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P.S Special thanks to Rigged Bomb for his idea of adding a background music which does not belong to me in any way of course (both the idea and music of course)
Chapter 5: Intergalactic Diplomacy Pt 2
When the Council has received news of a new species entering the galactic scene, they each had their own reaction to the announcement.
Counciler Valern, representative of the Salarian Union, was quite excited at the news of the discovery since a new species always meant new technology that the Council can obtain which could benefit the entire galactic community (which mostly meant the three main Council species only). As of now, he is thoroughly reading and devouring every bit of information on the codex given to them by the quarian vessel that arrived bearing the message.
Counciler Tevos, representative of the free Asari Republics, was also a bit excited at the thought of a new species coming to join the Council especially when the information given to them by the quarians showed that these humans were very similar in appearance to the asari with the only difference is that they have differently colored skin, genders and fur on their heads instead of the regular head protusions the asari have. However, she was also a bit worried on how highly advance these humans can possibly be since from according to the information given to her, the humans possess an entire fleet of ships that are the same size as the Council's main flagship the Destiny Ascension and there is also the fact that their ships don't even use eezo in order to achieve FTL travel meaning that bringing these humans firmly under their control will prove to be rather difficult for her and her fellow Council members.
For Counciler Sparatus, the representative of the Turian Hierarchy, however, his reaction to the new species is a whole different story. As for one thing, the technology these humans possess which they dub as Aragami Technology was on a whole different level that he never encountered before. For instance, the humans' technology allows their ships to bypass the size limit imposed by energy consumption on Element Zero since they practically didn't need Element Zero in the first place. There is also a part on their codex concerning their soldiers which their government of Fenrir dubs as 'God Eaters' (which quite frankly sounds a bit blasphemous to Sparatus' ears) that states that every last one of them is basically a genetically modified super soldier designed to fight against gigantic monsters whom humanity calls as the Aragami.
Sparatus snorted. From the description humanity's codex gives to these so-called Aragami, it said that these creatures are basically invulnerable to every kind of conventional weapons and can even survive a point blank explosion from a nuclear weapon. That last part made Sparatus very skeptical about humanity's claims as there is absolutely no way for a creature to survive a ground zero blast from a nuclear device and that's not even getting to how they were described to 'evolve' themselves by devouring all sorts of materials in order to take on their properties. Now, Sparatus knows he isn't much of a scientist but he is pretty sure evolution doesn't pretty much work that way. It sounds much more like some kind of sci-fi grey goo scenario that he would watch on a holo-vid. Sparatus became even more doubtful with humanity's claims when he saw the pictures detailing the appearances of the Aragami. For one, they look more like a mishmash of regular large animals that you can find on a zoo with the exception of a couple of creatures that look absolutely bizarre like a creature that seems to be made entirely out of vines and moss which the codex calls as an Ouroboros and states that they are capable of reaching sizes that rival mountains (Sparatus really rolled his eyes at that. Either the humans have no sense of scale or their mountains must have been really tiny) as well as a creature that looks to be a cross between an elcor and what seems to be a spirits-damned tank.
Sparatus sighed in exasperation as he couldn't believe how imaginative these species can be. However still, he cannot dismiss the threat this new race can bring to their balance in power as well as the fact that their technology also violated several Council laws already. If they are planning to join the Council, then he will force these humans to give most of their technology and replace it with the regular mass effect tech that every other race within the galaxy is using. However, this could prove to be a problem if they are resistant as from according to the reports he received from General Sidovia Vakarian, it stated that the humans' ships also possess enough firepower to enable them to fight toe to toe with the entire turian military. Though he is quite confident in the power of the Hierarchy and that they would succeed in any war they entered, Sparatus knew that a fight between the humans and his people will cause a massive amount of casualties in both sides which could prove to be rather unfavorable to their public image. However, he can still approve to make sanctions on this new species especially after he found out from General Sidovia that these humans had virtually explained to her that they were the ones who activated the dormant Mass Relay within the system that's currently now being called as the Bifrost System.
Sparatus chuckled a bit as he thinks that they are still the ones holding the cards around here.
When their omni-tools began beeping simultaneously, the Councilors quickly answered them and a small screen appeared on each of their omni-tools, displaying the face of Admiral Erya, an asari in charge of their grand flagship, the Destiny Ascension.
"Councilors, I think our guests may have arrived." Admiral Erya informed as her image was replaced with a different screen that shows how the new species are arriving.
Seeing an entire group of ships that are almost the same size as the Destiny Ascension, as well as one massive ship emerge from what seems to be a bunch of greenish purple wormholes on the screens of their omni-tools did more than just stagger them in shock.
"Spirits, what kind people are these humans? Who in their right minds would build such a massive monster like that?" Sparatus expressed in disbelief as he stared at the massive dreadnaught that dwarfs the Destiny Ascension in comparison.
Tevos sighed "Well, I guess we will find out later."
***XOXOX***
At the docking bay, Executor Artrius Vakarian, Chief of Citadel Security, waited alongside 30 of the best officers C-Sec has to offer when he saw the human shuttle attempting to land along with three other ships of similar size that must be acting as escorts.
'So these are the people Sidovia met? I wonder what their soldiers must look like?' Artrius thought when the shuttle finally landed along with its escorts and began opening their ramps before the shuttle's passengers began marching out.
The men and women that came out didn't seem to be wearing much armor and are instead wearing a predominantly black and blue uniform with a golden insignia on their back depicting the face of a snarling animal reminiscent of a varren. But the most noticeable thing about them are the weapons they carry.
For one thing, these people are single-handedly carrying a bunch of gigantic swords and hammers that are almost as tall as a regular person as well as miniguns and cannons that must obviously weigh several dozen tons each judging by the appearance alone which in Artrius' thoughts, should be impossible to be carried single handedly by any regular being. Even with the best cybernetics the Council has developed, no person can still lift anything that's obviously several times heavier than them. Artrius wondered how these humans could possibly be that physically strong since some of the individuals in their group looked way too thin and fragile to lift even a single ton.
However, what Artrius didn't know was that these men and women are actually the best soldiers humanity has in its possession. These people are members of Fenrir's elite special forces unit BLOOD which is composed of only the best God Eaters of the current generation.
Following the first people who marched out from the shuttle, a man with messy purple hair and an intimidating thug like face stepped down from the shuttle, followed by an aged looking man with silver colored hair and thick rimmed glasses. The purple haired man was wearing an official looking white outfit with a green jacket that's worn around his shoulders like a cape (Artrius wonders how in the world does his jacket never fall off the man's shoulders) while the one with the glasses wears what appears to be a waistcoat, a strange colorful ankle length garment that looks obviously out of place and what appears to be sandals out of all things. Both of them are flanked by their sides and back by a few more members of BLOOD, one at each of their sides with a couple more behind their back.
"Are you Director Feldman?" Artrius asked the man with the purple colored haired as he stepped forward.
"Yes, I am." Director Feldman replied
"Um sir, I think I should tell you that your security team can't bring a minigun into the conference room." Artrius informed him
"Is that so?" The woman standing on the Director's left side sneered at the turian, her red eyes glaring at him with contempt. "I like to see you try."
"Haruka, do not be rude. We are currently the guests here." The man standing right at Director Feldman's right side reminded the vicious vice captain of BLOOD who also happens to be his wife.
"Tch, you always ruin the fun." Haruka muttered as she weakly punched the shoulder of her husband, Alexander Shepard, who is currently the leader of special forces unit Blood.
"I'm sorry but I regret to inform you that we can't hand over any of our weapons to you." Director Feldman informed "Our weapons have a special… 'feature' that allows them to scan the individuals using them and kill the ones who aren't their registered owners. It is also for your own safety that we don't hand to you our weapons."
Artrius sighed "Very well. But we will be assigning additional C-Sec officers around each of your men, about 15 to each one."
"Fair enough." Director Feldman replied though in reality, it was still unfair as it would actually take 200 of their men to match even one of their God Eaters in direct combat.
***Later***
Despite the fact that they are basically carrying a bunch of heavy class firearms (as well as gigantic swords for the matter) inside the conference room, the Council still maintained their calm composure and they tried their best not to look intimidated as they began introducing themselves to the delegation group which arrived in the room after meeting up with their quarian allies who are now accompanying the humans in their meeting with the Council.
"Greetings. My name is Councilor Tevos of the Asari Republics" Tevos said as she began introducing herself and her colleagues "This turian on my right is Councilor Sparatus of the Turian Hierarchy while the salarian is Councilor Valern of the Salarian Union."
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Councilors." Director Feldman stated "My name is Director Isaac Feldman. This man here is Dr. Paylor Sakaki while the two individuals standing by my side are special forces unit BLOOD Captain Alexander Shepard and Vice Captain Haruka Sakamoto. The other people along with us are also members of special forces unit BLOOD, Ciel Alencon, Gilbert Mclane and Richard Jenkins. We came here on behalf of Fenrir, the leading government of mankind. The quarian accompanying us is Captain Zanna'Kas Vas Dasha. We came here to engage in peace talks, hoping that we can form some sort of agreement that will be beneficial to both of our parties."
"We wish the same too Director Feldman." Councilor Tevos agreed "However, we would first like to address the political concerns on the matter."
"Like how your people activated a dormant Mass Relay which is illegal in Council law." Councilor Sparatus said
"Well, if you want to then we apologize for such. We never even knew what a Mass Relay was. We just recently discovered it floating near one of our colonies." Dr. Sakaki explained "We never really even meant to activate the Relay and even still, is it really right to punish an entire species for disobeying a law they never even heard from before?"
Tevos sighed "You have to understand doctor. We made that law precisely in the first place in order to avoid having a repeat of an incident that happened many years ago."
"Yes, yes. The rachni." Dr. Sakaki nodded "We already know about that bit of information from the codex Captain Zanna provided us with. However, I just hope that you can consider our situation around here…"
Sparatus' eyes glared at Dr. Sakaki "Are you seriously asking us to let your actions slide human?"
"Now, now Sparatus." Valern quickly spoke out "The human here has a point. It would look very wrong to others if we go punishing an entire species over a simple accident."
"But-" Sparatus began to spoke out
"Valern's right Sparatus." Tevos sighed "It would be too pointless for us to reprimand someone over a simple mistake. Alright doctor. We'll let your kind slip past this time. However, any future transgressions won't be forgiven as easily as this time."
Dr. Sakaki cheerfully smiled at the alien Councilor in reply "You have humanity's thanks in the matter Councilor."
Sparatus began grumbling something under his breath when Valern spoke out next.
"Director, may I ask a question for you and Captain Zanna? Since the two of your species are standing before us right now, I can conclude that the humans and quarians have become allies, am I correct?"
Seeing as there is no need to hide it, Feldman simply shrugged and said "Yes Councilor. The Migrant Fleet and Fenrir have both agreed to establish an alliance of mutual benefit with each other, seeing as that we have many things in common. In exchange for providing us with their help and expertise, the quarians will be provided with a new home by Fenrir."
"Is it true Captain Zanna?" Tevos asked
Zanna nodded "Yes Councilor. I've already talked a few days ago with the Admiralty Board and they have all agreed to humanity's offer."
Inside her helmet, Zanna knew that the asari councilor couldn't see her face and that she was actually smirking as she does so. Zanna also knew how disappointed the blue bitch must be now that their favorite scapegoats are leaving their clutches.
"But your race can't do that!" Councilor Sparatus protested "You are part of the Council!"
A vein almost popped inside Zanna's head as she couldn't believe the nerve the turian possessed but she quickly managed to calm herself down before she begins speaking out in a slow but cool voice.
"Councilor, we quarians already had our embassy removed from the Citadel 300 years ago when you abandoned us after we lost to the Geth. In the last 300 years of hardship my people faced, you and your fellow bosh'tet friends did nothing to assist my people in relocating to a new home. We were forced to live out like mongrels in society, turned away and shunned because of all the ugly rumors being spread about us. Well, me and my people finally had enough of your damn treatment. From this moment on, we will be standing alongside our new allies in this galaxy, whether you like it or not."
Councilor Sparatus was noticeably seething at Zanna's statement however; there is still one more card he can play.
"Fine then. If your kind wishes to ally themselves with these… humans, then I have nothing much to say to you, quarian." Councilor Sparatus spoke the last word out with distaste in his tongue "However, I wish to inform your so-called allies that they still had broken some other laws of the Council."
"What do you mean Councilor?" Director Feldman asked
Sparatus huffed "According to the Treaty of Farixen, there is a fixed ratio on the number of dreadnaughts a species can construct, with the Turian Hierarchy standing at the top, followed by the asari and the salarians and then the rest of the Council races."
Director Feldman kept a stoic expression on his face "And what kind of ship does classifies as a dreadnaught to your race? And what is the ratio exactly?"
Valern decides to explain it himself "A dreadnaught is any ship that's over 800 meters long equipped with a large mass accelerator of commensurate size which acts as its main gun. The current ratio for the number of dreadnaughts that can be construct is at 5:3:1 meaning for every 5 dreadnaughts the Hierarchy builds, the Salarian Union and Asari Republics can build 3 while the rest of the Council species can only construct 1. This is to ensure the status of the Hierarchy as the Council's peacekeeping force."
Sparatus began looking smugly "And since most of your ships are over 800 meters…"
Seemingly unfazed, Director Feldman seemed to smirk at the turian Councilor's implication "Well then, that means we didn't actually broke any law there Councilor."
Sparatus' smug expression seemed to drop at Director Feldman's statement "W-What?"
"You said you classify a dreadnaught as any vessel that's over 800 meters long and uses a large mass accelerator of commensurate size as for their main gun. Well, I admit that the size of our ships are above the limit you imposed however… our ships do not use a mass accelerator as a main gun."
"WHAT?!" Sparatus exclaimed out loud "Then what are you using then?"
Director Feldman felt Vice Captain Sakamoto chuckle from behind him as he began explaining to the turian councilor "Our ships utilize a Spiral Tower cannon as their main cannon of sorts. Basically, it is a large God Arc that was scaled in sized to accommodate a gigantic ship so technically, our ships are not dreadnaughts according to your classifications."
'Checkmate bitch.' Vice Captain Sakamoto smirked
By now Sparatus was getting very angry at the humans in front of him, especially by how much disrespect they are showing to him right now.
"You think you are so smart, human?" Sparatus growled
"Sparatus, don't try to make a scene here." Tevos hissed at him but the turian simply decided to ignore her.
"You still have other laws that your kind has violated! Like the existence of your so-called 'God Eaters'." Sparatus spat
Feldman was still fazed "Hm, well I admit that maybe our God Eaters are illegal according to your laws, we would like you to know that there is another clause to your rules. The fact that your laws can only apply to species whom have joined the Council simply means that all we have to do is not join your petty little social club."
"W-W-WHAT?!" Sparatus exclaimed, this time more louder than usual "You are declining to join the Council?"
The other councilors were also in shock and even Captain Zanna was surprised at Director Feldman's decision. To turn down the chance to join the Council? No species in their sane minds would throw away such a chance.
"Besides," Director Feldman continued "Our technology is the only thing we can use to protect ourselves from any possible future attacks by the Aragami."
"The Aragami? Pah!" Councilor Sparatus snorted "You mean the monsters in your fairy tales and imaginations-"
Director Feldman suddenly gave the turian councilor a murderous glare that is so frightening that Sparatus had been forced to shut up right on the sight.
"The Aragami are real Councilor. Very real." Director Feldman firmly said as he emphasized the last word "In my life, I have seen how thousands of them tore apart countless soldiers and civilians ranging from men, women and even children… those monsters are not simply fairy tales Councilor."
"Even so, even Valern could agree with me that the existence of such creatures must be so preposterous-"
"May I suggest a solution instead Sparatus?" Tevos sighed as she stood up from her seat, having enough of hearing Sparatus and his annoying attempts to scavenge his wounded pride.
"And what could that possibly be Tevos?" Sparatus glared at her
"Isn't it obvious? If you want the truth then I can simply just meld with one of them." Tevos said with a tinge of growing annoyance in her voice.
"Excuse me Councilor but what is a meld?" Dr. Sakaki asks curiously
"A meld is a special ability that my kind can do that allows us to link our minds to others and view each other's memories." Councilor Tevos explained
"It is also how the asari reproduce so basically, you will be having sex with the Councilor." Councilor Valern adds rather unhelpfully
"That's too much information Valern! They don't need to know about that!" Tevos snaps at him
Director Feldman suddenly felt very awkward about the situation. Captain Sheperd also feels the same as the director though he noticed his wife Haruka glaring at him as if she is saying 'don't even think about it' while Dr. Sakaki seems to be quite fascinated at the thought of seeing a cross species reproduction activity happening right in front of him. The rest of the members of BLOOD tried to look away, apparently sensing how wrong this all sounds.
"Um, is there any other way that you can think of Councilor?" Director Feldman asks "One that doesn't involve a more… sensitive activity? Besides, wouldn't you also see any classified military secrets in our heads?"
"Look, none of you are my type okay? And I'm not totally comfortable with this. This is the only idea that I can think of and if it makes you feel any better, then I can't see any important memories my partner has unless he wishes me to see it."
Director Feldman was still unsure about the asari councilor's suggestion until someone in the back shouted from behind him.
"I volunteer for the job man." Private Richard Jenkins, the newest addition to BLOOD's team, exclaimed as he raised his hand in offer.
"Jenkins? Why would you suggest yourself?" Captain Sheperd asked
"Sir, I don't have any sort of classified information swimming in my head." Jenkins explained "I'm the best candidate among us to volunteer for the Councilor's idea."
Though Director Feldman is very uncomfortable with Tevo's idea, both in the practical and moral way, he knew that Jenkins has a point in his suggestion.
"Hm, fine. Very well Private Jenkins. I shall give you my permission."
Haruka snorted "Tch, the kid just wants to lose his virginity here."
"No I do not!" Jenkins retorted "I mean, in the sense that I'm already not a virgin here and that I don't need to have sex again and-"
"Oh for the love of the Goddess!" Tevos sighed in exasperation as she walked over to Jenkins and placed her hands at the sides of his face "Just be quiet so that I can concentrate well."
"Is a meld harmless?" Dr. Sakaki asks
"Yes. Don't worry, he'll be fine once we are done." Tevos assures him as she concentrated deeply and yelled "Embrace Eternity!"
Mysteriously, a light began to envelop Jenkin's body but instead of being extremely painless, the man suddenly began screaming incoherently as if his mind was being melted by the asari.
"Hey! Stop that already! Can't you hear he is screaming already!" Captain Shepard yelled out as he, Haruka and the rest of the BLOOD unit quickly approached to stop the meld when a flash of bright purple light coming from Jenkins' direction suddenly enveloped the entire conference room followed by a forceful blast of energy that pushed everyone away from Jenkins' body including the asari he is melding with.
Once the light disappeared, Shepard and Haruka groggily tried to get back on their feet while the rest of the people inside the conference room tried to do the same. However, when they turned their glance back at the spot where Jenkins was previously standing on, their expressions quickly turned into one of horror and straight up shock.
[Background Music: God Eater Burst OST – Ruthless King]
Standing in Jenkin's spot was a large black wingless dragon-like creature sporting a golden armored wrist shield, horns and a large dorsal hump on its back. The creature's snarling face was glaring ferociously at the people inside the conference room while it summons a ball of purplish colored fire inside its unarmored claw.
Shepard and Haruka stood back as the Corrosive Hannibal gave out a loud, bloodcurdling roar and charged right at them in a furious state of frenzy.
***Chapter End***
***Codex Entries***
Corrosive Hannibal- A subspecies of the dragon-like Aragami called Hannibal, the corrosive species were first documented when Lindow Amamiya (who was a corporal at that time) transformed into one when his control armlet got lost, becoming the first ever Corrosive Hannibal to manifest into existence. Luckily, he was eventually saved by the 1st Unit leader Yuu Kannagi after he managed to revert Lindow back into his original form. However, a few months after the incident, dozens of other Corrosive Hannibals began popping out from nowhere. Though the answer wasn't clear at that moment, it was eventually discovered that the Corrosive Hannibals that they have been facing are actually other God Eaters who lost their armlets and transformed into the vicious beasts that they became to be. Ever since then, Fenrir has been providing its God Eaters with additional armlets so that they can quickly replace the one they lost right on the spot, preventing them from ever transforming into more of these deadly Aragami.
Like the original species, the Corrosive Hannibal is extremely fast and agile as well as being surprisingly intelligent enough for an enraged monster, being able to perform martial moves and create weapons made out black fire using its powerful pyrokinetic abilities. Also, the Corrosive Hannibal possess a large dorsal hump on its back like the original species and destroying it will cause the beast to become even more stronger than ever, increasing its defenses as well as its offensive power and pyrokinetic abilities. It is much more recommended to damage its face and the single wrist shield on its arm instead if a victory needs to be ensured.