Finally finding her way through the air traffic, having dodged some crazy ass impatient drivers in what appeared to be the peak hour rush Shepard pulled up at the car port closest to Precinct 4-14. She took a moment to calm herself having been sorely tempted to shoot a couple drivers who'd nearly run her into oncoming traffic. If she'd been in a Mako those idiots would have been screwed for sure, there'd have been no need for her to whip out the infamous death glare because she would have just rolled right on over them, several times in fact. After all Shepard was rather notorious for hitting everything in sight in the armoured tank and Garrus had enjoyed re-calibrating it after they'd taken it out for a spin.
That thought had Shepard smirking. Garrus certainly spent a lot of time calibrating things, she'd found him on numerous occasions in the forward batteries fiddling around with the big guns of the Normandy. But if he could get them working even better than the Cerberus standard she was so not going to complain.
Thinking of improving things from the stock standard, as much as anything was stock standard on a prototype stealth frigate, thoughts of upgrading other things came to mind. The Normandy SR-2 was based on the old Normandy SR-1, the one that'd been blown out of space by an unknown ship that cut through the Normandy's barriers and hull like a hot knife through butter. That was a bit over two years ago now and Cerberus had used the same barriers and hull plating as the SR-1. Surely there'd be better quality gear available now. She'd speak to Miranda about it, see what the resourceful and well connected operative could get her hands on... other than on one utterly smitten Commander Shepard.
Shepard smirked at that thought and finally got out of the air car, her brain having wandered in enough various directions that she'd calmed from the insane traffic.
Striding towards the station she noticed that a few people around the area were looking... less than pleased, quite anxious and flighty upon closer inspection. This was more of a warehouse district from the looks of things, lots of blocky buildings and storage crates rather than the sleek lines of the financial or residential districts. In fact there were not many people around this time of day as they'd mostly gone home from work, only a few people lingered.
One particular small group consisting of a Volus with what seemed like two Turian guards were looking decidedly nervous, at least as far as she could tell with the Volus shifting in what she interpreted as a nervous manner, while an Asari officer read them the riot act over something, over what Shepard didn't particularly care.
This particular precinct seemed rather busy considering how quiet it appeared outside. A good dozen Asari officers were sequestered away at their different consoles several speaking animatedly on their communicators, most looking harried and in a state of becoming increasingly pissed off. Listening to some of the conversations she figured out it was because one of the warehouse districts was an Eclipse base. Not just any base but a bit like the head office in terms of the merc bands presence on Illium.
Shepard sighed in dismay at that revelation. She couldn't see anyone who was in a position to talk to or ask questions of, there was no receptionist to give direction either. So when the officer from outside strode in she cleared her throat, "Excuse me officer, may I have a moment of your time please?"
The officer glanced at her, taking in her sophisticated armour and weapons, "Nice guns, try not to use them in my district though." She nodded and motioned for the human stranger to follow her.
Shepard smirked, she had her customary pistols as well as the prototype ARC projector Cerberus was developing. There was no call for the Cain in residential districts where the massive firepower could harm civilians and the ARC let loose a barrage of electricity like a lightning bolt that bounced around the targets in close proximity to whatever unlucky bastard she was frying but no high powered explosive destruction was usually left in its wake... though Shepard hadn't had the chance to properly test it out... in her hands that could alter, knowing how things tended to explode around her when the shooting started. "No one shoots at me, I won't have to shoot them back," she assured the officer calmly.
"Huh, that's not as encouraging as you might think," the Detective gave a wry little laugh, leading the woman over to her desk, "I'm Detective Anaya, what's the problem today?" She introduced herself with a hint of tiredness in her tone that declared she really didn't have the time or patience for anything major.
"Shepard, Spectre." Shepard introduced herself right off the bat and was rewarded with a swift re-appraisal.
"I thought Commander Shepard was dead," Anaya mused thoughtfully, a little more energy back in her voice.
"So I keep getting told. Look I can see you're busy so I won't take up much of your time. I'm looking for Justicar Samara." She held up her hand as Anaya went to speak, "Yes I know pissing her off is a really bad idea, no I'm not here cos she's killed someone."
Anaya smirked, "Been getting the instant nervous responses huh. Well can you seriously blame us? Someone even offers her a bribe and her Code demands she kills them and in this district it's only a matter of time before that happens. Then poof, intergalactic diplomacy issues. Seriously it's a damn sight easier when they just remain in Asari space," she groused and shook her head before returning her gaze to Commander Shepard's dark brown eyes.
"I really don't envy you, which is why this is going to sound strange." Shepard stood a little straighter and braced herself, "I'm on a critical mission and I need her help. I'm assembling a squad of the best in the galaxies to take down the Collectors for their abductions of hundreds of thousands of human colonists. She's on my list," she gave it to the Detective point blank as she could see this Asari was a no fuss kind of officer.
Anaya's painted brows rose, "Well Justicars are drawn to impossible odds," she mused thoughtfully. She leaned forward and placed her elbows on her desk as the different ramifications rolled through her mind but first and foremost was the answer to one rather large problem she faced, "Look if it gets her out of my district I'll do everything I can to help."
Shepard's eyes narrowed marginally, that was quick, a little too quick.
"There was a murder in the back alley's behind the Eclipse warehouses, a Volus by the name of Dakni Kur. Justicar Samara offered to assist in the investigation and who am I to decline the offer."
"You're letting her take over your investigation?" Shepard asked curiously.
"She's been doing this longer than both our lives put together, saying no would have just been plain stupid," Anaya scoffed, sitting back in her chair and continuing to analyse the famous Spectre standing before her. She could never have imagined facing two such powerful individuals in a matter of days.
Shepard merely inclined her head for the Detective to continue.
"I'm keeping Dakni Kur's business partner, Pitne For, close at hand until we can determine he wasn't involved, business partners can turn sour after all and he has motive. However, there's no evidence to suggest he did it at this point in time hence Justicar Samara is investigating." Anaya gave the quick rundown on the events she was aware of at this point in time. "Samara's at the crime scene right now, I'll call ahead and let the officers on duty know to let you in."
Now it was Shepard's turn to be rather suspicious, "You seem awfully eager to help."
"Hey if you get her out of my district you make my life a whole lot happier and longer. I've just been ordered to detain her before she causes an incident." Anaya shook her head in disgust, "I don't know what she's doing here but I know if I detain her she'll more than likely kill me to continue her mission."
"And your superiors know this?" Shepard's brow rose in surprise.
"Of course they do, I'm just the grunt they want to carry it out while they sit in their comfy offices quivering in their boots at just the mere mention of a Justicar on Illium," the disgust that rang through Anaya's tone was a clear indicator that she was not at all pleased with this situation and frankly, who would be?
"That's ridiculous! Making you comply with an order that would mean certain death." Shepard paused as she considered that, she was recruiting people to join her on a mission that would most likely mean certain death at this point in time. She shook her head, she wouldn't let that happen.
"I'll lose my job if I don't, which is why I'm all for you getting her off of Illium." Anaya shrugged, trying to keep herself relaxed with all the shit that was going on right now.
Shepard gave a soft laugh, "So no hints as to how I'm supposed to keep her from massacring my team? I've got a couple Cerberus operatives, a master thief, a psychotic biotic badass who never made it out of her rebellious teens and I'm also looking for an assassin."
Anaya's brows shot up, "And you seriously want her on your team? Are you crazy?"
Shepard grinned, "Certifiably so."
"Your funeral honey, I really got no idea how to help with that one." Anaya sent her the address for the crime scene, "Watch your ass in those alley's, it's Eclipse turf and they're not welcoming of strangers, especially of the Spectre variety. I don't want a dead Spectre on my watch."
Shepard smirked, "Me either, why do you think I carry my guns everywhere?"
"Well good luck Shepard." Anaya meant it quite sincerely, both in Shepard reaching the Justicar and convincing her to join her mission.
"Thanks for the help, I'll do my best." Shepard looked over the directions to the crime scene quickly, it wasn't too far away but it would take a good ten to fifteen minutes on foot which would be the better approach in keeping a low profile.
Anaya watched the supposedly dead Spectre leave the precinct office and wondered how soon it would be before that belief became a reality. Then again she wouldn't be a Spectre if she couldn't handle herself.
xxx
Shepard followed the directions on the omni-tool and was led to an alley that was cordoned off by the police with two Asari officers standing guard.
One of them recognized Shepard instantly, "Ah Spectre, we've been expecting you. Detective Anaya cleared you to enter the scene. Just... watch yourself, there's been Eclipse activity in these alley's." She thumbed over her shoulder to the darkened corridor behind her.
"Thanks for the heads up." Shepard nodded brusquely and strode through the holographic police cordon without a second glance at the officers. From here on in she stuck to the shadows, grateful for her mostly black armour. It wasn't that she was seeking to avoid confrontation if it was required, but rather she'd prefer to get the drop on whatever Eclipse mercs might pose an annoyance between her and her target.
It wasn't long before she came to where the crime scene was actually located. However, there were numerous mercs and mechs visible but no Justicar. She could hear the leader of this little group of mercs yelling out to her team that another unit had gone in and they'd lost contact with them. Glancing around for where 'gone in' might refer to she noted their attention was on a doorway to the left, perhaps an office space for the warehouses they were currently walking between?
Sneaking up on them she spared a thought for Tali, wishing the spunky little Quarian was there to hack those mechs and set them against their owners.
Shepard paused for a moment as she analysed that thought. Tali had shown her some tricks when it came to dealing with geth, perhaps they'd work on these mechs too? Glancing down at her omni-tool she shook her head, she didn't have the right software currently and it'd take too long.
Instead she whipped out both pistols and simply opened fire without warning taking the mercs completely by surprise. One of the yellow clad asari went down quickly, two highly powered pistols gunning for her head ripped through her weak barriers in moments.
Ducking behind a crate to avoid a burning ball of blue energy that her barriers could have deflected quite easily Shepard picked out her next target. The mechs weren't of much consequence at this point in time as they were still processing the new threat and turning around. But getting rid of them before they became a nuisance would be helpful.
Snapping out her hand she sent a powerful throw that picked up the closest mech and slammed it into the wall with such force it was an explosion of mechanical parts.
The mercs swore, still no idea who they were up against or how many they were facing. The Justicar was supposed to be inside not behind them. Quickly gathering their wits about them they dove for cover behind the crates.
"Where is the bitch!"
"I can't see anyone!"
While the mercs were shouting at each other in confusion Shepard threw another mech with her biotics, straight into the cover one of the Asari had hidden behind. The screams told her the mechs explosion had struck home and she followed it up quickly charging towards her prey with pistols blazing.
Now in the midst of the remaining three mercs Shepard's biotics were blazing. One merc she hit with a warp, shredding through her barrier with ease to put a bullet between her eyes. The second she fired at in a continual stream with her left hand reducing her shields to nothing in heartbeats until her head snapped back in a spray of blood. The final merc saw her sisters fall within moments of the attacker appearing and fearfully ducked behind a crate.
Shepard turned to the crate and smirked. Holding out her hand she lifted the entire thing to reveal the terrified merc crouched behind it.
At first the merc didn't respond. She wasn't leaning against the crate and was so caught up in her thoughts of how the fuck she was going to get out of this she didn't notice her cover was gone.
Shepard momentarily considered her options as she looked at the crouching merc. Killing her like this seemed a little cold. Letting the merc go would give her the opportunity to warn the rest of the Eclipse mercs. Shepard sighed and dropped the massive, heavy crate on top of the still unsuspecting merc.
Death was quick, almost instantaneous as the Asari was crushed by both the crate and the biotic force that was exerted on it.
All Eclipse mercs down Shepard sauntered up to the office and strode inside just in time to see an Eclipse merc go flying through the air to smack into the wall, her head snapping back and splitting open her skull on impact. A moment later another was thrown through the glass of the actual office within this smaller storage space, a small platform up on the right.
The asari hit the ground still breathing, looking up fearfully as another Asari stepped into view.
This one was clad in a skin tight red suit that had a very low neckline, in fact it dipped between those blue breasts to her navel. What was it with matriarch's and showing off their breasts? And they wondered why males from other species drooled over them so. The collar was high and solid looking, appearing like it was supposed to protect the back of her neck from sniper fire in addition to the thick golden brace around her neck that had intricate carvings decorating it.
Shepard watched as a biotic corona surrounded the Justicar and she lightly floated down from on high like some avenging angel of death. She said nothing to make her presence known just yet, not thinking it wise to surprise said avenging angel of death.
The Justicar strode up to the merc who was trying to crawl back and out of reach without success as a heeled boot came down firmly on the unarmed mercs throat. "You have two choices. To give me the information I seek, or pay for your silence on the matter with your life."
"Screw you bitch! Do you have any idea what she could do to me if I told you that?" The merc snarled up at her, too afraid of whomever she was protecting to divulge the information the Justicar sought.
The Justicar bowed her head momentarily, "Find peace in the embrace of the Goddess." Were her final words before she pushed down hard and twisted, killing the merc quickly.
Movement behind her caught Shepard's attention. In a flash she whipped out her pistol and shot the merc trying to creep up on the Justicar.
The Justicar's barrier flared to life and she lashed out with her hand.
Shepard grunted, putting up her own barriers quick smart and just in time before she slammed into the wall with such force she would have met the same fate as the merc from before.
Seeing her quarry still alive, and quite frankly a little impressed, Samara went to attack her again.
Shepard strengthened her barriers and took another shot, this time killing the merc whose shields had gone down in the initial hits.
Samara frowned as the shot went wide of her, too wide in fact to have actually been aimed at her. Turning to glance over her shoulder she watched as a merc slumped to the ground.
"You're welcome," Shepard drawled with a touch of sarcasm. A little annoyed but it was an understandable response from the lone warrior given the circumstances.
Samara considered the human woman coolly and purposefully chose not to thank her as the sarcasm indicated the human wanted, "I see a well armed human who does not bear the uniform of Eclipse neither do you wish to engage me in battle it seems. What is your purpose?"
"Straight to business then." Shepard clipped her pistols back on her hips, well aware that she was being scrutinized by the matriarch, and met her piercing blue eyes calmly, "I'm Stephanie Shepard, Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. I'm on a critical mission and I'm putting together a team of the best, you're on my list." Shepard flashed her a brief smirk and nod.
There was a slight narrowing of those intense blue eyes, "I sense you speak the truth. However, I am on the hunt for a dangerous criminal."
"An ardat yakshi. I'm aware of that, I understand it's important to track her down," Shepard continued quickly at the subtle shift of surprise in the powerful Asari before her, "I have considerable resources who're good at tracking things, if you help me I'm willing to help you."
Samara was quiet for a long moment and Shepard wasn't sure if she'd managed to convince the Asari or put her off somehow as she wasn't giving anything away in her demeanour.
"The fact that you have found me and are aware of my hunt shows that you do have a considerable source of information. However, I have managed to track the criminal to these Eclipse Sisters, if I lose her trail now I may not be able to pick it up again." Samara gestured to the body at her feet in a graceful motion.
It took a bit for Shepard to hold her tongue from pointing out that killing them would clearly not obtain the information Samara sought instead she offered, "Well then, I'll help, it's apparently what I do. She's not gonna give you anything now so what else do you have?" She nodded to the dead merc.
"Eclipse smuggled her off world, I need the name of the ship they used. However, gaining entrance into their base is no mean feat. My next course of action was to speak with the Volus Pitne For. He has had dealings with Eclipse, dealings it is my understanding that went sour hence Eclipse had his business partner murdered. I shall wait for your results at the police precinct." Samara bowed her head politely.
"What, not gonna help?" Shepard's brow rose.
"We are at a disadvantage, you know of me, however, I know little of you Spectre. Consider this a test to allow me to determine your worth." Samara's stoic expression did not alter in the slightest remaining detached and dispassionate as she spoke in a similarly detached tone of voice.
Shepard took a deep breath to cool herself off from instantly spouting off the many things she'd done that proved she was a worthy leader. "Then while you're at the precinct you can do a bit of a background check into my history. Also perhaps look into the Collectors and the recent abductions of human colonists. If you need a decent source of information give Liara T'Soni a call, she's an information broker who can assist you, Detective Anaya would most likely be happy to help you." Shepard held up her hand at the subtle shift in the Asari's features, "I'm only suggesting it so you can get a better understanding of who I am and a small taste of what I'm up against. It's entirely up to you I meant no offense."
Samara inclined her head in understanding at the rather impertinent human as the suggestion was something she would have been looking into anyway, in regards to finding out more about this human Spectre. It was quite surprising to her that there even was a human Spectre already, they'd only been within the galactic community for barely thirty years. Then again, from what she'd researched on the newly discovered humans that did fit their drive for success and power. She had made it a point to study them with having to branch out of Asari space in the hunt for her quarry and it would be very interesting for her to actually interact and potentially work with a human.
Shepard hesitated for a moment, Pitne For would undoubtedly be back in the precinct area especially if his partner had been murdered. Perhaps he was the Volus with the Turian security? However, that wasn't the reason for her hesitation. She hesitated in knowing whether to walk back with the Justicar or not.
"We shall speak more upon your return to the precinct." Samara moved with power and grace as she strode towards the door.
Shepard sighed, that answered her question. They were making their own ways back.
XXX
Upon returning to the precinct area Shepard approached the Volus she assumed to be Pitne For.
The Turian's shifted to a more discernable defensive position at the approach of the armed human but didn't make any threatening moves just yet.
The heavy sounds of the Volus breathing apparatus filled the air as the Volus looked up at the much taller human, only reaching her waist after all. "Ah, a human, what do you want human?" came the immediate and plainly bored tone of the Volus.
"Pitne For, I presume?" Shepard was in her command mode and came across with firm authority.
"And who might you be?" The Volus didn't answer just yet, his voice very wary now.
"I have a few questions about your dealings with Eclipse, I don't care what you were doing, I just need to know how to get into their base," she asserted quickly, knowing he was hardly about to fess up to anything illegal.
"Hmph, touché would be the apt human term would it not?" the Volus grumped at her not answering his question either.
"It's Shepard, Spectre. You either deal with me or the Justicar and given that you're dealing with Eclipse the Justicar would no doubt kill you on sight so it's in your best interest to answer my questions," Shepard put in the hard word and saw all three before her shiver just at the mention of being in close proximity to the Justicar.
"In that case, yes I am Pitne For and yes I have had dealings with Eclipse," Pitne admitted rather begrudgingly as he was well aware it was as the Spectre had said and in his best interest to not have anything to do with the Justicar.
Shepard said nothing but waited expectantly, her gaze boring into the Volus's suit.
"Minagen X3. A new and very experimental drug designed to boost biotics." Pitne fiddled with his fingers as he gave the explanation as though that answered everything.
Shepard's brow rose slightly as that told her very little in fact.
Seeing the human didn't make the connection Pitne huffed, "Never heard of it before human?"
"Can't say that I'm up with the recent designer drugs no." Shepard shook her head.
"Well Eclipse was very interested in it for the biotic enhancement, however, I may have... failed to mention the side effects of overuse or overdosing. Short of it is it makes the user lose their mind, burns out their neural pathways. They were... not happy when they discovered it for themselves." He shifted his weight from foot to foot uncomfortably.
"Ah, hence they killed your business partner. This helps me get in how?" While it was interesting Shepard didn't particularly care, she wasn't a cop, never had been and she had bigger fish to fry than this stupid and greedy Volus.
"Because of the trading I was given an access card. Of course I had to return it..." his pause indicated there was something else.
Shepard slowly smiled and held out her hand, "Hand it over and I won't mention the truth of your business transaction to the Justicar. Hell I'll even make life miserable for the Eclipse."
Pitne produced a card, "You are correct, I did make a copy and that sounds like an excellent deal."
"So this Minagen, how much do they have? Should I be expecting juiced up biotics in there?" Shepard pocketed the card in a storage compartment in her armour.
"I don't know, they would most likely be very wary of using it given the side effects. How much... four GSTU's in sealed packages containing two hundred doses each."
Shepard's jaw just about dropped and her eyes widened, "Four... shit. No wonder they're pissed off."
Galactic Standard Trading Units equated to roughly three quarters of a tonne by human standards so there was over three tonnes of the biotic enhancing, brain frying chemical currently in Eclipse hands and stored... where exactly Shepard wasn't sure.
"Tell me it's not all at their HQ," she groaned at the thought.
"Not all of it, though more than likely half of it is located there." Pitne admitted and smirked behind his masked suit.
"Great. This is going to be fantastic fun. Try and stay out of trouble while the Justicar's around, she doesn't seem to be the type to let things slide." Shepard warned him with a nod and wry smirk adorning her lips.
"I am keeping that firmly in mind. Good luck Spectre." Pitne bowed his head almost respectfully.
Shepard returned the almost respectful gesture with a curt nod before turning and quickly heading towards the waiting taxi cabs in the nearby parking lot as the base was too far too walk to. Did she have time to call for reinforcements? No. Thanks to Samara's efforts to gain the information Eclipse would be on alert and calling in the troops.
However, she did have a handy AI available...
"EDI, busy at the moment?" Shepard asked her AI then shook her head at having asked such a stupid question.
"My processing capacity is currently not overly tasked," came the somewhat amused and curious response from the AI.
"Good, I need to infiltrate an Eclipse base to locate the name of the ship the ardat yakshi the Justicar is after has left on."
"I shall alert Operative Lawson you require..." EDI began but was cut off by the Spectre.
"It's you and me EDI," as Shepard said this a thought occurred to her... why the hell hadn't she gone to EDI first to hack into Eclipse's systems to override their base security? On that note could the AI hack their manifests so she didn't even have to infiltrate the base? Or would that be considered cheating Samara's test... She frowned at that thought. It felt like cheating. She wanted to prove herself and asking an AI to just download the data didn't feel like she showed anything of her own capabilities to the Justicar. She also might not have been made aware of the hazardous chemical Eclipse had stored in massive quantities that could prove to be quite problematic to her.
There was a pause from the AI, "What would you have me do Spectre?"
"First thing I need you to do is check to see if Eclipse called in for reinforcements at their main HQ." Shepard was climbing into her taxi cab, the base was too far away to walk and get there in a decent time frame given how much time she'd already wasted walking on foot to the crime scene and back. There just hadn't been any place to get a taxi between the scene and the precinct though and running would have drawn attention she didn't need right now.
"Searching." There was a pause as EDI had to locate the Eclipse HQ, then hack into their communication network and sort through the outgoing calls to locate any such attempt that might have been made. For a human this would have taken a good half hour or so to hack into the heavily encrypted network, the AI, however, had little difficulty with this.
Shepard was driving quickly, ducking and weaving through the traffic with a whole lot more gusto this second time around. It was her turn to be the recipient of annoyed horns but she didn't give a shit as time was crucial right now.
"I have access to their communications network. An automated emergency recall was put out to all Eclipse members in the local districts seven minutes ago." EDI reported.
"Automated huh. Can you put out the automated 'never mind' notice?" Shepard mused thoughtfully.
EDI had to translate that before responding, "Cancelling the automated recall and advising situation is all clear."
"Excellent, a few of the dedicated ones will most likely still come in to find out what happened but that should keep most of them out of the way." Shepard nodded, pleased with the AI. She couldn't have EDI cut their communications altogether just yet as that would definitely alert them to something being wrong. "I'd like a layout of the base, a rough idea of hostile numbers to expect, what mechs they might have, security system's I'll have to deal with, names and faces of important individuals I might encounter and if they're known for their biotics. This Minagen X3 drug could really ruin my day," Shepard finished with a sigh.
"I shall begin investigating immediately," EDI responded with a touch of eager anticipation actually colouring her tone at the fact that Shepard was asking for her assistance as though she was in fact a member of the crew and not simply an advanced VI like the rest of the Normandy's crew, bar Joker, treated her as.
By the time Shepard reached the base she had a great deal of information and took a couple minutes to run over it in the taxi, memorizing some faces of key individuals to avoid or shoot on sight as well as the best possible route to the main office where sensitive information would be held. It was going to take a bit of fancy footwork to get there without detection as secrecy was going to be her best weapon here.
"EDI this is great, thanks," Shepard's voice came off as a little distracted as she was pouring through the intel EDI had dug up in such short order.
"I always work at optimal capacity," there was no hiding the smile in the AI's tone.
Shepard grinned, "You'll let me know if there's anything you want upgraded right? I want you at your best and brightest possible capacity for when we do hit the Collectors."
There was a pause, then in a hesitant tone EDI ventured, "You are unsatisfied with my current capacity?"
"Not at all EDI, in fact I'm very impressed. I just thought I'd put the thought out there for you to consider as I'm going to be asking all my ground team what they'll need to be at their best. You might be an AI but I consider you a part of my crew EDI, and you're proving right now that you are not confined to the Normandy even if your servers are physically located there." She didn't have time or the mental space to go deeper into this particular topic with the AI given she was about to embark on a dangerous solo assignment. While EDI would be an incredible asset she wasn't another body or gun to help against hostiles, it would be all up to Shepard...
"Thank you Shepard." EDI didn't quite know how to articulate the right kind of response to that, emotions were things she just didn't understand properly just yet though she was trying. She had a growing understanding of them as she watched the crew but she wasn't programmed with them as such, she was developing them as she learned and grew closer with her crew, especially with Persephone Calleyuss known more widely as Stephanie Shepard.
"Welcome. Now then, just putting out a blanket shut down of their security systems will immediately get them up in arms. So what I want you to do is make me a ghost and advise me if I'm about to walk into a room full of mercs or something." Shepard got out of the taxi with a plan already forming in her mind, a plan that involved sneaking and entering and nothing blowing up.
In hindsight Shepard really should have known better.
Oh yes I'm leaving it here! I'm so mean aren't I! Then again you've been waiting for the longest EVER and while I am back on writing - after taking a somewhat stress filled break and hiatus from the internet for varying reasons... I was going to keep the Samara mission altogether but haven't finished writing it so I'm splitting it in two and this was the best place to do that.
Thoughts on a Shepard and EDI mission?
Now I know that many of you are playing ME3 so will be highly distracted... I will be joining you in a couple weeks time when I get my copy... for now I happy with quick reviews... button's right there... you know you want you to! (Okay so maybe more like 'you know I want you to' XD)
OH and I got SWTOR today! Finally! Whoot! Got so excited... installed it... signed up on all the dotted lines... and it won't let me download the patch for it therefore it won't play... *sobs*
Edit: Seeing as I took out the Interlude as I said I would, anyone who commented on it won't be able to put in a review on chapter 37. You can either pick a chapter you didn't review to review from, send me a PM or wait until I post up the next chapter! Sorry about that, I'd still really love to hear from you!