeda when it was mine. She had genemods which improved her reaction times, those mods could be copied for the other pilots who served in my future Starfleet or Star Navy as I liked the sound of that.
As for the other female Trance Gemini well death didn't permanent for her but she wasn't that directly dangerous at least not in her purple monkey phase. There was no way in hell I was going to try and convert... whatever the hell she was and the rest could be killed.
Harper might have been useful but the little pricks not worth the annoyance he would bring into my life I'd just end up killing him anyway. But if he didn't get in my way I'd be kind and drop him off somewhere, or more likely have Cameron do it.
The Magog was going in the Manipulator in case I ever decided the conquer the known worlds of the this universe, having his dead body for study might be helpful.
As would the Uber Tyr actually I'd collect a living blood sample before killing his body and have it studied he might be to dangerous to keep around but his modifications might be useful for when I built my superhuman army.
So far the ship had tried shooting at us to no effect and then gone and sealed off the deck which actually worked to our advantage as it made it harder for the enemy crew to get to us. By now reversing the lock down wouldn't easy as the ship's AI was being forced to focus its efforts on preventing its rewrite.
This was all kind of dull for me as I was just standing my this terminal doing nothing. At least Cameron and Bastila had something to focus on.
"Rewrite complete" reported Beta, at least.
"That took longer than I expected" I remarked.
"The AI controlling this ship is far more advanced than the one controlling the Terminator" explained Beta. "I also had to erase a back up copy and apply the rewrite to the AI's physical avatar".
Which meant Rommie was now mine.
"Order Rommie to kill all the bridge crew but not Valentine " I commanded.
I waited a few moments before teleporting the two harem members and myself to the bridge. Rommie had caught the bridge crew by surprise and killed all but Valentine and Hunt.
I shot the freighter captain with my zat and used my powers to crush Hunt's windpipe before he could pull another victory out of nowhere and somehow defeat the ship made flesh.
"All to easy" I muttered as I looked for the captain's chair.
There was no Captains chair, that sucked.
"Andromeda!" I shouted at the AI on the screen. "During the refit your about to undergo make sure that there is a nice big chair for me to sit on when on the bridge".
"As you command my lord" replied the rewritten AI.
I did so love it when people (assuming an AI counted as a person) acted as if my very words were law. Which they were for the converted and controlled.
The android version of Andromeda came and stood beside me.
"Any further orders Lord Gothic?".
"Yes" I replied "pile the bodies by the wall and then you will assist with the refit".
The machine woman didn't question my orders and went to carry out her task.
"Cameron take a blood sample from all of the bodies".
"By your command" said the Terminator unknowingly mimicking the cylons.
I'd store the bodies in the Manipulator later for now I wanted to get this refit under way. I used the advanced device to 'spit out' my Asuran and a large pile of equipment that was needed for the refit.
"Begin your work" I told the human form replicator.
Shit I'd forgotten about the purple monkey girl!.
"Cameron, Bastila drag the purple alien to the nearest airlock and throw her out".
I wasn't sure if even that would kill her but she have trouble doing anything in the cold emptiness of space. And without her plants she couldn't undo time, at least I think that is how it worked.
"Beta how will the refit take?" I asked of the machine.
It actually didn't matter as I could easily skip forward in time to the point when the ship would be ready, but I wouldn't do that I had decided to get my tour of Alliance space out of the way first then I would come back and take this ship on its maiden voyage across the multi-verse.
But now I had something else to do or should I say someone else to collect.
Star Wars Galaxy. Naboo. Lake Side House. During The Events Of Attack Of The Clones.
I had to marvel at the sheer stupidity of both Padawn Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala.
If I was being hunted by the likes of Jango Fett the last place I would go was my home world and then to a remote location with no defences or means of quick escape. I mean what were they thinking?.
What was worse was that they had given this VIP a single Jedi protector, one who was a walking bag of hormones. I mean really they could of kept her at the Jedi Temple or something.
Then again maybe I should complain as leaving her this exposed made things easier for me I didn't even have strap an caged animal to my back this time as I had my own Jedi as well as my formidable powers.
Getting to Senator Padmé Amidala at another point in the time line wouldn't be so easy. For starters I had no idea where she would between the first and second films, and grabbing her on Genosis could of quickly become a clusterfuck as there was an entire droid army there.
So as stupid as this situation was it did help me in my plans.
Granted it would have been far easier to get a DNA sample and just clone myself a copy using 5th element cloning tech but I wanted the real thing as I took far more pleasure in possessing the real McCoy as it were.
Appearing inside this posh lake side house with my Terminator and Jedi in hand I looked around for any signs that we were detected.
No alarms went off and I couldn't sense anyone awake.
Pathetic.
"I can sense the other Jedi" informed Bastila.
I briefly considered having my pet Force User kill Skywalker but if he was the only one could destroy the Emperor then it was best to spare him. I didn't really care for the peoples of this galaxy but even I wasn't cruel enough to leave this galaxy with no hope of ever being freed from the rule of Palpatine.
Well nearly not that cruel.
"Stun him if he tries anything" I told my harem members.
This wouldn't take long anyway by the time the stun wore off we'd be back in the ME verse.
"There's something wrong with the Force here" said my Jedi. "It feels out of balance somehow".
The Sith of her time were very different that the ones here and now. The Sith back then had moved openly and in great numbers creating turmoil in the Force but Bane's Sith were more like a growing sickness, polluting everything they touched.
But that was no concern of mine. I wasn't here to fix things I was here to acquire another attractive female for my harem nothing more.
Ordering my slaves to wait outside the room I entered the room I knew would contain my target.
Stepping into the Senator's bedroom I felt a little like a Vampire in one of those old black and white movies as Padmé was lying on top of her bed covers in some sort of white lacy nightwear and I was dressed in all black while standing over her bed.
If she woke up right now she'd either scream the place down or try and stake me though the heart assuming Vampire myths existed here.
It was possible for me to convert someone in their sleep but it often let the converted a little confused as they would feel loyalty to me without actually knowing who I was. Still it was easier this way as I really didn't want to scream help as it would ruin the mood if nothing else.
I 'adjusted' the Senator and used my other powers to wake her up.
"Who are you?" she asked.
Most people would panic upon finding a strange man standing over their bed but I didn't allow to feel anything other than utter calmness.
"I am Lord Gothic" I replied. "Your new master. I have need of someone like you to help me run the empire I am going to build in another universe"
Now normally someone like her would refuse to help set up an empire as she was a liberal, but the conversion prevented her from doing anything else other than want to support me. However she was confused about the other universe part so I explained.
"I'm not native to this galaxy although I am human. I will take you now to the galaxy I wish to rule".
"Do I need to pack?" questioned the Naboo native.
Oh god no that would take forever.
"Whatever you need will be provided" I promised.
Suddenly I heard the familiar sound of a zat weapon firing and lightsabers clashing. But as quickly as it started it stopping.
Telling my newest minion to stay put I checked outside her room to find Bastila standing over a disarmed Skywalker.
She'd removed ones of his arms it seemed which struck me as a little funny. It seems that Skywalker can't escape becoming part machine.
"He's quite powerful for an apprentice" commented Bastila.
I ignored the remark and went and grabbed Padmé. It was time to get of here just in case Anakin had triggered any silent alarms.
I could easily deal with any security forces heading this way but that wasn't necessary it was better to leave now and not put my new fuck toy in danger as she didn't have a personal shield.
It was a little awkward for me to have three people holding onto me so the Manipulator could take me back to base. I'd have to get my Asuran to build me a Puddle Jumper as small cloaked ship would be perfect for missions like this.
Still awkward as it was I was able to transport the group back to the Cerberus space station where I could explain to Padmé her new duties and see what was under that fancy nightie of hers.