"Oh no... no... Palavan."

On the screen that showed the Turian homeworld, the thing looked like a ball of orange. Vega could see Liara was upset.

"We have an old friend there..." Shepard pointed out

James couldn't believe it.

"Holy hell, they're getting decimated!"

"Strongest military in the galaxy, and the Reapers are obliterating it."

Liara asked, "Was it like this on Earth?"

The thought of Earth... it made him a bit sick.

"Yes."

"Shepard... I'm so sorry."

Shepard bowed her head.

"Yeah..."

"Commander!"

Boy, was he glad Esteban had interrupted their dramatic mood.

"The L2s are getting swarmed!"

The Commander stood up.

"James, open that hatch."

He did as he was commanded. The moon was covered in Husks, crawling all over the place and climbing cliffs. It was like seeing an infestation. James pulled out his assault rifle from it's holster and smiled.

'Target practice!'

Liara mostly used her biotics, Shepard threw Incendiary shots, as well as some Throws, while James covered them with his gun.

All that standing around, all that 'peace,' all the false protection the Citadel gave finally was giving Vega some way to blow off all that tension.

Instead of waiting for the Kodiak to completely touch down, James jumped out and continued wiping out Reaper baddies.

James could hear the Commander scream, "Lieutenant! God dammit!"

He smiled even larger, but he didn't care. He was on the battlefield.

When all the known Husks in sight had been taken care of, none of them noticed the Turian solider hiding in his bunker.

"If you're looking for command, it's around the corner, past the first barricade." he said

"Thanks." Shepard replied

The did just has he had instructed, and found General Corinthus.

"Tobestik, get your men up on the north barricade!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Sergent Bartus, find a way to get that comm tower operational!"

"Yes, sir!"

Shepard interrupted.

"General."

"Commander Shepard. Heard you were coming, but I didn't believe it. General Corinthus."

James turned them out to gaze at the camp. There was hardly anyone there, and the camp was small. The Reapers were definitely doing their numbers here as well. He wasn't religious, but he silently gave his respects to all the fallen who they hadn't seen.

"Alright, let's go!"

Liara pointed out a tower. James figured it was important.

"I see the comm tower... to the left of the main barricade. In front of Palavan."

He realized that their communications must have been severed, and they were helping out by fixing the comm tower.

"Let's go!" he shouted