Title: EVA Team and the Mass Effect
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Nothing Specific, though knowing both the Mass Effect universe and Neon Genesis Evangelion would not hurt.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I do not own Mass Effect of NGE... I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: Instead of Shepard, a team of three N7's who had tested biomechanical suits were selected as Humanities candidates for Spectre status. A fiery redhead, an ice cool albino and a brown haired man. Mass Effect/Neon Genesis Evangelion cross.
"If it comes down to Shepard and Ryder, my vote is for Ryder." Ambassador Udina said.
"That's not going to happen. The Council will never accept Ryder due to his stance on AI." Captain Anderson countered.
"There may be another option, though I don't know how the Council will react." Admiral Hackett said. "We could put forward EVA."
"That's crazy." Anderson exclaimed.
"Who or what is Eva?" Udina asked.
"EVA was a project for an advanced bio-mechanical body armour and integrated squad network system. Though the project was shut down after… complications, the three test subjects were kept together and used the project name as their operational callsign." Hackett explained. "They are the best team the Alliance has. Period."
"Then what's the problem?" Udina asked. "Pick one of them as a candidate if they are suitable."
"That's the problem." Anderson replied. "They are a package deal. It's all three or none. And what one knows, the other two know as well."
"How is that possible?"
"Simple." Hackett replied. "The integrated squad networking used in the EVA system was based on Quantum Entanglement, like the new QEC's that R&D is working on for our Ships. Problem is, it didn't entangle their communications gear, it entangled their minds and bodies, to an extent."
"All three were undergoing N School when they were selected as compatible test subjects by the project leaders, a mother and daughter team by the name of Akagi, Nokoto and Ritsuko. Marine Captain Asuka Langley Soyru, Soldier, had just graduated to N5. Lieutenant Commander Rei Ayanami, Navy Engineer, was an N3. Captain Shinji Ikari, Marine Adept was almost finished with N1." Anderson explained. "After the incident, and days after them getting out of hospital, each ran the N7 final course, with the other two sedated at their own insistence. Their times were within three seconds of each other and only three people have ever soloed the final course faster in the entire history of the N7 program. They ran the group course, which is usually done by teams of ten to twelve experienced N7 operators after months working together in prep for the most dangerous missions."
"They broke the record by fifteen minutes without a single scratch." Hackett concluded. "The head of N School said as a team they rated more than N7, he would have given them N9 status if such a designation existed. Prior to EVA, Ikari was the only Biotic, and neither Ikari or Langley Soyru had any proficiency for technical abilities. Langley Soyru developed, and they all use, a combination tech biotic attack they call EVA Strike. No one else can replicate it but it was the basis for the new Biotic Charge we are teaching to Vanguards."
"What got them into N School?" Udina asked.
"In the early days of the Skyllian Blitz, there were reports of a massive Batarian Force that was going to flank our forces on Elysium but they never showed up. Many claimed that it was miss-information spread by the Bararians to scare the Alliance defenders." Hackett explained. "The force was real, and would have decimated our lines as the path they were taking would have gotten them behind our left flank. Captain Langley Soyru put together an ad hoc force of around seventy troops, Special Forces, Marines, Navy specialists caught on the ground. It was a real mixed bag, the kind that often fall apart in combat, not a real team. She managed to trap the flanking force of around two thousand in a series of canyons and ambushed them from an elevated position with good cover while the Batarians were strung out marching in an exposed position. They completely destroyed the Batarian force, losing only six troops."
"Lieutenant Commander Ayanami was on one of our deep space stations awaiting to join the Madrid as their Chief Engineer when the station was attacked by Terminus Pirates." Anderson continued. "The Pirates managed to storm the bridge quickly, but Ayanami was able to reroute all main controls through main engineering and lock out the bridge. By design the main engineering on every Alliance space station is only accessible through a single long corridor and contains a small arms locker inside. The Lieutenant Commander took all of the weapons from the small arms locker, sealed two of the stations engineers into main engineering and held the corridor alone for eighteen hours against numerous attacks until the Madrid arrived and drove off the Pirates."
"I am almost afraid to ask about Captain Ikari." Udina said.
"Have you ever heard of Yamakaze?" Hackett asked.
"It's a death world. Total ban on any Alliance vessel from ever approaching the planet." Udina replied. "The entire survey team was killed within hours."
"Ikari's shuttle crashed on Yamakaze after a mission. Everyone else was killed in the crash." Hackett said.
"How was he recovered then?" Udina inquired.
"One of the Krogan Clan, Nakmor, use Yamakaze as the final trail for anyone who wants to earn the rank of Battlemaster must survive three weeks on Yamakaze. They found Ikari there alive a month after the crash when a prospective Battlemaster was being dropped off." Hackett explained. "Ikari is technically recognised as a Battlemaster of Clan Nakmor."
"Damn." Udina said in shock. "Ok, I'll make the call. Eva team as our first choice and Shepard as our second choice."
"Alright." Asuka said. "Do we have the official postings for the deployment yet?"
The three members of EVA were sitting in the Alliance Docking Bay at Arcturus Station awaiting to board their next vessel. All three were dressed in their personalised N7 Armour. All three had the N7 logo on their chest and the EVA Project logo, a dark red half maple leaf at a 45 degree angle on a white background, on their left shoulder pad.
Asuka's armour was a solid red colour, to match her long red hair that was kept back in a loose ponytail and fiery personality. She had hard but intelligent dark blue eyes. She was armed with an Assault Rifle on her back, a pair of pistols at her right hip and a Katana attached to her left hip.
Shinji had dark brown hair and blue eyes and his armour was blue with white arms. Like Asuka he had an assault rifle on his back and a katana at his left hip, but instead of the pistols he had a shotgun at his lower back.
Rei was the most exotic looking of the three with natural light blue hair and deep red eyes. Her armour was mostly white with light blue highlights. The only weapon rei had in common with her companions was the Katana, which was the EVA signature weapon, but she kept hers on her back instead of her waist. She also had a sniper rifle on her back and a submachine gun at each hip.
"Yes." Rei replied softly. "The Normandy is a new Stealth Cruiser, combined Alliance Turian design. I will be assigned as Chief Engineer alongside the current Chief Adams. Asuka, you will officially be assigned as the commander of the Marine Detachment and Shinji will officially be Executive Officer, but unofficially we will all have some of the responsibilities of the XO and part of the ground team."
"It should be fun." Asuka said.
"There is more going on here." Shinji said.
"Of course, dummkopf." Asuka shot back. "There's no way we would get tapped for a shakedown cruise or ordinary assignments."
"Rumour has it the Normandy has stealth capabilities." Shinji observed. "It's probably a covert insertion for a long term mission."
"It could be Spectre selection." Rei added. "I heard the Captain was a potential candidate years ago and we have been pushing for a Spectre selection for years."
"I don't know." Asuka mused. "Hackett knows better than the try and split us up."
"I can see him putting all of us forward for Spectre." Shinji mused.
"SSV Normandy will be docking at bay seven in five minutes." The PA announced. "All personnel assigned to the SSV Normandy please proceed to bay seven."
The trio picked up their gear bags and made their way towards the airlock of the docking bay and their next assignment.
TBC…