"I said it drop it!" Danil repeated, this human didnt look like he was part of the Tau, he didnt see any of their trademark descriptions. No large shoulder plate, no insignias the helmet was small and wasnt elongated on the back. Was he wrong? Was this not a Tau collaborator?
Shepard couldnt understand a word the man was saying. It sounded like a mix of Slavic and Scandinavian, his translator chip either wasnt working or he found a new dialect in a galaxy thats fully mapped. No thats impossible. But pointing a gun at his friend was most likely a bad idea, he thought to himself. Lowering his weapn might help diffuse the situation.
Slowly holstering his carnifex he keeps one arm up showing he means no harm. The man was dressed similarly to his friend, but small insignias and what he could only think were rank tabs made it obvious that this is a officer. "So youre military huh? Alliance or what?"
Danil couldnt understand a word the man was saying but it did sound familiar. He remembered how they had a Harakoni Warhawk regiment stationed in a nearby fortress. Something about resting up, but the words this man spoke seemed to be very similar in nature to the native language of those warhawks...Harkat was it? It still didnt make any sense nothing added up. Tau looking vessels, a posibble Harakoni warhawk. But if ge spoke Harkat that means he can speak Gothic.
"Who are? Imperial or traitor?" he hissed the last word out. The man didnt react and seemed even more confused. By the throne how can a human not know Gothic. Thats physically impossible.
Shepard was shocked when the man started speaking a new language altogether, some kind of variant of latin. It sounded like latin but some parts were different. Just who was this guy? His weapon didnt seem right. Too big and bulky and it weirdest of all it looked fully solid.As if its permenantly in that position. Most firearms, even pistols collapsed for easier storage or to allow for more weapons to be worn. But this one just seemed out of place.
The man finally decided to lower his weapon too, probably realizing Shepard wasnt too much of a threat. Slowly reaching to his neck to activate a comm link with the ship he says "EDI do you have any idea who these guys are? My translator chip doesnt seem to be working" with a hasty reply EDI somehow sounded confused in her monotone voice "Commander, these men bare no resemblance to any Military, mercenary or pirate organization. Your translator chip is working fine however, it seems they are speaking a completely new language. Try to keep him talking. I will be working on a new translation algorithm". Oh great I've got to engage in small talk with a giant I cant even understand
Danil was confused, this man knew he cant understand. So why was he still trying to talk. "Shut your mouth, I have no damned idea what your saying. Where in the warp are am I?" barking it out probabaly didnt help however, he needed to speed things up. Resolving conflicts quickly tended to be better then prolonging them unnecessarily. Every or campaign taught him that. He decided to take a closer look at the man. He was bald, military bald. His build was mostly concealed by his suit, it appeared skin tight so he could get the gist of his mass. Now his weapons were plain weird. When he holstered away his pistol it just collapsed on itself, definitely xenotech. The ma. appeared to be a head and a half shorter than Danil. But that was expected, Valhallans were tall genetically, so it wasnt of the ordinary.
Then it suddenly went dark, he saw light again for a moment and realised he was on the floor. "Damn, forgt to look behind me" he cursed himself.
"Miranda stand down! Are you mad throwing people around in a place like this? What if he got impaled on a piece of debris?" Shepard knew Miranda wouldnt let him leave the Normandy alone. But he didnt expect her to sneak on the Kodiak so quickly. "And what? Risk a large investment such as yourself getting damaged this early on by two savages?" she spoke with a certain hint of superiority, knowing that she was bred, augmented and trained to be so. He despised that part about her.
"I think its best if we take them in on the ship, one was unconscious but I guess its two now thanks to you" he snapped at Miranda. "Might also need a check up of some sorts" he paused "I dont think they have translator chips". Miranda tilted her head as if she misheard what Shepard just told her. "Thats impossible, virtually every race out there is implanted with one at birth. You sure they didnt have one?"
"I am, I know this might seem even weirder but I couldnt understand a single word he was saying. It did sound familiar but none of it made sense"
After discussing what had happened with Miranda he finally called in to the pilot of the Kodiak that they are bringing in 'extra luggage' with them. Without questioning what the luggage was the pilot simply replied with "Affirmative". Right before picking up the man which Miranda knocked out with her biotic throw Shepard looked under his jacket to find a identification on his suit if hes from some secret organization. But there was none, and there was no bodysuit. Just a thick sweater and random miscellaneous items a soldier would have carried. Were that poor or what? he thought to himself. "Well theire weapons do look ancient, might as well see if it would have pierced my shield".
"Miranda, I wanna see what their weapons are like. Ive never seen anything as weird as these" The XO immediately turned to see what he was talking about. The weapon did seem out of place. A completely solid build and a lot of sharp edges, nothing like what modern firearms have. You sure thats a good idea? What if its bio coded? You know, so only one person could use it". A valid presumption, but that would have made sense if these didnt look so broke. Ignoring her opinion he continued. "And firing" Shepard whispered, gently pulling on the trigger.
A sharp crackling sound echoed through the hull of the crashed Normandy. Shepard was aiming at a wall near the left staircase down to the engineering deck. He smelt ozone for some reason, but sense was dulled by the fact that he just fired a laser based weapon. The wal he shot had a small cavity but no hole. Shepard looked bacl at Miranda and saw she was just as shocked. "We both saw the same thing, right?".
Shepard examined the weapon again, looking a safety of sorts. He noticed a archaic fire selector, with markings going down in order of 0, 1 and being on the bottom. Putting it on zero he was now teriffied that if that man shot him, he would have had half his face cooked like a well done steak. "Tell none of the crew, not even the Illusive man what we found here, got it?" he said to Miranda, pointing a warning finger at her. She simply nodded guessing it will be hard to explain what she found.
Shepard and the XO dragged off the two strangers to the Kodiak. 'Something amazing must have happen in those two years I was dead' Shepard mumbled as he entered the Kodiak.
