The ability to render mass accelerator rounds nearly useless was something any species wanted, that was the main reason why the entire room had gone silent.
The metal alone was useless, but when it was mixed with, no Malia couldn't allow herself to think about that, right now she needed to keep her head in the matter at hand.
"Listen, to swear loyalty to the Separatist and place our fleet under his jurisdiction would force us to stay clear of the greater galactic community," one of the elders said to her
"...I'm done arguing"
"Tell me why did you bring the entire fleet here, knowing what you know, did you think that, that man would just grant you a planet or build you one of his domes to live in"
Malia allowed herself to smile under her mask.
"Well you would have been right in the past, but now things are different. You see that man has responsibilities and just because we are the same species, doesn't mean we will grant you preferential treatment" she said to the elders
"...Allow us to perform our pilgrimages in Separatist space," another elder said to her.
Malia could see the woman's body ease, as she began to relax, she understood that at least now negotiations would move.
"Everything in Separist Space is controlled by Samantha and she is something that he won't allow to be unused" Malia informed the elders who just kept silent
"We have something both you and that man would want, something, not even the citadel council has" One of the elders sad as the image of an ancient krogan warship was displayed in front of Malia
Underneath the ship was something displayed that Malia needed to read once and then read again.
"I can only allow you to do this in Separist Space but Samantha is not up for negotiation," Malia said to the elders
He took another drink "How long are you going to keep that gun on my head?" the idiot in front of her asked
"I'll put it down when your drones power down" Samantha Shepard answered the idiot
"Ill depower my defense bots when your men lower their weapons," Sam said to him as the marines she had under her control were ready to open fire the moment anything happened
"Sam there's no point in doing any of this, power the bots down," he said to the A.I
Sam immediately powered down her defense drones and her marines lowered their weapons.
"This place was and has always been Alliance," he said to himself but his voice sounded extremely exhausted
"Activate plan B" the idiot said before Sam began to glow pink
Samantha didn't know what was happening but in front of her displayed on every screen in the room were the designs of ships, armors, and weapons from all over Human and alien space.
"You forget that what you did was a double edge sword, I couldn't go any further than this, but you have given me the keys to the entire known universes information"
"What d you say Sam, let's see how much farther we can go?' the idiot asked his A. I wife
"Do you even have to ask Sam immediately answered him
"Too bad it's all Mass Effect technology" the A. I added before stoping, on the main screen the door to one of the rooms filled with antique technology was shown
Samantha Shepard knew she had to stop whatever was happening before it was too late, but for all of her training and all of her experience, she just couldn't take the shot.
She watched as a drone moved into the room and turned on the lights, the room was filled with dozens of useless tanks and planes from the past, most were rusted and had parts missing.
It was more than obvious that these machines were useless nowadays, the drone began to scan everything inside the room, and judging by the designs being shown on screen Samantha was certain that they didn't pose any threat to Humanity at the moment.
"We need a better power source, keep the main gun but replace the side guns with missile launchers: he said as he completely forgot about Samantha's presence in the room
"You should use that new material you just got your hands on," Sam said to the man
"How about we build a Baneblade?" the idiot said to his A.I
Samantha felt as if the entire room had suddenly turned cold, the tank's design was outdated but the weapons on it and the armor alone made it more a fortress than a weapon of war, she wasn't even sure if the Alliance had anything that could pierce its armor.
"Hey," Samantha said to the man in front of her who had suddenly thrown himself into his work
Sam appeared next to her
"What, you have already shown him where your loyalties are. So what do you want?" Sam asked her
"...I have my Domes, Samantha since your so worried about me starting a war"
"You have complete control over the planets that are being colonized and yes that includes everything from the transport ships and patrol fleet," he said to her
"It was a mistake doing so much, we have no choice but to keep going forward. Forget about her, forget about everyone else" he said to his A. I
Samantha raised her hand and stopped the marines from shooting the man as he walked out of the room.
"I think we just woke up a monster," Michael said to her
Samantha could only look at her husband she knew that if anyone did anything to that man Sam would kill everyone and everything she could get her hands on.