Eden Prime:
Captain Anderson came over to the Bridge along with Nihlus and Commander Sheppard so that they could see what was going on. The sudden attack on Eden Prime came as a complete shock, this discovery had been top secret so who was behind the attack. It couldn't be the Batarians since they did not have the technology to make a ship that size plus the Hegemony were still recovering from the split that broke the Hegemony in half and created the Batarian Commonwealth. So who was behind this attack?
"Approaching Eden Prime Captain" Joker stated "Stealth systems are engaged."
"Good" Anderson stated "We don't want whoever's behind this to know that we are here."
"Exiting Light speed in three, two one." Joker said and then as soon as the countdown finished, the ship came out of hyperspace and was now at Eden Prime. What they saw shocked everyone, they could see a massive space battle taking place above the surface of Eden Prime and the battle was right above the planet's capital city of Constant. The 63rd task force was taking a beating from the battle but they were still holding strong.
The Republic fleets were used to defend the major colonies and they had many different ships. The Republic were not bound by the Citadel's treaty of Farixen which limited the number of Dreadnoughts that a species was allowed. Most Republican ships were based of the Chiss ship designs and were known as Star Destroyers and while they all had the same dagger shaped design, they all had unique differences. The massive Resurgence Class Star Destroyers were the largest ships built, over 1000 meters long, they were they dreadnoughts of the Republic and carried many large cannons which were used in space battles as well as turbo lasers for fighting off enemy fighters and bombers. The key feature on these Star Destroyers was the two large balls beside the main bridge which held the shield generators of the ship. There were three Resurgence class Star Destroyers in the 63rd task force which were Admiral Versio's flagship, the Eviscerator, the Basilisk and the Hydra.
The Venator Class Star Destroyers were the older version of the Resurgence Class and now they were the fleet carriers of the Republic. The Venator Class had been both Dreadnoughts and fleet carriers but after the Resurgence ships were introduced, the main cannons were removed and replaced with new aircraft holds. A Venator Star Destroyer could hold up to 80 star fighters. Task forces tended to had two Venator Class fleet carriers, the Defence and the Avenger. One carrier carried fighters while the other had bombers. Some offensive fleets would have a third carrier used to carry larger strike fighters that would strike the enemy fleet then pull out.
While the task forces only had about three dreadnoughts and two or three carriers, there were still many other ships that made up the fleets. The next largest ships in the fleet were the cruisers and there were different classes of these Cruisers. The largest Republic Cruisers were the Acclamator class command cruisers. Measuring about 750 meters long, it was armed with turbolaser batteries which were the ship to ship guns and quad laser batteries which were the ship to starfighter guns. These ships often commanded the vanguard of the fleet which included smaller Arquitens class light cruisers which were about 350 meters long. Another Cruiser class was the Gozanti Class cruiser which was a small heavily armoured starship. These ships were only 64 meters long so they were quite small and sometimes classed as a frigate. However due to their heavy armour, they were classed as a cruiser and were often used a patrol ships because they could also carry four fighters as well.
Frigates were often used for escorts or scouting and also for transporting important individuals around. The largest Frigates were the EF76 Nebulon-B Frigates. These ships were 300 meters long and were made in two large parts connected by a thin tube that was the main corridor. These ships were often used as the Medical Frigates and were lightly armoured but they could still fight against an enemy fleet. There was also the Hammerhead Corvettes which measured at 315 meters long and were often used for ramming attacks. CR90 Corvettes were small 150 meter longs ships which were often used for transporting important individuals. They were still armoured but were often not used for combat as they were a diplomatic ship, not a Warship.
On the Normandy, Captain Anderson and the rest of the Bridge crew watched in horror as the Sixth fleet began engaging a fleet which was made up of cruisers. While the Dreadnoughts and Carriers were still holding, the crew could see that several Cruisers and Frigates had been destroyed and their remains were around the fight. The fighters engaged the enemy fleet but were often targeted by the enemy laser batteries and destroyed.
"Just what is going on here?" Anderson demanded and he looked at Nihlus "Do you know who those ships belong to?"
Nihlus shook his head "Those ships do not match any known ship design and I've seen many ship classes."
"There's nothing we can do right now" Anderson stated and he looked at Joker "Get us as close as you can to the dig sight and then we'll drop the team of. Then find us a place so we can contact Arcturus and get reinforcements here and inform the Senate of what's going on. Hopefully we can avoid a diplomatic incident here." He then looked at Nihlus and Shepard "You two better go and get ready to take the Shuttle, remember, we get the Beacon and pod then get out and make sure you get them before whoever attacking us does."
"Understood Captain" Shepard replied "I'll get Kaidan and Jenkins then go to the Shuttle." Shepard then left to prepare for a fight.
…
Joker brought the Normandy down through Eden Prime's atmosphere, the Normandy was designed to enter a planet's outer atmosphere and then launch the shuttle which would take the crew down to the planet's surface. This took careful calculations otherwise the ship could enter the atmosphere too steep and then start to break apart. But Joker was a very skilled and experienced pilot so he got the Normandy into position and then Luke lifted off from the Normandy's hanger and started to head towards the landing zone.
The shuttle flew through Eden Prime's atmosphere and then flew over the Dig site "Someone was doing some serious digging here" Luke said to himself when he saw the dig site.
In the rear end of the Shuttle, Shepard, Kaidan, Jenkins and Nihlus were in their gear and had their weapons ready. Anderson was back in the Normandy but he could communicate using the hologram. A small hologram of Anderson spoke to them "Your team is the muscle in this operation Commander" he told them "Go in heavy and head straight to the Dig site."
Kaidan looked at Anderson's hologram "What about survivors Captain?" he asked
"That's a secondary objective." Anderson stated "Save who you can but remember that the mission comes first, you have to prevent the Beacon and Pod from being captured."
"We're approaching drop point one" Luke said on the radio
Jenkins looked over at Nihlus who looked like he was ready to jump out of the shuttle "Nihlus are you coming with us?" he asked
Nihlus shook his head "I move faster on my own" he stated as he held a shotgun and then he jumped out of the shuttle as it got lower to the ground.
"Nihlus will scout out ahead" Anderson told the remaining three "He'll feed you status reports throughout the mission, otherwise I want radio silence, and we can't let anyone hear us."
Shepard nodded "Ready to go captain" she stated
"The mission's all yours Commander" Anderson stated "Good luck."
...
Luke landed the shuttle at the second drop point and the three soldiers got off. With the threat of enemies around them, they pulled out their assault rifles and were now on alert to make sure that they could not be taken by surprise.
It was clear that whoever was attacking had chosen to attack the dig site as they could see the smoke. They could hear gunfire and fighting but they had no idea who was attacking. There were also fires nearby so it was clear that the enemy had been here during the attack.
"This place got hit hard Commander" Nihlus called over the radio "There are hostiles everywhere, keep your guard up."
All three of the soldiers had seen battle at some point but for Jenkins, this hit him the hardest. This was his home, Jenkins had been born here and he was shocked to see his home planet was being destroyed "I can't believe it" he said "This is my home; we're mainly peaceful farmers, why would they attack us."
"It's not the colony" Kaidan stated "It's the beacon they're after. But even so, a farming colony is easy pickings for Slavers."
"My mother told me stories about what happened on Mindoir." Shepard stated "She said that some soldiers suffered PTSD from what they saw. People packed into cages like animals and branded as well as being mutilated. It was why the Republic started our big campaign against the Batarian Slavers during the verge war. I saw those atrocities again."
Kaidan looked at Jenkins "I'm sure your family will be okay" he told him "They may not be in the crossfire."
Jenkins sighed "My parents and siblings lives away from this area on one of the outer farms so they may be safe." It was then that he spotted something ahead. Kaidan and Shepard saw it to and pointed their rifles at it. It was a large white creature with a large body and it seemed to be floating "It's alright" Jenkins stated "Those are just gas bags, they're harmless although don't shoot them, they carry toxic gas under their skin. It's not lethal but it will make you ill."
"We better get moving" Shepard stated and then the three of them came towards the edge of a cliff and they stopped "I don't like this; this is just the perfect spot for an ambush."
"I'll scout ahead" Jenkins stated
"Fine but take it slow and don't play hero" Shepard stated
Jenkins slowly walked out from the cover and looked around with his rifle ready. He looked around and slowly walked forward. But he got a bit too far from Shepard and then it happened. Two small droids appeared ahead, they looked like small probes but then they fired their guns before Jenkins could react.
"Jenkins!" Shepard shouted as the Jenkins groaned as he got shot multiple times. Shepard ran from cover and fired her gun at one of the probes while Kaidan used his biotic powers to throw the other one off the cliff which smashed to pieces.
Jenkins collapsed to the floor and groaned and Shepard ran over to him "Just hold on Jenkins, I've got Medi-gel."
Jenkins coughed up blood "No Commander, those things ripped through my shields. I can't breathe, I can't breathe."
"Just hold on, we get help" Kaidan stated
Jenkins shook his head "No, it's too late for me" he choked as Shepard held his hand "Finish the mission, and tell my family that I'm sorry." Then Jenkins hand let go of Shepards and then fell to the ground and his head fell back as his eyes rolled into the back of his head.
Shepard sighed and now she saw that Jenkins was dead "I'm sorry Jenkins" she said to herself
Kaidan looked at Jenkins's armour "They ripped right through his shields, he didn't have a chance" he said "So what do we do now?"
"We carry on the mission" Shepard stated "We'll collect his body later."
The two of them carried on and they encountered several more of those little assault droids but they quickly managed to take care of them. Soon they came to a place that had seen battle. They saw the bodies of several marines and this looked like the place that they had seen in the emergency message. They saw a Marine wearing white armour with pink stripes running away as several robotic creatures fired their guns at her. Two more of them were placing a man in civilian clothing over a strange device. The man was still alive and looked at Shepard but then a large spike came up from the device and impaled the man in the chest. The robots looked at Shepard and then began firing their guns at her, Kaidan and the Marine. The three of them quickly took cover and began firing back. Shepard managed to shoot the heads of two of them while Kaidan used his biotics to bring several others together and crush them.
When the battle was over, Shepard and Kaidan looked at the Marine they had saved "Thanks for the help Commander" the Marine stated "I wasn't sure I was going to make it." She then saluted "Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams of the 212."
"Are you wounded Marine?" Shepard asked
Ashley shook her head "A few scratches and burns but other than that, nothing" she stated
"Just what happened here?" Kaidan asked
"Me and the rest of the squad were on patrol when we were ambushed." Ashley stated "Ever since the discovery the Republic has kept security tight here so that our discovery could be protected. But we weren't expecting something like that massive ship to blow through the Sixth fleet and once there was a gap, these droids stated attacking in large numbers. We were pulled back to the dig site to protect it but most of my squad was overwhelmed. We tried to protect the Civilians but some were captured and impaled on those spikes."
Kaidan looked at the remains of one of the robotic creatures that attacked them "I've never seen droids like this" he stated
Ashley sighed "I don't think these are simple droids" she stated "Most warfare droids are only programmed to do battle, simple battle droids wouldn't impale people of these spikes, I think these are Geth."
Shepard had heard stories about the Geth, they were robots created by the race known as the Quarians. They were once used as labour until they rebelled and drove the Quarians off their home planet of Rannoch. The Quarians have been rejected by the Citadel for this and have been made to live in exile on their fleet. The Republic is more tolerant of the Quarians and now he fleet is often seen in Republic space. The Quarians are expert engineers and the only reason they have not settle a planet in Republic space is due to the droids that are seen to be close to the Geth.
Kaidan spoke up "But the Geth haven't been through the Veil in 200 years" he stated "Why are they here now?"
"They may have come here for the beacon and pod" Ashley stated "I don't know what they would want with them but we have to stop them."
"Then we better get going then" Shepard stated and then the three of them carried on.
Then Nihlus called them over the comm. "There are a lot of burnt buildings here commander" he called "This place got hit hard, I've seen a number of bodies impaled on strange spikes."
"We've seen battle here Nihlus" Shepard responded "Jenkins is down but we got a marine with us, she's taking us to the Dig site. But it looks like the Geth are behind this attack."
"I've encountered these Geth as well." Nihlus responded "This is worse than I thought; we must get the beacon and Pod away from here now." Then there was a pause "Wait what's this." Then there was the sound of gunfire.
"Nihlus!" Shepard called in a panic "Nihlus, what's going on, are you alright"
"I'm fine commander" Nihlus called "But those spikes seen to be changing the people on them. I just got attacked by a few, I'm going to scout ahead and see what's going on, there's a spaceport nearby, I'm going to check it out."
Shepard, Ashley and Kaidan soon made it to the dig sit but the beacon wasn't there "This is the dig site the beacon was right here!" Ashley shouted "It must have been moved."
"By who, our side or the Geth?" Kaidan questioned
"Hard to say?" Ashley stated "Maybe we'll know more once we get to the research camp, that's where the Prothean pod is."
"Do you think anyone got out alive?" Shepard asked
"If they were lucky" Ashley suggested "Maybe they're hiding in the camp. It's just at the top of this ridge up the planks."
"Move out" Shepard ordered and the three of them walked up a set of planks that allowed them to reach the top of the dig site and soon they came to a small selection of buildings. "This is the research camp; all of our researchers were here studying the pod."
Kaidan stopped "I don't like this, it's just the perfect stop for an ambush, keep your guard up."
Then they spotted some of the spikes with people impaled on them just like they saw before. Only these people seemed to have been scraped of their skin. But then Ashley noticed that the people were moving "Oh my god, they're still alive!" she gasped "What did the Geth do to them?"
The spikes lowered and then the people impaled got off them but they didn't look human anymore. Their skin was blue and grey and they seemed to have cybernetics implanted in them. The creatures let out a huge roar before charging forcing the three marines to blast them. As soon as they were shot, they exploded in a ball of blue gung. As soon as they were all dead, they looked at the spikes "Just what are these things?" Ashley questioned "And what did they do to our people?"
"I think we better question the scientists about that?" Shepard stated "Where is the Pod, if that's here then we need to find it."
"It's in one of these buildings," Ashley stated and she walked over to one of them and tried to open the door "This was where the Pod was taken; it looks like the door is locked so the Pod may still be in there."
Kaidan may have been a biotic but he also had training in electronics and he was able to hack the controls and open the door. When the door opened, they saw several scientists inside who panicked.
The lead one who was a human female sighed in relief "Oh thank god, you're human," she stated "Shut that door before they come back."
"Don't worry" Shepard stated as she shut the door "We'll protect you."
There were four scientists in the room, a human female along with a human male along with a Chiss female and male Togruta. "Thank you" the human female stated "I think we'll be okay, I think they're gone now"
"I know you" Ashley stated "You're Dr Warren, the lead scientist in charge here."
"I am" the woman stated and then she pointed to the others, first to the human male "This is my assistance Manuel" then to the Chiss and Togruta "and that's Toss and her assistance Oroto"
"I've been busy studying this pod" Toss stated as she knelt and looked at the pod "We managed to find many data files but unfortunately no one can read them. They're all written in Prothean"
"I tried to help Toss with some ancient texts but none of them have been any help" Oroto added.
Shepard looked at Warren "Do you know where the beacon is?" she asked
"The beacon was moved this morning to a nearby spaceport" Warren stated "Manuel and I stayed here to pack up and help Toss and Oroto prepare to move the pod and data we found. That was when the attack came. We sealed ourselves in here while the Marines defended us. They saved us."
Manuel looked unstable "No one is safe" he said to himself "the age of humanity is ending. Soon only ruin and corpses will remain."
Shepard looked at the man "What's wrong with him?" she asked
Warren sighed "He got very close to the beacon and he looked to be in a gaze." She claimed "We don't know what happened but we're all worried about what the beacon has."
"Not long after they got back, the Geth attacked" Toss added "We feared that they were looking for the Pod but the man who was leading them only asked one of the marines where the beacon was. He didn't know about the pod."
"Who was leading these Geth?" Ashley asked
Manuel spoke up again "Agents of the Destroyers. Bringers of Darkness. Heralds of our extinction"
Warren sighed and tried to calm Manuel down "We didn't know who it was but it wasn't a Geth at all. It was a Turian."
That coughed everyone shocked. They were now wondering about Nihlus, was he working for these Geth and was he a traitor "What did this Turian look like."
"I managed to get a look at him out of the window" Oroto stated "He had pale white skins along with a robotic arm and leg."
Kaidan looked relieved "That can't be Nihlus" he stated "He doesn't look like that."
"I'll call him and see if he knows who is behind this." Shepard stated and she activated her Comm. "Nihlus are you there?" she called but there was no answer "We've secured the Pod but these scientists are saying that there is another Turian here." There was still no response "Nihlus come in." Still nothing "Damn it, he's not responding, we better go find him."
"We'll stay here and guard the Pod" Warren stated "When this is over we'll take Manuel to a doctor."
Shepard, Kaidan and Ashley left the building and sealed the door again and then they walked over the hill. They hoped that maybe when they found Nihlus, they would be able to find out who this other Turian was.
…
At the same time as when Shepard was with the scientists, Nihlus had reached the spaceport and saw another Turian standing nearby. He emerged from his hiding place and pointed his rifle at him. But then his eyes widened and he lowered his weapon in shock "Saren!" he gasped. This Turian was older than Nihlus with white skin. His left arm was also a cybernetic along with one of his legs. Saren had been Nihlus' mentor before Nihlus had joined the Spectres.
"Nihlus" Saren turned around and greeted back
Nihlus looked confused "This isn't your mission Saren, what are you doing here?"
"The council thought that you could use some help with this one" Saren replied and then he walked behind him and Nihlus didn't see him draw his pistol.
"I wasn't expecting to find Geth here." Nihlus stated "The situation is worse than I thought."
Saren smirked "Don't worry, I got it all control" he pointed the pistol at Nihlus and before Nihlus could react, Saren pulled the trigger and blasted Nihlus in the shoulder.
Nihlus gasped and collapsed to the floor and looked at Saren in shock "Saren, why?" he gasped
"Someone had to make a choice" Saren responded "The Republic is a major threat to the Galaxy and someone had to make sure they're stopped."
"You're mad!" Nihlus gasped "You may have started a war that will see no end."
"Actually, I've preventing a war." Saren stated "When they return, this galaxy will see peace."
"When who returns?" Nihlus demanded as he coughed up blood.
"The ones who wiped out the Protheans." Saren responded "The Beacon will help me find it, the Geth were just here to cover my tracks. For what it's worth, I'm sorry that it had to come to this." He then shot Nihlus in the head and the Turian fell silent. Saren smirked and then he walked away and just as he was out of sight, Nihlus' radio started to call as Shepard began asking Nihlus some questioned but Nihlus was already dead.
…
Shepard, Kaidan and Ashley walked over a hill and they stopped for a second when they saw something massive in the distance "What is that thing?" Kaidan asked
It was some strange ship that was bigger than any ship that Shepard had seen. It was the same one that Shepard had seen in the vid during the attack "It's a ship" Ashley stated "Look at the size of it"
They watched as the ship began to lift up into the air and there was red lightning across the hull. Soon it disappeared into the clouds and Shepard decided to carry on. Shepard was also skilled with a sniper and was able to take out a few Geth Scouts that were nearby and they soon came to a new building that was locked. Kaidan quickly hacked the lock and opened the door.
"Everyone stay calm out there!" a voice called as the door opened "We're coming out, we're not armed." Three civilians came out of the building which were two men and a woman.
"Is it safe out here?" the woman asked "Are they gone?"
"You're okay now" Shepard stated "They're gone now; no one is going to hurt you."
One of the men sighed in relief "When I saw those things drag our people and impale them on those spikes, I thought we were next so we hid."
"When we saw the ship we thought we were doomed" the second man said "It must have something to do with that beacon. That thing has been nothing but trouble for us. I can't get that sound out of my head"
Ashley looked at them "What sound, what do you mean?"
The woman looked at them "After the ship arrived it was making some kind of strange noise." She stated "We believe it might be controlling the Geth and those spikes. But whatever it was, we can't get that noise out of our heads."
"What about that Turian who the scientists saw leading the attack?" Kaidan asked
The first man spoke up "We saw some Turian with a metal arm leading the Geth." He stated "They had some sort of explosive that he ordered to be set near the beacon."
Ashley gasped in horror "They're going to blow up the spaceport" she gasped "We've got to stop them."
"Then let's move out" Shepard stated
But before they left, the second man looked at the first man "Hey Cole, we're just farmers, they're soldiers, maybe we should give the stuff to them."
The man known as Cole glared at him "Blake!" he hissed "Sometimes you need to learn to keep your mouth shut!"
Shepard narrowed her eyes at Cole "You have something to tell me Cole?" she questioned
Cole sighed "Some of the guys at the spaceport ran a small smuggling ring" he admitted "It was nothing major but in exchange for some of the profits, we agreed to let them store some of their wares in our sheds."
Shepard shook her head "Smuggling is against the law." She told them firmly "It's a good thing that we've got more important things to deal with."
"Well we weren't hurting anyone" Cole protested "We thought that it might come in handy. This pistol was one thing that we had and we thought we could use it to defend ourselves. But you'll have better use of it" he handed Shepard a pistol which she gave to Kaidan as it was a better quality than Kaidan's pistol.
"We should give them the rest as well" the woman stated
Cole sighed "You're right" he admitted "We also have this scanner as well. I was going to sell it but you'll have better use of it"
Ashley glared at Cole "Who's your contact at the spaceport Cole?" she demanded "What's his name"
"He's not a bad guy" Cole protested "I don't want to get him in trouble. Besides, I'm not a snitch."
"He might have something to do with this attack" Shepard reasoned "Or he might have some more information that could help us. We need his name."
Cole sighed "His name is Powell" he stated "He works at the spaceport if he's still alive. There's a large number of Geth heading there."
Shepard nodded "I have to go" she stated "We need to find Nihlus, recover the beacon and disable those bombs."
...
Shepard, Kaidan and Ashley soon arrived at the Spaceport but once again, they were attacked by the Geth and some of those Husk creatures though they quickly managed to take care of them. But then they saw a shocking sight, it was a Turian lying on the ground and wasn't moving. Kaidan quickly ran over to him and gasped "Commander, it's Nihlus!" he stated
"Is he alright?" Ashley asked
Kaidan shook his head "He's dead, shot in the shoulder and in the head. But the angel of the gunshot shows that he was on the ground when he was shot in the head. And this damage wasn't done by a Geth weapon. Who could have done this?"
"Could it have been that other Turian we were warned about?" Shepard questioned.
Ashley then heard a noise nearby "Commander, something's moving over behind those crates."
The three of them pointed their weapons towards the crate "Come out from there or we will shoot!" Shepard ordered.
A man quickly came up from behind the crates "Wait, don't shoot!" he called "I'm one of you, I'm human."
Shepard sighed in frustration as she lowered her rifle "Sneaking up on us like that is a good way to get yourself killed!" she hissed
The man sighed "I'm sorry, I was hiding from those creatures. My name is Powell; I saw what happened to that Turian. The other one shot him."
"I need to know how Nihlus died." Shepard stated
Powell looked at Nihlus' body "He came up here and looked at the other Turian. He recognised him, he called him Saren, and they knew each other. Your friend here relaxed and then Saren shot him in the shoulder. He taunted him about how he was working with the ones who wiped out the Protheans and he would stop the Republic who he saw as a threat and then he shot your Turian friend in the head. I'm lucky that he didn't see me, I was hiding behind these crates."
Kaidan looked at Powell "We were told a Prothean beacon came through here, what happened to it?" he asked
"The workers took that beacon to the other platform" Powell told them "It's probably where that guy Saren is going to. He hoped on the cargo train after he killed your friend. But I also saw his Geth carry explosives with him. He's going to blow the Spaceport. It's vital for the colony; it's where all of our outer world supplies come from, where we get our farming equipment. If this spaceport is destroyed then the colony could follow. This all started because of that beacon, first the mother ship showed up, then the Geth..." he gave a few deep breaths "They killed everyone, they would have killed me too if I wasn't hiding behind these crates."
"How come no one else decided to hide behind the crates?" Kaidan asked
Powell sighed "Look, I've had a long day and I was tired so I thought I would get a quick nap. I wasn't expecting that ship to show up while I was sleeping."
"Wait, you mean you only survived because you were lazy?" Kaidan hissed "You were hiding behind the crates before the attack."
"I guess I was just lucky" Powel stated
Ashley then remembered something "I remember that name Powel, you're the one Cole told us about, the contact for the Smuggling ring."
Powell sighed "So you figured it out" he stated "Well what does it matter now, yes I am a Smuggler but who cares right now. My supervisor's dead, my entire team's dead so it doesn't really matter now."
"Do you have anything hidden that could help us fight the Geth?" Shepard questioned
"There was a shipment of Grenades that came last week." Powell stated "I took a few of them but only enough that it wasn't noticed."
"Those weapons could have helped us marines against the Geth!" Ashley snapped
"Hey, it was just a few, it wouldn't have made much difference" Powell protested "The crate is just here"
"Leave him Ashley!" Shepard ordered "He's not worth it."
Powel sighed "My smuggling days are over, I swear it."
Shepard looked at him "A lot of good marines died today Powel, those Grenades could have helped them, if I were you, I would think of some way to make it up to them."
Powell nodded "Okay, maybe there was something else I was saving. Could be worth a fortune, experimental tech, top of the line" he handed it to Shepard "Take it, I don't need it, I didn't want anyone to get hurt, I'm sorry." He gave Shepard an grenade upgrade which could make the Grenades even more powerful.
"Come on, we need to get to that Beacon before it's too late" Shepard told Kaidan and Ashley and then they went over to the Cargo train. When they got there, they saw that the train was overrun with Geth including a Geth Prime and a few snipers. The three of them had to take cover to avoid getting shot but they were able to take them out but it took some time, time which was running short.
...
Meanwhile, Saren was on another platform and he turned towards a white coloured Geth "Set the charges" he ordered "Destroy the entire colony, leave no evidence that we were here." The Geth left with some others and Saren turned around and saw the Prothean Beacon that was found and it had a beam of light shooting into the sky. Saren walked towards it and stared at the beacon. Then the beacon began making noises and Saren was lifted into the air and he began to see what secrets the Beacon held.
...
The Cargo train arrived with Ashley, Kaidan and Shepard. They found the first bomb that they had been warned about and thanks to Kaidan, they were quickly able to disarm it.
"Quickly, we need to find them all." Ashley stated
Kaidan looked at the scanner that they had received from Cole "My scanner is detecting three more bombs, both are close by. They're just across the bridge." The three of them ran up the stairs and crossed the bridge to the other side of the tracks. There they found the second bomb and disarmed it. But the path to the third one was blocked by a few Geth including another Sniper but thanks to Powell's grenades, they were able to quickly clear a path and disarm the third bomb. The last bomb was right near the platform where the beacon was but Kaidan was able to lift the Geth into the air using his biotics and then Ashley shot them. They quickly made it to the last bomb and disarmed it.
"That's the last bomb" Ashley stated "Now we must secure the beacon, Powell stated that it's on the platform which is just through here."
"I just hope that this Saren person hasn't taken it." Shepard stated
Thankfully, the beacon was still at the platform when they arrived. There were a few more of those Husks but they were quickly destroyed. When it was all clear, they looked at the beacon and were confused at the strange green bean that the beacon was emitting. But Shepard knew that they had to secure the beacon and she radioed the Normandy "Normandy, this is Commander Shepard; the beacon is secure, request immediate evac."
Kaidan meanwhile walked closer to the beacon "This is amazing" he stated "An actual piece of working Prothean technology. Unbelievable."
Ashley looked at the beam of light "It wasn't doing anything like that when they dug it up" she claimed "It must have been activated at some point."
Ashley walked over to Shepard but then Kaidan began walking closer to the beacon and Shepard got a response from the Normandy "Roger Normandy" she replied "Standing by."
Kaidan then got very close to the beacon and then the beacon started glowing brighter making Kaidan widen his eyes "Err, what just happened?" he questioned and then he started feeling himself being pulled towards the beacon "Commander!"
Shepard gasped as she watched Kaidan quickly getting pulled towards the beacon. She quickly ran and tackled Kaidan from the side knocking him aside. But then Shepard was pulled towards the beacon. She was lifted into the air and gazed at the beacon. The beacon seemed to be sending what was stored inside into Shepard. Shepard widened her eyes as she heard a loud ringing noise and saw images. They seemed to be of some kind of creature fighting machines.
"Shepard!" Kaidan gasped as Ashley helped him up. He tried to run to help but Ashley held him back.
"No don't touch her!" she warned "It's too dangerous!"
The ringing got louder and more images began entering Shepard's mind. But then the beacon glowed even more and exploded throwing Shepard backwards. Kaidan and Ashley ran over to her and rolled her onto her back. Kaidan felt her and found a pulse, she was alive but unconscious. But they were all wondering what that beacon had done to her.
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Meanwhile, far from Eden Prime, the mothership that had landed on Eden Prime was moving through space with no planets nearby. Saren was on board the ship and he sat down thinking of what he will do next. Then he was approached by a woman who wore a black dress and a black headdress which covered most of her head "We identified the ship that touched down on Eden Prime" the woman told Saren "It was the RSV Normandy, a Republic vessel. It was under the commander of Captain Anderson, they managed to save the colony."
Saren let out a loud roar when he heard that name and then he asked "And the beacon?"
"One of the humans may have used it." The woman claimed "Which means they have the information as well. Also they also found a Prothean stasis pod so they also have a living Prothean."
Saren let out a few angry growls at this and he stormed up from his seat "The human and the Prothean must be eliminated." He ordered and then he walked away.
Chapter End:
Notes, another chapter down, I created a few minor characters so that this story would not just be a novelization of the Mass effect games. I might even bring back these minor characters later on as they were never seen again in the games. I also want to answer a few questioned I got. First of all, the Normandy is meant to have a mixed race crew but it's only human at the minute since it's only running on a skeleton crew. That will be sorted in a few chapters time. Also, I am bringing in a few Star Wars characters such as Thrawn, Tarkin and Pellaeon. However, I have never played Halo before so bring Hood in would be difficult since I don't understand Halo. But I am thinking of bringing in characters from the new Starlink game although some will have a different race. One last thing, the Resurgence class Dreadnought actually looks like the Imperial Class Star Destroyer in the Star Wars series, not the Resurgence Class from the sequel films. But I felt like Imperial was not a good name since this is not an Empire.
