So here I am on the Presidium…and I'm just looking at the water tanks as I'm gathering my thoughts and then I heard
"Penny for your thoughts and I knew it was Nathan as I looked at him and he looked at me
I just sighed as I put two fingers to his head and briefly linked our minds together as he was seeing how frazzled I was; how I was trying to get used to the fact that 2183 was actually REAL; that this was all REAL and that lead to him finding out about this being an entire game where I'm from. Learned everything about Halo and that universe; found out what would happen in 2185 and then again in the early days of 2186….and then he was seeing the images of my friends which lead to the revelation of more private pics from some of them, and then showing my family before I came here. I couldn't believe the immense pressure that I'm now under and…my brother is now under and he saw I'd never been in love… he was seeing it all as I wasn't hiding a DAMN thing. But we were interrupted when the conduit started to activate and we looked at it
"Oh no."
"No…it's not Saren…if I'm right it's Noble Team, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson and two Irish brothers." I replied as then it activated and we heard eight male and one female grunts and groans as they landed then we walked over helping them up and Noble 6 didn't hold his weapon at me as I helped up Conner and Murphy McManus
I really couldn't believe it: I had the Saints' here on the Citadel
I then looked at the rest of Noble Team
"Noble 2." I replied as she looked at me wondering what I was going to ask her or do
"Please check your com gear for any UNSC type E band messages, distress or disaster messages…I'm surprised Reach wasn't classified as Bloody Arrow." I replied as she did and her eyes widened at that
"My God…"
"I also thought you and Noble should know. You guys were wondering HOW Reach was discovered…any of you familiar with UNSC Iroquois?" I asked as they nodded at that
"The Covenant attached a beacon onto that ship that neither the crew nor the Commanding officer knew about and so they tracked it all the way to Reach and that happened on July 18, 2552 and then on July 24…the Winter Contingency comes into play. I don't know of how many survivors were left as they did not want to glass the entire planet but one of them was named Lieutenant Wagner and he was able to get to Earth and arrive on 9/4 and tell them about Reach. It's going to get a little cramped so…" I then hit some buttons on my Omni Tool as we were beamed out of the Presidium and onto the Delta Flyer onboard the Normandy and yeah it really was a tight fit and yet we stepped out onto the hangar deck which luckily was empty
"I don't know why you Noble and you Johnson are here but with what we're going up against…we're going to need the baddest mother fuckers around and that's you seven as for the McManus brothers…Man… you know your way around weapons…and you got to stop with this sick obsession with the fucking rope." I stated as Murphy started to laugh at that
"Well what about his bloody Rambo knives?" Conner stated
"They're actually used…" I replied as he pouted at that
"I'm going to give you a crash course in new weapons…" I stated as I just rolled my eyes and then leaned my head up remembering "You know that every time they hear weapons or New weapons they get aroused and horny over them" I muttered then gestured as we headed for the firing range
We were there hearing a laughing Krogan as he saw me and then gave me an intense bear hug as I looked at Jorge and mouthed out "Help" as he got Wrex to let go of me as I sighed at that then stood up as they heard the sounds of bones cracking
"Thanks." I replied as Wrex was still smiling
"I can't WAIT to use this rifle in battle." He replied as he then headed out and then we were just going through the paces and then I put my hand on the wall and I felt vibrations as I realized
"Jeff, what's going on?" I asked
"We just got hailed by one of the AI's from your shipyard…the Batarians are there and they're not having a good time but the AI's there are." He replied as I nodded at that then I looked at them and then I showed them what the reapers were like and when it was done
"That's why we need ships and technology that aren't reaper as everything in this galaxy is based on Reaper Technology the ships are just watered down Reaper tech…we build along the lines THEY require or desire and then when we get to our apex, they swoop in and harvest us every fifty thousand years." I replied as they exhaled at that
"So…we need any advantage we can get. The shipyard can grow the ships, Falcons, Pelicans, Longswords and Sabres faster than a normal construction team can take…" I replied and when we got there; we saw the screen activate as I saw them and I grinned
"Hey Balance what you up to?" I called out as the screen changed showing a dirty blonde colored AIE just grinning his ass off
"Testing my weapons, it's like a goddamned turkey shoot here!" he replied as I smiled at that and I couldn't believe it but I was happy to see him, his class is the most powerful warship out there as his only equal would be the Executor class destroyer
"How are the rest of your brothers?" I asked as he grinned
"They're fine and enjoying themselves!" and then he saw it as the screen split to show an African American male AIE
"Joe…it is great to see you again." He replied as I nodded
"Great to see you too Achilles…I have a feeling you're about to tell me that they're going to try and escape." As he nodded
"I want all of their ships propulsion systems disabled…go through their records get confirmation that this fleet was sent by the Government and then they'll be taken to an Alliance prison." I replied
"Show me the status on the ships completed and the status of those still being constructed." I then asked a few minutes later seeing it.
I was surprised that the Sovereign class was nearly completed and in the amount requested same with the Intrepid, Prometheus, Hephaestus, Phoenix and Cerberus class ships… the Defiant class, and White Star classes were just eager to get into the battle…and then I uploaded the new designs I went with Marathon class cruisers, Everest level command ships, Frigates, Longswords, Pelicans, Sabres…
After the battle, we were just waiting for Alliance ships to get here so we could transfer over the prisoners.
It was a day later after the Alliance ships got here and an Alliance presence was set up here in addition to the shipyard's defense grids and the ships themselves here.
I then went to Nate's quarters as I hit the door chime and saw it open up as I walked in and saw him in his boxers and I leaned against the wall
"I always wondered whether you preferred boxers and were hairy." I replied as he just grinned and gestured to a seat as I sat down
"What's on your mind?" he asked as I sighed at that
"I wouldn't be surprised if the Council were to call and start to bitch at you over the shipyard." I replied as he nodded at that
"Hey Joe…uhh I don't know what you did but the Council is requesting to speak to you." Joker replied as I watched my brother get dressed and I grinned
"I was right; you are ten inches and interested in Kaiden." I stated as I turned and walked out as he had a shocked look on his face