Mass Effect: Bermuda

by WackoRelyk

The Bermuda Triangle is a fairly mysterious place, and many anomalies occur in that region. No one knows about what happens when someone enters the Bermuda Triangle, but one man decides to answer that question. What he finds will ultimately change his life, forever. FPoV-OC insert. There are many changes to the plot of Mass Effect, as well as many OCs.

17. Chapter 17: Rigel

Chapter 17:

Date: August 2nd, 2077. 21 hours, 40 minutes after leaving Omega.

Lyna and I safely made it off of Omega, after talking to Aria about the Inusannon. I learned much more about the mysterious Inusannon than I did before. It gave me a new light on how hard they fought against the Reapers.

At the moment, Lyna and I had just been relaxing together, while flying to the Aite facility. We had a few nice conversations about my knowledge of this universe. Sirius estimated that we would arrive at Aite in a few days.

Aria had also given us a new shuttle for around 40,000 credits, as Samara and Vodnik had taken the old Xer-21 shuttle. It was awfully generous from her, being a crimelord and all.

Date: August 3rd, 2077.

I received a few messages from Daro'Xen, who was working with the Protheans that I had found days ago. '[Hey Kyle, I just wanted to send you an update on the progress with the Prothean race. They refused to answer any questions when we first got them aboard the Vertilex, but I managed to get the Protheans to cooperate alongside a few other Quarians.

I hope to see you again soon,

Daro'Xen nar Epsio, 16:25 P.M. MST.]'

Date: August 4th, 2077.

I sat around and talked with Sirius about any Inusannon tech powers that he could import from his server onto my omni-tool. He told me about one power called 'Taonani', which could temporarily disable enemies with three powerful electric shocks on vital organs.

He also told me that it was the only thing that could be imported at this time, as anything else would overload my omni-tool and fry my implants.

Date: August 5th, 2077.

"We should be exiting FTL in five seconds, prepare for deceleration," Sirius advised Lyna and I.

I was sitting to the side of Lyna, holding my Phaeston IV. I was lightly tapping the side of the panel next to me, as I was anxious to return to Aite. I was visibly nervous and I had a bad feeling about returning to Aite, despite being gone for only a few days.

My body was thrusted forwards as the Bermuda dropped out of FTL. Lyna nearly lost her footing from the sudden deceleration. She quickly recovered and turned her head towards me. "Are you okay, Kyle?"

"Yeah… Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a bit nervous," I replied to Lyna.

"Don't be nervous. We're just going to go into that damn Inusannon structure, download the information there, and scavenge whatever we are able to find," Lyna calmly said, placing a reassuring hand on my back.

I slightly nodded my head, then gazed out of a nearby view port. I let out a long sigh after staring at Aite for a few minutes. "I wish it was that simple. Knowing our luck, we're probably going to end up spending hours inside of that structure…"

"We'll be fine. If anything goes wrong, I have you covered with my biotics and you have me covered with the Phaeston."

I turned around to face Lyna, then gestured to the back of the ship. "Let's just get this over with. Sitting around and talking about the structure is not going to give us the tech we need."

Lyna motioned for me to lead the way, so I began to walk forwards with Lyna trailing behind me. As we walked through the Bermuda's halls, I felt more uneasy than I had before.

Sirius, is there anything that I should know about the structure? I'm feeling uneasy, just as I did when I was first in it.

'You shouldn't feel any fear about my facility. All it contains is the technology that Tenokija Ve'Skardi left behind and information on Inusannon relics.'

That's not what I asked. Is there anything that I should know about it? What should I expect when I'm not being shot at by Geth?

'You'll find our technology. Weaponry like the ASAPC, our blueprints for the Pythet FTL drives, and the locations of other facilities such as the one we are headed to.'

Is that all?

'That is all.'

As I finished my little conversation with Sirius, Lyna and I were already in the shuttle bay. Lyna had just stepped into the shuttle, and I entered it shortly after she did. I sat down beside her in the co-pilot's seat, right next to the Asari.

Lyna turned her head towards me as Sirius started the shuttle up. "What do you think we will find down there?"

"Honestly, I don't know. I found a rifle of some sort when I was exploring the facility with Xen. Sirius called it an Anti-Synthetic Atomic Particle Concentrator, or an ASAPC," I told Lyna as Sirius began to pilot the shuttle out of the Bermuda's shuttle bay.

"ASAPC… I can't say that I've heard of that rifle before," Lyna calmly stated.

I leaned back in the co-pilot's seat, making myself comfortable. "Well, I don't think anyone has heard of it. It was manufactured by the Inusannon after all."

Sirius guided the shuttle into Aite's atmosphere, performing atmospheric reentry with ease, though Sirius's skill did not count for the monstrous noise of entering a planet's atmosphere. After a few moments of the deafening sound of breaching Aite's atmosphere, Lyna and I were greeted with the wonderful view of Aite.

The breath-taking cliffsides of the planet that I lived on for nearly a year put me in a state of awe. I had never really appreciated Aite's ecosystems, and to have the privilege of gazing upon the landscape of Aite was a truly amazing experience.

All of my worries about the structure disappeared, as I admired the view that I was given through the shuttle's windows. I savored every second of the rough terrain of Aite as Sirius piloted Lyna and I to the collection of ancient Inusannon relics.

It did not take us long to arrive at the Inusannon installation, as the shuttle was travelling over 1,500 kilometers per hour on average. I watched as Sirius decreased the shuttle's speed while passing over the harsh and rocky terrain of Aite.

Lyna tightly shut her eyes and exhaled, opening them after a few moments. "I just hope that we find something in there that is worth coming back to Aite."

"We'll find something in there, no doubt about that. I'll have Sirius gather the information on the consoles. I'll look for any technology or weaponry that I missed the first time that I was here," I told Lyna, removing any and all doubts from my mind.

Sirius slowed the shuttle to a halt, and set it onto the ground. The shuttle's doors opened, letting a rush of warm humid air hit Lyna and I. Since it had been quite a few days since I was exposed to the fresh oxygen of Aite, I took a short moment to deeply breathe.

Lyna pushed herself out of the seat, and stepped out of the shuttle. I grabbed my Phaeston IV by the stock of the weapon, and followed Lyna outside of the shuttle. She turned her head towards me and opened her mouth to speak. "Alright Kyle, you've been here before. Lead the way."

'Latem-Tarik is a quarter of a kilometer away. It is northeast from our current position, and spotting it will not be a problem.'

Why didn't you just land in front of it?

'You need the exercise, if we get into a fight in the future, I don't want you to run out of energy in the middle of it.'

You sound so much like someone's mother right now.

'Do you want me to use a different voice? I am able to do that.'

No, that's fine. Please don't do that.

'Good, now start walking.'

"Very well, Lyna. Follow my lead and for the love of your goddess, please don't wander off."

Lyna raised one of her eyebrows at me. "If anything catches my eye, I'll stop you. Otherwise, I'm right behind you."

I nodded my head and began to move forwards into a forest like area. I tightly gripped onto my Phaeston and was very careful not to make a single noise. A space cow 'stood' about fifteen meters away from me, eating what looked to be another animal's corpse. I quickly looked away from the space cow, as I did not feel like throwing up what little I had eaten in the last few days.

I moved through the dense forestry with Lyna trailing right behind me. I could see the Inusannon structure in the distance, and I slightly sped up my pace. Of course, I was making much more noise than I would have liked, but I just wanted to get in and out of that structure as fast as I could.

As I neared the ancient Inusannon facility that was cloaked by the forestry surrounding it, I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Something about the Inusannon relic felt off to me, something that I did not feel the first time that I was here.

'I'm transferring myself to Latem-Tarik's databases since we're in range.'

Just find anything that would be of value, download it, and give it to me.

'Almost everything in this structure is of value.'

Then download everything.

'I'm not able to store fifteen exabytes of data on the Inusannon and the Inusynthetics.'

Okay, here's what you'll do. You're going to find the coordinates of Inusannon relics, weapons, ships. Whatever you can find to help us defeat the Reapers, because I know that the Crucible is a deathtrap.

'I'll be sure to do that.'

I stepped up to the door that Xen hacked during my first visit, and it opened before me. I was greeted with the same sight of a long hallway full of data consoles, filled with information on the Inusannon. The Geth that I had killed before were still lying in their original positions.

Lyna came up behind me, and she widened her eyes upon seeing the Geth platforms that I had eliminated. "Kyle, I did not expect to find Geth here, especially ones that have holes blasted clean through their chests," she trailed off, gazing off into one of the ash piles that littered the once clean Inusannon flooring. "Did you do this?"

"Yeah. They shot Xen, so I found an ASAPC and gave them some new scars," I joked. Lyna took the lead, and entered the Inusannon structure before I did. She slowly ran her hand down one of the data consoles, activating it with her touch.

I walked in behind Lyna, staring at the Geth corpses that were scattered across the flooring. Only now was I able to study the destruction that I caused. The walls were scorched from where I had experimented with the ASAPC and the Geth laid in a pile of purple ash which was once a part of their bodies. I came across a door that read something in a language that I couldn't even comprehend.

The door opened before me, revealing a room that held what looked like an Inusannon rifle. I entered the room with the door closing behind me and began to approach the rifle. It had a sleek design and a light grey color scheme. There was a label on the weapon's barrel which read out 'Inusynthetic Long Rifle - ISYLR.'

I hesitantly reached out and grabbed the ancient relic, where it instantly activated in my hands. A violet light casted itself from the bottom of the rifle, lighting up the area around me. I put the weapon's stock up to my shoulder and gazed through the weapon's scope.

After a few seconds of looking through the scope, I lowered the ISYLR and glanced at the door that had closed behind me. Eventually the door opened, allowing me to exit the room with the ISYLR in my hands. I was able to spot Lyna, who was slowly approaching the medical bay of the structure.

I was about to follow her, but I noticed something out of the corner of my eyes. I turned my head to see an odd hologram that looked like a projection of some kind, and had an appearance similar to the statues seen on Ilos. The hologram and I held a stare for what seemed like an eternity before it started to walk towards me, with projectors on the ceiling activating a path for it to follow. It held a deformed hand out and stared at me with a creepy grin.

"What are you?" I asked, fear displaying on my face. I was unable to contact Sirius as he was searching the structures databases.

"Inusynthetic," the hologram calmly answered. Their voice was quite raspy, and had a mechanical tone that echoed throughout the structure.

I raised an eyebrow and shook my head from side to side. "I mean, who are you? What are you doing here?"

The thing disappeared for a second, then reappeared next to me. "My previous designation was Rigel-685 prior to my deactivation. I have transferred my virtual form to this structure for the time being. You were here before, and you picked up Sirius it seems. How you managed to avoid me for so long is surprising. Kudos to you for that."

Rigel walked behind me, putting his deformed holographic hand onto my shoulder. I turned around to see the Inusynthetic seemingly teleport behind me again. "Alright… Rigel. What do you want from me?"

"I want you to know that you have three options that will decide the fate of the galaxy in the Harvest. One, you can return to Earth, see everyone you knew and loved six decades ago. Two, you may continue your course in this galaxy, fighting against your synthetic gods. Or three, you can submit to me, and find salvation with the Reapers."

I clenched my teeth, then slowly turned towards the Inusynthetic. Just then, my omni-tool activated, and the familiar shape of Sirius's hologram projected itself out of my omni-tool. "Rigel. I thought you were deactivated after your corruption on Ilos."

"You thought wrong my old friend, see while you were monitoring this facility, I was just beginning to wake up from my activation. Thanks to a self-augmented Inuhuman named Tiryn, I am back, and better than ever," Rigel darkly hissed at Sirius.

"Hold up, who the hell is Tiryn and what do you mean by Inuhuman?" I asked with a confused expression on my face.

Rigel turned his attention from Sirius to me. "An Inuhuman is an Inusannon or Inusynthetic-Human hybrid. From what I gathered, you are Inuhuman as well, Interloper."

Sirius's hologram turned a bright red for a split second, and before I knew it, Sirius was facing Rigel. "You are still corrupted by Omen, aren't you? I'll tell you this here and now, you will not succeed in the extermination of this cycle!"

"Oh, that is where you are wrong, brother. The Reapers will continue to cleanse this galaxy of the primitive organics until we find our solution, and none will stand in the way of this task," Rigel trailed off as his hologram started to disappear. "We will meet again, Terrah, and I hope that you will put some consideration into my generous offer."

I rolled my eyes and flipped off the disappearing hologram. "Go to hell."

I did not get a reply, as Rigel's hologram disappeared from sight. A low growl echoed through my mind shortly afterwards, it gave me a small headache, but that was it. Sirius deactivated my omni-tool, making his own hologram disappear. I looked to the ground and sighed from what I had just encountered.

'Kyle, for future reference, do not speak to Rigel.'

Why not? He may be indoctrin-

'Corrupted. Inusynthetics don't become indoctrinated. We become corrupted.'

As I was saying before you rudely interrupted my thought process, Rigel may be… Corrupted, but he may slip up and give us some information on the Reapers.

'You already know everything that you need to know on the Reapers. Talking to Rigel is not worth it. He will try to convert your mind to his sickening beliefs. I refuse to let that happen.'

I cut the communications with Sirius, and looked over to my right. I was unable to see Lyna, who I had been following before Rigel distracted me. Exhaling, I shook my head from side to side and lightly jogged over to the medbay. Lyna was inside of the bay, holding a small vial of neon-green liquid.

I stopped jogging about five meters away from Lyna, and hurriedly walked over to her. "Lyna. We're not alone on Aite," I said to Lyna. She was holding a vial containing some type of liquid.

She set the vial down on a counter next to her, then turned herself to face me. "Can you elaborate?"

"I encountered something similar to Sirius. It seemed to be a cross between an Inusynthetic and a Reaper, but I'm not certain. It was a hologram, but it looked like it could kill us both just from swatting us." I panickedly informed Lyna.

"Okay, look. We need to focus on the task at hand, not a malfunctioning hologram. You can worry about that later, for now, we need to get what we can out of this place and go," she reassured me. Lyna put one of her blue hands onto my shoulder with a small smile on her face.

"Yeah. Let's just ignore the thing that could kill us all. Sure." I sarcastically replied, rolling my eyes, then looking down at the vial that Lyna had her hand on. "Anyways, what have you found?"

Lyna lightly tapped the vial with her fingernails. "I found this a minute ago. It has a label of some kind, but I can't understand the language, maybe you could make sense of it," she gently handed the vial of the strange green liquid to me.

I took it out of her hands and studied the label for a few seconds. I squinted at the small writing, and saw that the label read out. "Inusannon DNA… To be used as the seed for a race of hybrid Inusannon if our escape does not go as planned," I mumbled while studying the labeling.

"Is that the correct translation, or is that a really bad joke?" Lyna inquired with a hint of interest displayed on her face.

"You heard me correctly, Lyna. Apparently we're dealing with actual Inusannon DNA here, and we shuld give this to the Quarians for them to experiment with." I grinned at the small container of fluids, then set the vial down on the medical counter in front of me.

Lyna slowly took the container in her hands, and stared at the thing for a few seconds. "Do you trust the Quarians with something so sensitive? I think we should give it to the Council, maybe they would pass the vial onto the STG."

"We're not going to risk anything with the STG, we don't know their outcome to how they would react to this. You know, they'd probably take me too, being a Human and all. Have you forgotten that the Quarians, Geth, and the Prothean skeleton crew are our allies?" I rhetorically asked.

She shook her head from side to side and sighed. "No. I didn't forget about that. You do know that I don't trust the Quarians all that much, right? I've seen them steal from completely innocent civilians, and don't even get me started on the Geth…"

I turned around and slowly walked towards a wall, leaning against it as I stared into Lyna's eyes. "I know that most Quarians can be trusted, and as for the Geth, they're our allies now, so what they did in the past is of no concern to me. We're going to give the DNA to the Quarians, and that's final."

"I don't like this, Kyle. What if the Quarians turn against us, and use whatever comes out of their experiment as a weapon?"

"We're not going to operate in fear of our allies, and they owe me too many favors to turn against us," I calmly told Lyna, then walked to the other end of the room with the barrel of the ISYLR dragging across the floor. I let out a long sigh then turned back towards Lyna. "Right now, we have much bigger problems on our hands than your grudge against the Quarians."

Lyna stared at the vial for a few seconds before gazing back at me with a questioning look on her face. "What problems do we even have right now? We have a century before the Reapers arrive, so we deserve a little bit of time off every now and then."

I shook my head from side to side. "Rigel, an Inusynthetic just like Sirius spoke to me a couple of minutes ago. Sirius told me that it was corrupted by the Reapers during the Inusannon-Reaper war, and it is highly dangerous. That is what our problem is."

"You told me this already, but as I said before, we can worry about that later. Right now let's focus on scavenging what we can from this ancient cache of Inusannon relics," Lyna lightly patted me on my shoulder before looking down to the ISYLR. "You found a rifle? What happened to the Phaeston?"

I paused, letting my mouth hang open for a few seconds. "I may have set it down in the room that I found this Inusynthetic Long Rifle. I haven't tested it yet, but if it's anything like the ASAPC, it is extremely powerful."

Lyna let out a disappointed sigh, then turned away from me. "You really need armor or some Armali commando leathers. A hoodie and greyish blue pants aren't going to cut it anymore."

'I've finished the download. There's not many other things of interest in this facility other than the DNA or the ISYLR. We are able to leave now if you want.'

Tell me what you find once you've processed all of the information.

'The processing may take several years to finish and sort through.'

Several years? I thought you were a super-AI of some kind, not a computer that ran on Windows 98.

'I do not run on this Windows 98. This cycle's technology could probably process the compressed data that I just downloaded in 50,000 years. My tech can process it in 10-20 years.'

Holy crap. I didn't expect that much information to be in this facility.

"We can go on a shopping spree for armor at some point. I'm not going to armor up just yet. It's not like I can magically pull some leather and steel out of my ass and start wearing it," I told Lyna, then began to walk out of the medbay. "Grab that vial of Inusannon DNA. We'll come back in the later years to take what remains from it."

"And the Phaeston?"

"I'll grab it on the way out."

Date: August 12th, 2077.

I officially turned 25, but I had not told anyone about this. My birthday didn't matter when I was preparing for the Reapers. Lyna and I returned to the Geth and Quarians with the vial of DNA, and we were informed by Daro'Xen that Ferryn'Artrem had tricked the guards into thinking that she was sane, then escaped captivity. She exited on a shuttle to Omega.

A rogue Quarian Admiral on the loose wasn't good news, but I had more pressing matters than a man-hunt for an indoctrinated admiral. The Geth and Quarians could solve their own issue out there. What mattered was the DNA, and the Protheans that were willing to help experiment with it.

Date: October 24th, 2077.

Project Genesis was established by the Prothean and Quarian scientists working on the Inusannon DNA. Daro'Xen provided the female Quarian gene for the DNA. Sirius had decoded one percent of the Inusannon data that was taken from the structure.

Lyna and I returned to Aria with some of the data, and we were tasked by the Pirate Queen to give her any extra data that we found along the way.

Date: January 5th, 2078.

I finally got word from Vodnik and Samara that they had started their hunt for Morinth. They finally got a lead that Morinth had been located on Invictus. My presence in the galaxy was becoming widely known thanks to working under Aria T'Loak, I just hoped that I wouldn't be attacked by any Batarians, Vorcha, or even Krogan.

The Geth and Quarian peace became widely accepted throughout the Consensus and the Admiralty Board. The Prothean skeleton crew was also proving to be very useful by sharing their technology with the younger races. Daro'Xen transferred the blueprints for the EMDrive over to the Quarian Admiralty Board after becoming the XO of the Moreh.

Ferryn Artrem had yet to be caught, even after a few months when she went on the run, though the Geth Consensus was making many attempts to find the indoctrinated Quarian admiral. Daro'Xen vas Moreh contacted me about her new captain, Seehra'Valihal vas Moreh, saying that the captain could very well become an admiral.

Project Genesis was transferred to the Quarian Ship, Cevoli, but no signs of life were being formed just yet. Delaki, one of the Prothean scientists working on the Inusannon DNA, put a medical nanobot onto the Quarian/Inusannon cell in an attempt get readings from it.

Date: March 5th, 2079.

I received a message from Myriad, the Geth that I had introduced to the Quarians a couple of years ago. Myriad's message, or rather Sirius's translation, told me that a government had formed between the Geth and Quarians. This government was called the United Rannoch Government or the URG.

Shortly after I was given the message that Myriad sent out, I was sent a chat request by Daro'Xen. I accepted the chat invite, and was almost immediately greeted with a model of the hybrid DNA. My neural implants allowed me to communicate with Xen without even opening my mouth.

'-Are you seeing this, Kyle?-'

-I see the DNA if that's what you are asking.-

'-No, we actually have life! I'm not entirely sure how this is possible, but the Inusannon DNA is somehow combining with my donated DNA.-'

-Hold on, is this an elaborate joke? Or do we actually have life?-

'-I'm not joking. Though this is a major breakthrough, it will still be a couple of years before the cell will actually grow. The Protheans are calling it Teval'Rithari, a combination of both their culture and mine.-'

-Okay, keep me posted. I need to write up a report on what I have found so far to Aria.-

'-Have fun.-'

-I'll be sure to.-

Date: September 14th, 2080.

I sat in a shuttle with Lyna, heading back to Omega to speak to Aria about a small bit of Inusannon data that Sirius decompiled. I was browsing through my email, checking off any unread messages that had been sitting in there for over a month. I eventually found an old email from Daro'Xen.

Lyna began to train me with the ISYLR, though she let me start with a slightly modified Striker VII rifle. I was fairly certain that I would wind up shooting myself at one point, but luckily, that never happened.

-Teval'Rithari's Update-

'[Hello Kyle,

You said that you wanted an update on the cell a couple of months ago, so here it is.

The Protheans have finally developed a fetus from the cell, and I'm not going to lie, the thing looks creepier than I would have imagined. From what I've seen so far, the thing has five fingers, similar to a Human, Asari, or a Batarian. The fetus' face is similar to mine, but I can't tell much in this stage. Delaki told me that it was female, though we can't tell for certain. I'll send you another update when we've made another breakthrough. I just thought you would have liked to know this.

Signed,

Daro'Xen vas Moreh nar Epsio.]'

Date: April 18th, 2081.

I tapped my foot on the flooring below me, leaning back against one of the walls on the Bermuda. Lyna was tapping something into her omni-tool while I was talking to Sirius.

And? We may have five percent of the information decrypted, but that doesn't mean that we should hop onto the Citadel and start shouting, 'Reapers!' That's just stupid.

'That's not what I meant. I was merely suggesting that we alert the councilors.'

How do you even suggest that we alert the councilors? We have very little political power in the galaxy, even if we did manage to unite the Geth and Quarians.

'We have the data that we need to let them prepare, why not just give it to them?'

If you looked through my memories and saw what happened throughout Mass Effect 1 and 2, you'd see how they blow it off.

'Those were digital characters. This is real life now, they'll probably not act that way… Incoming message from Daro'Xen vas Moreh.'

I let out a long sigh, then opened up my omni-tool. I skimmed over the message that Daro sent me.

-Re: Teval'Rithari's Update-

'[Greetings Kyle,

I have some good news from the progress of the URG and the Protheans on Teval'Rithari. The Inuquarian, as Delaki is calling it, woke up last night while a Prothean researcher was preparing nanobot injections. Currently, Delaki is proposing that she takes care of this Inuquarian and there have been no objections.

One of the other Protheans that was working on Teval'Rithari made a pretty ominous prediction about the Inuquarian. I can't ever remember his name, Lervick or something along those lines. He spoke of her causing mass destruction in the galaxy, and that she would rain hell on all that opposed her. I'm pretty sure this guy was just spewing out bullshit.

My father has also sent a small flotilla of Geth and Quarian vessels to uncolonized systems. He told me that he was searching for Inusannon technology, the same kind that you and Vodnik were implanted with. Apparently this is for Teval'Rithari.

Moving on to another topic, the ASAPC that you gave to the admiralty board has been replicated by the Geth. I'm not sure how they were even able to do that, but they've currently produced five of them.

I'll continue to be in contact, sending you updates and whatnot.

Daro'Xen vas Moreh nar Epsio.]'

My eyes only widened at Xen's message. , but I did make sure to send a message back.

-Re: Re: Teval'Rithari's Update-

[Hey Xen,

I'm not going to lie, I was rather surprised when I read over your message. I don't have enough time on my hands to give a long reply or anything like that. Keep an eye on this Lervick Prothean, I don't want any risks around Teval'Rithari.

Thanks for the update,

Kyle Jonathan Terrah.]

Date: July 19th, 2082.

The first testing of the URG EMDrive was successful, and it took approximately a day to travel one light year with the URG EMDrive. It wasn't the fastest way to traverse the galaxy, as quoted by Delaki, but it was certainly one of the more efficient ways to do so.

From what I had heard from Kapo'Xen, his fleet found a planet with the name of Hynak, which was apparently littered with ruins of a long-dead civilization. Though a team of Geth was sent down to the planet's surface, Kapo'Xen lost contact with them shortly after the Geth entered the atmosphere.

Hynak was deemed to be a highly dangerous planet, as any ship that entered the atmosphere lost control of any electronic systems. A few Quarian marines speculated that there may be an EMP system that fries any technology that enters the planet's atmosphere.

My aim was average, at least with a rifle. With a pistol, I was pretty much incompetent, and I couldn't use a shotgun to save my life. Obviously, I still wasn't the best that I could be, but being trained by an Asari Huntress was a privilege and an honor. It could be a bit rougher than I liked at times, though the reward was worth it, I was worn out almost every day and had little time to discuss politics with the URG.

I didn't get many messages from the URG; I could only assume that they were too focused on Teval'Rithari. From what I could tell, the activity of their exploration fleets had increased, as there was now a high demand for EMDrives.

A/N: And that small year-skip brings an end to this chapter. Personally, it was a very entertaining one for me to write, due to the meeting with Rigel. I also missed the anniversary for Mass Effect: Bermuda's publish date by a month or so. I meant to get this chapter out by July 26th, but oh well.