Chapter 4 gathering data
1 Lt Dobok Sidril leader STG unit 68 were checking and going over his equipment as he prepared himself for this mission. It was both something that he had done several times before and new. Gathering intelligent data was the job he could do without even needing to think, while doing it in an unknow region of space against a newly found and unknown race was something new. Normally he was not this nervous with mission but this one he was, it had too many warning mark over it. The fact that 10 Turian ships disappeared did not help to ease his nerves. Still he was a 1 Lt in the STG, he did not back down from a new challenge nor did he ignore a direct order from the council. After going over his gear he grab them and headed towards the docks to board his ship. Along the way he meet up with his friend Walar Mizu.
"Afternoon Sidril, you seem to be on the edge."
"You could say that again Mizu, I don´t like mission that has so little intel, and you know that."
"I know, but still this is a good challenge. And to see an new race, this one is for the history books."
"And the fact that 10 Turian ships were lost after entering this newly discovered relay, is not setting any warning flags for you."
"Nope just get me more excited."
"That attitude of yours combine with our work should have kill you a long time ago."
"Well its has´t, cause you have had my back all the time."
"Heh,,true."
The duo kept on going through the citadel chatting and joking until they came to the docks and walk onboard their ship the Nassi, were the rest of the teams were.
"Finally you two are here, I was about to take off without you." Their Major Nikop Zebani said.
"Sorry ma´am, wont happen again." Sidril said.
"Hope not cause if you do, then I will make it so that you two return to base camp." Nikop said as she headed towards the bridge while Sidril and Mizu headed towards their chamber and change into their gears. The ship hum as its engines started up and left the docks and headed towards the new relay.
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Earth
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Android combat unit G40 line up her shoot, the target were 1000 m away from her and were just the size of a bottle and the wind were strong. She look through the scoop and fire, with in a few second the bottle were shatter. G40 pull the alien rifle that was called Reaper and put it next to 2 other high calibre sniper rifle. She then pick up an clip and started to write down some stats.
-Good handling.
-Good scoop.
-Passible recoil.
-Bad rate of fire due to high heating up of barrel.
G40 were one of the more detail gunner androids, when it came to firearms. She cared about two things, how good a weapon was when holding it and firing it and the punch it was backing. So far she preferred the railgun that only in a few example left, and she mead sure to take care of hers. She pick up another sniper rifle, this one was called Equalizer. Again she line up and aim at a new target, this time a wooden log, same size and distance as they bottle. She fire it and watch the wood log been splitter up. She put it back down and wrote down what she thought about the rifle.
-Great handling.
-Greet scoop.
-Excellent recoil.
-Passible fire rate.
-Give this to G219, she like it.
After that G40 pick up the last rifle, this one been called Hammer. She line up and aim at another bottle, same size and distance and she fire and watch as the bottle were shatter, she then wrote down.
-Bad handling
-Horrible scoop.
-Good recoil.
-Horrible fire rate, weapon almost heating up to max with one shoot.
-Smelt this one down or give it to Jackass, should be funny when she tries to shoot more then one shoot.
After that G40 smile as she pick up her favourite weapon, a railgun that Jackass had nick name hurty, simple cause she could not handle the massive recoil it emitted. G40 just called it perfection, cause that what it was for her. She line up and aim against a car wreckage, it was 2500 m away and she fire of and watch as a large chunk of the car along with 10 m of the area behind the wreckage were destroy. G40 smile as she wrote down.
-Railgun perfect.
-Give all the small toys to the rest of gunners.
With that done she pack up and headed back to base.
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The Nassi
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Sidril were sitting on his bunk bed, currently holding a data pad in his hand and were keeping his mind busy by playing up various hacking program. It was something that help ease his mind, however he had been sitting here much longer then what he would like to have. He still could not get the bad feeling about this mission. Eventually he stop and put the pad down and got up and headed towards the bridge were Major Nikop currently were along with Vonol Uhe the pilot and Norok Weksa the code breaker and the intelligent officer. As he got up to the bridge he could see Major Nikop speak with councillor Valern.
"We should be arriving at the relay shortly, council. Once we enter it we will start recording and send the feed back to you."
"Excellent, keep in mind that anything that could explain this race technology will be send back to Sur'Kesh."
"Yes councillor, this is not my first mission."
"Doesn't hurt to remind you, and the nice bonus that comes along with it."
"Of course not. Anyway seems that one of my men wants to say something, I will contact you later." Nikop said cutting of the communication. "Anything you want to say Lt."
"I don´t like this mission."
"You have said that before, you could have skip it and let Lt Rulben take your place and yet here you are."
"I know Major but you must admit that this mission is not like our normal once. And I don´t just mean that there is a new race we are dealing with, the fact that 10 ships were lost, the fact that they did not pass through the relay before the Turian patrol ship enter the system. The fact that I myself are nervous and constantly bring that this feels bad."
Major Nikop sigh and turn towards Sidril. "Your just saying this cause this is something new and that you are getting old. You got a family now don´t you and you never been afraid or nervous about our previous mission because you have always know the outcome. Will this one we don´t know, or that´s what you think is going to happen. The thing that is going to happen is that we will go in, gather intelligent and then head back and you can take a break and be with you family, now feeling better."
"Not really major."
"Oh fo,,,just go down to the mess hall and take something to eat and then report to your post. I don´t want to hear anymore of this."
Sildris just saluted and then headed towards the mess hall as he was order. As he got to the mess hall he found his friend Mizu along with 2 other operatives.
"Hey Sidril, up for a game of Kepesh-Yakshi."
"Sure, I actually need something to take off my name."
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Yorha BUNKER
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"Status report"
"Half the ships has been finish strip off non-essential material and has been place in their position, along with the hacking boost range chip."
"Excellent, what about the weapons range testing."
"Most of the G units reports that the weapons are fine, only G40 refuse to use one."
"That´s fine, figure that she would, what´s the status of the element zero engine and the anti-biotic chips."
"Still no progress on the later ma´am, and the engine has been install but are still not full operation with our technology but things are improving."
"Good report to me if things has changes, I will be in my private quarters." Commander White said as she left the command centre. Once she got to her quarters, she contacted 2B.
"2B I got a mission for you."
"What is it ma´am."
"I want you to locate A2 and recruit her back to Yorha."
"Ma´am with all due respect she will not join us, she hates Yorha."
"I know but she still cares about mankind, use that to motive her and I will send a chip-program to your pod, have it made and give it to her if she still don´t want to believe us, it might change her mind."
"Ma´am if I may ask, why do you want A2 to join us."
"I believe that this new alien enemy will be more troublesome then the last and currently we don´t have the number. It will take time before we get the new 300 Yorha units up and running and we don´t know when the aliens might come back or manage to land on earth or here. Their for we should have every available Yorha unit to defend it, beside after me and you she is the best combat unit we have."
"Understood ma´am, I do not like this idea but I understand and I will do as you ask. Unit 2B out."
And with that the communication were cut and White send the program data to 2B´s pod. She then went back to reading the information about the council races, thinking about which one they might come across next.
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Pluto
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The Nissi emerge from the mass relay and its crew immediately got into action, they man their station and started to do their job. With in mins they were starting to gather information about the system, ranging from numbers of planets, their size and types. Any energy sources and any kind of eezo trace, all of this were been sending back to the council along with any audio that the STG team pick up.
"Status report."
"The stealth field is at 100 % and we are not picking up any unknown single yet, but we have pinpointed an energy source coming from the 3 planet from the system stars."
"That´s most likely were the Turian´s were heading and were they disappeared. Take us as close as we can to that planet without being detected and were our instrument are within operation."
"Yes ma´am, seem that the fourth and largest gas giant might be the best place for us."
"Good then take us there."
The ship silently made its way towards the gas giant, everything seems to go fine, they were collecting data about the system. But as they were almost there the ship suddenly stop.
"Report, what´s happening."
"I don´t know ma´am, it just as the system stop working, yet its still running we just don´t have control."
"Hello."
The crew all froze as they heard that mysterious voice, after a few seconds all screen on the ship lit up and the crew could see a white close to pale female, that resemble an asari.
"Who are you and what have you done to my ship." Nikop said.
"I have already told my name to your Turian allies and I will not repeat myself. All I am going to do is give you the same chance to turn back and leave us alone. If not then you will die like they did."
"Charming, Weksa cut this low life off and take back our ship."
"I,,I can´t ma´am they cut me out faster then what I can do."
"Mm funny it says here that you Salarian are supposed to be fast when it comes to thinking and cyber attacks is one of your speciality's. Seems to be wrong, but to be fair your system was a bit more resilient then the Turian´s." White said as she help up a data pad and wave it against the screen.
Major Nikop was now angry, who was this low life race thinking that she could mock her." I don´t know what kind of VI´s your are using but we will hack it and beat you."
"Well I am going to tell you one thing. We don´t have VI´s we are androids, we are much smatter then you and your VI, we have just one operator that is currently hacking you." White said smirking and snickering a little.
Major Nikop were now furious, to get beaten by a machine it was an insult to her." When I get control back, I am going to personal put a bullet in your skull."
"Mm interesting, shame that you won´t be, cause you don´t seem to know what kind of danger you are in." This is your last chance, leave or die."
"Choke on your own ego low life machine."
"Fair enough, cut the oxygen and open the hatch´s and door." White said smiling and for the first time it hit Major Nikop what was happening. As soon as she had done so she felt the air being suck out of the ship and her body was slam around until it was flung out into space, the last thing she saw was Lt Sidril´s frozen corps.
"Well that was that then, at le-
"MA`AM their seem to be a system that we miss."
"What kind."
"It seems to be some sorts of commination,,,,they have been sending information back to their home base since they enter our system"
"CUT IT NOW."
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The Citadel
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Inside councillor Valern were sitting in silent, there was a fear spread across his face. He shakily reach out to his computer and called his colleges. "Te,,Tevos,,,Sparatus,,,you need to come here quickly.
