Jarred, Meiou, Tristan, Grunt and Nicholas sat in the shuttle, quiet as they entered Tuchanka's atmosphere. Meiou had been twirling the end of her braid, which meant to Jarred that she was thinking deeply. Nicholas was fiddling around his OmniTool, looking at something, but his face was unreadable.

Finally, after the uncomfortable silence, the shuttle landed on Tuchanka's dock, and they all stepped out. A dark red krogan met with them, "Commander Alenko. Grunt. It's good to see you again."

The krogan named Urdnot Shepard took Tristan's hand, and shook it, before tapping Grunt's shoulder. "Father has been looking for you, Grunt. You'd better get over the throne room and report to him."

"We will all go." Tristan said, and Shepard nodded as he pointed to the direction.

"Liara already contacted me. She said you wanted to look over the Shroud to get some technology." He pointed at Grunt, "Grunt would have to stay. We need him for something."

Grunt looked over to Tristan, who shrugged, and they started heading towards Tuchanka's throne room, where Urdnot Shepard sat down at the stone throne. A door opened behind him and Urdnot Wrex came out, smiling at them. He still had his battle scars, but he's no longer in armor since his son took over ruling Clan Urdnot. Instead he wore a tunic of red leather, and his plate seemed to have lightened a bit, like faded leather.

"So these are my friends' children? " Wrex said as he came forward, "Seeing you all grown up makes me feel old as hell."

Tristan laughed, "Sorry about that."

The five of them stood in front of the old krogan leader and bowed, but Wrex waved them off. He came forward to Tristan, "Ahhh… Alenko's kid. You're doing well."

Tristan smiled and held out a hand, "Let me introduce you. These are my companions… Jarred Vancair, Nicholas Solus and Meiou Seishiro. Or course you know Grunt."

Wrex laughed, "Of course I know Grunt. Getting sick of him, to tell you the truth." And he grinned at Grunt, "You haven't contacted us in ages. You'll be staying here to report, do you hear, whelp?"

Grunt nodded, "I just accompanied Tristan and the others here. I'll stay while they head to the Shroud."

Wrex nodded and stood in front of Jarred and Nicholas, "Solus, eh?" He said, looking over Nicholas, "I never knew that salarian doctor had a kid."

"No. Salarians do not reproduce as hormone-driven species." Nicholas said, "Took on 'Solus' as… he was an idol of mine."

Wrex grinned, "I see. Well, welcome to Tuchanka, kid. If you visit the Shroud, you might want to look around. You might find something you might like."

Nicholas looked confused, but he just nodded. Wrex moved on to Jarred, and his wide face broke into a grin. "Jarred."

"Wrex." Jarred said, before shaking the Krogan's hand, "It's been a while."

The Krogan laughed, "I haven't seen you in twelve years, kid. The last time I visited, you were training with your dad with a sniper rifle. I hope your aim improved."

"Well, I'm Alliance Military now. I wouldn't be here if my aim hadn't gotten better." Jarred said, smiling.

Wrex laughed again, and clapped Jarred hard on the shoulder. When his back was turned, looking at Meiou, Jarred rubbed his sore shoulder.

"And this is Meiou?" He said, looking down at her, and she blushed. She bowed low at the Krogan before straightening up. Wrex's eyebrows rose, "Where are you from, woman?"

Meiou swallowed, "I was… an experiment of Cerberus. Jarred saved me a few days ago." She blinked, "I have been cryo-genetically frozen for the last fifty two years."

This time, it was Wrex who blinked, "Fifty two years? And yet you look so young?" She nodded, and he let out a sputter of indignation, "And here I was, aging all along. If I had known I could keep my youth being turned into ice, I would've volunteered."

Meiou giggled at this, and Wrex reached out his hand and she shook it. "Welcome to Tuchanka, Meiou."

She nodded, smiling at him. And he backed up to look at them all, "I wish I could come with you to the Shroud, but I have to stay and talk with my son and with Grunt. The Council has just approved that we have Krogan settlements on Earth, but we'll have to talk about it."

Tristan nodded, and Urdnot Shepard opened up his OmniTool to send the coordinates, "The Shroud can be found here. I'm sure Jarred can help with the navigation."

The crew nodded, and headed back to the shuttle, with Grunt looking at them longingly, like he was hoping to be brought along. Meiou smiled at him and waved goodbye, which he replied with a nod, and headed back to Wrex and Shepard.