Date: May 11th, 2357

Time: 09:13, Galactic Standard

Location: Outskirts of Krogan Hospital, occupied by Clan Weyrloc

Focus.
I hop out of the tomkah and take a look around. Piles of junk greet my eyes. Wrex and his team hop out. One of the krogan nods to Wrex and takes most of the team down a different route. I raise my eyebrow.
"What're they doing?"
Wrex huffs. "They're going to go draw some attention. Make it easier for us to get inside without raising any alarms. Their goal is to scout the perimeter and cause a bit of ruckus. That'll draw some attention, but we'll still need to be careful"
I nod. The plan made sense, after all. I unclench my fist and grab my R-203/s.
"Suppressed weapons?"
"Yeah"
Wrex nods. "Good. That'll improve our odds"
I duck my head to the right in agreement.
Focus, David.
"Nax, I need you to stay here. If we run into any major trouble, I'll send up a flare"
"Affirmative, Pilot Anderson"
Wrex gives me a confounded look. "You don't want your pet robot with you?"
I laugh harshly. "Oh, having Nax with us would make things a lot easier. But it'd be kinda hard to stay quiet with a twenty-foot tall warrior machine following us around"
"Pilot Anderson, if it is stealth you are worried about, you do not need to. This chassis has an upgraded cloaking device, courtesy of the engineering crew. I would be able to follow with little chance of discovery"
I raise an eyebrow, then grin. "Alright then Nax, come along"
"Affirmative, Pilot Anderson"
We start walking through the piles of old tech, scrap, and ship parts that makes up the outskirts of the Weyrloc territory. Immediately, I see one advantage of setting up here: Map out these routes, and you control who gets in… and who ends up dead.
"Nax, scan for active cameras"
Wrex turns to look at me. I shrug. "A precaution. If Weyrloc's been trading with Vyrrnus, it'd make sense to watch all routes to the hospital"
Wrex nods. "See an intruder, mobilize a response, intruder dead. Makes sense. Good thinking, human"
"Pilot Anderson, multiple pings. Sensors have detected a number of fixed point-of-view cameras in the piles of debris"
I frown. "Well, that complicates things"
"Fixed point of view?"
I nod. "Yah. And staggered too, so sneaking past them is unlikely"
"So we get above them"
I grin. "That's a good idea Wrex. And with your guys making noise elsewhere, they should only have a few patrols on the tops"
Wrex nods. "What about your pet robot?"
I walk over to Nax. "I'll mount up, we'll cloak and make our way through the ravines. With the enhanced radar, we'll be able to pinpoint any patrols down here"
I turn to Burke, who's looking up at the top of the ravine. "I guess that means we're going up with Wrex" he says, turning to face me.
I nod. "Yah. You'll need to eliminate any patrols down here before they see the rest of the squad"
Cameron lets out a long sigh. "Alrighty then" he says, walking over to Nax.
"Best way up is in your hand, Nax. Gimme a lift?"
Nax lowers down and grabs Cameron. He then sets him atop the ravine, his arm fully extended above the top of the body. He then turns to Wrex.
Wrex shakes his head. "I'll make the climb, thanks" he says, walking over to the ravine wall.

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Time: 10:28, Galactic Standard

It took Wrex about fifteen minutes to climb the side of the ravine, while Nax lifted the rest of the squad to the top of the ravine wall. After Wrex reached the top, we started making our way towards the Weyrloc Hospital. Wrex informed us that while his team would draw most of the active patrols away, we should still be on our guard, as there would be a few patrols in the ravines.
That was about an hour ago, and we haven't seen anyone or anything yet.
"I got a bad feeling about this, Nax"
"Why is that, Pilot Anderson?"
I look at the map overlay. "We should've seen at least one patrol by now. Four, if they're going on quarterly rotations. That we haven't seen any…"
"You think we are walking into a trap"
I nod. "Yah. Bravo Squad, Wrex, you copy?"
"I hear you, human. What's going on?"
Lyon replies "Copy loud and clear boss"
"Hold position. Nax and I are going to scout ahead. There's a possibility that we're walking into a trap, and if there is, I'd rather enter it with the upper hand"
"Copy, holding position"
"Don't be long, human"
Nax and I make our way up the ravine. Sure enough, about two and a half miles ahead of the squad's position, at a choke point in the ravine, there's a trap waiting for us.
"Well, don't they have a nice little setup there? Nax, what's your sensors tell you?"
"Multiple anti-titan emplacements, manned by unknown humanoids and commanded by Krogan. General alertness indicates that they are waiting for us"
I grit my teeth. "So, someone tipped them off"
"Most likely"
"Bravo Squad, Wrex, come in"
"We hear you, boss. What's the deal?"
"Someone's tipped off Weyrloc to our impending arrival. Got multiple anti-titan emplacements as well as squads equipped with small arms"
"Nine to one odds that Wreav or one of his men tipped off Weyrloc" I hear Wrex snarl over the line. "After this, I'm going to have a chat with him. Punctuated with my shotgun"
"Boss, what's the opposition look like?"
"Hmmm…" I take a second look at the scene. "I can see a few red-armored krogan surrounded by a bunch of new aliens. Odd looking, to be sure. Bunch of off-white, spiky humanoids"
I hear Wrex laugh over the line. "They manned a trap with Blood Pack regulars. Vorcha squads with Krogan commanders. This will be a fun fight, if an easy one"
I grin. "Glad to hear it, Wrex. Alrighty, Bravo Squad. Take out the squads manning the anti-titan emplacements, and I'll take out the gate"
"Solid copy. Buncha dead aliens, coming up"
We wait for Wrex and Bravo Squad to make their way up the ravine to the location of the planned ambush. My mind drifts back to the Citadel, and subsequently, Melissa.
Lying in a hospital bed.
My fist clenches. Anger fills my mind. My vision starts to fill with red
"Pilot Anderson, your BPM is rising. Are you in distress?"
I shake my head, clearing my vision.
"No, I'm fine. Idle thoughts, that's all"
"I am not sure I believe that, Pilot Anderson. I have noted your BPM rising on multiple occasions now. Twice now, on Tuchanka"
I grit my teeth and sigh. Damned if he's right.
"It's Vyrrnus. Thinking about what he did to Melissa sets my blood to boiling. And the thought of him doing that to anyone else…"
"I see. I think I understand now, Pilot Anderson"
I sigh. "Probably not, but thanks for listening, Nax"
"Lyon here. We're in position, waiting for your signal"
I trigger the comm link in my helmet. "Understood. Get ready to engage anti-titan emplacements in three… two…"
I decloak Nax, and rush into the choke point. At the same time, Wrex and Bravo Squad engage the Blood Pack.
A swipe from Nax's broadsword clears the left side of the choke point, while Bravo Squad takes down the right side of the choke point.
Reinforcements swarm both sides of the ambush. Shoot. Think quick, David
I drive Nax's broadsword into the left side of the ravine wall, just under the edge of the top… then electrify it. Multiple Krogan and Vorcha roast as the electricity cooks them alive.
I yank out the broadsword, then turn to face the right side of the ravine just as Wrex and Bravo Squad finish off the reinforcements.
I hear Wrex laughing over the comms. "And that's why you don't use Vorcha and runtling Krogan for an ambush!"
I grin. "Having fun, are we Wrex?"
A low, rough laugh rolls over our comms. "Heh. Yes, human, I am"
"Bravo Squad, status?"
"Lyon here. All clear, situation normal"
I nod, walk over to the far end of the choke point and kick open the gate. "Alright. Expect heavy enemy presence from here to the hospital. Nax, I'm gonna need Cameron and Burke on the left side of the ravine"
"Boss?"
"We'll continue down the middle. Lyon and Wrex will advance along the right side of the ravine, while you two will advance down the left"
"Solid copy boss"

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Time: 11:19, Galactic Standard

It was slow going the rest of the way to the hospital. Blood Pack did just about everything in their power to make sure we didn't get here, throwing krogan and vorcha armed with increasing levels of munitions at us. It didn't help them, especially after Wrex's scouts re-joined us.
"Alright human, here we are. What's your plan?"
I check the heat levels of my current thermal sink, then pull out my data-knife. "Cameron and Burke will stay out here with Nax and your scouts and hold this spot for evac. You, me, and Lyon will head inside, drop anyone foolish enough to hinder us, grab whatever data we can, then get the hell out"
Wrex grunts. "Sounds solid enough. You heard him, boys. Make sure we got a place to fall back to"
I nod. "Alright. Let's head inside, see what secrets we can find"
The three of us head inside the hospital. Immediately, we're confronted by a group of angry Blood Pack krogan, lead by one in different colors.
"Weyrloc Krogan" Wrex says to me, gesturing at the Krogan in yellow and white.
"So, you made it inside. My warriors weren't sure whether or not you would"
"A bunch of krogan runtlings and vorcha were never enough to stop us, no matter what arms you gave them" I say, stepping forward and cracking my fists. "And I bet you and your Blood Pack won't be enough to stop us"
The Weyrloc laughs. "Look at this! This human drops on our planet, invades our home, and thinks we'll just give up with a few weak words!" He then spits on the ground in front of me. "That's what I think of your words, human. Blood Pack! ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"
Underneath my helmet, I grin. "You asked for it. Lyon, cover fire!"
Lyon drops the bi-pod on his L-STAR and lights up the krogan surrounding the Weyrloc. I jump on the wall, throw my pulse knife at one exposed Blood Pack Krogan, then leap at the Weyrloc Krogan, data-knife in hand. Almost off the edge of my vision, I see Wrex unloading his shotgun into multiple krogan, as well as throwing biotic skills around, completely surrounded by a field of blue, laughing all the while. I drive my data-knife into the eye of the Weyrloc Krogan, yank him around, and kick him at the krogan between me and Wrex.
In a matter of seconds, they're all dead, shredded by Wrex's shotgun and Lyon's L-STAR.
Wrex grins at me. "Vicious, aren't you?"
I nod. "They were between us and our objective. That's never a good place to be for anyone facing me and my team"
Wrex chuckles.
I walk over to the door and unlock it with my data-knife. It slides open, and we head inside. I take a look around. Multiple terminals, databanks, and a research lab.
"Looks like an R&D facility" Lyon says, lowering his L-STAR
I nod. "Yah. Let's see what we find" I respond, sliding my data-knife into a nearby terminal. I take a look at my omni-tool as data pours in.
"Well, well, well. This is interesting"
I gesture for Wrex to come over. Walking over, he takes a look at my omni-tool and the security footage I found of the Weyrloc Krogan I killed earlier
"Development continues on schedule. The technology we acquired from Vyrrnus has allowed us to design a number of different prototype weapons. Weyrloc Guld himself has expressed great interest in seeing the initial weapon tests and the results they – What is it?"
"Lord High Researcher, we have to evacuate. Wrex and a number of Humans are advancing through the ravine"
The Krogan snarls. "I will stay and direct our warriors. After we deal with these impudent bipedals, I will return to my research"
"Lord High Researcher, you can't. You're too – oof!"
The Krogan headbutts the younger warrior. "Get out of here"
The footage cuts off. "There anything else, human?"
I nod. "Lots, but I'm looking for anything that connects Wreav to the Blood Pack. Nothing yet… wait. Here's something"
I pull up another video, dated to just before we started planning the Shanxi Trap
"Wreav sent us two scouts a while back. Said to send hand them over to you. Looks like he wants some tech as well"
"Good. Send him the same tech I gave your Weyrloc clan leader"
"Yessir"
The footage cuts off. "There's other vids like this. I'm surprised that they didn't wipe the data before we got here"
Wrex chuckles. "They'd have to deal with Weyrloc Guld's displeasure. It'd be rather tricky to reconstruct all of this"
I chuckle. "One krogan's pride. Well, that's all the data. Lyon, place some det-charges, then let's blow this popsicle stand"
"Got it boss"

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May 23th, 2357

13:49, Galactic Standard

On-Board the STG-RV "Logical Approach"

After destroying the R&D lab in the Weyrloc Hospital, we made our way back to the complex held by Clan Urdnot. Wrex subsequently challenged Wreav, armed with his shotgun and the video of him willingly trading the scouts to Vyrrnus for technology.
Wreav, upon revelation of his treachery, got thrown by Wrex and a number of his supporters into a pit filled with a number of vicious animals and torn apart. Wrex then claimed leadership of the clan.
We returned to the Logical Approach and handed the data over to LT. Kirrahe for his superiors to analyze.
It didn't take them long to find another lead. We're now on our way to the Terminus Systems, to a station called Omega. Seems Blood Pack was contracted by Vyrrnus to protect something there. Of course, it took a lot of persuasion to convince Councilor Tevos to grant us clearance.
Best part is, Melissa is back with us. Can't wait to see what's she's capable of now, now that she's had some time to recuperate and train with some of the best Biotic experts on the Citadel.

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Well, that's this one finished! This took WAY TOO LONG thanks to my habit of procrastination. Sorry for that. Hopefully, I'll be able to put out some more chapters in the coming weeks. Anyways.
Hey, Melissa's back! Next chapter will focus on her, and her actions on Omega alongside David and Bravo Squad. SHOULD BE INTERESTING.