How can these grox brained idiots not know about lasguns. They are about as common as kitchen knives in the Imperium. Yet they say they still havent developed them? No that cant be right. "You act surprised when I said 36th Millennium, whys that?" Danil did hear stories of ships that went into the warp but arrived a few years into the past because they went through a couple 'bumps' in the warp.

Either this man was lying or he was clinically insane. "So you think its currently the 36 millennium?" Shepard said jokingly. The man replied as if he was being mocked "No, Im not a fool. Currently it is the 41st millennium, sadly I cant tell much of the Imperiums current state because most of the sector where Im from got covered in warp storms." Shepard didnt know what to think. "EDI is this guy joking or lying out of his teeth?"

Danil still didnt understand why they talked with the ceiling. "I can confirm that he is not lying, none of my indicators are showing the symptoms of lying. Apart from the increased heart rate but that is to be expected". The voice unnerved the Lieutenant. He couldnt tell where it was coming from and no speakers were in sight, what blasted tech is this?

"Okay, so lets indugle in the thought that you arent lying. You said you were in this Imperial guard, I take it its a military organization?"

"What are you on about? Its mankinds largest single army to ever exist"

"Yet I've never heard of them, if its a army then you must have a rank right?"

"Im a Second Lieutenant, currently stationed on Valhalla to assist in the creation of a new mechanized company"

"So if you are assisting in training that would imply you have some combat experience right? Your body sure as hell gave that away"

"Yes, there were a couple of incidents during the battles I participated" Lifting up his left arm and looking at the exposed pneumatics.

"Well I might as well confirm you're insane right now, because so far everything you said is made up. We have no record of your so called 'Imperial Guard' and you are carrying a laser based weapon that cant be made in today's day and age. So Im asking you again, Who are you?" This time there was a obvious sign of aggression in the mans voice.

Danil was confused once again. How can he not about the Imperial guard. Unless. He did say that Lasguns arent a thing in this 'day and age'. Could the warp sorcery of the ork psyker sent him bacl in time? Curses.

"Wait, what Millenia is right now?" Danil couldnt help but sound a bit worried at the answer he was going to receive.

"It is currently 2185. Thats the 3rd Millenium for you. See why Im calling you insane now?"

Danil froze. That cant be right. How can he be back in time. Time goes forward, always forward. "So what youre saying is that Im in the time of Infancy of mankind? Dear Emperor no" He mumbled the last bit out.

"Im waiting for my answer Danil" Shepard insisted. He had to know where this madman came from and how he had the things on him.

"I already told you, I am Danil Cherenkov. Second Lieutenant of the newly formed 387th Valhallan Mechanized company, Im just as confused as you are about this. If not more"

This was going no where. He clearly believes what he says like its the cold hard truth, but it just cant be. If he was then he unknowingly travelled back in time, thirty three thousand years no less. And that cant possibly be right. However even he himself wasnt aware travelling back in time. It should be a good idea to ask if he knows how he did travel back.

"Even though I highly doubt you are a went back in time, I am interested in what story you'd make up"

The man still looked shaken and distraught at the last bit of news. "The last thing I remember is that my patrol was ambushed by Ork psyker-" He was interrupted by laughter from the doctor.

"Oh dear lord Shepard, do you really believe this guy? Orcs? What kind of fantasy world did he come from?" barely being able to contain her laughter. However it was brought to an end when Danil smashed his left arm on the gurney, leaving a large dent in the railings.

"Dont you ever laugh when I mention the green plague. Or I swear by the Emperors teeth I will gut you like a grot" He sneered at Chakwas. "My homeworld was besieged by those xeno bastards for generations. I lost my arm and countless friends to those bastards."

Chakwas was taken back by the ferocity of this mans hatred at something she believed to be fictional. "I think this concludes that he is obviously mad" With that EDI decided to chime in "Im sorry Doctor Chakwas but looking at the brain scans of Second Lieutenant Danil Cherenkov I cannot find any abnormalities that would suggest insanity and madness. This man is in peak mental condition".

"There is that voice again, where is it coming from, is it some sort of vox operator spying on every member of the crew?" Danil finally got the chance to ask that.

"Oh no she doesnt spy on anyone, its just our ships personal AI"

Danil shuddered, an AI? A abominable intelligence? How can this be allowed? "So youre saying that thing is not a servitor but a fully fledged intelligence?" Why must everything get worse with every question. Next thing might be that humanity is working alongside Xenos.

"Well AI's are a bit illegal but this one is a exception" EDI had a lot of failsafes and somehow felt sincere when she said she wouldnt dare harm the crew.

Danil decided to remain silent. He didnt know what to do. He couldnt keep on talking, it was too much. "Can I be given some time to myself. I want think some things over."

"If you wish, but Im only giving you 2 hours or whenever your friend wakes up" Shepard pointed at the gurney near Danil with his palm. "Thank you sir" with that Danil fell back into his bed. His mind was fryed to crisp from all the information being dumped into him. He could hardly comprehend half of it.

If it really is the third millenium then the Imperium is non existent. If he remembers his history lessons right then the Emperor did not reveal hismelf yet. Only when the some drastic event made him decide to show up and save mankind from being destroyed. But there are too many inconsistencies. History said humanity was able to colonize other worlds only in the fifth millenium. But here they were with a vessel far more advance than those of the space marines. Maybe this was a different galaxy altogether? One without...No, that would be heretical to think, let alone suggest it.

Danil was lost in thought on what he has to do. Valhalla doesnt exist. The guard doesn't exist. Everything as he knew it, doesn't exist. Him amd the sergeant were lost in an ocean and had nothing to grab on to. Except this so called Commander Shepard. He had the chance to simply kill them and that would have been that, but he didnt. It would seem either he was very naive or he needes for something else. And he hoped that something else wasnt on the Dark Eldar kind. Also, he'd hate being indebted to someone.

Pacing back and forth in the armory Shepard was discussing with Jacob what they should do with the two 'weirdos'. Shepard thought it would be okay to simply hand them over to the Alliance and call it a day, their weapons too. They will revolutionize warfare as they knew it. Kinetic barriers could cease being viable. Jacob however suggested to offer them a option to join the crew. One doesnt earn that many scars and injuries from just serving. These men knew hell, and they came back from it still breathing. Maybe more than once or twice. As well as offering them to join the crew they could better explain how some of their tech works because Jacob had no idea where to start on dismantling their laser rifle.

It didnt sound half bad. He had multiple dossiers on possible candidates for his suicide mission, but these guys fit the bill perfectly. The more people Shepard gets, the better. He was up against the collectors all by himself. No Alliance or Citadel help. He needed some time to sleep on it to decide.

Laying in his gurney, Danil could finally feel the adrenaline wearing off. He felt himself dozing off and he couldnt help it, a combat stim would have helped but there werent any nearby and he was cuffed to the bed so he couldnt move anywhere. They were all packed in one of the rucks unfortunately. He tried everything and anything, flexing most of his body to increase bloodflow, remembering embarrassing memories, even pinching himself. But nothing worked. That was until his comrade started screaming. Danil jumped in his bed from the sudden sound, the adrenaline started flowing again.

"Calm yourself sergeant!" Danil shouted. "You are still alive and well".

"But sir, how? Werent we killed by an ork psyker?"

"We might as well have been, this might be hard to take in but that warp blast somehow threw us back in time". The sergeant could simply stare, probably in shock just like Danil was"

There was also another problem that Danil just realized.

"Wait, sergeant... Whats your name? I forgot to ask before going on the patrol"