To begin I would like to apologize for the long wait time. I really dont like how I wrote this chapter. Also please reade the authors note at the bottom of the chapter.
"See you on the Shiria then." Neira turns her heart light now, and now she only had to tie up one loose end.
Neira walked beside her crew members towards the docking area, where the new Shiria has been docked.
The new ship stood in standby and the platform to board extended. Neira grins and turns to the others, the ones she had worked so hard to find and to bring them aboard this masterpiece of a ship. The ship was defiantly Asari crafted in design although the weapons were defiantly Turian design. Neira assumed the ship was integrated with the STG stealth drive. She would look at the specs later.
As the crew entered the decontamination area and finally boarded the ship; they were amazed by way the ship was built, it was obvious that the council had spared no expense when building the ship.
A VI drone appears and hovers over to Neira, "Hello Spectre, Commander: Neira."
Neira looks at the drone then at Zitara, "What is it?" Neira asks the Quarian.
"Likely a ship guide to get you familiarized with the ship and its layout." Zitara assessed using her Omni-tool to examine the drone.
"Then you can tell me more about the ship?" Neira inquired.
"Inquiry Detected; Yes this unit can tell you about the ship; would you like the tour?" Neira nods and the drone began to float.
"The Shiria has five decks the lowest being the Cargo bay deck, the cargo bay holds a majority of our equipment as well as being storage for any vehicles we may acquire. There is also two offices down there one for security and the other being as of yet unaffiliated; the offices double as crew quarters for the owner of the office. There are two crew rooms in the cargo bay for crew members who manage stock or weapons."
The drone takes a left leading the crew to the elevator, the elevator looking as though it could fit all the people Neira had collected over her time in the Citadel. Entering the elevator the drone automatically selects the cargo deck as the first floor.
When the elevator opens again it shows a large space with two doors on the right side of the cargo bay. The drone clarified as to what they were for.
"The cargo bay has four added rooms the two on the right wall are meant for provision storage and the other as a crew cabin for any crew working on this deck. The two other rooms are situated on either side of the elevator. They would be optimal for office spaces." The elevator's door closed again moving up a floor.
The doors open and the drone begins to speak again, "This is the engineering and security deck, the engine functions can be accessed and the security functions of the ship can be adjusted here by anyone of appropriate clearance, the VI adjustment system is also situated on this deck." The doors close again and the elevator moves up.
The doors open and the drone starts again, "This is the Crew and Medical deck, it is the second largest deck on the ship, Doctor Maxwell has an office established here with a clinical area. Many of the crew will reside here as this floor is where the Crew rooms and kitchens are." The doors close again.
Then the doors open again when arriving on the next floor. "This floor contains the cockpit, ships exit, escape pods as well as a communication center to the council." Neira grimaced of course the council would have made one here, to monitor and make any progress she makes look important then downgrade it as unimportant as soon as she make one wrong move she looks at the drone and says 'next floor.'
The drone exits the elevator when the doors open again, "This is the most important floor, it has three functions it works as a Combat Information Center, and it has two other room one being an office/room for you commander. The other area can be used as a lounging area for the crew." Neira looks into the CIC and steps into the deck.
The floor was defiantly large, with a map of the universe in the center of the room; stairs going towards it so destinations could be selected were in place. Beside the stairs were two computer panels one likely on the status of her crew. The other likely a personal console for email and a direct link to the spectre panel back on the citadel.
Neira turns to the rest of her crew and speaks, "This is now your ship as well as mine find a place on the ship you are comfortable in, and I will check up on you all later." The crew nods and close the doors to the elevator.
Neira sighs being finally alone; she turns to the 'empty' lounge room on the CIC and opens it a little shocked when she sees three people sitting in the lounge area. One of the two Turian turns and smiles at her, it was Theris, the Turian spectre from the rescue mission!
Neira smiles and offers her hand out the Turian shakes the hand and says, "I thought you might like some extra help on this mission of yours two spectres would create more success than one, but since it is your mission you will be my commander for the moment." He smiles and the other two stands, one of them was Angela the human biotic the crew had saved just the other day.
She smiles sheepishly then looks at Neira, "I would like to join your crew as well, you saved me so I though that I would return the favor by helping you with this mission of yours." Neira smiles at the two then nods accepting both of them onto the crew.
They both smile then look at one another, "We are going to go find some place to set up okay?" Neira nods and the two exit the lounge, the third person in the room stand and heads over to Neira. Neira takes a moment but recognizes him as the Turian, Theron, who first asked her to help catch the crime lord.
The Turian began speaking, "I believe I owe you, Neira so from this point on I am at your disposal as I promised. I will settle myself into a room." With a nod from Neira, he leaves and the CIC becomes quiet again.
Neira goes back into the main room and brings up message panels, the first one read.
Subject; Your Mission
Sender; Citadel Councillors.
Neira if you are reading this than you have entered your ship we hope it serves you well. Onto business though, when you have a moment come and speak with us in the comm room we set up.
Neira sighs, already the orders and expectations we being piled in. She scrolls down to the next message.
Subject; Human Support
Sender; (Unknown)
Spectre, you tread on light ground, but our goals may end up in the same place and your actions may help my cause more than you realise. As a 'gift' to aid you in your mission from humanity, I have sent you a pilot he is one of the best, although he has a few interesting quirks. He has boarded your ship as alliance aid.
Neira froms at the email she wasn't sure she could trust the sender and she couldn't deny she needed a pilot. So instead of pondering the consequences she scrolled down to the third message.
Subject; Xexas' and Hayden's Condition
Sender; Doctor Maxwell
Neira Hayden has woken from her recovery sleep and asks to speak with you. Also Xexas has been placed into one of the medical holding cells. It is your choice what to do with him from here.
Neira smiles a bit seeing the good news about her wounded squad mate. Then she shuts off the terminal. Turning to the elevator, she waits for it to ascend so she can go down to the Cargo bay to see if things are being loaded onto the fairly large ship smoothly.
When the doors open to the cargo bay Neira sees a great many crates being loaded onto the ship some looked to contain ammunition, being put into the safer area. Other crate would likely contain food or any miscellaneous items that might be needed. Angeline was leading the ammunition and provisions to where they needed to be while also making sure ever thing was where it should be.
Turning to the other side of the cargo bay Neira watches as the more heavy weaponry and armatures as well as armours are loaded into the space. Theris lead this side, as a smaller transport ship landed and left a gunship in the cargo bay. The cargo ship left after its contents were removed and Neira smiles at the progress.
Theris directs the gunship to an area to where it is to be stationed, while also making sure both the shuttle and the Mako were also properly placed. Neira turns back into the elevator going up a floor and steeping onto the engineering side of Deck 3.
There were a few crew cabins on her way to the ships engine core. When Neira enters the room she sees many mechanics and technically skilled people prepping the engines and making sure they are familiar with the ships operating standards. Satisfied with the progress Neira returns to the elevator pressing the door to where the medical staff and her injured squad mate waited.
So this chapter was very hard to write, the next chapter will finish the citadel recruitment The next destination will be Omega. Also the next chapter will reveal the main objective of Neira and her crew from the council. Below are the mechanics to the support conversations and the choice system. Support System Alright so I promised to give an explanation about the support system I implemented in poll form during the last chapter. Okay so quickly each character can have unlimited conversations with others in the crew. Each conversation up's the support level with me measuring the supports out over four conversations/events. After the first conversation the attitudes of the characters and missions where they are on the same team will have a higher chance of success. After the second conversation the supported characters will be able to pull off special in battle combo's; For example if Neira and Hayden were to support to this level when Hayden charges, it would be possible for Neira to send a singularity along with her charge creating a large explosion area. After the third conversation, there is a possibility for the supported character to save one from death caused by the choice system; For example(not a real one) If Patrick had a scheduled death from the choice system but he had this support level with Hayden she would be able to save him from the death. The last conversation between two characters is basically for romance purposes/ solid friendships depending on how I feel about the characters that day, It also gives the character the ability to break their supported partner out of reaper indoctrination. Choice System Works like the basic Paragon/Renegade System, the right choice may not be obvious though as on choice may cause the death of one of the crew while the other may cause the implosion of a planet.(Over-exaggeration)
Warning; Both choices can possibly cause death whether it is paragon or renegade it may not matter. To prevent an overkill amount of deaths I have put in the support system. Going back to a real example; The choices to Kill in revenge or Show mercy. Showing mercy in this case was the optimal choice this causes Hayden to live and Xexas to join the crew. Whereas Kill in revenge would cause both the deaths of Hayden, and Xexas.
