A/N HELLO guys, as you people can see I am super happy today I never thought I actually see people like my stuff. Though keep in mind I am still fairly new to this website in general, no not new to reading, but new to have a account here so if you guys can send PM's to me about some tips or if I am doing anything wrong I much appreciate it. THANK YOU beautiful readers for having the time of day with me. Fav-8 Alert-9
(I do not own Anything in this fanfiction just about anything you see here will belong to someone, Plus I am not sure what all is going to be in here.)
Nighttime on the planet's (Shanxi) surface near the city's perimeter
-Turian's POV-
Saren and his squad made to the dome, now they face one problem "Alright we'er here, Druvus, I need you to scan this and find a way to deactivate the small section we are facing. Then I need you to reactivate it once we are on the other side to avoid suspicion from the enemy."
"You know, they are our enemy, why not just sabotage their shields so they can't use them when we strike!" Opitis proudly stated, while the others simply glared at him, from knowing what he was implying.
Latana was the first to break the silence "We are just going to pretend you were talking about our VANTROX tanks (A/N Why do Turians do not have tanks in Mass Effect I will never know, the idea is from nach77) and not orbital bombardment" well Opitis had the decency to look sheepish, Saren started to regret bringing him and inwardly he really hopes he was not like that back with Desolas.
"To answer your question on why we do not just take down their shields for our TANKS, is cause we need to wait for the perfect moment to strike, if we do it now then they might realize somethings is wrong. They will see something is wrong cause you can still see the bright blue of barrier shields and will fix it before our tanks can hit them, so we will deactivate them just about when we send our VANTROX tanks." he finish his lecturing.
The combat engineer had just finish his scans with his Omni tool and a small almost unnoticeable section turned off as they went inside and turned it back on however "Wait what is that?" asked the Cabal, as there was a white wall of light behind the barrier shield.
"Let me check the scans again... no way, this is... wow, OK!, they definitely not primitives by a long shot!" Druvus declared.
Saren raised his nonexistent eyebrow "So, what is it ensign?"
"It is a new type of shield that that seems pretty advance, but problem is I am just a combat engineer, not a scientist. So I can't even make a good guess on what it is besides a different type of shield." well Druvus did gave his best answer thought Saren.
The infantry happily exclaimed "Well, looks like we did not even have to walk even two feet just to get good data."
"Bravado gets people like you killed, as much as you been an ass, knock it off. This data while good to bring back to command it is also just as bad, the last thing you need from a enemy is more unknown factors, let's keep moving we need more data on our enemy." Saren reminded everyone.
"Wait, guys have you looked around the city yet"
"What do yo-" Latana and Saren were looking at the city, along with Druvus and Opitis. The four notice the entire city had a lot of plants, lots and LOTS of plants, while the buildings themselves almost seem to merge with the land and ecosystem.
"Sooo, they're a bunch of hippies?-OW!" after he finished his question the Cabal smacked the infantry, it was just not his day.
"While I do not know about them being a hippie race, and I pray to the spirits they are not, they seem to have high regards for garden worlds which will support the idea that they do not bombard them." Saren was actually relieved with that because that means when their reinforcements get here then they will not be getting a death from above.
The group move forward into the beautiful city that can possible make high class Batarian or even Asari cities looked dull. They also notice something else that Latana thought to mention "I must say, I do not see one vehicle, if they always walk or run to a destination then congrats on their endurance." another thing to take note about these aliens, Seran could almost respect them... to a degree. They came across what they assume to be a store, the first data gathering target, except if it turned out to be a toy; grocery; or clothing store or similar aspects. The engineer did his thing "Ok, their seems to be a security system here but seems out of my league, so we need a new way in, on the plus side that also means this place has some importance in order to have a system like this."
So they walk around and found a stairway (A/N you know the metal things on the sides of tall buildings with the retractable ladders) the which the tallest Turian 'Saren' had to jump and knock the retractable ladder down so they can climb it. When they got to the top, Seran got a call from... his brother? "Desolas why ar-whoa slow down what is..." His squad was silent none dared to break it. Then he spoke "We NEED, to break in here, if they got weapons and ships that my brother is saying they have we NEED them to find ANY weakness they have!"
"Wait does that mean?" Their leader answered their question in not the most comforting way possible.
"Trouble in the skies,"
Hours beforehand, aboard the A.I.M. named Uncle Sam, leading a 1km long Cargo Freighter to build a Gaia's Cradle around Shanxi.
-True Alliance's POV-
Steven Hackett is a Metronian who is a Admiral, most Metronians live in a Primary body, but some like to either have a body that is a entirely different design or even a organic body. Steven in particular is housed in a Primary body with a polished grey exterior and a tall and muscular build. He was 7 ft and had a neat and clean cut look to his mane (Yes their antennas are like hair, which can grow like the real deal.). His A.I.M. heading near the Relay when the scientist have been testing it for days on end to get any kind of historical data on it. To be honest, that is all it is to the True Alliance since they do not really need it to get around "Those eggheads still going at it?, one would think they have a obsession with the glorified tuning forks." commented a random ensign.
"Well, they are more like historians in my opinion, but I have to disagree with you there while a primitive way to travel its quite fascinating that it still works despite the sands of time beating it to submission." The admiral praised.
One other ensign then stated "Admiral!, we are ready to enter Self Propelled FTL to Shanxi."
"Alright people you know the drill everyone, Helmsman lower our mass to negative, Navigator set the coordinates to Shanxi, and will launch on my mark."
The helmsman was a altered human woman named Tasha, she had reptilian like qualities to make her look like a badass, she did looked like one as she was pulling down levers and turning knobs. The navigator was a cyborg Apex named Julian, he looked like a bear and a armadillo decided to have a baby, with a cybernetic are for similar reasons like Tasha because it looks cool. That and to help him type at inhuman speeds, though to be fair he still considers himself human (It also sort of helps that he was not a natural born) and has done a hell of a lot of paperwork to still be considered human.
"All systems ready to go!"
"Coordinates to Shanxi, have been set and the Cargo Freighter's captain said they ready as well"
"5... 4... 3... 2... MARK!" and the two gigantic ships moved with grace and elegance though a speed that was faster than light itself in the galactic ocean of stars, planets, and thing even stranger than daily life. For a minute a travel it was peaceful silence in the command center, nothing was out of the ordinary... then they exited Self Propelled FTL and everything went to hell, well not for the True Alliance that is.
"ADMIRAL, unknown contacts ahead!"
"Their WEAPONS seemed to have been CHARGED!"
"They are very tiny... WHAT!?, I mean look at those ships they are barely the size of Legion Class ships, don't judge me!"
The place was just a explosion of noise from the ensigns, so the admiral did what he did best, he took control of all the ships speakers and turned it to MAX volume "QUIET!", and took charged.
"Now if your done acting like children we have a situation to address, this is a first contact and more than likely they got scared of our ships, so we will send a probe containing pitchers of our races and its culture." he stated, but before anyone can do anything a barrage of projectiles hit the A.I.M., the ships lightly shook.
"Admiral they fired at us, orders!?" which he sighed, It was already turning bad for first contact and now the aliens are going to have trouble making peace with them because of the size of the ships.
"Well, looks like we are forced to be a little bit aggressive, hey Kevin send a message to the Cargo Freighter to head for the nearest True Alliance outpost and wait for further instructions, and a message throughout the A.I.M. to initiate Divide And Conquer protocol. The standard human quickly went to work.
"Damage report,"
"Well not much Group shields are at 86%" huh they must be even more lowtech than he first thought. "Preparing for protocol Divide And Conquer, retracting halls once all clear is given!" shouted the helmsman.
Steven activated the com "Sound off my side all clear?" and quartet of 'All clears' was herd, "Sister Core is your fleet all clear?" he heard Kastanie's sounded the 'All clear'. All the hallways that connected ships to one another closed in the middle and quickly retracted "Next, release the clamps and sync all ships to prepare for jettison!" and the clamps released, with the two Admirals and to each their 4 captains began countdown "5... 4... 3... 2... 1... EJECTING!" and what seem to be one large mega Dreadnought turning into a very large fleet.
Minutes Before the A.I.M. arrived and aboard the Dreadnought of the Turian Hierarchy leading the 23rd Fleet.
-Turian's POV-
Desolas Arterius cannot help, but feel anxious, he knows his little brother is cable of recon and knows that when he makes a promise he can and will keep it. He would not be a big bother though if he can't worry about family. "Anything yet?" he ask his ensign Alria thinks that is her name.
"No enemy contacts yet" well he got some relief from that, but still this was always the worst part of conflict the 'Waiting Game' and it is even worse with an unknown enemy. He closed his eyes to clear his head of his worries and to focus on rational Turian military tactics, but then a new type of silence fell upon the command center, sure the command center was never noisy. Now though, it seems like everyone is holding their breath as if doing so it will be their last, and if I open my eyes I will see death incarnate. I did what any idiot would do, I open my eyes and learned why no one dare speak, TWO very impossibly LARGE ship appeared. They did NOT come from the Relay though and Relays always shoot you toward other Relays meaning they did NOT NEED RELAYS, and no matter your species if too many unknowns are put together there is going to be chaos and there was.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?"
"DESTINY ASCENSION IS A INSECT TO THOSE THINGS!"
"Do you guys SEE the amount of GUNS they have on those thing!"
The General had enough of this nonsense "PIPED DOWN AND FIRE AT THE SHIPS!" a rain of death came upon the enemy ships... and barely scratched either one, but Turians were more determined than a starving Verren. Then one of the ensigns notice something off, first the ship was faster than it should be and it was turning away and at first they thought that monster of a ship was going to fire at the WAY smaller that was still at the Relay. To which Desolas called back ASAP, the ships followed orders, but were surprised that the other ship just left, the general made a guess that it was either overconfidence that one, possibly a dreadnought, ship can take them down or it went for reinforcements.
"Sir I did a scan on their ships, they do have Eezo in them, but do not have a high enough signature to make sense and yet the energy signature is off the charts!" Alria explained. Great just what he needed, his enemies are using a UNKNOWN energy source could this day get any worse... the spirits decided to grant his wish, the ship turned from one into TEN bigger than DESTINY ASCENSION ships. "... SPIRIT DAMNED THESE ALIENS!"
A/N Ok I will stop there for now, again thank you guys for checking out my work, I will continue doing my best and let me know what you guys think and I will TRY to make another one tomorrow.