response to:Glaziola I thought It over and I decided to not have Turian reputation drop. It did not in the normal Mass Effect universe, as far as I know if wrong point it out to me, love Reviews! RETCON: thanks for the advice I follow it the evac from Syglar will be next chapter thanks for the help.
response to:alichi eek. I'll make the Zeus much bigger then a Nimitz and as for the Tesla trooper,, I just wanted the Turians to meet a Tesla Trooper and go O shit, if I wanted to explain it I could say all the hall ways are big enough for a Eclor, never know when you have to carry a diplomat you don't want to piss off, not like they have S.H.R.I.N.K beams...
new chapter lets join the humans in the first visit to the Citadel.
The charges of C-8 detonated throwing the doors off there hinges gunfire raced though the smoking door as slowly Peacekeepers with there riot shields up walked though the waves of fire there shield more the able to take the fire, for a limited time.
Behind them peace keeper lobbed the teargas grenades into the room filling the room with the incapacitatory gas. Janet looked around the room for the man who matched the image from the ship Codex.
They found him. He had a red and white tattoo on his face.
"good." Janet slipped a Chronvest over him "we have the target." she said as Peacekeepers cleared the room of stunned hostiles till only they remained "Chrono us up."
The white Glow enveloped the room and Janet and her team were back on the Zeus. The Gagerin X3 were next teleported away and the Turians were confused, what the hell happened?
Janet handed the stunned Turian to a ground crew, the plan was to use him as a bargaining chip to make the planet surrender but with the council now inbound they would use him differently.
The reaction was swift.
"what do you mean Syglar is over run?"
"what I said." Junnil said to the Turian councilor Valern "The Turian fleet was destroyed and fleet of at least three different alien races were in obit I can only assume there lunched a ground attack."
"we can't let this stand!"
"To be fair Valern, you did attack them first." Asari councilor Tevos spoke "this is in self defense we need to see if we can keep this from escalating. "
"I agree." The Salarian councilor Shrenda said "we don't want to provoke any more of a war then there is already, that said we should send a fleet as they are still ocupying a Turian planet and make it clear if they do not leave the world we will attack them."
SHIFT
The Asair took a deep breath, she was used to be breaking Citadel news, but this was a bombshell.
"your live in three, two, one." the Turian camera man pointed at her.
"This is Citadel News five here I am Isandra with breaking news. The Turian planet of Syglar has been overwhelmed by a group of at least three unknown hostiles alien races. At present motives are unknown as are purpose of this attack."
Isandra took a deep breath "As it stands the Aliens are attacking the planet and none are sure what will happen, some are likening this to the Rachni others are not so sure. Joining us is Salarian professor Reda expert on military science thank you for joining us." she turned to face the Salarian who had so far been off camera.
"thank you having me." he said with a nod.
"what can you guess about the military power of the three races?"
"well so far we have no first have evidence of what they can do. But the fact they defeated both a Turian attack and carried the war to Syglar."
"wait, you said the Turians attacked first?" Isandra asked
"sort of, from the reports I read, and I can't site my sources sorry, the race we now know as the Soviets try to activate a dormant mass relay which as you know is against Citadel law the Turians tried to stop them but were stopped. Once more no first hand accounts as all the survivors are on Syglar. And the Turians lunched a attack on a Soviet planet that attack was beaten off and the three races counter attacked."
"so who is responsible?"
"unclear at this point if the reports accurate, and I believe it is, but blame can be put on the Turians for enforcing a law that the Soviets did not know about until now."
"what do you make of the Soviets themselves?"
"you asking a question that we can not answer with the information we have now we have to wait to see how they react to the Citadel fleet."
"more of your sources?"
"no, just a good guess."
"thank you professor I have a feeling were be speaking more in the near future."
"I would be happy too." Reda said with a smile and nod.
"Comeing up next reactions from the Elcor ambassador."
SHIFT
14 hours had passed since the frigate had showed up in system and still the fleet waited, they had to wait no longer.
The Council fleet emerged. A combined Turian, Salarian and Asari force lept from space. The Humans were geared for a fight. But they did not want one. The fleet out numbered them by three times. Including six dreadnoughts and over 83 cruisers.
"Sir incoming transmission."
"well good put it on." James with a sigh seems they wanted to talk rather then fight.
"this is Admiral Jenal," it was one of the blue Asair "all ships of the Soviets and there allies are ordered to evacuated all troops and equipment form the surface or fired upon."
James activated his communicator to his fellow commanders, "Are orders if the Council shows up is do not provoke them and evaculate only when ordered by command. In the mean time do what we can to prevent a war."
Jarek nodded "agreed we will hold but do no more."
Empire commander Jiro Shigekazuto nodded "as will I."
James nodded and activated his transmitter "This is Allied commander James Johnson we will not comply with your order until a formal peace treaty is formed between the Turians and us, we will not attack any more nore will we advance and we formally request that diplomats from both sides meet to resolve this war peacefully."
Milum sighed she was so glad these races saw reason, not like she expected them from to leave when they were still at war.
SHIFT
Once more the three leaders met vie video.
Allied high Commander Blake Jackson opened the discussion "we have evacuated from Syglar now they want us to send emissary's to the Citadel I already have a man picked out."
Emperor Kiyoshi Shigekazu added "as far as I know we can bring troops right?"
Blake nodded "yes a honor guard so to speak."
Boris Spyridon Premier of the Soviet Union smiled "I think we can show off a bit, they clearly had no equivalents to Tesla Troopers so lets send are most elite troops."
"I agree with that statement save for you idea to bring Tesla Troopers, they send the wrong message I will send a squad of Peacekeepers and Janet."
"you commando?" Kiyoshi asked
"yes, if theres a fight she will come in handy I recommend you send your own."
"I agreed Yuriko prime will accompany."
"are commando will to." Boris said quickly.
"good, now transport, I Propose a Soviet Juggernaut class due to how much damage they can take."
"agreed." Kiyoshi said.
"good, the diplomats and envoys will meet on Shanxi in three days is the time table agreeable?"
"yes it is." Kiyoshi said and Boris nodded "very good then, until we speak again."
The computer shut off and Boris stood up calmly take a drink of Vodka but slamming the bottle down a bit hard.
"Damn it! We have no commando to send! We need a Soviet hero to lift above and stand with Yuriko and Janet." he looked out the window thinking long and hard.
"Sir." he turned to see his assistant "yes Olesia?"
"I have something I like you to see."
she put the personal file on the table and Boris opened up.
Name: Derska Kharitaniia
Rank:Commissar
Serial number:942,341,412,498
Medical history:Brain scaring outlined in descriptions, highly efficient ability to processes alcohol with ease likely due to early exposure and adaptation to said alcohol. This is the reasons she frequently drinks Molotov cocktails.
Descriptions Derska joined the army in 2068. She grew up in the Khan Sprawl on the planet Shana. There she grew up with her drunkard farther her mother is unknown. It is assumed she took to drinking at a very young age and her brain bares scaring from intense Smilex withdrawal though she does not mention this. She then says she gathered enough money to leave the sprawl, in this interviewer's opinion by illegal means, to the nearby Soviet city of New Moscow. It should be noted that by enlistment date she enlisted in winter and this means she had walk from the Sprawl to the Town, as it is unlikely she could buy transport as there is no traffic between the Sprawl and New Moscow in winter which on Shana can get to -20 degrees Fahrenheit."
Derksa had exemplary zeal and loyalty to the Soviet Creed and the glory of Communism had her chosen to be a commissar and passed the tests, the same tests that have a 84% drop out rate, with ease.
She was then stationed on Shanxi and remained there with a good service record until the recent first contact war where she is personally credited with over 40 Turian kills. She then volunteered herself and her unit to the front line of Syglar. She here defeated a complete Turian trench line single handed. Both accounts verifiable by at least five other individuals.
It is in this humble Commander's view that Derksa should be give the Red Star, the highest honor we can bestow.
He put the report down "and why did you give this too me? Of course we need to give her the Red Star after that but why now?"
"sir, I know of are situation with a lack of hero, she is also attractive and could be what we are looking for." he thought about the first human to gain distinction in a human alien conflict. It had a nice ring to it.
SHIFT
Five days later the Soviet Juggernaut class Dreadnought emerged from warp choosing that over the Mass Relays to show off. All ships were shocked when the massive Dreadnought emerged from the PAWI realm.
The crew were equal inpressed.
"holy crap look at that thing! Its as big as as space station!" Janet said as she looked out a window "what did they call it the Destiny Ascension?"
"bah," Derksa said still in her commissar uniform even if it did have a half dozen new medals on it "we could take it, Tesla Tech can get though its barriers with ease and with out those its armor can be broken."
"Ya but it will kill anything short of a Dreadnought with ease and you have to have a monster fleet to get to it."
"It does not matter we are on the same side now." Yuriko said from where she was calmly meditating.
"ya, question who decided to give us the same room?" Janet asked "some one with a sick sense of humor." Derksa said.
"Admiral Steven were being hailed."
Steven smiled to a race that had never seen Soviet warp drives that had to be impressive.
"good, put them on." he said the transmission ed rang out
"Unknown Dreadnought Identify you self or be fired upon."
"put me on,, This is the Soviet Juggernaut class Dreadnought Red Pride with the Soviet Empire and Allied ambassadors."
"Confirm, uploading flight path." The news the Soviets were here spread.
"Isandra! There here!" The Asari looked up "Whos here?" she asked her editor
"The Soviets! And they have a FTL other then mass effect drive!"
"quick! Grab a camera!" she shot up from her table and gave orders "get a crew there prepare to put a pause on the news going out right now! Move people!"
SHIFT
The Red Pride slowly moved though the high traffic zone. Ships had to be rerouted around it. They expected the diplomats in a week based on the rate one can mass travel turns out warp drives faster then ship based mass Effect Drives. So it was chaos. They closed to the stations.
"Admiral transmission."
"put it on."
"Greeting Red Pride this is Citadel flight control we have no docks for dreadnoughts so you have to lunch a shuttle."
"Confirm flight control." the transmission cut out and Admiral Steven smiled "to bad we don't have a Chronosphere that would really impress them."
"right get the diplomats and escorts on to the Quad wing and set off."
The group of men entered "hay would you watch where you rolling?" Janet said with a dirty glare toward the combat Masamune.
"Sorry." the unit scooted sideways. Janet rubbed the foot that machine had rolled over.
The Russian diplomat was Gerik Tanek and he was dicuseing there demands for peace with the Empire diplomat Seiichi Kanaye and the Alied diplomat Kora Loorea.
"Fair to say we gave as good as we got, a unconditional truce?" Kore nodded "agreed and if the Citadel is like a UN three seats, one for each of us.
Seiichi nodded "agreed we also need to be firm on what technology were are going to share."
Kore raised a eye brow "I assume were not going to share MCV's?"
"more then that, take you Cryotech you can likely share that due to the number of civilian uses but you Chronotechnology."
"No damn way." Kore shock her head.
"exactly, we need to know what we can share, and what we can not."
"You pegged Cryo O right." Kore said her slight Austrian accent come on a bit strong "maybe we can trade for something or give Future tech the right to sell that for money, damn we came so fast for the diplomatic but we forgot the technical aspect you get any marching orders Gerik?"
"none, were have to call back to base."
"agreed."
SHIFT
Isandra pushed her way though the crowds all hoping to get see the mythical Soviets and friends.
"out of the way, move!" she shoved by. Her camera man, a Elcor Name Elemna was moving much slower as his kind were want to.
"With Great Haste and angry: Move aside." She turned to face him "come! We don't have all day!"
"With frustration:I'm moving as fast as I can."
"I know does not mean I have to like it." she pushed her way up to the C Sec riot troops guarding the way. She lifted her press pass "Citadel News Five." the C Sec trooper nodded and let me pass into the docking bay "theres a Elcor named Elemna behind me with the camera he was taking for ever to get though the crowd."
"With no small amusement: I was pacing my self." Elemna said as he walked up to them.
The C Sec troops let them pass and enter the cargo bay in time to see the ship enter. The large fighter flew in on pulsing Ion Engines filling the air with the stink of ozone.
"quick is the camera on?" she said pointing to the camera on the Eclors back."
"with chagrin:I thought you turned it on." he pushed a small put on his inner arm activating it the VI would automatically have the camera track what he looked at.
He looked at her and she held the mic up to her mouth. "were here just in time to see the Soviet, Empire and Allies arrive these are the same races that attacked Syglar." the ships side opened up and the first man out was not the ambassador. He was tall, looked like a Asari and dressed in blue armor. His hand cradled a gun with a big bore.
Every one tensed up as another man, this one in a great coat with a fur hat came out with a gun with a sickle shaped clip. Then a man in full body armor with a odd gun. The walked down and snapped to attention as civilians came down next in uniforms but not armor and no weapons.
"to every one watching the diplomats and there honor guard have just left there shuttle." The three moved to meet the council who had come to meet them.
"do we have a microphone over there?" Isandra asked
"With ambivalence: there going to be broadcasting a live audio feed so every news stations hears it."
"O." Isandra said her head set chirped "be quite now and keep a camera on them there Council starting the audio feed."
"so where the Empire and Allies? All I see are Soviets." Valern said with a huff.
"Maybe the Allies and Empire and client races?" Shrenda said.
Tevos thought about it, something was odd. The three ambassadors were close now she tapped her omni tool activating the live audio feed.
"we the Citadel Council welcome the Soviet Union." the one dressed in red puffed up a little "we are honored councilor Tevos." she nodded gently they had studied the full Codex they had been given.
"May we ask were the Empire and the Allies are? We assumed we be speaking to all three of you." Shrenda asked and the Asair look alike dressed in blue spoke "we are here."
Valern looked at them "nonsense all I see are Soviets."
The orange one spoke next "We are not all the Soviets, the only communist," the word went right over there head "here is this one," he pointed at Gerik, "I am a representative of the Empire of the Rising sun."
Tevos was the first to grasp it. "wait, the Empire, Allies, and Soviets are all members of the same species?" she said in growing wonder and amazement.
"yes is something wrong?" the Allied ambassador said.
The Council was in shock, never before has a species rose to the stars divided.
"So there are three factions of, what ever you call your self?" Shrenda asked.
"were called humans, Humanity, and no, there four of us we just don't know were the Atomic Kingdom of China went." Kore said
"why don't you know were members of you species are?" Valern
"They left are home planet and used the mass relay around Pluto before we knew it existed and we were a bit busy,," Gerik thought about then decided to air all the laundry at once
"Busy doing what?" Valern said pretentiously.
"fighting off a army of robots control by AI's that made a deal with a being from a different dimension."
"you expect us to believe that?"
"we have video evidence." Kore said simply.
Valern stepped foreword threateningly "I will not stand here and be lied to."
Kore simply shrugged "take it or leave, now if you want peace or war I suggest you take us to a table to talk."
The council members nodded and the six of them, the body guards stayed behind, walked to a waiting air car."
"we have just witnessed history, for the first time a alien race reached the stars divided. We will continue are coverage in the studio with professor Reda.
SHIFT
The military personal unloaded from the transport and a Asair tour guide moved forward, nervously, they were really heavily armed.
Janet moved in front of her, "who are you? And why are you here." the heavy shot gun was prepped and ready.
"umm, my name's Miren and I am to give some of your personal a tour around the Citadel but we didn't think there be so many of you."
"yes well each nation brought 30 men and we each have ten with us now." her shot gun flew to her back.
"we could start with a small group now."
"umm, yes." she eyed the combat Masamune.
"O don't mind him, hes a big softy." Yuriko said as she walked up to see what Janet was doing.
"umm, ok."
"She giving tours." Janet said "I suggest we use are privileges of rank and take her offer." she said with a smile.
"not with me your not." Derska said as she walked forward.
"Can I come?" the Masamune in question rolled forward.
"No you just scream, killing machine." Yuriko said.
"nuts." the machine dropped lower to the ground and rolled back.
"Is that thing a AI?"
"yes." Yuriko said the reaction was not what she expected.
"There against Citadel law, do you want to have a uprising like the Geth?" the tone was some what fearful.
"army of machines? Been there done that, helped with that." she pointed at the Masamune. "don't judge us and we won't judge you."
"umm yes." she was slightly in awe of these humans. "you giving tour or what?" Janet said with a smirk.
SHIFT
"lets keep this simple." Seiichi said "a unconditional truce."
"really? I would have though you would have wanted reparations?" Tevos said.
"we feel we gave as good, if not better and were ready for peace." Gerik added.
"agreed." Shrenda said "as of now there is no war between the Turian Hierarchy and the Allies, Empire and Soviet Union."
"well that was easy." Kore said with a smile.
"Indeed now we need to talk about you joining the Citadel."
"Indeed lets, and please were not going to share any tech with you just yet." Kore said again a image of a Chronosphere in her mind.
"why would we want you technology, you still use chemical propellants."
"not us." Seiichi said "Kentic burst weapons are far more effective."
"I take you have no reports from Syglar yet?" Gerik said with a huge smirk.
"no matter. We have some treaty's you need to sign first." they slide some paper copy's across the table as the humans had no Omni tools.
"Thank you, may we retire for the day to look at these?"
"you may." Tevos said and the three stood up and the humans left the negotiating room.
"wonder what that one meant about Syglar?" Tevos asked
"lets find out." Shrenda said doing the equivalent of googleing on the extranet and pointed at a large screen on the wall playing the video with the single most views under the line Syglar invasion.
The shakily held video taken from a omni tool emerged it pointed at the ground for a few second then went up.
The Council went into shock as the Shogun Executioner roared into the heavens.
SHIFT
Miren guided the three lethal commandos, well two commandos and one hero of the Soviet Union though the Citadel getting looks from every being there.
"before we proceed to the C sec headquarters your need you leave you weapons behind." Miren said and the people behind her put the weapons on the table, a heavy shot gun, a odd pistol and a knife.
Janet laughed "lady we were just at war with you not a week ago and you want us to hand over are weapons?"
"not to mention I am not handing over my Tesla Pistol so you can copy the damn thing."
"umm," Miren though it over "I need to clear it with C sec first."
"and while you do that I just go in my self." Yuriko said wtih a smile and walked into the scanner.
The Turian manning the scanner almost spit his drink out as the littel school girl wanabe triped the scanner.
She was a biotic and had a lot of element Zero in her, at least Five pounds! It coated her every neuron, every nerve, and her brain activity was off the charts! If what he was reading was right she could use her powers with out a amp!
He stood up and almost ran to stop them and that, WMD that was walking into C sec!
"hold it I can not let you pass." he said.
"why not?" Yuriko asked
"Your body has more element zero then some Asair and her brain is a fire work factory I would bet my pay she can use biotics with out a amp."
"what are biotics? Yurikio is psyche but thats it." Janet asked (still not allowed into C sec)
"biotics are the ability to move objects with mass effect fields these allow you to alter the gravity around objects to move objects or rip them apart."
"so there psyche ability's." Derska said
"no, Psyche are of the mind, Biotics are of the the element ezzo in your body." Miren
"so any one can do them?" Janet asked
"no you need to have Element Ezzo, or Zero in your body and they get there from birth."
"so your psyches are just biotics?" Janet turned to Yuriko.
"No! I am psychic!" she proved by lifted off the floor a couple feet, to the shock of Miren who saw no blue glow of biotics. "the element zero just gives me more power!"
"Omega could lift tanks with her brain in to the sky? How much more power do you want?" Janet said and the Tuiran guard gulp, his assessment of her being a WMD were closer to the truth then he thought.
"enough to crush a star ship." she said with a smile.
",,,Shit." Janet said as she looked Yuriko over.
"well I can't let her into C sec." the Turian was nervous.
"thats ok, you know a good bar?" Derska said, she had asked to see one for the last five hours.
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"Shit have you read some of these things?" Gerik said slamming the papers onto the table back on the shuttle in there private room.
"I have, reduce are dreadnought fleet, submit to the authority of the council, a group we have no say in." Kore added
"and no AI's we would have to euthanasia thousands of are people!" Seiichi said
"so its agreed, we can not join the Citadel."
"indeed and we have the power to back up are claims as far as I know no race has ever refused a offer to join the Citadel let see how they handle the first."
-Codex:Masamune-
The Masamune are AI subject the Emperor and are loyal imperial citizens despite what the Citadel says nothing short of a invasion will change there stance.
The Masamune started life as a child toy. When Shinra Cybernetics first starting producing the Masamune Units, they were built to be the ultimate in computerized service: using computers programmed to follow any orders given and to try and fulfill processes as best as possible, Masamune were at first thought of only as more efficient workers. Masamune Over time, these quiet and non-confrontational robots became informally nicknamed haguruma - gears.
After WW3, things changed when the new Emperor Kamina returned to his chambers after another day of pressured diplomatic talks with the Allies. Kamina's personal Masamune Drone had a toy he had when he was a child attached to it: a calligraphy device that would transfer information put into it into kanji script. It was much to Kamina's surprise, however, that shortly after he came in the device started writing of its own accord! After it had finished writing, Kamina snatched the paper that was placed on it - and it was thus that the Emperor was the first to realize that the Masamune Units were, in fact, intelligent.
The writing itself was a simple greeting and query ("How might I serve the most glorious and noble Emperor Kamina today?"), but the effect was enormous. The Emperor immediately ordered for a voice synthesizer to be installed in the Unit, and shortly afterwards discovered that not only was the Masamune intelligent, but it was genuinely grateful to be able to help the Emperor, and pleased that it had helped gave him a boost in excitement. The next day, Kamina ordered that voice boxes be installed in all Masamune Units, and for the Units to be given the status of Imperial subjects.
New Masamune units are assembled not constructed. A group of Masamune must gather and petition the local government for the proper components. It is rare to ever be refused, the group then takes care and guides the new Masamune unit like a child.
The combat Masamune unit is a empty shell created at the company Shinra Cybernetics which first made the Masasmune. Keeping the hexpodal legs complete with water skater wheels and a tougher combat shell with no face like the civilian units. The units arms are equipped with Kinetic-burst cannons and it mounts a deployable plasma cutter. When a civilian Masasmune volunteers for the army there memory's are uploaded to the combat unit. There old shells are stored in a were house until there tour is over. Tactically there deployed in mixed squad to provide mobile fire support and are promoted at the same rate as there human counter parts and there exists one Masasmune commander: SuishÅ no kaze.