Thoughts from Andromeda part 34
By ElementalsAdvocate
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Year 2819. Shipboard Time 8:15, Day 34 after Arrival. Andromeda Galaxy, Heleus Cluster, Faroang System, Planet Havaarl, Daar Pelaav. Tempest, Pathfinders Cabin.
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SAM, start recording please.
Well, we're in a situation now. We've only got enough dextro- food and medical supplies for the fifteen turians for about seven days, maybe ten days if we start rationing food now. Vetra gave me the figures over breakfast, and I know better than to doubt her math. Kallo figures that it will take about five days for the Tempest to get back to the Nexus from Havarl, though he thinks he can cut that number down if we can convince the Resistance to let us look at their star-charts. In any case, that leaves us with only two days to find and activate the Remnant vault.
I also want to try and find out if there's anything from the wreck of the Natanus's shuttle that might shed light on what happened to the Natanus. But I can't be in two places at once.
So this is my plan: I will lead one team with Jaal, Vetra, and Peebee to find a way up Mithrava, and hopefully get some direction for finding the third monolith. Failing that, we'll head straight for the second monolith and activate it. Maybe having the two points will lead us to the third somehow.
Cora will take the Nomad with Liam and Avitus, find a way out of the valley onto the mountains, find the shuttle wreck, and find out if there is anything, anything at all, that might help us find out what happened to the turian ark. God knows, we could use the help.
Drack will have to stay with the Tempest. He won't be happy about it, but with all these sick turians, plus the Roekaar out for our blood, I'd feel a lot better knowing he's on hand in case of trouble. Plus, he won't fit in the Nomad with the others, and we still haven't got a jump jet powerful enough for him, and we need to move fast.
If there's one good thing about Peebee getting sick, it's convinced her to get some proper survival gear. Vetra's down in the armory with her right now, fitting her out with a hard-suit and jump jets so she can keep up with us. Jaal's down there as well; Vetra apparently found a way to modify a jump pack to work with angaran technology, so now he'll be able to hop and skip around with the rest of us.
Yikes. Now that's an image.
We've got a lot to do, and not a lot of time to do it. If anything happens to me… well, SAM knows what to do.
SAM, end recording.
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Authors Notes: Thank you to Guest for reviewing on Chapter 22. I did not consider the kinds of upgrades that might possible in the future for fusion besides the actual refocus from fission to fusion as a power source. What kind of gases might be used in that regard?