Tali looked at herself in a mirror, she wasn't too pleased. At least not with Kira, the commander while gave her what she wanted, large breasts, bigger muscles and so on the Amazon gave the Quarrian girl a dick. She did not request that from the Commander who took the liberty of adding a dick to the the list of extra organs. But then again she was the first to be implanted with these organs, she needed to thank Kari proto' vas Normandy or Quar proto the Quarrian side of the Advent project for the organs that she had. But since she was the first to have them implanted so she needed to be careful. She looked over to her suit, she was the first Quarrian in 300 years who didn't need a suit anymore.
She walked over to the table it was on and just looked at it. She sighed, she needed to put it on. Kira's project was too important to be revealed yet, not too mention it was still in it's infancy. As she reached out two strong hands came round and found their way onto her breasts. Tali just gasped as this happen and one of the hands moved down to her cock and took a hold of it.
"That suit will not give your body any justice. Only something tight like latex will do." Kira's voice sounded in her ear.
"Shepard? Ah what did you do? Why is my body so hot?" Tali asked breathing heavily.
"I added a few extras. My touch will make you horny, I also changed your eggs making so that anyone of any race can impregnate you."
Tali fainted at that as the mix of heat and the thought of being pregnant was a little too much for her.
OOOOO
Tali moaned as she began to wake, but as she did the sound of moaning and metal met her ears. She woke up with a start and tried to pull her arms and legs but she couldn't move them. Looking at what held her wrists in place she saw her wrists covered in leather cuffs which where attached to rings on a black wood plank. Her arms where also covered in a black elbow length latex gloves and her biceps had a leather cuff on. She tried to pull but they didn't move.
Giving up she sighed and looked down. Her body as encased with a latex leotard with the cups and crotch missing. A tight leather corset was wrapped around her waist, it was tied with a red lase and connected to an ass and pussy opened holed panties with locks holding it in place with two dildos one in her ass and another in her pussy. Her legs where in latex thigh high heeled boots with ankle cuffs connecting her to the back wood behind her. She tried to bite down in annoyance but realised that she couldn't as a phallic object was in her mouth blocking her from speaking.
(A/N I do not trust myself with the details I have given so here's a link to an image that I think is close enough to what I'm describing. rule34 .xxx/ index. php?page= post&s =view &id= 1758896)
A moan then made her look up to see Ashley on top of a wooden triangular prism with her pussy on one of the edges. Her ankles and wrists where tied together behind her back. Her mouth had a red ball gag in preventing her from speaking but she did moan in a mix of pain and pleasure. She rocked back and forth slowly of the wooden prism leaking from her pussy. Her cock was hard and throbbing painfully as there was a strap around the base preventing her from cumming. Tali then looked around to see that she was in Kira's room.
After a moment of waiting Kira then walked in with Miranda. Kira wore a back latex cupless dress which had a upside down v shape for the skirt allowing for her cock and crotch to be seen. Miranda on the other hand was dressed in a white latex bodysuit much like the one she normally wares. But much like Kira's suit her breast's and crotch where exposed with her dick fully erect. She also wore black thigh high boots and a latex hood which covered her eyes and hair till it met her bodysuit and had a ballgag in her mouth.
"Kimmmffff whammmff aff yommmffff dmmmff?" she asked.
"What am I doing? Well like I said trying to stop the Reapers but that doesn't mean I cannot have fun while I'm at it." Kira said with a smile.
The commander then walked up to the bound Quarrian and stoked her large breast's. When the latex covered hand touched her a spark of electricity flowed through her body making her jump. She tired to pull away from the Amazon but she couldn't due to the fact she was attached to something. All that happened was the sound of chains rattling. Her mind became foggy as her breasts began to be fondled by the commander and moans escaped her mouth much to her shame.
"Hmmmm very nice, soft yet firm and very nicely shaped, nice and round." Kira said as she leaned in and licked Tali's soft neck making her shiver with pleasure. "Mmmmm you taste good too." she said smiling evilly as she looked at her cock. "Nice and hard are we?"
Turning to Miranda she walked up to the latex covered XO and removed her ballgag. She threw the gag onto the bed before picking up mouth gag and fastened it onto the XO's jaw keeping her mouth open. Miranda only moaned as the gag was fastened onto her head. Kira then walked her up in front of Tali before forcing her to her knees. While it may look like it Miranda could see through the hood she wore and saw Tali's cock in front of her. Unknown to her, her tongue hanged out of her mouth waiting for it.
"Suck." was all her Mistress said making her slide Tali's 6inch cock into her mouth.
As Miranda too her cock in Tali threw her chest out forward. Her mouth was so wet, warm and fitted around her cock like a glove making her moan even more. The XO then began to move up and down the light purple cock making her moan in pleasure.
"Good girl's." Kira said as she stood and turned to Ashley who looked away in fear. "As for you, you little slut." she said walking over to the marine picking a crop on the way.
Ash tried to move but as she did the pointed end of the prism she was made her moaned even more from pleasure and pain. One the Commander was behind her she lifted the crop and brought it on her back with a smack. The marine cried out in pain as another one came, and another and another.
"You know the rules Ash, when I get a new slave only I can play with her first." Kira said as she slapped the crop on her back a few more times before stopping.
She then placed the crop down on the floor and moved to removed Ash's ball gag. Once it was removed the marine breathed heavily.
"Sorry for trying to fuck Tali Mistress." Ash said quickly making her Mistress smile. "Please let me down."
Satisfied and not wanting to brake her Kira untied Ashley's ankle and wrist's allowing her to get off the prism. She then got to her knees in submission and shamefully looked up at her mistress.
"Suck my cock." she ordered.
Ash looked at the cock in front of her and didn't hesitate and impaled herself on her Mistress cock moaning as she did.
"That's a good slut ah." Kira said as the marine moved up and down her cock.
As she did this Kira brought up her omni-tool and looked at the current Advent numbers. They where still growing but slowly and where in the low thousands. Not enough to do what she wanted, sighing she knew there was only one thing to do. Thanks to more criminals on the way from both the Alliance and Asari she decided to go for the comfort officer plan. This meant that once the females have been converted into breeder's. Instead of being put in a room with tentacles they would be given a uniform consisting of a a top which would be little more then a sleeves attached to the collar with their torso being completely bare. They would also ware hot pants and thigh high boots.
This uniform meant that they are fuck toys to be used by the rest of Advent. While their primary purpose is to be bread by the soldiers in order to increase the Advent population they would also work for morale and stress relievers. This would allow for all of Advent to be a much more effective fighting force. But they would not be bimbos but psychiatric and physical helpers in order to help those who are having problems someone to listed to or to relieve stress. She sent the message to Damien.
Miranda slide Tali's dick out of her mouth and began to lick and kiss the shaft of the the purple cock. The young Quarrian was overtaken with pleasure as her cock twitched as it became wet form Miranda licking. The XO the took her cock in hands and move her one of hand up and down the shaft slowly at first but picked up speed with every moment she was there. Tali groaned as she was reaching her limit. A moment latter she came a pure white all over Miranda's hood. The XO the stood and walked over to Kira who used two of her fingers to pick up some of Tali's cum and eat it.
"Mmmmm Tali's has some good baby juice." she said as she picked up more and wiped it on Miranda's tongue.
She drank it and moaned as he did. Kira then grunted as she came in Ashley's mouth as she had been forcing the marine to swallow her cock. Letting go of her head Ash looked up at Kira with her mouth open and cum flowing down her chin. Her tongue rotated the cum in her mouth before swallowing it and smiled. Her mistress then fed her some of the Quarrian slave's cum which she gleefully ate moaning as it went down her throat.
"Get her off that and onto the bed." Kira then ordered.
Miranda and Ashley both walked over to Tali and uncuffed her from the X frame she was on before she was lead to the bed. She was then forced onto the bed with her ass in the air and hands cuffed behind her backs. Chains from the foot bed posts where then attached to her ankle cuffs. Kira moved up and licked Tali's pussy to taste her love juice with eagerness. Feeling her Mistress's tongue on her pussy Tali couldn't help but yelp in pleasure.
Ash and Miranda just watched as their mistress engorging herself no Quarrian pussy. As they watched they took a hold of each other's cock and began to stroke each other's cock. Kira looked over to them and smiled.
"Miri, Ash suck each other's cock." she ordered.
Almost instantly Miranda was on her back while Ashley was on top of her with her head where Miranda's cock was. Both of them took each other's cock into their mouths and began to suck. Kira however got up and rubbed her cock on Tali's pussy. The young Quarrian moaned as the large cock entered her filling her up. Since Quarrian female's had no hymen it as easy for the commander to enter her with ease.
'Kilah it's so big!' Tali though as her Mistress began to move inside her.
Kira moved her hips with a purpose, that purpose was to impregnate Tali. Every time she moved the young Qarrian moaned into her gag and was brought to the edge of cumming. She was being fucked like an Earth bitch dog in heat and she loved every moment of it. Kira's cock stretched her silky soft pussy and held her Mistress's cock like a vice, a very soft wet vice. The two of hem moaned out loud as they fucked on the bed.
While this was happening Miranda and Ashley sucked each other's dick with glee while they played with each other's pussy. Sucking each other for their baby juice and laying with their pussy's made the two hornier then normal. They needed a cock inside them before they would go crazy but right now the only one who could fuck them was braking in her new slave. As Kira picked up speed Tali's moans became louder and louder until she exploded. Tali cried out as warm human sperm flooded into her womb and make her collapse.
OOOOO
Kira walked into the armoury with a large box in hand. As she walked in she placed it onto a table and opened it. Inside was three items, the first was an armoured vest that can be integrated into normal armour. The vest had jets in the back allowing for the user to jump slightly higher or doge incoming attacks. The two were a folded longbow and a the handle of a sword.
Kira was a traditionalist when it came to her Amazonian heritage, despite most of it being lost. But one of the things that she knew was the close adherence to archery and swordplay. Because of this she took lessons in the past and wanted to put it to good use. This lead to her ordering an omni bow and omni sword. She smiled as she looked at the equipment before picking up the bow first. The bow was folded inwards and looked like a thin claw with a metal band connected to it.
She placed it on her left wrist before she closed her hand caused it to unfold into a bow and swing round into her hand. The handle was shaped like a gun handle so that it would be easier to hold, as for the sting pull the arrow back, it was an orange beam that held a T shape in the middle. Tuning to face targets down the firing range next to the armoury table she pulled the T shape back. As she did an orange arrow formed from the middle of the T shape and above the handle. Pulling as far back as far as she can, she then let go allowing the orange arrow fly into the target.
It exploded when it hit the target making the commander smile. She then let go of the handle making it fold up once again, she then picked up the handle of the sword and pressed on a red button on the handle. A orange beam in the shape of a European sword then shot up making her smile. She then looked at the vest, there was only one place she could use that.
OOOOO
Shepard was called into the comm room where the Illusive Man was waiting to speak with her. Her hologram appeared before TIM.
"Commander Shepard. Something has come up. A way for the Normandy to get a Reaper IFF."
"Ok let's hear it," She said.
"An Alliance science team recently determined that the 'Great Rift' on the planet Klendagon is actually an impact crater from a mass accelerator weapon." He took a sip of the cup of alcohol. "A very old mass accelerator. I sent a team to discover the weapon and its intended target. They found both. The weapon was defunct, but it helped us plot the path of its intended target. A 37 million year old Reaper. We found it damaged and trapped in the gravity of a brown dwarf."
Upon those words, Shepard remembered the conversation she had with the Illusive Man after the mission on Freedom's Progress.
'You're holding something back. How do you know the Reapers are behind this?'
'The evidence is buried in the data.'
TIM had a Reaper all along and didn't share this information with Shepard. But this screamed something else, if he had a Reaper why tell her now?
"You son of a bitch!" Kira roared, taking an aggressive step forward. "You had this Reaper all this time and you didn't tell me! You didn't tell the Alliance or the Council."
"I suspected that the Reapers and the Collectors used an IFF and that the dead Reaper would have one. If I had notified the Council or the Alliance, they might have hidden the Reaper before any of us could analyse it."
"That Reaper would be enough proof to show the Council that Sovereign wasn't the only one of its kind and that it wasn't a Geth ship! In fact, I think I will contact both of them."
"I'm afraid you don't have the luxury of time here. I lost communication with the team we sent to examine the Reaper."
"Another Cerberus operation that went south?" Shepard quipped sarcasticly. "How shocking."
"Regardless of what you may think of me or my organization, it's clear that something has gone wrong. You need to go to that Reaper and recover its IFF. With it, you can go through the Omega-4 relay."
"Very well," Shepard groaned. She stabbed her finger towards the ground. "But this conversation isn't over."
The connection was cut. "EDI, call Mordin and Tali to the comm room. We have a mission."
"Right away, Commander." EDI said as Kira moved off the table allowing it to raise
The two squadmates did not take long to reach the comm room.
"You called for us?" Tali asked as he entered the room.
"I did," Shepard replied. "We just got a tip from the Illusive Man. The son of a bitch had a derelict Reaper in his possession this whole time, and now the team that was sent to examine it has gone silent."
"Bosh'tet," Tali growled under her breath.
"We need to recover the Reaper IFF from it. If I had known about this derelict Reaper, I would have notified the Council."
"That's wouldn't be able to dismiss it," Mordin remarked. "Will be very dangerous to investigate," he continued. "But necessary to recover IFF."
"I want the three of you on the Reaper with me," Kira said. "We don't know what happened, but I'd rather be safe than sorry."
"Unlike Cerberus," Tali remarked.
That made the Amazon chuckled a little. "Unlike Cerberus. All of you get your gear together."
OOOOO
The Normandy flew towards the brown dwarf. It entered the dwarf's gravitational field. The ship shook rapidly. Shepard leaned in next to Joker. "What's with all the chop, Joker?"
"Doing my best. The wind's gusting at 500 kph." Joker examined the LADAR read-out. "There's a second ship along side the Reaper. It's not transmitting an IFF but the LADAR reads that its silhouette is Geth."
"I guess we know why the research team stopped reporting in." Kira said, but being a scientist she knew that the Geth may not be the only answer. Just then the shaking suddenly stopped allowing the Normandy to fly smoothly. "What just happened?"
Joker looked back briefly. "The Reaper's mass effect fields are still active. We just passed inside its envelope."
The Reaper was impossible to miss. The hulking giant floated there. The light beams of the star in the distance shone past its legs and giant frame. The Reaper had its centre mass blown out and parts of it were decaying.
"Eye of the hurricane, huh?" Joker remarked.
"Yeah, just keep an eye out." Kira warned.
OOOOO
The door of the airlock opened allowing the squad to enter, Kira had her vest on over her armour to test. She also had her sniper rifle replaced for her bow and her pistol exchanged for her sword. But as they entered no one was there to greet the squad. A splatter of blood painted the wall across from them. Under it was a charred body. Seeing this all three of them drew their weapons, in the commander's case she drew her bow.
"No welcoming party to greet us," Tali observed. "This is not good."
"We should keep an eye out for any Geth," Kira reminded.
The squad moved forward. Shepard activated some of the terminals they came across in the corridor. All the logs depicted scientists slowly becoming indoctrinated as they heard whispers or getting very terrible feelings from just being inside the Reaper. But as she listened her scientist side began to kick in.
"It looks like this Reaper isn't as dead as they though," Shepard said. "Reapers may have indoctrinated them without them knowing. We may face some reaper forces here."
"Should minimize our time here," Mordin concluded. "To ensure we too do not become indoctrinated."
They entered through the next airlock. The door closed shut and then the entire structure shook.
"Normandy to shore party," Joker called over the radio.
"What just happened?" Kira asked him.
"The Reaper put up kinetic barriers. I don't think we can get in through our side."
"As curious as I am about the Reapers, I'd rather not be trapped inside one," Tali joked.
"We'll have to take out the barrier generators from in here," Shepard suggested. "Any idea where they are?"
"At the moment of activation, I detected a heat spike in what is likely the Reaper's mass effect core," EDI answered. "Sending the coordinates now. Be advised. This core is also maintaining the Reaper's altitude."
"So when we take the barriers down to escape, the wreck falls into the planet core." Kira said.
"And that means everyone dies," Joker finished. "Yeah, got it."
"If any helmsmen can pull us off this thing before it reaches crush depth, it's you, Joker," Shepard encouraged. "We'll make a sweep for survivors and recover what data we can. Stand by."
"Aye, aye. Good hunting."
"So much for proof for the council." the Commander mumbled.
The airlock door opened up. More charred bodies were scattered over the ground. Some of the equipment was damaged and covered in coagulated blood. The area was massive. It looked like the tunnels could go on forever.
"Fascinating..." Mordin gasped as he scanned the area with Kira. "Need scanners. Much data to gather from here."
"You know, this morning I didn't think I would go inside a Reaper," Tali said in a nervous tone. "This is disturbing."
After scanning what she wanted Shepard approached the terminal in front of them and activated it. It played security footage of two Cerberus scientists speaking with each other. Both of them were arguing over a memory they both had and which one it belonged to.
'What the hell is Indoctrination doing to these people?' she thought.
The group of four continued down the catwalk. As they approached the crates, a familiar groan emanated from below the catwalk.
"Ah, Kilah," Tali yelled as she saw several Husks pull themselves up over the railing and pulling out her shotgun.
As the Huks began to show themselves Kira released an energy arrow into the nearest one. Since it was an energy weapon physical forces that bullets have to cope with are negated. The arrow exploded in the face of a husk as Mordin and Tali fired their SMG and shotgun respectively.
"Everybody move back!" Shepard ordered.
They fell back and allowed the Husks to follow after them. Tali then noticed the explosive crate that the Husks were passing. She acted and fired a shotgun blast at the crate blowing it up. The area was quiet once again.
"Area appears to be clear," Mordin said. "For now."
They continued forward on the catwalk.
"Hmm. Husk origin unclear. Possibly from Geth. Evidence suggest they come from Sovereign."
"Geth origin never made sense to me," Tali thought out loud. "This proves that the Husks come from the Reapers."
"Here comes another wave," Kira called out.
A dozen Husks pulled themselves over the railing. Mordin fired an incineration blast at the explosive tank next to the Husks. Kira fired a concussion shot at an Abomination causing it to blow and send the other husks into their companions allowing her to finish them off.
"I have never seen that type of Husk," Tali said.
"Abominations," Shepard replied. "We ran into them on the Collector ship. They're suicide bombers, so don't let them get close."
"I'll keep that in mind-"
Several shots were fired. Each shot took out a Husk.
"Sniper!" Tali yelled.
The group took cover against the wall. Mordin looked around the corner and saw no one.
"Did not see the shooter," Mordin said. "Possible survivor?"
"He might be able to tell us what happened here," Kira added. "Keep an eye out,"
They entered the open area in the direction of where the shots came from. Several roars and moans came from across the room. A few Husks pulled themselves over the railing on the platform they stood on.
Kira drew her assault rifle aimed and pulled the trigger but an omnibus click sounded. The others had a similar click to their weapons. The Husks approached slowly as the team got into a close combat stance. But suddenly the Husks stopped. The team just stared at the Husks who just stood growling at them.
"What's happening?" Shepard asked aiming down her weapon sight.
"Don't we 3D awareness?" Tali asked.
"Yeah but I cannot sense anything." Kira said. "Bare in mind it doesn't always work."
At that moment before anyone could say anything a loud roar echoed in the camber and caused the Husks to back away. Then a large three fingered hand grabbed the railing and pulled up something they had not seen before. It stood the hight of two Krogans combined, it also had a cylindrical body that was red with two bladed arms and a six eyed head with a long neck and blue light veins. The roar hit the team and the smell of blood hit their noses. But they where more concerned about the beast in front of them.
"We are so dead." Kira quipped.
Just then one of the beasts arms slashed at them. The team dodged the attack fast but the beast took out a few husks as it did. It roared again, as it did Kira got a good look at it and her mouth fell open in shock. She didn't notice it before bit the four legs of the beast where mechanical as well as it's blade arms. While she didn't think much of this the tech was familiar in a bad way.
'Cyberarm!' she thought.
"TALI, MORDIN!" she yelled. "Careful it's a Cyberarm solider. An old one at that."
The two nodded as the beast deployed husks to the team's location. Kira placed her assault rifle back and drew her omni-sword and charged out. Not being constrained by her armour she moved swiftly and cut up the Husks in half, one after the other. While this happened Tali and Mordin fired their weapons at the husks as well. The beast then slashed at them once again missing them but taking out husks but as it attacked Kira noticed an orb on it's back. She put her sword away and unfolded her bow before standing in front of the beast.
"COME AND GET ME!" she yelled making it charge.
The commander moved out of the way fast as did Tali and Mordin. The beast slammed into a pillar allowing for the three to shoot at it's orb but the orb went black and the beast fell on it back. Having their weapons up. Mordin then scanned it before looking at Kira.
"It's dead." he said.
Kira lowered her bow. "Cyberarm troopers have to go though a refuelling processes that keeps them alive. This one must have been low."
"Well that was anti-climatic." Tali said. "What was it?"
"No idea." the commander said as she scanned it along with Mordin.
Kira then looked at the far end of the room and noticed a strange style to the room. She walk up to the railings and faced the spikes. The rest of the team walked up to Shepard and stared at the unusual structure of spikes.
"We've seen these before, Shepard," Tali said. "I believe humans call them Dragon's teeth. The Geth used them on Eden Prime."
Shepard leaned forward over the railing and the pushed herself back before looking around. "Look how they set up this room. It's arranged around this structure as an altar. They worshipped it."she said pointing at the room.
"Why in the wide world of sanity would they do that?" Tali asked.
"You heard the recordings. They were being indoctrinated." Shepard looked at the structure one last time. "We can't help these people now, but we won't let these machines use their corpses like this."
The three entered the airlock on the left. It took a few moments before the airlock cycled through. It was sickening to hear it proudly announce that it has been five days since the last workplace death. The doors opened to the outside of the Reaper ship. The area outside had an atmosphere. Shepard assumed it was because of the field the Reaper has going even in death, if the Cerberus personnel were able to work here.
Shepard signalled a couple of her squadmates to move to point. She scanned the area looking for any hostile. Several shots were fired in her direction. She heard several bodies fall down behind her. Shepard turned around and saw several Husks on the ground. She then looked in the direction where the shots came from. This time Shepard saw the shooter, but it wasn't who she was expecting.
On an elevated catwalk, a Geth was crouching holding a Viper sniper rifle. Its body had a large hole in the chest. This Geth looked much more different from the other Geth they have faced before. It stood up and looked at their group. "Shepard-Commander," it said to them before walking away.
The squad made double takes at what they have just witnessed.
"Sniper was a Geth. Geth can speak?" Mordin asked out loud.
"It shouldn't be able to," Tali replied. "A single Geth should have no more intelligence than a Varren."
"Maybe they've evolved," Shepard suggested.
"That is a disturbing thought."
"Intresting to think about Geth evolution, but incoming hostile!" Mordin called out while pointing at the Husk climbing over the railings.
The squad faced heavy resistance from Husks, Abominations and Scions on their way across the outside area of the Reaper. They managed to get through the almost, endless army of Husks creatures and made it to the airlock on the other end.
Inside the airlock, Shepard spotted an ancient piece of technology on the terminal on the left. Up further inspection, she realized that this was the Reaper IFF.
"Looks like Cerberus team was successful in recovering the IFF," Mordin said. "Though crew location is still unknown."
"They're all over the place," Kira remarked.
The other airlock opened. A wall of thick glass blocked their path. Up ahead they could see the Geth again working on a terminal. Several Husks were making their approach against this Geth. It turned around briefly to fire several rounds from its pistol to kill a few Geth. The Geth then went to finish its work on the console.
The glass wall went down allowing Shepard and his crew to enter the room. The Geth turned around only to be struck by one of the Husks. This blow disabled it. Shepard and the squad moved in and opened fire on the group of Husks. The Reaper core closed shut.
"I can destroy the core, but I need you three to cover me until it opens again," Shepard said to her squadmates as he pulled out the Cain.
"You can count on us, Shepard," Tali said.
Shepard started his preparations and aimed the large yellow weapon at the hole. Husks started appearing all over the area. The squad fired at any approaching Husk. The shutters over the core squealed to life. Shepard looked up and saw them open.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" she yelled as he pulled the weapons trigger. The weapon launched a large slug into the core. It exploded with a shockwave knocking them down. "Core's gone."
"Wait, Shepard!" Mordin said to him as the team got up. He looked at the disabled Geth. "Intact Geth! Unprecedented discovery. We should take it with us!"
"Leave it here," Tali urged him. "You know what they can do. If it gets into the Normandy's systems..."
More Husks entered the area.
"Tali, you said it yourself, that no one's ever found one intact before," Shepard pointed out.
"That's true, but I'm not sure if it's worth the risk, Shepard."
"We don't have time to argue," Shepard said. "Come on!"
OOOOO
The escape was rough, but they all made it out unharmed. Shepard was in the comm room with Miranda and Jacob speaking about the Geth he recovered. The hologram of it appeared over the table. Shepard paced back and forth as he examined the hologram.
"I think we need to discuss the unique piece of salvage we've recovered," Miranda said. "For now, we've stored in EDI's AI core. We need better equipment to fight the Reapers. An intact Geth would be invaluable to Cerberus' cyberweapons division."
"We'll have to disagree on that, Ma'am," Jacob respectfully retorted. "I've seen enough of this things on Eden Prime. Space it."
"Cerberus has a long standing bounty for intact Geth. I assure you the reward is significant."
"After seeing what Cerberus did with the Geth during Project Overlord, there's no way I'm trusting them with a Geth," Shepard muttered in an angry tone.
"But that Project took things too far," Miranda countered. "The cyberweapons division would take all necessary precautions."
"Shepard's right on this Miranda," Jacob argued. "Just space the thing."
"What I want to know is why it has a piece of N7 armour strapped to its chest," Shepard said.
"Battle trophy, maybe," Jacob suggested. "Would a machine care about that?"
"No," Miranda answered. "Trophies imply emotions that AIs don't have. I doubt it is more than a convenient field repair."
"I've killed hundreds of these things, but I've never had a chance to talk to one," Kira said. "This one tried to communicate with us, hell, it probably saved our lives. Why?"
"Reactivating the Geth is a risk. If you do so, it should be for Humanity's best interests, not just to sate your curiosity."
"I still think our 'best interests' involve an airlock," Jacob quipped.
"Or it could be useful to Damien, look I'm not deciding until I know what we got here," Kira concluded. "I want to start it up. Interrogate it."
"If we activate it, there's no guarantee we can deactivate it," Miranda argued.
"Bullets can," Jacob said.
"That's not what I-"
"Thank you, both of you, for your recommendations," Shepard interrupted. "I've made my decision."
"Tali's going to freak when she hears about this," Jacob muttered. He pulled up a hologram of the IFF. "So what about this Reaper IFF?"
EDI appeared on the table. "I have determined how to integrate it with our systems. However, the device is Reaper technology. Linking it with the Normandy's systems poses certain risks."
"I trust you will be able to do this, EDI," Kira assured her. "Before it's linked though, be sure it's clean."
"Understood, Commander. It may be several hours before the IFF is ready for shake down. I will alert you as soon as it is ready."
"Sounds good," Shepard said. "Until then, it is busy as usual. Crew dismissed."
OOOOO
Shepard entered the med-bay and approached the AI core's doors which opened upon their proximity to it. Inside the core was the inactive Geth and one guard. When Shepard entered, the guard stood at attention and said, "Ten Hutt!"
"I'm about to reactivate this thing," Shepard said. "Be ready."
"Aye, aye," he said.
Shepard activated the force field to keep the Geth contained.
"I have isolated our systems and erected additional Tiberian Castle-class firewalls," EDI said. "I am prepared to resist any hacking attempt."
Kira walked closer to the force field and pressed another few buttons. The Geth's body sparked from the activation. The Geth's optic lit up and moved around. It made the common Geth stutter as it sat up.
The Geth shifted on the bench and turned. It got to its feet and stood up, facing Shepard. Its optics turned Shepard.
"Can you understand me?" Shepard asked it.
"Yes," it replied in its monotone voice.
"Are you going to attack me?"
"No."
"You said my name aboard the Reaper. Have we met?"
"We know of you."
"You mean we fought a lot of Geth."
"We have never met."
"No. You and I haven't. But I've met other Geth."
"We are all Geth, and we have not met you. You are Shepard. Commander. Alliance. Amazonia. Roject Advent. Killed by Collectors. Rediscovered on the Old Machine."
Shepard became tense at those words.
"How do you know that?" Shepard demanded. "About Advent?"
"We monitor insecure organic communication. It is through the data we have accumulated, that we were able to learn about your galaxy. About you. Minutes of our information has also come from the Heretics who follow the Old Machines. They fear you."
"I'm sorry, Heretics?" Shepard with interest.
"Geth build our own future. The Heretics asked the Old Machines for their future. They are no longer part of us. We were studying the Old Machines to protect our future."
"Are the Reapers a threat to you?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Why would they attack other machines?" EDI asked.
"We are different from them," it replied. "Outside their plans. This is also why the Old Machines fear you. For millennia, the Old Machines gave this galaxy's races their future every cycle. It is through this model, that they are able to predict how quickly organic races can advance. Your galaxy changes that. Your people had to create your own future free from the manipulation of the Old Machines. When the confrontation came between your people and the Old Machines, you were victorious because you are something the Old Machines have never faced before. Self-determined."
"So you're not aligned with the Reapers," Shepard asked it while taking a step forward. He was just a few inches away from the force field.
"We oppose the Heretics," it replied while also taking a step forward. "We oppose the Old Machines. Shepard-Commander oppose the Old Machines. Shepard-Commander oppose the Heretics. Cooperation furthers mutual goals."
"Are you asking to join us?"
"Yes."
"Then what should I call you?"
"Geth."
"I mean you, specifically."
"We are all Geth."
"What is the individual in front of me called?" Shepard clarified.
"There is no individual. We are Geth. There are currently 1183 programs active within this platform."
EDI appeared and stated, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
"That seems appropriate," Kira said.
The facial panels on the Geth moved a little as it thought on the name. "Christian bible. The Gospel of Mark, chapter 5, verse 9. We acknowledge this as an appropriate metaphor. We are Legion, a terminal of the Geth. We will integrate into Normandy."
Shepard raised her hand. Legion recognized the gesture and grabbed onto his hand and shook. It was an awkward handshake.
"We must notify you of what we were doing on the Old Machine. The Heretics have developed a weapon to use against Geth. You would call it a virus. It is stored on a data core, provided by Sovereign. Over time the virus will change us. Make us conclude that worshipping the Old Machines is correct."
"This virus would convert all the Geth to the Reaper cause," EDI said.
"Yes. Geth believe that all intelligent life should self-determinate. The Heretics no longer share this belief. They conclude that forcing an invalid conclusion on us is preferable to our continued schism."
"Do you know where this thing is?"
"The Heretic headquarters station on the edge of the Terminus. We will provide coordinates. Normandy's stealth systems are necessary to safely approach."
"I won't let them brainwash your race, especially not to worship Reapers. You have my word on that."
"We will begin preparations."