The Hades Gamma:
Commander Shepard sat at a chair in her private quarters on the Normandy. She was still thinking about her mission to capture Saren. She still had no other clues as to where he had gone yet, the galaxy was a big place and there were many places that he could go and hide. It also sounded like he had other allies other than Benezia who were helping him with something. Saren may not actually be the one behind these attacks, someone else could be pulling the strings but even so, Saren was a rogue Spectre who needed to be stopped.
Just then, Joker called Shepard over the comm "Commander!" he called "You better get down here, you need to see this."
"I'm on my way Joker." She replied and she soon made her way down to the Bridge where he saw Kaidan.
"Shepard, I began getting this feeling." He stated "Something through the force, something's calling to me."
"What could be calling to you?" Shepard asked only to be shocked when the Normandy suddenly started shaking. "What was that?"
"You better look for yourself." Luke called and Shepard and Kaidan walked towards the front of the bridge. Outside the viewing window, they saw several massive purple whale like creatures. They had streamlined bodies and had four large hind tentacles, a large dorsal fin, two side fins and a flat head with two eyes at the side.
Bau then came onto the bridge having felt the shake "What's going on?" he asked and then he saw the creatures "Whoa, what are those?"
"They're purrgil" Luke stated "A pod of purrgil or space whales."
"I remember reading about these creatures." Kaidan added "They seem to have a connection with the force and some Jedi could communicate with them."
"They're also considered a pest." Luke added "They've been known to destroy warships when they fly into their path. But they can also travel through lightspeed. How I don't know."
Joker struggled for control "We're currently surrounded by them." He stated "I can't fly anywhere else without being pushed around."
"Then fly with them instead of against them." Kaidan stated "They seem to be distressed, I think they want to show us something?"
"How do you know?" Bau asked
"I don't but from the way the force echoes, something is wrong." Kaidan stated
"I guess we'll be following them until they break up." Joker stated "This is going to be a rough ride."
...
The Pod of Purrgil led the Normandy towards a region of space until they soon stopped moving. It seemed they had arrived at their destination. But what was their destination.
Shepard walked over to Navigator Pressley "Pressley?" she asked "Where about are we?"
"According to my calculations, we're currently in the Hades Gamma." Pressley replied "More specifically, we're in the Farinata System."
"There's not that much out here." Shepard stated "All I know is that one of the Republic shipping lanes runs through the Hades Gamma."
"Shepard!" Doka called over the radio "I'm picking up some kind of distress call, I'm patching in through to you?"
Shepard began listening to the distress call "Is anyone listening to this!" a female voice called "This is Ahsoka Tano of the Jedi Order, my ship and my younglings are under attack by an unknown party. Our ship has been disabled and we've been boarded. I've got younglings here who our boarders are demanding we hand over to them. We've managed to hold them off but we're trapped, we need help!"
Shepard looked at Pressley "Can you find out where that transmission is coming from?" she asked
Pressley quickly did his calculations "That distress call is being transmitted from the nearby Asteroid field near the planet Juntauma."
"Joker, get us over there as fast as you can." Shepard ordered "I'll go prepare a party to get us onboard."
Joker began piloting the Normandy to the location and on the way, they past Juntauma where a derelict freighter was found and the team recovered a Prothean data disk.
...
The Normandy soon arrived at where Doka and Pressley had been able to pinpoint the location of the distress signal. They saw a damaged CR90 Corvette which was where the distress call was coming from. But the ship they saw nearby was not a ship they had seen before, it had the similar dagger shape that the Republic ships but looked heavily armoured and was quite small being only 150 meters in size. This ship had pulled alongside the CR90 and had now docked, locking the two ships together. The Normandy had the stealth systems engaged so that they wouldn't be seen.
Shepard had also gathered her team with Luke preparing the shuttle for launch. They would have to be quick so that they could get the shuttle to the Corvette through the secondary docking point located on the underside of the Normandy so Joker had flown below the Corvette to give the shuttle a change to avoid being fired upon.
Shepard's team consisted of Ashley, Verbro, Verbro's squad and Kaidan who had requested to come along as he was someone who new Ahsoka. "So what's the plan?" Ashley asked
"We get on board the ship." Shepard replied "We find Ahsoka and the Jedi younglings and we get them back to the Shuttle. We don't know what we'll be facing so we're going in with all the firepower we have. Getting the younglings to safety is top priority. We'll decide what to do with them once we get them to safety. Also if we can, we need to find out who these attackers are and why they attacked this ship. Are you all ready?"
"As ready as we'll ever be." Verbro replied
Shepard nodded and the team quickly boarded the shuttle.
...
Luke had piloted the shuttle out of the Normandy's hanger and slowly towards the Corvette so that they went undetected by any scanners that these people had. Luke was soon able to dock with the Corvette's secondary docking port and Shepard and her team quickly entered through the airlock. The ship's power seemed to still be working although not perfect. Shepard sent Verbro and his team forward to scout as they had no idea how many intruders were on board.
In one corridor, they saw signs of a fight as there were blaster holes in the walls and charmed blade marks on the walls.
"That's the sign of a lightsaber." Kaidan stated "Ahsoka must have been fighting off the attackers here."
There were also a few bodies on the floor, most of them seemed to be wearing a set of familiar white armour and Ashley narrowed her eyes when she saw the symbol "Cerberus!" she hissed "Cerberus is behind this. Now they decide to kidnap innocent children."
"Not children." Kaidan corrected "Jedi Younglings. I've heard of this type, they kidnap the children and then they brainwash them into serving their kidnappers. It's not the first time that something like this has happened."
"Why would the Jedi bring Jedi younglings here?" Shepard questioned
"Most likely they were here on some kind of training exercise." Kaidan stated "The younglings must be getting ready to become Padawans."
"What?" Ashley questioned, she had no idea what Padawans were.
"I'll explain later." Kaidan stated "But we must find Ahsoka and the younglings, I can't bear the thought of knowing that I failed to save them."
"Where could they be?" Verbro questioned
"The safest place would be on the bridge." Kaidan stated "It's an area they can fortify to protect themselves."
"Then let's get to the bridge." Shepard stated
They soon arrived at the bridge and they found the door had been sealed "They have to be behind this door." Kaidan stated "That's the only reason why they'll have sealed this door."
"We need to try and contact this Ahsoka." Ashley stated "We need to let her know that we're friends."
"I'll try the intercom." Shepard stated and went over to the nearby intercom on the wall "This is Commander Shepard of the Republic navy. We heard your distress call, we're here to help."
There were a few moments of pause and then a female voice replied "How do we know that you'll telling the truth and that you're not working with these attackers."
Kaidan decided to take over "Ahsoka, it's me." He called "It's Kaidan Alenko."
"Kaidan." The woman called Ahsoka replied "Is that you?"
"Yes." Kaidan replied "And to prove it, remember what you told me, about what Master Plo Koon saved you from that Jedi imposter who made you believe that he had been sent to take you to the Temple."
Ahsoka sighed "That's you alright." She replied "Hold on, I'll get the door."
The door soon opened to reveal a female Tortuga who must have been Ahsoka. Behind her were a number of Jedi younglings of various republic species which included a Rodian, a human and even a Wookie. There was also several droids including a Red Astro droid with a white head and a droid on unknown make.
The other droid recognised Kaidan "Ah, Kaidan, I see you've managed to make yourself useful."
"I have Huyang." Kaidan replied and then he embraced Ahsoka "It's good to see you again old friend."
"I'm glad to see you too." Ahsoka replied
"So what happened here?" Shepard asked "Why is Cerberus attacking you and why are you out here?"
"I was taking the younglings on a training mission to our small base on Chohe in the Cacus System. But we were intercepted by these people who demanded the younglings be handed over. I was able to hold them off and get the younglings to safety. We're been holding out here but I was concerned that more would come so I sealed the door."
"The way we came out was clear." Shepard stated
"Then we should go out that way." Ahsoka stated "I hope your ship has enough room for everyone."
"It will be a tight fit but we need to go now." Shepard stated
"Understood." Ahsoka stated but then her Astro droid began beeping hysterically "What is it R7?" The droid beeped fearfully and Ahsoka eyes widened "Oh no, more troops are coming."
Verbro and his soldiers cocked their guns. "We'll hold them off for you to escape."
"I'm with you." Shepard stated "Kaidan, you help get Ahsoka back to the Shuttle. We'll follow you as soon as you're safe."
"Understood." Kaidan replied and he began escorting Ahsoka back the way they came and towards Luke and the Shuttle along with Verbro's squad. Verbro, Shepard and Ashley stayed to make sure no reinforcements were coming.
And sure enough, reinforcements soon came. Shepard and her team managed to set up a defensive position and were able to hold them off as they came. The fight here would hold Cerberus off to allow the Younglings to escape. Once they were safe, then Shepard would return to the shuttle.
Soon, the fight was over and once it was, Luke called over the comn. "Commander, the Younglings are on board." He called.
"Alright Luke, we're on our way back. Have the shuttle prepared once we arrive."
"Will do Commander." Luke replied
It didn't take long for Shepard and her team to arrive back and once everyone was onboard, Luke closed the airlock and detached from the ship. They headed back to the Normandy and once they were on board, Luke contacted Gunnery Officer Zitt to prepare the Normandy's gun, they were going to fire at the Corvette's engine, the explosion would destroy both the Corvette and the Cerberus ship. Zitt had the guns primed and then fired shots which struck the Corvette's damaged engines and soon, explosions began starting around the corvette and soon the ship exploded taking out the Cerberus ship as well.
...
The Normandy then set off on it's next course which was to return Ahsoka and the younglings to a nearby base on the planet Chohe, the second planet in the Cacus System. There was nothing else of interest in the system so Joker place the Normandy above Chohe's atmosphere and Luke escorted Ahsoka and the younglings in the shuttle accompanied by Kaidan and Luke.
The Shuttle landed close to the small base and everyone was brought in. Ahsoka looked at her saviours "I cannot thank you enough." She stated "Without you, these younglings would have been kidnapped and tortured. I could never live with myself knowing that I failed them."
"It was nothing Ahsoka." Kaidan stated "Although we do have the Purrgil to thank, if we never followed them then we never would have found your distress call."
"I've always heard that the Purrgil sense distress." Ahsoka stated and looked at Shepard "Anyway, I know you don't want an award but I feel like you should have these. Kaidan told me that you've been collecting these."
Shepard looked at what she had been given and gasped "Three sets of Asari Matriarch writing? And a League of One Medallion." she questioned "Where did you find these?"
"One of the scouts found the writings at an old abandoned camp here on Chohe." Ahsoka replied "They're of no use to us. And I found that medallion while we were on a mission on the planet Klensal in the Dis System." She then looked at Kaidan "And I feel like you should have this back." She handed Kaidan a silver cylinder object which made Kaidan gasped
"Is that, my lightsaber?" Kaidan gasped
"It is." Kaidan nodded "Don't tell anyone but I snuck into the vault at the temple and took this. I always swore I would give it back to you. Even though the Masters stripped you of this, you deserve it back."
"Ahsoka" Kaidan stated "I can't have this back. I was expelled from the Jedi Order."
"You didn't deserve to be." Ahsoka hissed "What happened wasn't your fault. I still blame myself for not helping you. After all, you helped me when Master Skywalker vanished. Besides, you might need this one day."
Kaidan sighed and nodded "Alright." He replied "Just make sure the Masters don't find out that you took it."
"Don't worry." Ahsoka smirked "They've never even knew it was gone."
Kaidan looked at Shepard "Come on Commander, we should go now."
"Alright." Shepard replied "We'll see you again one day Ahsoka."
"Maybe one day we will." Ahsoka replied and then Shepard and Kaidan left the base and returned to the Shuttle.
...
After Shepard returned to the Normandy, Doka contacted her over the radio "Shepard, I've been hearing reports that a survey team has recently done missing in the Antaeus System. Not far from where we are, do you want to go and investigate?"
"We might as well." Shepard replied and then she contacted Joker "Set a course for the Antaeus System."
"Aye Commander." Joker replied.
While the Normandy was travelling through hyperspace which would be a short trip, Shepard decided that she wanted to speak with Kaidan. She wanted to understand what had happened to him and why he was expelled from the Jedi Order. She found Kaidan at his usual spot "Hey Commander, something you need to talk about?"
"There is." Shepard replied "You told me that you were once a Jedi but were kicked out, why was that?"
Kaidan sighed "It's a long story. To understand why, you have to understand the force. You see there are two sides of the Force, the light side and the dark side. Grandmaster Yoda explained to everyone that the Jedi uses the light side of the force and focuses on positive emotions. Negative emotions such as anger and hate lead to the dark side. The Jedi Order has actually existed for thousands of years ever since the force was first discovered. But the Jedi have been fighting against an order known as the Sith which uses the Dark side. This war between them pretty much wiped out the Jedi and the Sith long before the Republic was even created. Yoda was one of the few old Jedi who survived those wars."
"What does this have to do with you getting expelled?"
"I'm getting to that Shepard." Kaidan explained "Jedi are recruited when they're young so that they can learn the light side easier. The older someone is, the more vulnerable they are to negative emotions and the dark side. I was older than most when I was discovered. I was about six when I was taken to the Jedi Temple on Arcturus Station. Most Jedi are normally three at the oldest."
"They recruit you when you're that young?" Shepard questioned
"It takes many years to become a Jedi." Kaidan stated "For most of your childhood, you meditate, you study and you train with a lightsaber that you build yourself. When I was about nine, they took me to Ilum, the holiest planet to the Jedi. I had to find a Kyber crystal and use it to build my own lightsaber. But one problem I had was my temper. Despite my training, I was often quick to anger which led to outbursts. It made me a bit of an outcast as I felt like I wasn't really being given a chance."
"So what did happen?" Shepard asked
"During the Verge War, I was made a padawan to a Jedi." Kaidan answered "A padawan is basically an apprentice before you before an official Jedi. My master took me to several missions during the war but during one battle, I lost control."
"How did you lose control?" Shepard asked
"I was sent on a mission to help the planet Kiros which had been occupied by Zygerian." Kaidan replied "During the mission, I discovered what had happened to the people of the colony, about how they had been rounded up and shipped off world. I was so full of anger that I ended up using force lightning accidentally on the Slaver who was smug at what he had done. Force lightning was a dark power but I didn't even realise what I had done until after. I was left in shock but my master was furious. He told me that I was unworthy of being a Jedi. That was not the first time he had said that, this particular Jedi was disliked by many other Jedi order members but I lost control again, I force kicked him so hard that he slammed against a wall and broke his neck. I was in so much shock at what I done that I never even realised the army holding their guns at me. They brought me back to Arcturus in disgrace and it was there that I was exiled from the order. Luckily a few friends of mime were able to pull some strings that allowed me to enlist in the Republic army."
"Well at least you've been able to make something of yourself." Shepard stated
"I guess you're right." Kaidan replied "And it was actually good to talk about it. I've never actually talked about what happened with anyone."
"Sometimes, a chat can clear minds." Shepard stated "I'll see you around Kaidan."
...
The Antaeus System was named after the mythical giant known as Antaeus and like the other systems in the Hades Gamma, was named after references from Dante's Inferno, Antaeus was one of the guardians of the ninth circle of hell. This system was also home to six planets known as Ageko, Edmos, Ploba, Trebin, Vemal and Hunidor. While coming past the planet, an unknown object was discovered and brought on board. Chief Engineer Adams and Tali tried unsuccessful to discover its origins but they did find some Asari Matriarch writings. But the planet they were going to was Trebin, a modest terrestrial world with an atmosphere made of nitrogen and argon and a surface composed of nickel with deposits of silver. This planet could one day be home to a future colony if they could thicken the atmosphere and also bring water to the planet which was scarce on Trebin. Attempts were so far underway but recently, a survey team had vanished and so Shepard was going to try and find them.
Pressley used data from the Republic network to narrow down the search area as much as he could. The Survey team had been sent to monitor the impact of an ice comet that had been directed at the planet to try and create a stable water environment. Pressly found the impact site of that comet and suggested that Shepard should search that area so Shepard prepared her team which consisted of Liara, Tali, Bau, Ashley and Wrex.
The Mako was launched and while dropping, Pekue saw what looked like a camp just north of where they landed.
"Commander, should I drive towards that camp that we just saw?" she asked
"Do it Pekue." Shepard replied and Pekue drove the Mako towards the camp and soon they arrived.
The camp looked like it had been abandoned for a while but there was no sign of an attack. The buildings that had been placed to house the survey team were still intact and there were several vehicals nearby for driving. The houses still had the equipment set up and food and drinks in containers so what had happened here? Where were the survey team? Garrus did find something unusual as in one building, he found a small tattered flag that was marked with the Turian Nimines Colony insignia. Tali found notes on a nearby computer which said that the team found it in an old pod nearby.
Eventually, Bau found something that could help them. He found a protocol droid that had been deactivated and so with a bit of help from Tali, they reactivated it.
"I am Protocol unit E-5SO." The droid replied "Have you any questions for me?"
"We do?" Shepard asked "What happened to the survey team here."
"The Survey team sent out here to monitor to impact of the Ice Comet impact have not reported back from their local journey. Their current whereabouts is unknown."
"What were the survey team doing before they went missing?" Ashley asked
"The team were busy trying to find out why their GPS' were malfunctioning." The droid replied "Something was interfering with their signals and they ended up crashing while coming in to land. The team hoped to try and stay safe until help arrived but they were unable to get a signal out. Not too long ago, the team found some old abandoned caverns not far from here. Shortly after, they found something inside and began to study what they found but they have not come back since then."
"Where are these caverns?" Bau asked
"Just north of here." The droid replied "Are there anymore questions."
"Not right now." Shepard stated and then she turned the droid off "Pekue, put this in the Mako for now. The team and I will search these caverns for the Survey team."
"Alright Shepard." Pekue replied "Be careful."
Shepard and her squad soon made their way into the caves. They turned on their lights so that they could see more clearly. As they made their way through the caves, they heard a loud growl that sounded unnatural. "Be careful." Shepard called out "I don't think we're alone in here?"
So the unnatural scream was heard and Liara turned and saw a husk charging towards them. Liara quickly shot it with her pistol. Then more began charging at them and Shepard's team opened fired and soon destroyed all of the husks.
"I guess we know what happened to the survey team." Garrus stated
"But how did they become these husks?" Tali asked
"I think this explains it." Shepard stated as she found the spike like machines that had turned people into husks back on Eden Prime "But how did these things get here?"
"Maybe the Geth brought them here." Bau suggested "They may have been the ones who caused the Survey team's ship to crash and then they lured the Survey team here."
Shepard looked at Bau "Possibly but we've had no reports of Geth in the region. The Hades Gamma is home to a major Republic shipping lane. I'll have to inform RSB to tighten patrols in this area. If one team vanishes then more could and if the Geth are involved then we need to find them in case they have a base here."
"So what now?" Liara asked
"Now we head back to the Normandy." Shepard replied and the team left the caverns and then they got back into the Mako and called Joker to pick them up.
...
When they arrived back on the Normandy, Shepard saw Bakira was waiting for them. "Shepard." She called "Do you mind if I have a word with you."
"Sure Bakira, what is it." Shepard stated
"It has to do with the data we recovered from that intruder who was looking for me." Bakira replied "I've managed to decode it."
"And what did the data say?" Shepard asked
"That's what I wanted to tell you." Bakira replied "My father did send someone after me but they're being led by another person from my past. A Batarian known as Gharek Denpadrak."
"And who is this Gharek?" Shepard questioned
"He's the one I would have married." Bakira spat "He's pretty much what you humans call a social climber. He's been rising up through the Batarian castes. He started as a simple slaver soldier and he soon began captaining his own Slaving Ship. He actually played a major role during the Verge War as he was the Batarian who led the Slavers during the attack on Ryloth. During that battle, he enslaved many of the natives in the areas they conquered and even though your Republic did eventually beat him, he was still celebrated as a hero to the Hegemony. The only thing he needed was a good marriage and so I was betrothed to him. I actually met him once during a celebration and I hated him. I've always detested slavery even though my bloodline has been involved with the Slave trade but Gharek talked about how he had broken the strong willed people like he enjoyed it. He talked about his actions like they were a challenge. It was another reason why I fled. He was also very sexist and talked to me about how I was just another prize to him. It seems that he wants me back."
"So what are you going to do about it?" Shepard questioned
"I was going to ask for your help." Bakira replied "The data shows that I was to be brought to an outpost on the planet Nonuel in the Plutus System."
"That's not far from where we are now." Shepard stated "We can head there now."
"Thank you Shepard." Bakira replied "I would like to be along with you for this mission."
"Alright." Shepard replied "I'll tell Joker to head there now."
...
The Normandy soon arrived in the Plutus System. This system which was home to five planets was of little interest to anyone but the volcanic planet Nonuel was where Bakira's old betrothal had set up a base. With the base being so close to Republic shipping lanes, it had to be taken out.
Shepard took her team down in the Mako which included Wrex, Bakira, Garrus, Kaidan and Ashley. The Mako landed near to an abandoned camp which must have been used by scouts sent from the base. The scouts had been killed by Thresher Maws but Shepard was able to recover some Asari Writing and a Salarian League of One Medallion. Soon the Mako arrived at the base which seemed deserted. There was no one on lookout.
"Are you sure this is the place Bakira?" Ashley asked "It seems abandoned."
"It looks that way to me as well." Bakira replied "But this was where the data said the base was."
"We should tread carefully in there." Wrex stated "It could be a trap."
"Agreed." Shepard stated "Everyone, stick together. Pekue, drive the Mako a few clicks away in case this is a trap."
"Understood Shepard." Pekue replied and the Mako drove away to avoid being captured if this did turn out to be a trap. Shepard and her team then entered the base.
The lights in the base were off so they were forced to turn their lights on again. The base looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, there was dust settled on old crates of supplies. No sound could be heard which made the base very eyrie. Shepard's team walked slowly together watching all sides to see any movement.
Then, in just a flash, everything changed when a jangling noise was heard. Ashley shone her light where the noise had come from and widened her eyes "Flashbang!" she yelled which made the team jump out of the way as a large explosion went off followed by a flash of light which blinded everyone. When the light cleared, the lights were on again and they saw a bunch of Batarians stood on the balcony of the building and more Batarians surrounding them.
One of them stepped forward on the balcony "Well, I guess the boss' plan worked after all." He sneered
"I guess you're Gharek." Shepard stated
Bakira shook her head "That's not Gharek, that his second in command, Renk."
"Indeed." Renk smirked "As for Gharek, he's not here. He's busy with his new wife."
"New wife?" Bakira hissed
Renk laughed "Yes, after you left, your father decided to give Gharek a new wife. In fact his new wife is someone you should know very well." Bakira widened her eyes "That's right, you should remember Danine."
"You bastards!" Bakira yelled "You couldn't leave her alone! What did she do to you?"
"It was your choice to leave Bakira." Renk laughed "You should have known what would happen to her when you left. After all, your father couldn't risk her leaving as well."
"She's too young for this!" Bakira yelled.
"Age never matters in marriage." Renk laughed "Batarians have married even younger."
"So if Gharek is married again, why did he send people to capture me?" Bakira yelled
Renk smirked "The boss couldn't allow you to just leave after you humiliated him. Both he and your father want you to pay. He wants you alive so that you can understand the consequences of your actions. As for the others, well you can watch them die."
Bakira looked at Shepard "I'm sorry Shepard."
"It's not your fault Bakira." Shepard stated
"Yeah." Wrex laughed "I'd rather fight these bastards!" he fired his shotgun that killed one of the Batarians. Then the fight began.
Kaidan now had a use for his returned Lightsaber. He activated it and began deflecting bolts from the Batarians which killed a few of them. Ashley opened fire with her machine gun and soon, the fight turned in Shepard's favour.
Soon the only slaver left alive was Renk who had been shot in the leg and was groaning on the floor. Bakira grabbed the wounded Batarian and shoved him against the wall. "Tell you bastard! Where is that shithead!"
Renk laughed "Boss Gherak has since retired from the business and settled down in his new role as Governor of a mining colony in the Terminus Systems with his new prized bride." He laughed again "He's really enjoying his bride, he loves seeing her..." he never got to finish as Bakira punched him in the head and then pulled out a pistol and shot him several times until the Batarian was dead.
Bakira let out a few deep breaths and then she looked at Shepard "I'm sorry you had to see that." She apologized "I just couldn't listen to him talk about her?"
"And who is this Danine?" Shepard asked
"My sister." Bakira answered "The only things my father said we were good for was furthering the family line. My brothers were of the same mind as he was and so I was the only one who could protect her from the abuse. I secretly taught her to fight so that she could defend herself. I hoped that she would leave just like I did but I guess I was wrong. I have to find her, I cannot let her be abused." She then sighed "You done a lot for me Shepard. I'll stay with you until Saren is defeated but afterwards, I need to go and find her."
"If I find anything to help, I'll let you know." Shepard stated
"Thank you Shepard." Bakira replied "Now let's go, I've had enough of this place."
Shepard and the team then left though not before Bakira rigged some explosives to destroy the base.
Chapter End:
Notes: Well another chapter complete. I know I said I was going to Feros in the last chapter but I recently changed something that was going to happen on Feros and as a result of this change, I had to go to the Hades Gamma first. This will most likely be the last chapter involving Side Quests, the only ones left were Father Kyle which wouldn't fit this story and the Maroon Sea quests. As for the Hades Gamma, I only did three quests in the cluster and I changed two of them. Kaidan's quest replaced Hostage as there are no biotic implants in this story and I gave a personal quest for my Batarian character Bakira. More of her mission will be shown in a later story as she will return in Mass Effect 2. I will now be concentrating on this story until it is finished.
