AN:And here we have chapter 2 There will be now a codex inscription on the bottom part to explain the part of the lore in which The most seperated race. Cannot cover.
Lay Down Hunter: It will depend on my skill which is still i am unsure off.
Heir of Empires: Yes, I always felt like having at least a thousand words was a minimum to keep the quality of chapters in this website. Don't worry as i said in the first chapter. I will try to explain every part of the lore through the story.
mr I hate znt nobles kill em: Yes but they will be different from metahuman elves. The other races will appear but since setting changed so will they.
Also if you have read this story before i have edited both chapters of 1 and 2 for improvement and has added and changed many plot points. I recommend a reread of the first two chapters. I changed and edited a lot of parts which it has significant plot changes and better grammar.
Continued -The Most Separeted Race
In terms of human history there will be a lot to cover. Too long that i could write multiple books with it and since they are more than one Galactic civilisations of humans, it just multiplies the content. So now i will cover more recent human history of all human galactic civilizations i am knowledgeable of. Then let us start with the most well known in Citadel space.
The Systems Alliance
Owner of the supposed origin world of humanity. As you've noticed because after the discovery of other human civilizations. The connected accounts of ancient records of " Going to another " realm
by the other ancient ancestors of those humans are really a very prevalent story that was given to each generation. Plus the numerous evidence showing up to further prove this claim. By proving this claim
they have garnered much attention to almost every human civilization out there. From a proclamation holy war to take earth of the remaining "Pure Nod" remnants or The increase relations after this is proven with
the Imperium of Man. In summary holding Earth has proven a great advantage towards the System Alliance in the galactic theater.
Now more into actual history. As i said before with the large amount of history i will only cover not so much of human history which might be restricted to more modern history and the summary of very important history
from long ago that made their civilization today. With that said let us talk about the age in which earth was which led to the systems alliance's humble beginnings.
Age of corporations
Lasting from earth years 2045 to 2075
Before there was a Systems Alliance, the Nations , Corporations or anything of earth origin that has power in its global stage was possibly is pretty much their own boss There was no unified government on earth. But the most probable way
to describe this age is that it was called the Age of corporations. It was the age were the rise of Megacorporations to one of the most powerful Entities in Earth rivalling the old ideological superpowers that has ruled the planet for almost 8 decades and the last age before its space flight. Within this 30 years the corporations rose from a money making companies to Planetary influencing organisations.. This was Caused by one big thing called Extraterritoriality. That gave its land in which it stood upon the companies' territory making them equal as nation states
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Earth year 2177 , Mindoir Star Catch city
He walked in his home neighborhood of "Chemlin" just like everyday. The downtrodden dirty alleys and streets. The obvious poverty around the area. People sleeping in the street. The obvious BTL dealers and Prostitutes. The gangs and syndicates doing their usual thing .
The average day in the neighborhood pretty much. Then a bump changed the usual order of life.
A ganger obviously from his style of clothing of the color red seemingly in most of his clothes and the clothes his friends were also wearing, bumped into Shepard. Of course with his semi success in this poverty stricken area he felt the need to be prideful among those supposed below him.
Shepard knew the usual ganger attitude to civilians. He knew this would escalate quickly so he tried walking faster. But two of the ganger's goons seemingly appeared in front of him in which they proceed to knock him down grab him by the arms and drag him to what to guy he bumped.
While he was being dragged while standing,he spied one of the local syndicate's lookout personnel in the second floor of the nearby building. Usually the local syndicate will uphold the law and control overconfident gangs around the area who likes making shows in the public. A part in their deal with the local police. Uphold the order in their area and they get to continue peacefully. Usually, but the local syndicate knew who he and his father was.
When they stopped one them pulled his head to make his face the ganger he bumped into. There was eight of them he counted. Two holding him and five in front of him watching and their supposed leader whom he bumped into.
"You people need to show some respect! " the ganger said as he pointed his gun to Shepard's eye.
"You really don't know who i am do you?" shepard said in a normal tone. Making the ganger have a confused look in his face.
With that from being held in the arms and legs in a dragged position . He slammed the ganger holding his arm in the left towards the leader. With his left arm free he punched the ganger holding him right in the nose. His punched was so strong it broke it and blood gushed from the wound panicking the ganger.
The other five realizing the situation started taking out their firearms. Shepard rushed to the nearest one quickly grabbed him and used the ganger as a human shield using the gangers gun which is being held by his hand which was quickly held by shepard. Using the gun and the ganger,shepard shot two and advanced to the remaining three. The human shield being was shot numerous times during shepard advance killing him. When shepard got close enough he quickly pushed the dead body to one of them. Punching one in the throat disabling her, after that grabbing the other one and quickly grappling him to the ground and also breaking the ganger's arm in the process. This happened quickly that the one that was under the dead body was just getting up. When shepard noticed the ganger up. He rushed to him quickly grabbing his arm and kicking him off balance while grabbing the gun from him. Then shooting the ganger in the head as soon as he touched the ground. He then noticed the leader and his remaining ganger pointing their guns at him. The leader was about to say something but Shepard quickly made a dive maneuver shooting both of them multiple times in the torso while in the air.
After getting up he proceeded to see survey the situation and then proceeded to shoot the remaining alive ones killing them and proceeded to loot their valuables.
After that he called the local cleanup crew to clean up the mess and dead bodies. Paying them with the looted credits and some from his account and continued home.
With a press of a button the door towards the apartment opened. It looked like a much more cleaner than the neighborhood . For people who live in the one of the most poorest and dangerous part of Mindoir it looked like an average middle class apartment. They had one sofa, one TV and one dining table in the living room. They also have two bedrooms. One for him and one for his dad and one kitchen.
The sound of frying coming from the kitchen , his dad coming out holding plates with food " John you're home early , why don't you help me set up the table for dinner."
Shepard quickly grabbed the plates from his dad and set it in the table. His dad is an elf obvious from his ears, because of their longevity he looks like the same age as Shepard. With his slicked black hair and handsome face. But he wears as one would describe old people clothes to show his age.
As they sat down and proceeded to eat. His father started the conversation " So how was the interview?" he asked.
" It wasn't an interview dad " Shepard smiling a little in the reply.
"Oh i believe it was. The officers of an organization judging a talented individual whether he is suitable to join or not . Sounds like an interview to me. Believe me i know , I've been thru a lot of interviews of big organizations" his dad said " Well you have to count yourself lucky son. Back in my day when the alliance caught shadowrunner in this parts of space they just executed them or sent them to a penal colony in the Imperium. "
Seeing the worry in his dad faced Shepard reassured " Don't worry dad its a steady income , no more worrying about money and jobs every month. I'll earn enough for both of us. Hell, we can afford real healhcare now , plus we got poshy new SINs! "
"But not just an average grunt No , i got your uncle charlie digging information on your case ,they are planning on putting you up for N7. " his father replied with a frown showing in his face." I read the file John. This means they will be putting you in Hotzones and High risks mission all the time. I will admit you are very good and have done a lot in your short time active as a shadowrunner but this is a whole new level . I should know,John i was a shadowrunner myself. A very good one up until my forced retirement . I've seen things, things i wish i never saw."
"Don't worry. You've trained me well dad. " Shepard said reassuringly
"I know,That is why I'm so angry at myself" he replied
Systems Alliance database.
Sector N7 Supervisor identity validated
Welcome,Jane Shepard here is the file you requested.
Juran Caer-is
Race: Metahuman- Elf
Possible age: 120-160 Earth Years
Juran is one of the most famous/infamous shadowrunner of the 2100s to the 2150s. His area of activity during that time is Earth only but have made a big reputation as one of the most successful and skillful shadowrunner of his time. He have been reported to have dealing with all 15 AAA Mega corporations , UAN ,Imperial Alliance and Comintern. He has been hired by the alliance multiple times thru N7 operative Jane Shepard. Is reported to not have been seen for the last 20 years...
With that Jane stopped reading. She sat in her leather seat in her office looking at Juran's photo through her Commlink. It was one could describe a normal alliance officer's office room. A desk with an expensive leather seat. Windows behind giving a view of the city and a table and seats in the middle of the spacious room.
She still wore the blue alliance officer uniform. Even though her rank puts her in a different branch than your average alliance officer. She is Caucasian who looks in her mid late 30s with an attractive face (Imagine femshep) and has short red hair reaching to back of her bottom ears.
Since she is a higher up in the alliance she is needed to have an eye implant which uses an augmented reality interface. While scrolling thru the other files concerning Juran. Not one did come up concerning John or sighting of Juran in the last 20 years.
'He is good at hiding if he tries to ' she thought. Then a beeping sound came. Recognizing a incoming call in her commlink she answered it using voice command
"Shepard here." she answered
" Ma'am, there is a Charlie Jackson in the front desk asking for you. We don't know how he found out about you being here and he is very insistant. Should we restrain him?"
"No, Let him through" she replied. A few moments later the door to her office opened. Coming in was an old African man in his late 70s with white hair and in a black 1940s business suit and fedora. He had a cane with him to help him walk.
" I see you are as extravagant as ever" she said in a casual tone. The man was silent for a few moments but replied " Is that all you have to say?!" his voice rising , anger clearly showing " Twenty years! For twenty years me and Juran looked for you! One day and poof never heard from again!. No address , no contact, not even an letter?!"
Jane at first shocked and speechless but replied " It was a deep top secret mission that would last for ten years and i was requisitioned on a rush and had no time to say goodbye.I tried contacting you guys but you guys disappeared also and left earth. "
" Juran's enemies finally tracked us down. We had to run light years away to actually to save all our necks." he replied while sitting down on one of the chairs.
" With us spending most of our loot on covering our tracks and getting away. In order to keep the heat down on and some cash since we are practically broke we settled for a day job and had to start a diner." he continued
"You got broke covering tracks and starting a diner!? But wasn't being the one of the best and legendary shadowrunners duo for 3 decades wpuld mean you guys could rake a huge amount of credits? Why didnt you guys just did jobs there since you would probably not known in that parts of the Galaxy?" she asked
"Honey , If we weren't as lucky as having as much connections and money as we had at that time. Me, Juran and your kid would have been dead. Us managing to get away with all our resources was nothing short of a miracle. We were all SINless and we didn't have enough cash to produce one for this part of space meant we had to stay in the not so safe neighborhood outside the Star Catch city Arcology. Plus Juran got badly injured in the head , specifically his brain nerves on his last job on earth .He survived and we fixed his paralysis injuries but his reflexes became limited to the same of an average person and was forced on drug maintenance to make sure his nerves flowed well keep him that way .And i myself was just a middle aged fixer working with him. Age caught up with me plus even if i started as one here i would probably be in the bottom of the food chain and couldn't even earn enough with that paygrade even just for me. We were pretty much in the most vulnerable point in our lives and the diner was the best bet plus i always wanted to be a chef. With John we trained him so he wont be a very vulnerable target but with the skills we taught and Juran's rising medical bill he became a shadowrunner himself and I could only earn so much with that diner. "
"Well that was quite a bombshell. " she paused for a moment "But this John Shepard .So he is my son? And i thought it was just some mighty coincidence he had the same name. Did he know who i am ?"
"His Dad gave him a picture of yours. He looked at it pretty much everyday growing up. And frankly you only aged little with your face during the last 20 years. You take longetivity drugs regularly dont you? Hell i had to stop on mine when we had to make the run." He asked
" It's standard procedure in the alliance nowadays. To keep us in top shape they say. " she said with a small smile
"So when is he and John coming here for a real visit?" Shepard asked nervously
"I think with all said and done. You should be the one to go to him. He doesn't know yet. Me and John think it will be a great surprise for his old soul. he works at my diner now as a chef. I must say he has some undiscovered talent in the culinary arts!" Charlie said happily while passing the address of his diner from his commlink to her.
" Why don't you meet him there I'll close it for a day and you can have the whole place for yourselves. As for John he would like to talk to you but first he said you talk to Juran. I have to get going now , part-times cost alot apparently. One last thing , take good care of John. He is a good kid." with that he started walking away towards the door.
" Wait! How did you know i will be his CO?" Shepard quickly asked
"You are?!"he said with a shocked look in his face
And the door closed.
Codex entries
BTL:A "Better Than Life" chip (also called "DreamChips"). An illegal cyber-data chip which provides the user a combination of artificial reality coupled with direct stimulation of different centers of the brain. Though typically designed to provide a pre-programmed fantasy, the artificial reality need not be coherent, i.e. it can provide a totally hallucinatory environment. Chips are typically designed to burn out after one use, both to prevent the users brain from overloading from the sustained stimulation, and to force the user to purchase additional chips. BTL chips are psychologically addictive and repeated, frequent use causes permanent brain damage.
Fixer: Dealers who usually deal with shadowrunners. They not only deal with items but also usually become Middle Men between Corporate executives and shadowrunners themselves.
SIN:System Identification Number or SIN refers to the method in which the UCAS tracks the activities of its registered citizens. These activities include criminal violations, licenses, legal business transactions, purchasing property, and similar activities. Because it ties together all of the information associated with a particular identity, a SIN is one part birth certificate, one part passport, one part credit history, and one part legal record.
While people without SINs are officially known as "probationary citizens", a person without a SIN is referred to colloquially as SINless, a term that usually denotes an illegal alien or criminal. "Probationary Citizens" have no legal rights and are not allowed to vote. When a criminal is caught and cannot be associated with a legal SIN, they are issued a temporary criminal SIN for processing and record keeping.
Again courtesy of shadowrun wiki
AN: Yes Shepard's father is an elf. In shadowrun there is a possibility of normal humans to have non-standard human children like dwarves and elves and vice versa. Goblinization the process in which Meta-humans turn into orks happen during addolescnce. Which is why earthlings are all referred as meta-humans because they can produce any of the races within meta-humanity
Also please review and tell me if i have mistakes both lore or grammar and also about improvements that i can make.