[Recording Entry: 13-a]

Hey C-Sec.

Commander, nice work down there. I knew working with a Spectre would be better than life in Citadel Security.

Hell yeah it's better than working on the Citadel! C-Sec is like the mall guard of the galaxy. It ranks somewhere between rent-a-cop and that guy who makes sure you have a ticket when you ride rapid transport.

Uh, yeah...well it must be nice getting to make your own rules? At C-Sec things have to be done by the book. The damn bureaucrats are always on your back.

Well to be fair, I'm a Spectre and they're still on my back. Udina is always orderin' me around. "Shepard! Don't bring your grenade launcher into the office!", "Shepard! Don't pour omnigel onto my keyboard!", "Shepard! You can't eat plastic fruit!" I'm a Spectre though so I don't technically have to listen to him.

Really? Well that...doesn't sound so unreasonable, actually.

And the assignment reports, god! Take Feros for example. Sure, we could have snuck back to the Normandy for knock-out canisters and brought in a med crew but that would have taken like, a day! Why should you have to skirt around the rulebook when you can just rifle-butt your way through a problem?

But you had bigger concerns! There were greater things at stake than a few colonists. You needed to take down the Thorian before it could enslave anybody else!

Not really. Sometimes the best solution is to just set everythin' on fire and call it a day.

So this is what my father tried to warn me about...

What was that?

Nothing, Commander. I'd better get back to work. You've given me a lot to think about...

That's what I'm here for! See you later C-Sec!

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[Recording Entry: 13-b]

We've just arrived at the Armstrong Cluster and received a message from Hackett. Apparently he already knew about the geth activity out here and they've managed to locate at least four bases. All of these bases appear to be in different systems. Damnit. This is going to take ages. I came here to take the geth out but I didn't think it was going to be this much work. Now I don't really want to do it but Hackett knows I'm here already. It's not like I can just sneak off...or can I? Maybe if I just...

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[Recording Entry: 13-c]

...no. Apparently I can't.

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[Recording Entry: 13-d]

Nice! I found a wicked dinosaur skull while I was planet-side. Gonna stick it in my quarters, ooh- or maybe I'll hang it over the door to the briefing room! Williams says it's nasty and that dinosaurs aren't real. I think it's cowboy chic and that she's just jealous. Headin' to the next system now for the second outpost.
I'll take Tali on this one. I'm worried that if she spends too much time in the engine room she'll bake her own head. The only time I can get her to leave is when the geth are involved. Still, I can see why she likes it down there. The mass effect core is so shiny, like a great big disco ball that wants to melt the dance floor.

I'm also takin' Alenko because, well, I'm one of only like, three human females on this ship so the way things are lookin' I stand a pretty good chance of getting in there. Step one: impress him. If I take him on a couple of missions then he'll see how cool and heroic I am, plus I can have him hang back and then he'll have a chance to look at my ass.

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[Recording Entry: 13-e]

Two down, two to go! We're makin' pretty good progress. Man, I kill a lot of geth. I wonder if there's some sort of award for this. I should ask about getting a raise on my Alliance paycheque. I deserve at least that much. It's hard enough being a Spectre as it is. I can't believe I don't get paid for this! Ugh, whatever. One day I will have a geth colossus and I will ride it into work.

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[Recording Entry: 13-f]

Okay, so we know that the geth put the humans they capture onto giant metal spikes. We know that these spikes then somehow turn the victims into techno-husks. We know that the techno-husks explode when you shoot them. What I don't know is when they're turned into husks - where do their clothes go?

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[Recording Entry: 13-g]

There were five camps. Their base of operations was on a small moon in the Grissom system. We got 'em all though.

From your report it sounds as if they were planning on making a major attack on the verge.

There were like four tiny camps, one drop ship and an empty warehouse. If you really think they're planning on attacking then this ship has already sailed, Sir.

Well if they weren't planning on attacking, what do you think they were doing out there?

Browsin' the extranet?

Browsing the extranet?

Yeah. There aren't any comm links beyond the Veil. Maybe they had to come out to get a good connection?

And what makes you think they were here to browse our extranet.

Because I saw them browsing the extranet?

...what were they looking for?

Music videos, apparently.

Music videos. Right. Okay, well...you have our gratitude, Shepard. Hackett out.

Wait! Hackett?

Yes, Shepard?

Since I'm the first human Spectre, does this mean I'll get a system named after me like Grissom did?

..If you find one.

Hmm...

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