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The information the duo had retrieved was sent to the special team at FenTech, where it was all analysed and interpreted. The information gathered were to be used to give the directors and military a better picture of what they were up against. The information had been processed the week following the pairs return, as they had to be present for the discussion of the information and give a report of how they experienced their time on board the Citadel.
James and Danielle had prepared themselves for something very long and formal, even though the most, if not all of the members on the directory were friends and family. However, professionalism was first and formalism the most important thing because they were going to be broadcasting the entire thing live to every planet in the solar system. The world already knew aliens existed and they were fine with the fact, even the fact that they proved to be hostel. The main reason they didn't care was because the race had evolved because of war and they were prepared to do that again.
They also considered the fact that every single human had an ability that was either defensive or offensive as a step toward winning any possible war. The whole human civilization was unique in the aspect that they are all trained warriors and they possess abilities that defy the rules of their dimension. Most parents would send their children to the battle academy where they are taught to harness and use their special abilities. The prosperity and technology had not only caused humans to forgo the need of currency or material possessions, but also all known forms of crime, war and violence.
The human society could take out their aggression in ways that benefited all of their species. So it was not uncommon that when the directory came together that they would broadcast the entire event lives thru out the solar system.
James sat on his chair looking at the other members, he knew this particular discussion was going to be long. Despite even that, they had decided to give the entire population the day off and the right to vote on the decision they are about to make. They voting poll was open to any person 18 and older, and thanks to modern or well not so modern technology, the votes' results would be available as it happens.
A simple click on the user's personal communicator would send the vote in. For now thou, James was pulled from his thought s of the event about to take place. Daniel, the first and most powerful Nephilim walked into the room and took his seat and the meeting commenced. The information was available to the public to read thru, and they had done so with a careful eye, James knew this from first-hand experience.
"I see that these aliens, are according to our scientist and Board-members James and Danielle Vega very primitive and judgmental." Daniel read a bit more before he spoke again. "I see that there seems to be a nomadic race, which was a part of the Council before it had made a grave error. As I see it, there is no excuse for not helping the race reclaim what is theirs."
"Agreed, however I would like to know how sentient these Geth are. If they are sentient enough we cannot simply erase them from the universe." Tucker explained
"Yes, everything has the right to live, they should be punished, but not erased from existence." Sam spoke up. "We have a 0% crime in all our planets and 100% health record since The War Of Dimensions. If we could manage to help them without causing harm to anyone, we could see if it is possible that they develop like we have. However unlikely it may be, we have the responsibility to help those less fortunate than us."
"This would not only bring us closer to our home universe, but help us learn and further evolve as a species." Jasmine added
"I think we should make contact with the Quarrains, they might prove useful. They are also most likely to be found near, if not at their home planet. It pains me to think about their tragedy." Danielle said, she looked around the room.
"We have gained the upper hand in this Galaxy because of the weak dimensional walls near Earth. This allowed us to advance thru the aid of science, and accidental mutations and hybridization.
"For as long as the human race has existed, the art of war has come to flourish. There is no period in our history that does not have a war story to be told. Thankfully, the wars have not caused our race to wipe itself from existence nor has the other raves had the chance to do so to us. The only reason, as I see it, that we are eons ahead of these races is because of the war factor.
"As for our species, the war has caused us to evolve in ways no other species can or will. We have roughly 5 species of human each with an attribute that makes them unique. That is excluding the new species of human that are continuously brought into this world by relations between two types or the mutation of a gene into something new or more powerful.
"Unlike most species, the average human life expectancy is roughly 300 years that's if the persons starts to work at the most dangerous job available. Besides the high life expectancy, there has not been one viral or bacterial virus outbreak since 4000 years ago. While that in itself is caused by our healing and regenerative capabilities, we also have the technology to cure all diseases by introducing the Ecto3778 serum to the individuals system." Dash explained.
"Now, as to Member Danielle's point in getting the Qaurrains, I personally think that if we start with at least one species, we could unite the entire Galaxy over a period of time. Trade with the Citadel would be allowed, but not recommended as they are dictated by the three species who think of themselves as the greatest species." Dash continued
Daniel smiled, he knew Dash always supported his little cousin, but now he actually gave a irrefutable argument as to why he supports her and wants to help aliens. Something Dash would never have done with the Dimensional war. Then again, the extra-dimensional aliens were a possible threat to them, and these new galactic roaming aliens were extremely undeveloped compared to the foes they have faced in the past.
To be completely fare, an 8 year old Nephilim could probably take down a group of 12 Angels or 13 Demons, thought low level Angels and Demons it may be, but considering the destruction a single Angel or Demon could cause it was an achievement. On the other hand, a group of roughly 8000 Turians would not even cause the 8 year old to start breathing heavily, considering the fact that at that age the Nephilim attacks are all area of effect based that can decimate almost anything in a 10m radius.
Shaking his head Danny came to a decision. "People of Sol, please vote for the following. 1) The possibility of taking the Quarrains under our wing. Simply select a "Yes" or "No" for the answer.
"2) Joining the Citadel on our conditions or starting our own alliance. Please pick between the two options, "Join with Terms and Conditions" or "Form new Galactic Alliance"
"3) The sharing of knowledge, codex of our race is non-negotiable we will give it to them to not only inspire fear, but also to ensure that they know with whom they are dealing. Also the only information the Codex will contain is events and discoveries without detail of how the inventions work. However any other information is up for discussion. Please vote "Yes" or "No". I guarantee you that no technology that will be able to harm us will be made available."
After his announcement, the voting polls opened, for the first time in 2 eons, the race had to decide what to do with a possible hostile alien situation. The most of the people alive who remember it are still weary of the Angels and Demons who have integrated themselves into the society.
Deep Space
Something was busy retrieving information thru the Mass Relays, collecting data of every historical even for the last 44 000 years. There were a lot of new species that have come to be space fairing and would pose a threat to younger species if they begin to create Artificial Intelligence. The Being looked thru the vast archives of information on the creatures that have so foolishly taken what they have left behind to ensnare them and take what they want. It would have been amusing if he had any emotions that is.
What the being noticed however is the strange energy patterns it picked up from Mass Relay 314. It noticed a few things, like the Relay had only been used to send a minimally small object thru. It also noticed that something had invaded the primitive species home from the outside. However what shocked the being was that the large energy signatures that suddenly popped out when the primitive race retaliated. It could be an indication that they were not so primitive at all, or that they have access to a better energy source than the beings own had.
It would be troublesome should the day come when they needed to re-enter the galaxy. A variable of this magnitude was not good for their plans, and it would be wise to seek and destroy this race first. However the information and technology this race poses would be very useful if not the most useful thing this period has had. The being started to play with ideas of the possible energy sources the new creatures have stumbled upon and started to use as their main power source.
The race reminded it of one that use to belong to this Galaxy, the one that not only tossed them aside like a piece of trash, but also moved their whole planet when they travelled. The being growled in anger, the race was definitely going to be destroyed, they shall show no mercy for them!
Citadel
Tevos had been a little more than panicked when she found out that the two supposed bodies had vanished and they had found evidence that the humans were not dead, but simply pretended to be dead. How in the world could they be shot in the head, have no pulse and neural activity for 42 hours and then simply get up and do whatever they did?
They were not machines, that much was certain, however the only thing that could do that which these two have done are reanimated corpses. Yet these two were far from reanimated corpses, they were fully intelligent sentient beings, the only thing that made sense of their abilities and lack of vital signs was too hard to believe. There had been stories from their history of such beings, and even the Protheans have recorded the existence of such beings, but for them actually to exist was something she was not prepared for.
Spirits were one of the classifications the Protheans gave, but they also mentioned another species that existed between the boundaries, a species that's existence contradict the very universe itself. According to some of the information at the ruins these species were so powerful, that they have left the galaxy with their planet all together, where they left to is unknown. The race were the Nephilim, they were depicted as the most powerful and destructive race to ever roam the galaxy.
She shivered at the thought of the return of this species. She took out the book of the ancients. She had compared the information she had gotten from the Turians and the Specter to make the deductions. Either this race was the Nephilim or they are a newly evolved specie with the same attributes. She grimaced as she continued to read the book.
The Nephilim are from a region of the galaxy that has the thinnest veil between the dimensions, and as such travel between them is possible. The Species are diverse and have little to no known threats, even we, a scientifically advanced race who has been exploring the galaxy for longer than 4000 years are not worth their time. Their technology surpasses our own and their abilities make ours seem like a flame compared to a Giant Blue Star. They do however have 5 subdivisions in their species.
1) Angel-Class
They are the light energy wielders of the race. They can be identified by their wings with different star formations on them. The strength of the Angels depends on the amount of stars on their wings, the more there are, the stronger the individual. Their main power despite their extremely deadly energy manipulation is their ability to heal themselves and others.
2) Devil-Class
These are the most violent and ruthless subdivision in the race. They are known to have shadows envelop their bodies and use it as a weapon. The shadow field surrounding them is nearly impenetrable, however highly concentrated pulse beams of 99 particles per nanometer is sufficient in creating a whole in the shield. Their known to use fire and lightning along with viscous sword attacks to shred their adversaries.
3) Witch-Class
These individuals are one of the most versatile among the group. They poses the ability to tap into the energy dimension, where they gain an unlimited supply of power from. They however can only handle so much power without killing themselves, in order to negate this effect, these individuals usually work in teams or pairs, sharing the strain of the large sums of energy.
4) Phantom-Class
The class is a hybrid of spirit and witch that have spirit abilities with the added benefit of being able to control one or two elements. This group is virtually impossible to kill as they are already dead, the only method would be to rip out the beings core, the source of its power. They are able to make rips in the space-time continuum to access the spirit dimension.
5) Nephilim-Class
They make up the largest of the race, and have the abilities of all the individual subdivisions combined. They are surrounded in flames in their battle form, without wings or anything. They access the energy dimension and the spirit dimension to gain the upper hand in battle.
The race does have hybrids between the subdivisions except for the Nephilim as it is a combination of all four. The race has had no exposure to Element Zero and use another form of energy to power their space fairing ships.
With a heavy sigh and running a hand across her face, she put the book down. The race was a new one, the only tell-tale was that this race has a biotics subdivision as well. Anger flooded her mind as she thought of that idiotic Turians who have provoked the Humans, they could have helped them supress the Batarians and put fear into the hearts of the Krogan, while helping them by curing the genophage. Tevos slammed her fist into the pillow next to her, this was all that dumb races fault!
She knew she needed to share this information with the other two councillors, but she would first need to access what can be done to repair the damage that has been made. Even to have them on just friendly terms would be more than enough to save them.
Turain Hierarchy
The Anti-laser has been completed as well as the antimatter bomb. They fleets were being retrofitted with the lasers and the bombs were being produced and loaded onto the ships. The council was prepared, and within 5 weeks it will go back to that pests and show them who they are messing with.
A few of the scientist who have worked with the Turains had come up with a virus to neutralize the abilities for a short while. They knew it would neutralize about one of the species, but the Stronger beings like the God of Gods would be immune to its effects as they contain more than one of those strange genes.
The Hierarchy's thought went along the line of "These creatures were freaks of nature, and they should be eradicated." While it was true that the race was mostly unnatural to them, it was completely natural to that part of the galaxy.
So anything you liked or hated about this chapter? Oh yeah, have you guessed what the observations the Protheans have made actually were? Oh, it's nothing important to the story, so I'll just tell you and make you really anxious to find out what it means for the rest of the story. So if you want to know, PM me! HEHEHE! Remember knowing will make it only more frustrating, and imagine what it could be!
