Responce to:knolden I said funny you should mention the Qurians, well here it is!
well the polls closeing as I have now gotten to a part with Sheperd, and he will Allied, and hes got a task ahead of him, the Skyllian Seige! next chapter!
2077
In intense diplomatic talks the Human nations release all the prisoners from the late war.
2077
The human embassy opens the museum on human history, culture and technology. After going to the Museum a prominent Salarian physicist comities suicide his final note reads, everything I know is a lie.
2078
The Allied firm Future tech begins operating in Citadel space. Under intense regulation regarding technology by the Allies the firm struggles for survival out of Allied space.
2080
The Syndicant begins operations in the Terminus systems
2082
under intense hostiles from a Syndicant mining firm the Migrant fleet is forced from the Terminus systems and make for Allied Space.
Allied Captain Abelard Redmond was patrolling a sector of edge of Allied space, the Vendern system. His patrol was made up of a Defender class cruiser and three Talon class frigates named after the order of the Talon due to the part they played in WW4.
"systems clear sir no object on scanners." the Intel Officer said looking though the scanner systems, all of them.
"good lets keep it like that." Abelard took a drink of coffee as he group patrolled the system. The alarms rang out.
"Sir mass effect drives detected!"
"how many?" Abelard put his drink down and looked over the command deck.
"unknown, has to be over 500!"
"500?" Abelard said a note of shock in his voice. A Defender class cruiser packed a punch with eight Coliders arrays and Metal storm torpedo tube launchers. The Talon's had a set of Proton cannons, like the Coliders only far slower firing and a set of missiles. But fighting 500?
"put me on a collision coarse with the ships so I can get a ID on them! Load all weapons and set the crew to action stations lets move!" The Red Alert flared though out the ship as its heavy plasma torch engine flared and pushed the ships forward to combat speed.
Admiral Han'Gerrel of the Quarian Admiralty board watched as the Quarian ships moved into the asteroid field they were looking for a good place to start.
Just then every radio system in the whole migrant fleet lit up.
"This is Allied Captain Abelard Redmond of the Defender class cruiser Saber unidentified ships identify you self you will be considered hostile and will be destroyed. Any movement toward the Saber will be considered hostile and you will be destroyed."
"keelah!" Han'Gerrel yelled the migrant fleet was used to be threatened are there was a procedure with this the civilian ships fell back behind a screen of "war ships" between them and the attacking vessels even as he ran to meet with the other Admirals the procedure was being followed.
The Sabers communicator flared to life "this is Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib we are the Qurian Migrant fleet this is a brief stop over and once we have the supply we need for repairs we will leave."
Captain Abelard frowned and spoke into his communicator, "stand by." he leaned back and spoke to his intel manger "get me the relevant codex entry if there is one."
The codex entry soon flared across a screen and he read it.
"shesh, these Qurians have nothing but bad luck." he was inclined to let them stay till he read more about them.
"skilled miners, engineers, technicians," with mass effect tech! His mind added.
"put me a link to governor Kelian, tell the Qurians they can resume mining."
Governor Kelian stood before the holographic image of Captain Abelard as he briefed Kelian.
"so your saying we have a race of engineers and miners working are asteroid field?"
"more then that sir, they know Mass effect technology something the Council has refused to share with us."
"what are you suggesting captain?"
"I propose we have them join the Allies." Kelian thought about it. On the face of it was, not silly, but a good idea, the Quarians got Allied tech like Chronospheres and protection of the Allied navy and the Allies got mass effect technology.
It was a win win.
"I put it before Allied high Commander Blake if he thinks its a good idea, and I think he will, I fly out and tell them there options my self. Dismised." he said and the quantum communicator cut out as Abelard gave a salute.
"get me a link with high command."
a half day latter the Quarians were still under Sabers guns as a precaution, but as things went it wasn't bad they were not insulted the Captain had even invited the Admiralty board to come aboard for a tour of the Saber, and when they refused he had done nothing more the shrug.
Then the Allied Zelinski class Cruiser arrived with a three frigate escort
"This is the Cruiser Mace with a dignitary who wishes to meet the Quarian Admiralty Board." the Admiralty Board had to meet to decided what the hell to do.
"I say we meet with this dignitary, we can't afford to anger are hosts." Rael'Zorah said at the meeting.
"agreed, if they want to board let them." Admiral Daro'Xen added.
No contest, the Mace was allowed to dock.
Governor Kelian exited the cruiser, a pair of unarmed Peacekeepers behind him all of them were in full environment suits.
"Governor Kelian welcome aboard the Qwib-Qwib I am Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib."
"greetings Admiral." he put his hand out and the slightly surprised Zaal'Koris shock it. "I wish to speak to the admiralty Board in private."
"of course follow me." and the Admiral and Governer moved down the hall ways of the Qwib-Qwib.
"well you have us now, what do you want?"Admiral Han'Gerrel asked with a wiry tone.
"well, nothing I just want to inform you a option."
"and the option is?" Shala'Raan asked.
"simple, what do you know of the Allies?"
"nothing, why?"
"The Allies are a group of nations who, originally, were united to fight the Soviet Union, as time went on them became a force for the betterment of the world in general."
"fascinating, truly but what has this to do with us?" Admiral Daro'Xen asked
"I'm getting to that, the Allies are still a group of nations, technically theres still a Germany and still a USA and there still is a method for nations of the Union to join the Allied nations."
It hit the Qurians simultaneously what he was saying. "you are saying we can join the Allied nations?" Rael'Zorah said
"precisely."
"why the hell would we want to do that?" Admiral Han'Gerrel asked.
"simple, you have full accuse to the Allied technology and allied forces, I am sure you've seen examples of it over the Extranet and lets be frank you home is one hull breach away from extinction."
silence echoed the room.
"could you help us retake the home world?" Rael'Zorah asked
"The allies are poorly geared for offensive operations we can defend but lunching a war requires a 4/5 vote and as I am sure you've noticed its hard to get any one united on anything."
more silence,
"this is, huge we need to bring this before Conclave, are there any requirements to joining?"
"yes, you need to completely reject Communism, no problem there, you need to submit to the authority of Allied parliament and it decisions, you would get seats if you did join, you be asked if you can help the Allies, and given your mass effect tech which we do not have that the big thing."
"So thats what you want!" Han'Gerrel said.
"yes thats what we want, but it does not invalidate what I just said." the point remained there.
"next what you gain is full protection of the Allied Navy and the full power of are technology."
The Silence remained, the offer was tantalizing. "can you help us live with out are suits?" Rael'Zorah asked
"bio science is not are specialty but it is possible." the Admirals thought about it.
"so what do you say?"
"this is huge we need to bring this before the Conclave before we can say anything more."
"we don't expect you to join over night if at all, may I respectfully return to the Mace?"
"yes of course." Rael'Zorah said governor Kelian left the room."
Han'Gerrel stood up and looked around the room, "they can help us take back the home world! Even if they don't give us troop we take there tech and teach the Geth the meaning of fire power!" he slammed a fist into his open palm, under his helmet he was smiling unabashed,
"Han'Gerrel we need to think about this." Zaal'Koris said "They could also help us colonize a new world. This is such a boon there dropping in are laps I recommend the admiralty board unanimously endorse this idea to the council. What ever on view this just, fits, with what ever path we decided to take."
SHIFT
"This is Citadel News five here I am Isandra with breaking news. The Qurian Migrant fleet has formally requested to join the Allied nations. This decision was made after five weeks of intense debate after the propose was first brought to them by a Allied planetary governor Kelian who, in related news was appointed official emissary to the Migrant fleet, the Citadel Council official comment is quote, "this is a sad example of Seduction and once the Allies have what they want they will leave the Migrant fleet worse off then it was before."
"The Empire and Soviets have declined comment, the Allied nations say, Quote, "the Quarians have been rejected from the Citadel and found better company then Council," adding quote, "the Quarian were in a refugee fleet for three centuries and no one did a thing, we are doing the right thing, the thing Council has refused to out of petty spite and anger."
Isandra looked up from the quote she had written down. "powerful words, almost fighting words, this action has caused tension between the Council and Humans, note I say humans, the Council has not quite had time to turn its displeasures on one faction of humanity quite yet and this displeasure has vented it self on the recent decision against the Empire based company Shinra Cybernetics when it was decided that due to there production of AI units they are not allowed to operate in Council space at all."
"This in turn has raised tension between the Allies and the Empire and the Soviet Union. I feel that Council needs to be more discriminate with the Human nations, joining us is Turians Specter Saren Arterius out spoke critic of this move, Saren think you for joining us." a live video feed showing Sarens face emerged onto the screen.
"thank you for having me Isandra, always watch your program."
"thank you Saren always a pleasure, can I play that on a loop for commercials?"
"depends on how this interview goes."
"well I better do a good job, Saren what is your problem with the Qurians joining the Allies?"
"Simply put the humans, Allies included, are moving to fast, they reject the Citadel, they instead say they know best when clearly they do not! There own history shows it clear it one long litany of war, after war and there technology has a dangerous disregard for common safety."
"what do you mean about you technology?"
"take a Allied "Chronosphere" it literally involved punching a hole though space and time. Has any one given a mircron of thought what the hell the long term consequence of that are for the universe?"
"the Allied scientists claim there is no such issue and they have used such tech safely for many years."
"please, they find 4,000 year old tanks parts in the desert and they call it safe? I find human safety to be a like giving a bomb to a cave men. There toying with things we should not toyed with."
"Specter there have been counter claims by the Allies, perhaps to discredit you, that all you venom toward humanity is due to the death of your brother during the first contact war is that true?"
"I won't pretend it did not happen, but it is not the reason I hate humans my problems are real and quite true and are worthy of considering no matter what."
"and on that happy note think you Specter for the interview, so did can I use it for commercials?"
"talk to my agent, we need to buy are own guns you know." Saren said with a smile.
"we're talk, coming up next new epidemic, Scale Itch, were does it come form? Disturbing news about the new STD."
-Codex:Cartridge fire arms-
For the Citadel and the rest of the galaxy mass effect weapons are the standard, but the Humans nation make use of all together more archaic weapons.
A Cartridge based weapon uses a explosive propellant to lunch a metal, or for some Allied weapons, high grade plastic bullet down range. The concept is as old as modern warfare and for hundred of years it was deemed too weak to and the assumption was a Mass Effect weapons could out perform a modern Cartridge weapon on all fronts.
Humans though have a different concept having never invented out kinetic barriers they found Cartridge weapons fully capably of doing the job and so the technology was pushed farther then what the Citadel had ever scene.
Allied engineers replaced the smokeless powder for a more powerful C-4 derivative lunched with a electrical battery the set the C-4 off this creates massive amounts of force enough to damage light armor. Soviet went down the same route with TNT derivative rounds.
The Empire uses Kinetic burst weapons, which is basically substituting the explosive for a polymer which which electrified turns into plasma which pushes the projectile down range.
Compared to mass effect weapons Cartridge weapons are weaker, but have higher rates of fire and have no heating issues only issue is ammo and rather the try to invent a better weapon human inventors are trying to make a better bullet.
To this day sides ague over which is superior. Though to most it is clear that Cartridges have reached there limit were Mass Effect has just started to hit there limit. Cartridge weapons do light damage to shields, but when fighting armor the higher mass even if at a far slower speed does more damage.