Chapter 3: Joker
Eyes slowly opened and the world around came into focus very slowly. Sparks flying and spraying everywhere. Groaning Jeff "Joker" Moreau did a self once over to check what was broken, fractured, or sprained and found that he was surprisingly in perfect condition except for a little head ache. Touching his head he found a little blood on his forehead and cursed, he probably had a concussion. Considering everything they'd been through it was a bit surprising the see that this was the only thing wrong with himself. Straightening he turned over to EDI and saw her mech body slumped over the control board of the co-pilot seat. "EDI?" he said, but nothing came from her body or the speakers. His shoulders slumped a bit. She and he had talked about the possibility of the weapon begin one big EMP and they'd gone to great lengths to ensure she might survive it, which included a super expensive shielding unit that went around her AI Core and-.
Jeff's head lifted from its downward position and he suddenly stood. Maybe she couldn't hear him because the speakers were broken. Maybe the AI Core was just fine. He half ran, half hobbled through the broken Normandy. Spotting crew members leaning against odd and end things. He even saw Karin bandaging Garrus up, and Javik looked like his usually pissy self; except now he was holding an unarmored arm in a sling. Going down the stairs and making his way to the AI Core, he found Tali already there trying to get the doors to open to it. Walking over to her he grabbed a metal pipe off of the floor and wedged it in between the doors while she pushed them apart. Finally, after what seemed like forever the doors were opened and both gasped at what they saw. The AI Core was completely undamaged.
Tali rushed over to the core itself and began doing a diagnostic of any damages and found one a list of what was damaged on the Normandy. "EDI, you okay?" Jeff asked; though no answer came, until suddenly an avatar appeared on a holo stand next to the core.
Instead of what more of the crew joked as a talking vagina, there stood a woman, about twenty-four inches tall. She had the build and look of the mech EDI had taken control of except this one had tan skin and light chocolate hair and green eyes. "Hello Jeff." She smiled a twinkle definitely in her eyes.
"I am happy you approve of this image." she replied. "I've been in the process of creating it for make months."
"I definitely approve." He smiled. "Give me the damage report."
She nodded. "My sensors on the outside are all offline and I cannot give you a full report on outside damages. Though I can give you a guess on what may need repairing."
"Okay." He sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Outside damages may include damages to the hull, engines, wings, tail, cockpit, and windows and outside shutters on the port observation deck." She paused as if thinking, but data lines were going up and down her body, so she was more likely processing the data that was coming through. So Jeff stayed quiet as she suddenly seemed to look at him and Tali. "Inside damages include the entire engine room deck, cargo bay one and two are not registering, sensors in Commander Shepard's room are stating that the roof has collapsed, the support beams on crew deck are registering with a high strain being put on them, however the secondary support beams are holding just fine; so we won't have to worry about that for now. Med Bay is registering to just fine, as is the labs and crew rooms." Pausing again she looked at more data. "The war room has been destroyed with wire from the roof panels collapsing in on it. Cockpit console is at a one hundred percent. Engines, unknown."
"Unknown?" Jeff asked anxiously.
"I cannot gain any information about whether or not the engines in the engine room are damages or not." He then turned back to Tali. "Shields are down to five percent. Weapon systems are down to ten percent power. Elevator system in down for now. Life support is at a sixty percent. Air system is damaged, but not beyond repair. Current air quality is at a fifty percent of what it is normally."
"Is that bad?" Jeff asked, not really knowing if it was or not.
EDI shook her avatar head. "No. As long as the crew stay in the area's they are they should be fine." She paused as she read more data. "Ninety percent of fires have been contained."
Jeff sighed and looked over to Tali. "Okay, this means we have to begin giving the crew the data they'll need to begin fixing things." Turning to EDI he spoke. "Give me a list of all major systems we need to leave whatever planet we're crash on. Also, see if you can bring up navigation so that we can find where the heck we are."
"What about you Joker?" Tali asked as she fidgeted with her fingers.
"First I'm going to med bay and get cleaned up, and you should get checked out too Tali. Them I'm going to go outside and see if I can find a clearing for the crew who are not injured and begin talking to them about their jobs. Then find out who the heck is actually in charge now that both Shepard and Kaiden are not on this ship." He stated as he turned his heel and began walking away with Tali not too far behind him.
M-Angel: So what do ya'll think of these snippets so far?
