Date: 4/17/2210
"Creator-Shepard, there is a incoming transmission over secure channels from Doctor T'Soni. I have established a connection to the ship's comm room."
"Thank you Core" Ria said, relieved. With little more then two hours until they reached Omega, the quarian had been worried that Liara hadn't been able to discover any additional info on Cerberus's activities on Omega before they arrived at the station.
Stepping down from the CIC's raised dais, Ria made her way to the Invisible's comm room. Moving to stand in front of the hologram projector, the quarian found herself impatiently bouncing on the tips of her toes as a minute crawled by before the projected image of the Shadow Broker fully materialized.
"Ria" the asari greeted with a tilt of her head.
"Doctor T'Soni" Ria replied in kind, fighting to keep her apprehensiveness out of her voice. "What do you have for us."
"Right to the point of things I see," the asari said with a weary smile, "Yesterday one of my agents on Omega was able too locate and infiltrate an abandoned apartment complex Cerberus was using as a base of operations. Before he was discovered, he managed to transmit several terabytes of data, including intelligence reports and orders for the Cerberus agents on the station. While Cerberus has undoubtedly moved to a new location by now, we now know what they are after."
Ria slowly nodded "What is it that they after?"
"Not what, but whom." The asari briefly glanced at an unseen display off to her side, reading it before continuing "Cerberus are after a somewhat notorious human biotic, a mercenary named Daron; their agents under orders to capture him alive."
"Why? What reason would Cerberus have for capturing a mercenary?"
"I do not know, but Cerberus doesn't do anything without a reason. Though if one thing is clear from the intelligence reports my agent managed to send, it's that Cerberus believes Daron's capture will somehow help them find the Darkforge. How or why, it was not said; so we can only speculate."
"What can you know about him, this mercenary, I mean?" Ria asked, thoughtfully.
"Surprisingly little," Liara frowned, "I have near to nothing on his past, or activities up until a few years ago. Daron began work as a mercenary nearly a decade ago, running with several smaller mercenary bands over the course of a few years. Eventually, he began talking jobs on his own; building a reputation for taking on missions that are considered too dangerous by most merc groups, let alone a single mercenary."
Liara once more glanced over to unseen display, "While reports on his abilities vary, it appears that Daron is a incredibly powerful biotic. There are rumors that this "unnatural" aptitude is due to extensive cybernetic implants, but I was unable to find anything that validates or disproves these theories."
"So, we are going to have to find Daron before Cerberus does. Whatever the reason Cerberus is after him, we can't let them succeed. Whats more, if Cerberus are right and this mercenary can somehow help find the Darkforge, convincing him to help us could allow us one step ahead of Cerberus."
"My thoughts exactly" Liara said with a brief smile, typing on a unseen keyboard before glancing back to Ria. "I have sent a dossier containing everything I know about Daron, as well as the data my agent managed to recover. Once you reach Omega, you will have to speak to Aria T'Loak. She can tell you more about Daron then myself, and claims to know where you can find him."
"...Aria? B-but, isn't that too dangerous? I don't have the experience to deal with her. W-what if she tries to manipulate us, or sends us into a trap?"
"I wish you didn't have to as well, but Aria would only agree to help if you met her in person. But, while Aria undoubtedly has something to gain from all this, I do not believe you are in any real danger. She hates Cerberus as much as anyone else alive... and also I do not believe would try anything to anger the great Commander Shepard" Liara said, a small smile crossing her features at the last part.
"Okay, if we have no other choice...and you think we will be fine; then I will do it." Ria said, trying her best to sound confident as the asari was.
"I wish you luck, Ria. I will contact you if I find anything else."
As the hologram of the asari faded away, Ria leaned forward on the console, still trying to absorb all that she had been told. "Core?" Ria called out at last.
"Yes Creator-Shepard?"
"Tell Jalin, Tarran, Laura, Kel meet in the comm room in ten minutes, I need to brief them before we arrive on Omega.
. . . . .
"You know, the first thing everyone mentions when describing Omega is the stench, and now I can see why." Laura grumbled as they exited the station's docking bay.
"Come on, its not that bad" Ria retorted, rechecking the straps holding her armor into place. Well, the weight of the armor will take some getting use too,but its a small complaint compared to the how much it will help keep me alive the quarian though as she sifted uncomforably, checking her other new equipment one last time. Besides her new armor, Ria had taken a Eviscerator shotgun from the armory and an upgraded to her omni-tool's fabricators, allowing it to create a omni-blade for when she found herself in hand to hand combat.
"So says the one person of our little group who can has olfactory filters they can disable." Tarran chuckled, jogging the last couple steps to catch up with the two woman; Jalin following a few steps behind the turian.
"That's not true... Kel can also." Ria retorted, grinning behind her helmet.
"Yes, but hes not here, is he? So your point is invalid." Tarran reminded her with a self satisfied smirk. Due to his broken ankle not yet fully healed, it had decided it was best that Kel stay aboard the Invisible.
"Oh, tough it out you too, I don't hear Jalin complaining."
"Yes, but I have been to Omega on several occasions... the smell tends to be one of the more challenging aspects of the station most newcomers to get used too." The salarian offered.
Moving quickly to avoid spending any more time on the station then they had to, they made their way to Afterlife, the club that served as Aria's base of operations on the station. Their arrival must have been expected, the nightclub's bouncer motioning for them to go in without having to wait in line. They met no resistance as they made their way through the night club until a batarian guard moved to stop bar their way at the entrance to the booth overlooking the club's upper level. "That's close enough. I am under orders that only the quarian is allowed in to see Aria, the other three of you will have to wait outside."
"That's bullshit, if Ria is going in so are we" Laura scowled, taking a step closer to the guard, glaring at the batarian.
"Laura, its okay" Ria said, placing a hand on her friend's shoulder, "I will be fine, just wait here."
Begrudgingly Laura stepped back to the side as Ria moved past the batarian bodyguard and climbed the stairs leading into the booth. Inside and past four more heavily armed bodyguards an asari sat , one leg crossed over the other as she sat casually in her seat. In one hand she held a datapad that she was currently reading, while in the other she held a purple alcoholic beverage that Ria did not recognize.
The asari smiled smugly as the quarian entered, setting her data pad aside. "Ah, so this is the "great" Commander Shepard's daughter. Funny, I imagined you would be taller." Aria said, sizing up Ria from where she sat. "I was surprised when I found out that he had married a quarian, but then again, nothing about him was quite what I expected."
The asari gave her smile that oozed with arrogance as she motioned with her chin for Ria to sit in a unoccupied seat to her right. Ria slowly moved to sit, her eyes locked on Aria as she moved, fearing to even glance away for a minute.
"Oh calm down will you, if I wanted you dead I would have already tried by now."
Ria nodded slowly. Dammit Ria, Aria is going to eat you alive if you keep up the nervous naive little girl thing up any longer. Taking to deep breath, Ria spoke again in what she hoped was a more confident tone, "I-I was told that you could tell me more about a mercenary we are looking for, a human biotic by the name of Daron."
"Ah yes, your father's friend, doctor T'Soni, has already told me about your little mission." Aria said, taking casually swirling the drink held in her right hand.
"So, what can you tell us?" Ria said, this time managing to avoid stuttering.
"Not as much as I would like; though I do know a bit more then what T'Soni told you. Daron first appeared in Omega about a decade ago, starting running with one of the smaller merc gangs on the station. Normally, no one would have noticed him; but his unusually powerful biotics. He quickly began to work his way up the criminal underworld, gaining more and more reputation. Then two years after arriving, he cut all ties to the group he had currently been working for; grew bored if I were to guess."
"That's when he began working on his own?"
"Yes, built up quite a reputation too. With his biotics, he could do alone what a mercenary band of a nearly dozen could together. Took mostly missions with a destructive bent: kill a well protected individual, destroy a competitor's base, or the like."
"How powerful are his biotics exactly?"
"Very. I haven't ever seen an human biotic that powerful except for that one that use to be part of your father's crew, Jack I think her name was." Aria explained. "The similarities between their abilities in fact, are uncanny. I had a suspicion that Daron's abilities might be the product of Cerberus meddling, but could never find any concrete evidence."
Ria nodded. "So where can I find him?"
"I don't know where he is now..." Aria said, pausing for effect, "but I do know where he will be. Last I heard, he had taken a job to kill a local mercenary leader, a krogan named Tharsk."
"From what you have said, that job sounds a little easy compared to those he usually takes." Ria asked?
Aria laughed."Oh, don't be fooled by what I said, that mission is the perfect match for his... talents."
"Why is that... though I suppose you are about to tell me aren't you." Ria said, so irritated by the asari's stalling that she respond on reflex without thinking about what she had said. Oh keelah, why did you say that.
"Ah, so you have of a attitude? I like that, its much more fun then dealing with people who just grovel like idiots." Aria said with a smirk. "While not one of the most powerful mercenary groups,Tharsk's merc band has been growing in power and influence at a astounding rate over the past few years, and has made quite a few enemies. One of these enemies, a salarian named Meglin whose merc band is in direct completion with Tharsk's, has recently tried to have the krogan killed..."
The asari paused to take took a sip of her drink. "Two weeks ago Meglin hired a assassin to deal with Tharsk, but the krogan survived the attack. Since then Tharsk has holed himself up in his headquarters, turned the entire place into a fortress with half his mercenary band there guarding him. Any attack would be suicide, so Meglin hired Daron for the job."
"What can you tell us about the base?"
"It use to be a refinery back when there was active mining on this asteroid, changed hands over the centuries since then. The compound dug out of the asteroid itself, only way in or out is the front gates. If defended correctly it can become the perfect fortress...or perfect cage."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, that if I were Cerberus, I would wait right until Daron has reached his target before striking; surround and block the only way out. Not only would he already be fatigued from fighting, he would have no where to go back back through the forces waiting for him. If I where you, I would try to reach Daron before that happens, else you may not get another change. You don't have long, from what I heard Daron plans to go after Tharsk later today."
"Why are you giving us all this information without anything in return? What do you have to gain from all this?" Ria asked, as she move to stand.
"Its very simple really."The asari leaned forward, looking over her interlocked hands (in what was in Ria's opinion of overly dramatic fashion, not that she would dare say it out-loud) with a hint of cruel smile"Cerberus once tried to take this station away from me. If by helping you I can make Cerberus' collective lives a bit more hellish, I will gladly tell you what you need to know to do so."
Aria casually leaned back in her chair, continuing, "Besides, I have nothing to lose either way, keeping this to myself wouldn't benefit me any more or less than telling you."
The conversation drawing to a close, and not wanting to try Aria's patience by overstaying her welcome, Ria stood up making to leave. "Well, if what you said is true I better hurry. Thank you... for your help." Ria thanked haltingly.
"I will have one of my men drive you and your team to Tharsk's base, free of charge." Aria called out just before the quarian reached the door, Ria turning back to face the asari in surprise. Aria smiles smugly, explaining simply. "Think of it as repaying your father for all of the "help" he has given me in the past."
Ria was not quite sure how to react, her eyes meeting the asari's as she tried to read Aria's inscrutable expression. As last she nodded slowly "...Thank you."
Aria did not respond, simply leaning back into her chair and ginned smugly as the quarian left.
. . . . .
The skycar dropped them off some distance away from their destination, unable to get any closer due to the confined pathways leading to the base. Brief spurts of gunfire could be heard faintly from head of them
"Unless this area of Omega is just having a bad day, I would say the part has already started." Tarran muttered, pulling his rifle free from its magnetic clamps.
"We don't have much time then. If Aria is right, Cerberus will close in soon to cut of Daron's escape." Ria noted, drawing her own weapon and began running moving in the direction of the sound.
"Cerberus likely has placed agents throughout the area, only way they would know when the attack started and still be able to move into place in time. Cerberus will soon know we are here; we will certainly be spotted going in, if we have not been already... we have no other option though." Jalin warned, a faintly visible biotic barrier springing to life around the salarian as he, Laura, and Tarran followed.
"At least they won't be expecting us, maybe it will catch them off-guard." Ria offered.
Arriving at the foundry-turned-mercenary-base, Ria slowed to a halt as she caught sight to the entrance to the base.
"Holy shit" Laura said, coming to stop next to the quarian, "The reports about Daron's biotic abilities weren't exaggerated."
Based on the sight before them, Ria had to agree with her friend's analysis. The front gates of the base were hung at awkward angles, having been forcibly torn open. The bodies of a dozen mercenaries were scattered around the entrance, crushed under biotically flung projectiles or crumbled in heaps where they themselves had been tossed like a child's toy. Closer examination reveled that only two of the mercenaries sported gunshot wounds.
"Only a two to three bullet entry points, probably killed by a pistol, maybe marksman rifle." Tarran noted, glancing over one of the mercies not killed by a biotic attack.
"Likely pistol, Daron's dossier said he rarely employed any weapon other then pistols in conjunction with his biotics." Jalin answered, moving toward the entrance. "Hurry, we can't stay here too long
Heading inside, they soon saw that the interior of the base appeared no less devastated than the exterior. A handful of bodies could be seen scattered amongst mangled security mechs, both having been killed (or disabled on the mechs' part) in much the same manner as the mercenaries outside.
Two visible paths split off to either side at the far end of the room, blocks by heavy metal doors. Following in the path of destruction left in the biotic's wake, Ria drew closer to the door on the left. Unlike the one opposite, the door hung partially open, unable to fully close due to the security mech wedged between it.
"Hurry, he must have gone this way" Ria said, moving over to the doors control panel. As the doors slid open Ria saw following directly after the biotic was not a option, the hallway ahead of them blocked by heap of rubble from a collapsed ceiling and a roaring wall of fire fed by spewing gasses from a ruptured pipeline.
"Det kazuat," Ria cursed, "We have to find another way around."
"Let try the other door, hopefully it doesn't lead to a dead end" Tarran said, moving over to the control panel. "Damn, locked."
"Nothing I can't handle" Ria said, flashing a brief smile, setting her rifle and activating her omni-tool as she began her hacking attempt. It only took a few moments before she managed to override the door's locking mechanism. Standing up, Ria retrieved her weapon s the now unlocked door slid open to a long hallway that led deeper into a base. "Well that was a bit too easy, I expected their security to be a bit harder to crack."
"Lets not temp fate, shall we?" Tarran grumbled.
They moved quickly down the hallway, checking corners as they went before they came to another set of sealed doors. Coming to a halt in front of them, Ria boosted the audio-receivers of her suit, listening carefully; hearing voices faintly on the other side. "We have contacts ahead. I will open with a flashbang grenade, as soon as it detonates we go in fast and hard; take down anything that moves."
Drawing a flashbang grenade from her belt, Ria opened the doors and flung the small device into the room. The moment the grenade detonated, Ria burst into the room, quickly taking in her surroundings. Six mercenaries stood at the far end, partially covered by barricades that that had been placed at the far end of the room. Picking a target as she gazed down the scope of her father's vindicator, Ria fired off two three bursts at the closest mercenary; disruptor rounds cutting through the batarian's shields before tearing though him in a spray of red.
Behind her Laura's avenger pumped out a hail of rounds, cutting down another of the stunned mercs. A third's shields flashed brightly before fading; Tarran's overload allowing Jalin to finish off the now shieldless mech with a single shot of his Carnifex.
Taking cover behind disused machinery as the remaining mercs, Ria called out orders. "Laura, lay down covering fire. Jalin, hit them with your biotics to give me or Tarran a clear shot."
Waiting for Laura to begin firing, Ria broke cover and ran forward, switching to her shotgun as she ran. A purple glow enveloped one of then men as he was lifted up into the air and out of cover; a crack of sniper-rifle fire punctuating the air moments as Tarran killed the exposed mercenary.
Ria raised her shotgun as one of the two remaining mercenaries leaned out of cover to fire at Tarran, her shotgun blast sending the man tumbling forward before he could fire. Firing another shot at the last reaming mercenary, the quarian managed to collapse his shields; allowing for Laura to finish him off.
Deciding to not waste any more time, the four continued further into the base almost immediately. After not very long, they once again signs of battle ahead of them, indicating they were on the right path. Along with giving them a clear path to follow, the shear destruction left in the biotic's wake meant that they met no further resistance as they drew closer and closer to the sounds of fighting ahead of them.
It wasn't long before they reached the location source of the noise, passing through a set of destroyed gates and into large courtyard. At the end of the room were several raised terraces and barricades to provide cover for those defending the area. A manually operated turret sat at the very top, unleashing a nearly endless stream of rounds. At the far end of the area was a doorway, likely leading to the innermost chambers of the base.
Amongst these defenses over a dozen mercenaries could be see, all firing upon a raised walkway that normally would be used as a vantage point for snipers. Ria then noticed the target of the target of the mercenaries fire, a man surrounded by the glowing purple shroud of a biotic barrier running along the walkway.
A rocket streaked out from the mercenaries position toward the man, only to be deflected as a bubble like barrier surrounded him; doing little more then halting his movement for mere seconds. Sprinting once more, the biotic reached the end of the walkway and past the defenses, only pausing to effortlessly toss aside two mercenaries blocking the door before sprinting inside.
"Come on, we have to follow." Ria order, opening fire as she ran through the doorway and into the courtyard. A sniper round zoomed past her and struck the rocket-launcher wielding merc in the head as she ran, Tarran neutralizing the threat posed by the heavy weapon.
The turret wielding mercenary spun upon the new arrival, rounds tearing towards the four as they charged. Ria managed to dive down behind cover just in time, heavy machine gun round tearing the air around her small refuge. "Dammit, we need someone to take out the mercenary operating that turret."
"I can do it, just give me a distraction" Jalin answered, quickly looking out of cover before ducking back down, shots buzzing over his .
Pulling out her inactive drone, Ria gave the salarian a quick nod to tell him she was ready. Omni-tool flashing, she tossed the drone as far as she could into the mass of mercenaries, the drone surging to life just before hitting the ground. "Go get them Tikkun!"
The appearance of the drone had caught the mercenaries off guard, distracting them for the precious seconds Jalin needed. A brilliantly glowing aura of dark energy flared around the salarian as stood up from behind his cover; a small smile crossing his lips. There was a resounding boom as the salarian vanished in a blur of light, reappearing next to the turret in amongst a shockwave of dark energy. Raising his Scimitar shotgun, the salarian fired two shots into one of the staggering mercenaries, sending the batarian falling in a spray of green blood. Turning his attention to man operating the turret, Jalin took aim with his shotgun once more and fired. The turret ceased firing as the human operating it fell limply to lay splayed over the turret's control panel.
Before the surprised mercenaries could fire upon the salarian who had appeared in their midst, Ria returned fire, managing to kill one of the mercenaries and drain the shields of another before he managed to get behind cover. Laura and Tarran likewise each managed to kill a mercenary, Tarran switching to his Phaeton to join Ria in providing suppressing fire to allow Jalin fell back to nearby cover.
The quarian's attention focused on the nearest mercenary to her, she did not notice that another had crawled over to and retrieved the rocket launcher clutched in the handed of a fallen mercenary. She caught sight of the man just as he leaned out from cover to fire the heavy weapon at her. Just as the man's finger began to squeeze the trigger there was a spray of blood from his shoulder, the rocket-launcher falling from his grasp.
Firing off two quick bursts, the quarian turned finished the wounded mercenary off. Turning in the direction of her rescuer, Ria was mildly surprised to see it had been Laura, the M-97 Viper sniper rifle she had taken from the armory held at the ready. "Thanks, for the help." Ria said, ducking back behind cover.
"You owe me one," the soldier said, flashing a quick grin.
"Owe you one? Ha, you just managed to make up for one of the times I have had to save your life" Ria chucked, overloading a mercenaries shields, and firing off a burst that caught him center of his face.
"Guess, I will have to work a bit harder then, shouldn't be too hard to save your ass a few more times." Laura retorted as she tossed a grenade, killing one mercenary and wounded another.
Mopping up the remaining mercenaries, they quickly followed after the path taken by the biotic, passing through a long hallway littered with several more dead mercenaries. The ever present sounds of combat were now seemingly absent as they reached a large, open doorway. Motioning for them to stay low, Ria crept forward, crouching to the side of the open door in front of them. Waiting for her team to do the same, standing out of sight on either side of the door, the quarian slowly peaked inside the room.
Inside, only feet away from here, stood a human unlike in appearance to those made up the mercenary group. The human stood just over six feet tall, wearing nondescript lightweight black armor over a gray under-suit. He had short black hair that stood in deep contrast to his ghostly pale colored skin. The only visible weapons the quarian could see were a heavy pistol and two long combat knives stowed at his belt.
Behind a large metal desk stood the krogan mercenary leader Tharsk, five heavily armed mercenaries spread out behind him. Fear could be seen deep in the mercenaries' eyes as their nervously trained their weapons on man before for them, who must certainly be Daron.
"How did you make it through my defenses, there were over fifty of my men between you and me?" The krogan growled, slamming a meaty fist onto his desk.
"What can I say, I am a very talented man." Daron replied, a biotic aura surrounding a hand briefly to highlight his point.
"You don't have to do this you know. I can offer you twice what Meglin payed you." The krogan said desperately.
The human biotic chuckled softly. "Sorry... I am not the kind of scum who turns on his employer just because my target offers more. Nice try though, most people on this station probably would have taken your deal."
"Damn you. Kill him! Kill him!" Tharsk ordered, waving his hand in the direction of the biotic.
Before the mercenaries could even open fire, Daron had already begun to move, calling up his biotics with a wave of a arm and slamming one of the men into wall. Rounds struck biotic's barriers as he spun trust a hand in a grasping motion at a man to his left; the hapless mercenary convulsing coughed blood as a biotic field reaved and tore his insides apart.
Rolling forward, Daron took cover behind the dest before his barriers failed. Drawing his pistol, he sprung to the side, unleashing a concussive shockwave that sent two of the mercenaries stumbling back. Aiming his pistol at the third mercenary, Daron fired his pistol twice the first punching through the man's shields allowing the second to tear of hole in his chest.
Trusting his open hand upward, he lifted one of the still recovering mercenaries into the air to slam the ceiling, breaking the man's neck in the impact. Pointing his pistol at the last man, the biotic casually fired the last two shots in his clip; dropping the pistol back to his side as the man tumbled lifelessly to the floor.
The krogan was speechless for several seconds before rage filled his visage. "Fine them, I will kill you myself." Tharsk roared, leaping over his desk to charge at the human.
Right as the krogan seemed sure to bulldoze over the human, Daron unleashed a biotic thrust that robbed the krogan of much of his momentum and sent him staggering off at a angle. Side stepping the charge, Daron drew his knife and slashed at the mercenary leader's face, blinding one of his eyes.
"Quit your squirming, coward" The partially blinded krogan roared as Daron dodged a swipe of the massive alien's arm.
"If you insist." A swirling biotic field sprung up around Daron as thrust both hand at the mercenary leader, sending his flying through the air, over his desk, and into the back wall with a thud. Before the krogan could rise, the biotic trust a hand at the metal desk, sending it crashing back into the alien and pinning him to the wall.
Daron drew his pistol once more, depositing a new thermal clip as he approach the beaten mercenary leader. The krogan gazed up at the human with a utterly beaten look. "No please, spare me." Without answering, the biotic pointed his gun at the side of the krogan's head and pulled the trigger.
The battle over, Ria stood and motioned for her friends to do the same. Keeping her rifle lowered as she entered the room. "Daron?" Ria more stated then asked
The biotic spun to face them, as they entered, biotics flaring up around him. Ria took a step back, raising a hand a non-threatening gesture. "We aren't here to fight, we just came to talk."
"So you were the ones I saw fighting some of Tharsk's pet mercenaries outside this room. Forgive me if I don't take trust the heavily armed band who just fought through a dozen mercenaries are just here to talk, quarian. If you just wanted to talk, you could have easily set up a meeting... so, why are you here?"
"We came here to help you. You are in immense danger, Cerberus agents on Omega have been tasked with capturing you. They are going to try trap you here, block your path out." Ria explained.
A look of anger and perhaps shock briefly flashed over the mercenary's featured before fading to a look of smug disbelief. "Cerberus has been dead for over twenty years, you are going to have to come up with a better lie then that if you want me to believe you."
"We aren't lying. In the past week Cerberus has attacked two colonies and sent agents to the Citadel; and now we have evidence that they are now after you. They think that you can somehow help them find something, what we don't know...but if you come with us and help us stop Cerberus we will help you avoid capture, and pay whatever price you name."
"What happens if I refuse" Daron said laugh laced with a hint of anger, dark energy flashing around him menacingly.
"No matter if you refuse or not, Cerberus will be here any second now!" Ria said, taking a step forward locking glares with the human. "There's no way in hell am I letting Cerberus get what they are after, whether you like it or not. Help us, or don't; That's your choice. But we have to leave before Cerberus arrives and traps us here."
A cold laugh echoed softly, punctuating the air. Turning in the direction of the sound, Ria saw that its source was a tall man in a light-weight suit of gray and black armor, his features completely obscured by a masked helmet. Two men in gold and white heavy armor stood to either side of him, heavy machine guns held at the ready.
"Leave before Cerberus arrives? It is far too late for that I am afraid..." The man chuckles coldly.
Authors Note: Big thanks to Nozzivix for compiling a dictionary of all the quarian words invented by various other fanfic writers. I shall be putting this new tool to good use **evil laugh that makes no sense now that I think about it**
Glossary
Det kazuat: Term of curse, considered especially crude. Literal Translation: Living sack of excrement.