Hello it's me Kazama wishing you well in the Holiday season and the New Years. Last Chapter I forgot to wish everyone a good Christmas and Happy Holidays. Still thank you all for reading the story so actively. It's got over a 1000 views and several alerts and favorites since then. So thank you for the bottom of my heart and it's good to know this story is improved over the old ones. Still if you have anything to say feel free to review or PM about my progress. In this story, I'm trying to get everything down and include some characters that should've been saw earlier in the story in my opinion. I hope you enjoy this new chapter and relax. Good day to you all Kazama out.

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"It's been a year since the Skyllian Blitz, where pirates attacked Elysium. The assault was lead by Elanos Haliat who was a former member of the Hierarchy's Blackwatch unit. Elanos was kicked out from the army due to brutally destroying Isamu's Minamoto's legs in the First Contact War. He was responsible for leading the Mindoir Raids. However, this time around he didn't expect his daughter to stop him in his tracks. Yoko Minamoto single handedly held off an assault of more than 10,000 pirates single-handedly held the line for more than thirty minutes. Elysium is calling her the Lion and others claimed Voidwalker for impressive biotic feats. Whatever nickname you want to say she earned the Star of Terra for her brave efforts.

During her speech, she advocated for global defense systems for Earth and Elysium to help free up the Fleets to help protect colonies further away than usual.

Even going so far to help organize a feasible of a way of getting everything running in one year already. She has introduced several critical military technologies to help men and women on the ground. The new weapon system, body armor, and medical technology the Alliance has will be put into effect just recently. Recruitment has been one of the highest turnouts in the many years since the Alliance first established.

When we asked her on joining the Alliance, Fleet Admiral Drescher stepped in stopped further interviews. Quoting: "She doesn't always have to be on the ground to help us move forward in the right direction."

We can also infer from this that she will be putting her scientific endeavors first.

In other news test trial for a new medical life-saving drug called Bio-foam has come out. Doctor Minamoto created it as an alternative to Medi-gel and cheaper to make. We will talk about this later, but first, we will move on to breaking news about Akuze.

Yoko looked over from hologram as she looked down out towards the bay. She held up a case with the Star of Terra that resided in its case.

It came with a blue silk ribbon attached to a white star with a gold border with the symbol of Earth. It had Alliance symbol in the middle of it now that had gold Emblem on it now. All made with gold, platinum, emerald, and sapphire in question. All the minerals came from Earth to make it.

She placed it on the desk now as she sighed waiting for the ship in question to come back soon.

She picked up her hot mug of chai tea now to take a sip now. "Yes," Yoko asked now as she heard footsteps walking up to her now.

She turned to meet Admiral Steven Hackett standing there behind her now.

She tried standing up for him.

"No need to stand up, but how is the progress with my Fleet Admiral secret project?" Hackett asked her now.

"It's a success, but in price terms, it costs 1.5 billion to make. After forcing Parliment to take a proper stance in making 300 orbital defense platforms for Earth, I doubt they would like to hear this system alone cost this much? All together if you put it together with a ship at least 2.5 billion." Yoko explained to him as he nodded his head now.

"Well, that's the price they have to pay for if they want to keep faith in the Alliance. First Fleet being stuck at Earth all the time has angered many of the Administers of these colonies. Nice shift in fleet patrol around colonies has settled them down. Elysium is getting its defense as well, but not that big as Earth's. Twenty will do nicely in that sector overall to keep them from rushing through. Still, walk me through what makes this system special." Hackett ordered now.

Yoko nodded her head as she activated her holoprojector on her terminal now. She brought up a drive system now. "The Tantalus drive system generates mass concentrate allows the ship to move forward without actively using its thrusters. A fusion reactor will power it, but when not in use it will Antiproton thrusters." she first explained now.

"What benefits is to have an extra large core like that?" Hackett curiously asked her now.

"Well three benefits to having it is the increased speed it gets as it takes the propulsion of a heavy cruiser. Furthermore, it has its shield strength and firepower at its disposal. For a smaller ship, it's perfect to tackle on ships. Pirates tend to flee from cruisers coming into the system with ease, but when it's frigate size."

"They don't bug out as fast, and the ship can quickly catch up to them. Smart, changing the game up to have these patrol areas is excellent," Hackett complimented her now.

"In combination to this, the Internal Emission Sink is essentially Lithium heatsinks around the hull of the ship that will vent. Simply I treated the vessel like a gun. It will hold the heat until it needs venting, but overall if all systems active 2 to 3 hours when the weapons system is on, even less so. Operating at low power is key, and you can have them drift for seven days total by what the data shows me." She explained to him showing the data now.

He nodded his head now. "Where did the ship get sent on his shakedown run?"

"Into Hegemony Space sir, the team's goal was to tap into one of the comm buoy's for information. I have a good friend named Jeff Moreau picked as it's pilot." Yoko explained to him now.

Hackett looked up now as he saw the ship come into the dock. "It looks like they came back already," Hackett muttered.

It had the appearance of a fighter ship, but it had midnight black coating over it now to make it harder to see with the naked eye.

It had two dorsal fins along the side of it now as it had shutters coming up revealing the blue polycrystalline glass on the ship. It had two fins over the top as Alliance based thruster went along the wings of the vessel. They saw it fold inwards now with ease now and thrusters in the back turning off now. They had four boosters on the side and tiny thrusters all over its body. There were several covers on the ship itself that would roll back to vent heat.

The two managed to make it down to hangar bay now as they waited for it to land soon.

The ship landed on it struts now as it had a total of three, one was in the front and two in the back. As the ramp lowered now as the rover rolled out as the crew came up cheering. They were giving thumbs up signifying the success they had. The size of the ship was almost near frigate standards in question.

She saw Captain Alphonso Hatchell come down the ramp now. He was wearing his dress blues now as he walked up saluting now. The two return one of their own soon.

"Well, it's a smashing success then," Hackett asked Hatchell.

The man smirked now. "Damn right it was Admiral, managed to destroy 12 known pirate ships that attacked Elysium and killed them all without a fuss. We tapped into comm buoy with ease, and I sent the information to ONI for review. My only complaint is the fact that the ship has too many luxuries in it." he laughed now.

Yoko smiled. "Well, technically it was my money and time going towards it. Besides it gets boring sitting in space all the time." Yoko admitted now.

"I figure that as much, no politician in their right mind would push for it."

"I know, no one in their right mind would put leather seats on a prototype ship." she heard Joker's snarky voice.

She saw him walking up with a specially made suit she made for him now. It had a unique set of element zero bands in the outfit with a compression setting. It allowed him to move unhindered by his condition; the only downside was the fact it took so long to put on. His crutches were modified to do the same thing. However, she doubted Hatchell would let him walk around in it in a live test."

"He didn't give you lip like his captain?" Yoko asked him now.

"Other than he says he the best, but I know how to deal with his type Fortune-chan. Just give them room to do what they need to do. It's sad seeing the Navy dismiss a pilot for his condition to unable to do his job." Hatchell pointed out now. They saw Joker saluted them the Admiral as he nodded back.

"Flight Lieutenant Moreau, what were you doing before you were assigned here?" Hackett asked him now.

"Flying shuttles for dignitaries and diplomats, sir," Joker answered professionally.

"Feel up to having a permanent position on this new vessel?" Hackett asked him now.

"Yes sir, this thing handles like a dream and the comfort is nice," Joker answered him now. "However there is one little problem. What is the name of this ship?"

"Midway," Yoko answered him now. "I named it after the Battle of Midway, and this will be the turning point for future ships."

"You and your puns..." Joker muttered now.

"Excellent name, but is this ship going to be lent out for special forces, Admiral? I doubt the Scout Flotilla would use it properly." Hatchell inquired.

"Of course, this ship will be classified as a level 5 security henceforth. The Council may have gotten new toys we got first, but we plan on keeping this a secret from them." Hackett explained.

"It's kind of hard to keep it if she is a consultant to super black ops group." Joker reminded them now.

Yoko shrugged now. "I know how to keep a secret; I am not lending out any of my energy directed technology to anyone." she reminded her friend now.

"I was hoping to get some fire some blasters soon." Hatchell joked as she smiled.

"I may have one or two around you can play with for fun. Miniaturizing a laser to rifle form is a bit harder."

"Before you start to get excited, we still have to finish out some paperwork in mind for the ship." Hackett reminded them now.

"Well, that's my cue to leave since I did my part. Have fun dealing with the Non-disclosure agreements." Joker told her leaving her now.

"Right..." Yoko muttered as she saw the pilot head back into the ship now. The blonde knew how the paperwork was so dull to deal with at times.

Meanwhile as two figures from afar sat there in the control booth now. Fleet Admiral Drescher sat there with a man with electric blue eyes peered down at the hangar below. He wore Italian suit that was bulletproof; it had small shield emitters inside the suit.

"So it's possible? All you had to do was call her up?" the man asked the Fleet Admiral.

"Of course, I knew to call a genius who thinks outside the box was important. Yoko managed to convince them those politicians to make a defense grid using her design to do it. Various aerospace companies will build three hundred platforms. Elysium has already got their twenty thanks to Isamu's company overall. We are also building an array of platforms around Arcturus Station for extra defense. Overall we will have the ability to protect our people in due time Jack." she informed him now.

Jack nodded his head now. "Not bad, for taking you, still do you realize mad men run my military division and science division. The former politicians cared little about our goals, and we don't experiment on human beings. Akuze is the last straw in my book, but..."

"You can't get rid of them since they hold you by the balls. I know how you work. You ran the intelligence game rather well, but we are always getting hit by politics. Just buy some time and find a way to get rid of them for good." Kastanie ordered him now as the man handed an OSD card to her now.

"Here goes a list of things that stand out and need Alliance intervention. That new stealth ship of yours will handle this problem quite nicely," he told her. "Still, what news is on to implement Turian design vessel in mind of learning how Turians do combat. Is it more efficient than ours?"

"From what our scientists say, we can implement all this in Stealth Recon 1. Make the ship bigger than a normal frigate and try to implement new technology to how well it performs from the prototype."

"I will assume that Yoko's ship will still outperform it." Jack pointed out now.

"Why so?" Kastanie asked now.

"The moment you hand over the schematics they wouldn't focus on stealth. Alliance engineers would focus on quick stealth kills, which defeat the purpose of its design," he explained as he looked at the computer's design now. "E-Shift mod on the main cannon, deployable buoys, mines, and the cutting the edge Hydra missiles. R&D was making a three-stage missile that overloads, punch armor, and explode is far more valuable than javelin missiles. Furthermore, it's coated to bounce off scans and prevent people from seeing it easily. If that wasn't enough the QEC technology inside helps it stay off the grid. Quasi-version allows them to watch videos, look at the news, etc. via another QEC inside the station that transmits it. I doubt they would pay over 2.5 billion credits to implement this tech."

Kastanie sighed. "True, she didn't factor in her labor costs in making it. Still, we see which is the superior design in the end. If hers is the one we will mass produce it. It's just the simple, hell it can be automated and fabricated by machinery. She gave clear instructions on how she did it. Not bad for your hands off a project,"

"Project Evangelion, the play on the Anime series on Earth was never intended to be used by anyone Admiral. She was to suppose to Eva's legacy since I couldn't recover Ben's body. She would be one of the best humanity has to offer, so I handed it off to Henry." Jack corrected her now.

"Yoko she managed to become an icon for Humanity despite being only fifteen years old still which is scary. Managed to push us in the right direction and encourage the things we do as human beings. Asari culture can't even worm their way into ours when their youth are wearing our clothes." Kastanie pointed out now.

"I'm thankful for that; the Terra Firma party isn't doing an excellent job at it. Still what news is on career choices of late.

"She may decide to go solo when she goes back to Citadel, but there was this Spectre asking questions about her."

Jack turned to her now. "Really? So they are thinking of inviting her into their ranks as an agent. How goes the search for Alliance candidate though?"

"Hard as hell, but I have David Anderson working on that issue. Overall Yoko is considered a Citadel Security cop, so she doesn't represent us. He plans on asking her today of all things to accompany her for training." Kastanie explained to him now. "He will be talking to Isamu once he gets here."

"I see, so how are Isamu's new legs doing?" Jack curiously asked her.

"He feels like a new man Jack; he said he would take on a marathon soon."

"Well good to see that things are looking up for him. I will have a chat with him later on a joint project in question soon.

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Isamu sighed as he stepped off the shuttle now. He tapped on his feet soon as he loved the feeling of having them again — all at the expense of genetic twin life to get his legs back. His parents DNA help circumvented clone DNA, which is weaker than standard DNA. Today he was going to pick up his daughter and somehow displace for three months to be with her.

Maybe he can swing to Pallin that he needed a change of security on his ship. Perhaps he could see past it, but a kind donation from him can help keep her a while with him.

He saw the shuttle open it's doors as he stepped out now. Instead of seeing his little girl, he saw Salarian in black and silver armor standing there. He wore a full set of weapons on his body now. He quickly noticed the Spectre symbol now on the suit that was barely visible.

He stepped out now as he walked out to him now. "I wasn't expecting a Spectre to meet me, so this is either about my company or about my daughter." he guessed.

"My name is Tadal Nolan, agent of the Special Tactics and Reconnaissance." he introduced himself to him. "Can I have word or two with you regarding her in question."

"Such as?" Isamu worriedly asked now.

Tadal motioned him over to the waiting room near the terminal room. He could see into the other hangar now. Just nearby he saw a black ship with its nacelle turbines tucked into its body. It was Salarian corvette, but it barely reached frigate standards size. He could tell it was customized heavily by first look alone. It had heavy armor plating, more nacelles, and actual warship cannon on its side. The Ultraviolet lasers cannons were positioned to defend against missile attacks.

He took a glance at it again. "Tactical Cloak system rigged to the ship." he noticed the emitters were a bit more pronounced. As the two sat down at a table now.

"Good eye makes it easier to hide my ship from view — innovative STG technology that most likely won't reach the mass production stage. Still, let's talk about your daughter in particular."

"Did she get in trouble with the Spectre branch?" Isamu worriedly asked him now.

"No, never, actually she has improved how we do we our jobs significantly. Even the human-hating Saren Arterius can't find fault in her ideas. We have been a running inquiry ever since she joined C-Sec. Very few law officers make a list to be a possible Spectre candidate."

Isamu froze up for a moment. "Join you?" he asked him now.

"Yes, very few people exhibit the skills your daughter has in question. We were content with the idea of letting her develop and get more years under her belt. However, Elysium has proved otherwise that she is more than capable of holding her own. Meeting you beforehand was just preemptive, you are the one that helps supports your daughter with such big decisions. Obvious she would come to you first about it, she takes up a lot after you after all. You didn't have to fly that day on Shanxi, but you did. Your actions did give hope to people, just like did for Elysium. Knowing how she thinks, she would jump at the chance to become one." Tadal pointed out to him.

"Because she wants to make an actual difference in people's lives," Isamu muttered as he knew how his daughter thinks.

"Exactly, and I will not lie to you, this job is demanding on a level, and threats are extreme. However you need to understand, there are more soldiers than officers."

"No one protecting the home front things goes bad quickly." Isamu was quick to point out.

"Exactly, Mr. Minamoto, when the galaxy got bigger, and people started forming their factions. It became obvious Spectres can't sabotage, hack, observe, and assassinate at will after the Krogan Rebellions. When Turians joined it changed greatly, it went from subtle to being a brick thrown in a window. Many of them in mind try to justify the means to an end. That type of philosophy is dangerous. Often they make more enemies than they should. Saren has made quite many enemies and lost an arm to one of them for being reckless."

"You want my daughter to take up arms and your oath?" Isamu asked him.

"Yes, I don't want a person that has no integrity at all or loyalty. They make rather poor investigators, especially on the galactic level. I want a game changer to enter our ranks personally. Change is coming, and I doubt the Alliance candidate in mind would do anything special to change that. They would follow orders and never address the real problems the Alliance has." Tadal explained to him now.

Isamu sighed as he sat back now. "She is almost seventeen years old."

"That hasn't stopped her from a great deal of good, hasn't it. Besides that, it will give her more time to be with you than being a C-Sec cop." Tadal explained to him now.

"Maybe, but knowing my angel, she would do it anyway. However, if she isn't fit for the job."

"I will be sure to let her return to normal life without a problem. Besides that, we aren't jumping into serious problems until month three in my book. What I want from you is simple, the moment she says yes. I will need you to secure her tech, connections, bank account, etc. for a whole year straight unless I say so." Tadal ordered.

"You want to see her at her lowest and see if she is capable."

"Exactly and another thing about this whole deal will be the fact she will need a ship to get around space. One of the biggest goals a trainee must meet, the must own a ship before the observation period is over." Tadal explained now.

"Isn't that hard, when I planned on giving her a ship already," Isamu told him as Tadal nodded his head now.

"Good, I will have a word with her the moment she arrives at this terminal," Tadal told him now as he noticed the blonde carrying a large suitcase now.

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Yoko sighed as she stood before ship looking over the datapad in question. She managed to take up the Spectres offer, but she had to double check the supplies she was getting. She wasn't allowed to have anything except her ID tags, Medi-card, and dog tags in questions. Luckily she had heard biotics in question still. She used to lift the crates with ease and pushed them aboard now.

She walked aboard to arrange the items personally. Tadal's cargo bay was immaculate and orderly. He had a place to put it everything, shooting range, training equipment on this level with a shuttle now.

She saw the Salarian Spectre make his way towards her now. He noticed everything was tucked away correctly.

"Good, we can take off now," he said as he hit a button now. She felt the ship lurch forward. No doubt he already preprogrammed the vessel to head to a specific destination already.

"Take a seat please, while I explain a few things to you," Tadal ordered now as the blonde sat in seiza position now. "Welcome aboard the Legion this ship is cutting edge war class ship. One of the goals, before you leave the observation period is to have a vessel to transport yourself around. You will learn how to make contacts, acquire contracts, learn more about how to go solo, acquire new gear, etc."

"So in a sense, you made me leave my gear behind to get an idea of what my skill is without them." Yoko hypothesized.

"Exactly my dear apprentice, people get complacent thanks to technology and the difference to a good Spectre from a bad one. Is always to avoid that issue altogether. Fact is, some people are smarter, stronger, and faster out there. The difference between life and death can be preparation, caution, adaptability, and critical thinking. Most of all common sense, which many people lack this day and age." Tadal lectured her now.

"Okay, I understand that fact well. I don't live for centuries like Asari so my learning period is limited. Krogan is still stronger than me, and Professor Solus is a beast at genetics." Yoko admitted now.

"Good, admitting that fact is the first step to this process — another thing you need to know that announcing yourself as a Spectre changes the dynamics of how people interact with you. It's far better to come as something else and not let them know at all. Agents over the many centuries have been killed even for bragging rights."

"You have to pretend you are undercover first before you reveal anything. Collect what you need to seal the case before telling in person." Yoko summed up.

"Good, before we start going further you will not be completely naked in the field. It's the fact that civilian grade Omni-tools aren't the best for ops let alone C-Sec guns. Since you do not need a translator, I don't give you EMP resistant one." Tadal explained now as he handed her a box now.

"An Omni-tool?" she asked him now.

"This is the basic Spectre Omni-tool, but it has an advanced monitoring device on it. So I can see transactions, hacks, websites, and what you do every day thanks to 3D holograms camera." Tadal explained now.

"Isn't that invasion of privacy, I have no doubt you don't want me to take this off at any time," Yoko told him now.

"Of course not, but I will blank out the nudity scenes, but I don't want doubt coming to you about your skills Yoko. First time races undertaking this ordeal brings skepticism after all. Saren Arterius opposes the idea of having a human in our ranks significantly." Tadal warned him now.

"Okay." Yoko reluctantly agreed as she activated it now. She could see the IOS and programming were advanced.

"Good, the biometrics are synched to you now. Now let's talk about how we are going to do this training. When I say you I mean you will need to do everything solo. I will try not to impact this observation and trials by being there."

"So hands-on training by doing the job itself," Yoko muttered.

"Correct. However, we will do lectures, special training exercises, and at times team up together to handle problems. I want you leading the forefront to them all personally unless I need to. There are times where I need to handle specific tasks."

"My first task?" Yoko curiously asked him now.

"Your first task will take place on the planet Illium itself. Do not be fooled by its glamor by first look. The area is deadly to all even the rich if they don't look out. Your job there for the first month to walk along with me. Get a feel for the position by hunting down bounties. Conduct investigations and take down rogue groups in Illium. All along the way, you will need to amass credits into the millions there. My goal is for you to have 25 million, but also have a full Spec ops package with your gear. Since you can make your gear, it's not so much a problem. Oh, you don't have access to Omni-forge. My bad.

"I can always make one; my engineer instructor made us make one before by scratch," Yoko informed him now.

"Very good, once we touch down we will go to work quickly. Just know you will need to earn 10,000 credits a day to sleep in a good hotel with me. The best hotel rooms are 5,000 credits a night."

"That's..." Yoko muttered now.

"Corrupt as hell, but if you want to live in safety, you will. So let's start up some basic exercises and memory games. Then we'll talk about your duties aboard my ship."

...

The legion lurched forward as it landed on a remote landing pad now. As it's cloaking system turned on soon. A few minutes passed for the two the exit the ramp now as the blonde looked around. The blonde was wearing a black and red catsuit that had N7 colors. It covered the whole body up, and it had a set of thigh high boots. It lacked the shield system, but it can take small arms fire to a degree. As it was something, Tomoko made for her birthday in question. She had half cape with a hood covering her head now.

Tadal was wearing a basic looking armor, but in truth, it was a Spectre grade armor.

"Good landing spot and no cameras either. I wouldn't hazard a chance to flying to one of the lowest levels since going up hundreds of stories sound insane to most." Tadal told her now.

"You asked for covert, and this is what I can do. Pulsating the shields out around the sensory cluster to disable was hard since I had to hit ten at the same time. Then make a plan on where to park, reading up on the history of this place. It's too hot to live at the bottom of the spire, but the Asari use it to help grow their food in greenhouses for some companies. I chose the oldest tower in Nos Astros for the landing zone." Yoko explained to him now.

Tadal nodded his head now.

"There is a reason why this tower looks abandoned Yoko. What it houses here is dark even for me. Still, let's not forget about our goals here, you must acquire new gear, credits, and some contacts. As well a place to stay for the whole month, very challenging ordeal, but it's doable." Tadal told her as she nodded her head now.

"Well Let's get started," she told him as she used her biotics to lift him as well. She used a biotic charge to shoot up to the top now. It took a few seconds to pass as she shot up to a balcony now.

"I see what you did there not a bad idea if you can do it," Tadal told her now as they heard the sound of cheering now. As the two noticed the door and walked past it seeing a vast crowd itself now. People were stuck in cages on a platform as an Asari was hosting something now. She noticed a good deal of Batarians here in the crowd now.

The Asari spoke up now. Today we will begin our auction, these lowlifes signed contracts they couldn't finish or pay up." she said on the intercom for all to here. "Our clients can spend the credits to make your indentured servants. You can use them for anything, but you can't take them off planet unless you pay the bonus fee. We will start with a young Asari girl name Jonxye Gasan."

"100 hundred thousand!" someone shouted as they started screaming out prices now. It was making the blonde sick at the sight of them selling them like cattle. The girl herself was naked itself, making it worse as they were bidding now.

"Focus now; you can't save them all, that fact rings truer than anything. However, this is a prime time to gather as many credits as you can." Tadal lectured her now as she brought up her Omni-tool. For the past few days, she rigged up a program she saw in C-Sec Cyber Crime unit. Where a criminal use the connection route to charge people a credit an hour like a HUB in a restaurant. Sh managed to the ping of the HUB in the building itself to the master of it now. She changed the charge rate to 100 credits every ten minutes. She moved about the crowd using her biotics to still actual physical credit chits now. Tadal was telling her now watching her do the process now,

"Is this even legal?" she asked him.

"In Citadel Space they would never adhere in court, but with Illium's lax laws that's another story. Greed drives Illium like this, and this is the real face of the Asari Republic itself. Don't be fooled when they say it's a corporate world. They allow this to happen each day and don't do anything about it. It's a revolving door here, and it's corrupt. The tech that we considered classified in our region gets sold over here, and criminals alike buy them with ease."

"Don't Justicars patrol out here?" Yoko asked them now.

"They deal with core world problems and what they can see. Overall the Thirty has them on the lease itself unless one comes here. Be mindful not to sign any contracts here whatsoever. You can easily be down there yourself and especially don't sign any contracts dealing with the Republic. It will allow them to hunt you down across the galaxy." Tadal warned them now.

"If I can't do anything about it... I can do this," she muttered now as she brought up the HUB now. She made sure to hit the record button now as she linked it a media sight live. Tadal looked on now with interest now.

"What are you doing?" he asked her now.

"I linked it this auction to its travel page of Illium to dissuade people from coming here. It's sickening to see this stuff and not lifting a hand up for them," she muttered now as he made a note of it in his mind now.

The blonde pulled up the HUB to see her download rate now as she passed the credit chips to him to look at it now.

"Good, we have more than enough for seven days here. Judging from the download rate, we will have a nice set of credits work from in a few minutes. The two saw a Batarian scanning his credit chit now with his Omni-tool now.

"Okay, I have 3,750… shit not enough to buy one person," he muttered to his friend now

"So you can rape one like last time and dump the body in a dumpster." his friend told him now. "Can't spend your money on getting a slave without getting the most of them. I mean indentured servant. Still, you could make that Asari suck dicks and strip for a living and get that money back quickly. Hell, you could make her work for the triple the money she owed, pocket two-thirds of it. You made back double, and she gets clear of the debt."

She used her biotics take the Batarians credit chit now.

"Damn, I didn't think of that, so I'm guessing that's how you been raking in the money."

"Please, I send them off to Hotel Azure to shake their ass for those fools. You have to make money to stay in their rooms. It's 80,000 credits a night there."

"Hey, where is my credit chip…" one muttered now as the blonde walked away now with her mentor. She raised her hand now as she used her biotics now. Dark matter was closing around their necks making it unable for them to breath as their Omni-tool were ripped off with ease. As people watched them gasp for air now and fall to the floor. They waited for a moment for them to die. Some of the people began checking through their pockets with ease.

Yoko held both Omni-tools in hand now as she began hacking them now. "Sick fools..." she muttered now.

"Biotic choking?" Tadal asked curiously.

"Something I came up with after seeing Star Wars, Darth Vader did it with ease. I couldn't let them go in good conscious," she admitted now.

"I'm not judging you, but you are learning still. The galaxy is not black and white it's gray besides that more money for the cause itself. We will go down to the market to see what we can buy for you.

"I will probably go down to wholesale market first and then the Hardware section itself. I'm not giving these idiots any more money than I have to," she told him as she hated this place already now. She hasn't been on this planet for more than thirty minutes.

...

Yoko sighed as she carried around a small hover system carrying an Omni-forge with a built-in workbench and tool storage now. The two have been going around shopping for various things already in question. She wasn't bothering on touching element zero at all when she can make her energized particle system instead. Buying element zero on this planet was too pricey for her.

They were moving around the less scrupulous booths; the blonde was secretly placing viruses on their automated kiosks. Many of them thought their advanced security system would catch it. Some of them had programs set up to take an extra 10 percent of credits from each purchase.

"I can see why Conairi herself had no love for Illium no more," Yoko muttered now.

Tadal nodded his head now as he looked over at a gun sitting there for viewing purposes. He began breaking it down to check if it was okay. "Personally Spectre Tela Vasir works on Illium, but she barely makes a dent here in person," he told her now as he bought Elkoss Combine gun set now for her.

She would say no to it, but the parts from it were pretty good to use to make another gun. She bought a Turian Blackwatch kit itself to pair with it.

"I'm assuming this is enough shopping?" Yoko asked her mentor now.

"Correct, let's find a place to lay low and put this gear together, but first let's get in touch with a bail bondsman."

"Bondsman? On this planet?" Yoko skeptically asked him.

"It's for the people who borrow money and like to run from others. Do not underestimate the bondsman on this planet. They have developed quite a network into capturing people. Why is that?" Tadal inquired now.

"Learning what motivates the target, history, and who the met can help them find them," Yoko remembered her police training.

"Exactly the difference between a good bounty hunter is simple Yoko. Information, do not use any second or third-hand information, don't rely on close friends as well family, to tell the truth, first hand. Well unless their house is up for grabs then yes." Tadal joked as they made their way across the Illium taking a sky van now.

They came across an area filled with private sector doctors, detectives, bondsman, etc.

"So many private sector occupations together," she muttered in awe.

"It's safer in numbers here after all, and the crowds around here are all non-existent. People only come here for specific reasons, and this is an excellent place to make friends. Often a chance they would run into clients that love running on their bills. There is a nearby hotel we can use and stay safe. Vocus Strarian owns a hotel and a part bail bondsman business," Tadal informed them as they made their way to the building now.

The two saw an electronic board showing quite some faces now. They walked in now to see a desk with some supercomputers there.

A Turian was working from it now as he injured arm now. He looked up now to see Tadal.

"So if it isn't Tadal, good to see your body. Hitting hard times now since that damn Krogan broke my damn arm. He says that ten million credits are steep for his ten Vorcha crewmates." Vocus greeted them as they walked up now. He noticed the blonde now. "So this is Voidwalker, huh... see in your action on the media site. You did well; I didn't think a human would implement Turian tactics against a former Blackwatch operative. It must've felt embarrassing for Hailat."

"I am to please, but how did you know I was coming?" Yoko asked him now.

"We are all formed C-Sec agents here Yoko so no worries. I was forced to cover for my no good brother here twenty years ago. He placed his business in debt and got me into it as well by using my name. Forced to go private sector, but never looked back on it. I'm damn good at my job and find only the best bounty hunters to work for me. Zaeed Massini and Urdnot Wrex are few proper names I can pull up. Tadal he grabs the more wayward dangerous ones for me. I imagine this Spectre training will be hard on you."

Tadal shrugged. "So far she is doing an admirable job Vocus, we got rent for the next seven days. I would imagine you have some jobs lined up right?"

"I do, I have few low-level ones she can chase around Illium. An easier one to get would Chris Burton he has a bounty for three million credits. He is wanted for voyeurism and illegal pornography."

"I bet he is making a killing off the pornography angle. Why did you give him bail?" Yoko asked him now.

"Chris wants to save his money up so he could live in a high rise apartment. Own his pornography studio one day, but he isn't appropriately organized to do it. Your job is simple; you have a pretty for him to fall for, At best you had surgery to look like Yoko Minamoto."

"Is he that stupid he would believe it," Yoko muttered now.

"Of course, people lack common sense these days to see past simple tricks. It's the one with brains you got to watch out for Yoko." Vocus warned her now as he pulled a gun on the table and set in front of the blonde now.

"You are giving M-3 Predator?" Yoko asked him.

"Not just any M-3 Predator, this is my custom M-3 Predator. Since it will take me a week or two to get my arm out this cast, you can borrow it. It's modified to use Hammerhead rounds for non-lethal takedowns and given a laser sight to help make your shots precise from afar."

Tadal spoke up now. "It has a large shaver system; it has an internal flash and suppressor mod to it. It reduces the shots from fifteen to eight rounds." Tadal remembered now.

"That's the one, and also I have a list here, you need to get these targets before the week is up. You grab these targets for me in time you get a discount of living in my high prized hotel here. This place looks small, but the luxury and the security is nice to have. Unlike the prostitution hotel..." Vocus muttered in disdain.

Yoko picked up the gun now as she slides it out of view under the caplet. She picked up the datapad to look at it now. She looked them over now. "Okay it doesn't sound hard to grab this guy, I will post body pick of me and say to meet me at a cafe," Yoko told him now.

"One small thing you need to know before you go. Bounty hunters only make 600,000 credits."

"Meaning only twenty percent of each bounty. So I am encouraged to catch a lot of them." Yoko summed up now.

"I knew you were a sharp one, but if Tadal hovers over you wouldn't learn anything. Go out, and I challenge to bring in three people for today. Don't come back until you capture three people." Vocus challenged her now.

"On another note Yoko, anything is up for grabs here like Mr. Burton's Omni-tool and credits. You will still need to make your quota by the end of the month." Tadal reminded her no as she nodded her head now.

...

Yoko sat back at a cafe now as she looked at the profiles given now. She had managed to capture two people on the list itself already. She had the shoved in a rented sky car as she stood over a building watching the plaza now.

Her Omni-tool beeped now as she pressed a button to answer it now. "You are doing well for your first outing on Illium. Are you doing your best to stay out of the alleyways?" Tadal asked her now.

"Yes sir, I have been using my biotics to traverse the city. The sky car taxi charges fifty credits an hour when in use," she informed him.

"I know this place isn't exactly easy on a person's credit supply, docking here in Nos Astros is 50,000 credits a year for a Corvette. Just visiting alone costs 500 credits, well unless you are a transport ship. Still, I have some good news for you. Vocus has found a high priority target for you to track down. This one stole from a prototype bio-amp from Armali Council, and they want her brought in."

Yoko saw the picture come up now. "Nassiri Dantius isn't Matriarch Dantius, a famous amp designer?" Yoko asked him now.

"Was, she is dead now due to old age and all the children she has been doing what they want. Some are trying to off each other from inheriting the family fortune. I doubt Nassiri stole it, but it's evident that being charged with a crime counts her out of the will. The cash bounty is paid straight to you and not the bondsman. I will imagine 50 million credits will go a long way."

Yoko saw Burton moving from the crowd as she used her phase lock ability to snatch him out of the group. She sent him flying upwards and over the building towards her. People were looking in shock and interest trying to take pictures.

She dangled the man in front of him now. She scanned the man in front of him now. "Mr. Burton, Mr. Strarian wants to have a word with you about trying to skip your bail," she told him as she saw the man had a defeated look on his face. She dispersed the ability letting him fall to the ground as she quickly arrested him now. She made sure to remove the Omni-tool from his wrist and check for any weapons now.

"Fuck... I knew it too good to be true."

"Don't worry Mr. Burton; this is the real Doctor Yoko Minamoto, so it wasn't a lie at all. What type of ass hole loves video tapping unsuspecting women in their beds, shower, and houses for people's interest?" she asked him now.

"Ones that pay, if women were half as smart as you, it wouldn't be an issue," he muttered now as she sighed now hacking into his Omni-tool now. She looked at his account now. She looked at it now with interest as he was making 6,000 credits a day. He had been doing this for the past three years if her math was correct. He made two million and two hundred thousand a year if she rounded up.

However, Illium's expenses diminished this return significantly only leaving him with one million in his account now. There was no way he can pay his bail without trying to get more women under the camera.

"Well, you fucked up this time and got caught by me. I bet Vocus will be glad to see you," she muttered now.

...

The blonde sighed as she followed her teacher into the bar now.

"Any reason why we are visiting a bar? You do realize I can't drink any liquor at all. I don't care for the lax laws Illium has." Yoko told him now as they walked into a bar called Eternity now.

"Well you are doing a good job so far, and you managed to catch Nassiri. I think you deserve to know more about the truth the state of the galaxy. We are coming here to see a Matriarch named Aethyta. Back in her day, she could take on your teacher to a degree. A blade master, with no equal, but she turned out to be her worst enemy." Tadal explained now as they checked their weapons at the door by the Asari bouncers.

They soon made their way to the bar now to sit down.

"Ah, so Spectre Nolan comes around my watering hole again. I see you picked Lidy's student as your protege. She is catching people left and right off the streets. She is snatching them up with her biotics without anyone seeing her." Aethyta greeted them.

"Quite correct, she is doing better than projected and the usual, please. Give her Royal Tea please since she isn't planning on drinking anything," Tadal ordered now.

"Coming right up, but what's the reason for the visit?" Aethyta asked her now.

"Truth, because of the moment I retire I want her to know the actual truth to it all. In reality, people never ask why law enforcement officers join the branch," Tadal admitted.

"It's too ensure that the system has a fallback method and that the people can morally rely upon." Yoko guessed.

"This one is quite smarter than the other one you trained, and he was Salarian. Still, you are right about that kiddo, as you can see any person can manipulate the system. Councilors did that back in the past until Turian Councilor by the name of Camus Agraka petitioned that safeguards need to be in play. In truth, you work to better the galaxy not make it worse." Aethyta told them as she served them their drinks.

"You can bypass the Council?" Yoko asked her mentor.

"Of course if you have hard proof or you rise to that rank. However, it's not worth mentioning at all. Just know that if the order is not a favorable outcome for the galaxy you can alternatively do something else." Tadal lectured her now as the blonde nodded her head now. She took a sip of her drink.

"Still, how does a Matriarch like you serve liquor in a bar. Why not own the bar and combine it with a hotel? I know Lidanya-sensei is helping the military." Yoko changed gears with her questioning now.

"That's because the fools of Thessia refuse to hear my wise counseling. Hell, even Lidy has combat these bitches every time and trying to improve the military."

"They don't like progressive ideas." Yoko guessed now.

"Exactly you see it for what it is, but the thirty clans who lead everything are hypocrites. You look all around and see how fucked up Illium is and how it helps these rogues kill people. We can't go one single lifetime in without a war breaking out across the galaxy. Hell can't even go hundred years without someone to level colonies. You did an excellent job giving those fools the boot on Elysium. Then you exercised caution of having defenses instead of leaving your asses in the breeze like my race does all the time. It will be only a matter of time before shit goes down and we caught off guard." Aethyta pointed out to them.

"It's a fact you never won a galactic war or the fact you slide off problems to others races." Yoko pointed out to her now.

"Exactly, art, political prowess, and philosophy can't cut it in this galaxy at all what's even worse ever since the galactic community stabilize. Our maidens had gone from working earlier to wasting 350 years of their life for nothing. Shaking their asses off in some sleazy bar or joining mercenary gangs. For instance, you, of course, are working early and inspiring so many to go out and do something. With all the social engineering out there you can't find a prominent name to rise above the rest to influence generations to come."

Tadal sighed now putting down his drink for a moment. "The truth is the go-getters dictate everything in this galaxy. I think you can see it the most, unlike most Asari. Sit back approach and plan for centuries doesn't cut it." he explained to them now.

"It's not working because when news breaks out about something random or trading partners hit hard times. It still effects to a degree, but no, no one in the E-Republic cares." Aethyta muttered in disdain.

"The reason why I brought you here Yoko, Matriarch Aethyta at one time was known as a blade master. A master of the Warp blade and she knows more truths than anyone."

"Warp blade? Like wrapping my biotics around a blade and distort it?" Yoko curiously inquired now.

"Yes and no, however, the ability to cut five centimeters of Silaris armor is doable. Turning swings to a death blow or cutting them asunder like paper. To properly channeling it to cause shockwaves and other effects. I am out of touch, but it's easy showing a trick or two. If the price is right."

"How much?" Tadal asked her now.

"I don't want money Spectre; I need a favor for a favor."

"Such as?" Yoko asked her now.

"I need you both to head to Anhur and help cripple the Nahesit structure. Some of the girls I follow and care for are stuck in this war. They work for the Eclipse, but on legitimate jobs."

"Good place to train and hone your abilities in a war setting. It's easily doable, anything else?" Tadal asked her now.

"I want this rookie in training to support Armali Council, Silaris company, and Orisoni scientists in return. They are one of few groups who do right by others. Furthermore, she can get some excellent materials and equipment from them." Aethyta added.

"Promoting your stocks?" Tadal asked her.

"I helped Armali get off the ground after their economic depression centuries back. I am not going to be here forever to support them. Besides new clients are their lifeline after all."

"If we do this can I get Silaris to work collaboration with my Akatsuki in building me a ship. I want to know if I can make a frigate size vessel." Yoko asked her now.

"I don't think they will object, but the price to do so will be astronomical." Matriarch told her now.

"Shouldn't be a problem for Yoko's bank account, since she isn't using it. We have a week to get some training done as well." Tadal agreed now.