And this chapter might not have anything to do with my frustration on how I can't line up a sniper shot to save my life in-game during ME1, which is why Jules spends most of her time using pistols. *innocent whistle*
"A hush falls over the crowd as Commander Shepard takes aim."
"Joker…" Shepard didn't waste time rolling her eyes, she was busy getting a bead on a geth sniper. The damned thing was always moving from one position to another, but it hadn't spotted her from her position yet. Garrus and Kaidan had the other two geth fighters under control, so she took her time, held her breath, and then let it out on a slow exhale as she squeezed the trigger to her own sniper rifle.
There had never been anything so satisfying on the battlefield as seeing your target's head snap backwards and watching as they crumpled down to the ground in a heap.
"Nice shot," Joker said in her earpiece. If she wasn't mistaken, he was also doing a light golf clap in appreciation.
"Thanks." She holstered her gun and took out her pistol. She had a feeling that she'd need something with a quicker draw in the close combat situations the ruins of Zhu's Hope created. "Haven't had much of a chance to use Bertha yet. I've missed her." There was something wrong with her rifle's stability; every time she tied to line up a shot, her scope would wobble around all over the place. More times than not, it was quicker to just take down the bad guys with her pistol instead. She'd tried everything to modify her sights during her off-hours, but so far, nothing had worked.
"You named your gun Bertha?"
"Yep. She's big, she's mean, and…" she pointedly looked straight into the camera mounted on Kaidan's shoulder. "If anyone distracts her too much, she just bites their heads off."
There was an audible gulp in her ear that made her smirk. "Duly noted, Commander. And did I mention that your armor looks awful nice today? Are you using some sort of new polish or something?"
Shepard turned away from Kaidan's camera. Waving to her other teammates to take point positions, she chuckled. "Come on everyone. I've got a feeling that this isn't all the geth here. More shooting, less chatter."