To: Calun Dravis, STG
From: Wei Bohai
I've given your offer some thought.
I accept.
To: Wei Bohai
From: Calun Dravis, STG
Your secrecy is well valued. I will speak with your sister personally to assure her of your safety.
To: Calun Dravis, STG
From: Wei Bohai
I'll talk to her.
To: Wei Yu
From: Wei Bohai
Can you spare a ride to Haven 2? We have to talk.
To: Wei Bohai
From: Wei Yu
Just talk over comms or email. Shuttle travel is restricted to serious business.
To: Wei Yu
From: Wei Bohai
This is something you do in person, Yu. Won't the turians help you out?
To: Wei Bohai
From: Wei Yu
What's wrong? I'll just call you. Don't ignore or hang up on me.
To: Titus Deltano, Gen.
From: Calun Dravis, STG
I'm forwarding this email. It concerns Wei Yu.
We should talk.
Fwd
To: Calun Dravis, STG
From: Silus Hallonius, Capt, THS Korvatos
It reached my attention the Alliance wishes to place a human Alliance representative aboard my vessel, the THS Korvatos. I will not suffer the insult. Humans are not to be trusted.
I refuse the application submitted.
Wei Yu will not board THS Korvatos.
To: Calun Dravis, STG
From: Titus Deltano, Gen.
Unless it's a direct order from the hierarchy, I can't change this.
Meet me behind Building E. I'm tired of people eavesdropping.
Deltano listened to Calun Dravis patiently. A fall breeze whipped through the walkway between Building D and Building E.
"Landed on Earth. I was part of the second group tasked with entering the beam to transport up to the Citadel." Calun spoke rapidly. He paced the small space like a caged animal. "The rest of my team perished in the fight to reach it. Found Vasa R'ila. Never knew who I was. Still doesn't."
He tried to figure out why STG confessed to this now.
"Never lied about anything except my title. Worked for STG before. Joined the Spectres at 20. I'm 35, General. Don't have many years left. Council has recalled me. I need to rebuild a team. Recruited Wei Bohai. Bright future. Big heart. Wei Yu, protective of her brother. Jealous twin who wants her brother to follow her wherever she wants to go."
"You need Wei Yu satisfied so you can recruit Wei Bohai for dangerous assignments." He assessed cautiously.
"Yes." Dravis faced him. "Easier if distracted."
Deltano covered his face and laughed harshly.
"Long shot, I know."
"I don't control the hierarchy, STG."
The salarian stopped pacing.
"The Alliance, if it leans hard enough, can convince the hierarchy. I'll recommend Wei Yu on the grounds of her biotics and impressionable age. She wanted to work with Cabals. They may place her on a vessel that is Cabal-centric. I make no promises." Deltano offered the best recourse.
"Good, good. Wei Bohai needs own identity. Own path."
"STG, I'll do what I can. Nothing more. Any word on our missing leader?" Deltano whispered.
He shook his head. "Council knows nothing."
"Or they know too much and haven't the time to sort it." Deltano concluded. "I'm not calling you Spectre until you're honest with Haven 1, STG."
Dravis nodded. "Preferred that way."
"Why lie?" Deltano asked dumbly.
"Didn't trust the humans. Appearances does not always match truth."
They shared in the mutual agreement. Deltano walked toward the stage and Dravis walked to HQ. "Everhart, Ives, I need Wei Bohai on the comms. If Haven 2 argues, warn them I have full authority to commandeer a shuttle and retrieve the man myself." Dravis snapped orders at the two comm operators.
"Yes, sir." Everhart set Dravis up. "All yours."
"Ives, well?" Dravis asked the transfer from Paris.
The Alliance soldier sat up straighter. "As well to be expected."
"Paris is across your ocean, yes?"
"Yes."
"Why travel so far?" He asked peculiarly.
"Everything that made Paris is gone. The Eiffel Tower. The Louvre. Notre-Dame. Even the bridge, Pont Alexandre III. The Catacombs. It's all gone. Needed to skip across the pond to a somewhere different. They needed people here."
"Needed?" Dravis announced critically. "We don't need the help."
"Yes, you do. The Alliance has the resources-"
Calun Dravis threw up his hand. "The Alliance is trying to control the narrative it is needed right now when what the people need is to make their own decisions. The survivors have a right to as much voice-"
"Sorry." Ives held up his hands in prayer-like manner. "I know there's anti-Alliance sentiment. If you lived on Earth before the Alliance fixed the problems, you'd understand."
"And now there are significantly less people on Earth." Hans argued. "No overcrowding, nations reduced to ghosts of themselves."
"Instead of idolizing survivors who rose to power in the early days due to limited contact, elections should be held. Let the people have a true vote." Ives argued back.
Hans swiveled in his seat. "I think that's a wonderful idea. Power of democracy." He smiled ear to ear at Ives, then the salarian.
"People present on Earth should be on the ballot, not those lost to space." Ives pushed.
"I wouldn't push your limits, Ives." Dravis warned.
The comms spit to life. "Haestrom, This is Calun Dravis."
"How can I assist you today?" A distracted Edwin Haestrom asked. "Primarch Victus is off planet. Garrus Vakarian is on the Citadel."
"Wei Bohai still stationed at Haven 2?"
"On a supply run to Refuge 2."
Dravis nodded to Hans to start taking notes. "I'm officially transferring Wei Bohai to the Citadel to serve on a team I'm leading. No therapist. I need to know if there's any biotic turians who are willing to take Wei Yu under their talons?"
"If they were, they wouldn't admit it to me. Biotics among turians is treated like a disease." Haestrom answered. "I'll initiate the transfer for Wei Bohai. Good luck in your journeys."
"Haestrom, I've heard tale you don't control Haven 2. That true?"
"I'm not talking about this, STG Dravis. You can expect Wei Bohai to be transported to Haven 1 by nightfall." Haestrom ended the communication.
Dravis cupped his hands together and bowed his head.
Hans patted his back. "You feeling okay, STG?"
"Better once I have a clear purpose again." He answered honestly.
"Amen to that." Ives begruged.
Dravis didn't know if Ives hated him or hated the muddling with no clear purpose. Either way, he wanted off Earth.
To: Javik
From: Irissa T'Aes, Councilor
You are required for the reunification of Spectre Nihlus Kryik's team. Dr. Liara T'Soni, and Garrus Vakarian accepted invitations to rejoin the team.
Normandy SR-2 will be placed under the permanent command of Nihlus Kryik. Human representative Lieutenant Commander Pacrya Colton will represent humanity as part of the team.
If you have objections, I am certain we can discuss and overcome them.
To: Irissa T'Aes, Councilor
From: Javik
Commander Shepard displays exemplary marks on his evaluations. Is he not available?
To: Javik
From: Irissa T'Aes, Councilor
Commander Shepard accepted the role of Ambassador Anderson's bodyguard. He is unavailable to join the team.
To: Irissa T'Aes, Councilor
From: Javik
Unfortunate.
Lieutenant Commander Colton will do for now.
To: Nihlus Kryik, Spectre
From: Pacrya Colton, Lt. Cdr.
I understand that I was invited to the team because of your trust in me. I will not disappoint you. The Prothean team mate is not pleased with my selection. I will learn to live with his bluntness. Thank you for the opportunity.
To: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
From: Nihlus Kryik, Spectre
You are the perfect member for the team. Don't worry about Javik.
We'll help you find your sister and set the world right. You have my word.
To: Nihlus Kryik, Spectre
From: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
I can always count on you, Nihlus.
I need you to have a little faith in me too.
I promise to not airlock the Prothean.
To: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
From: Nihlus Kryik, Spectre
I never received this email chain.
To: Nihlus Kryik, Spectre
From: Pacrya Colton, Lt. Cdr.
Don't hate me, but I found a clip of Javik's interview on the Citadel. Someone added music and animations to it. If you want to have a laugh, I have a copy locally saved.
To: Liara T'Soni, Prothean Expert
From: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
Dr. T'Soni, I understand you have extensive knowledge of the galaxy trade routes. I would like to study them if you do not mind me accessing the information. I believe that whoever stole the SSV Philadelphia followed the routes.
I understand if you wanted me to review that information under your watchful eye.
To: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
From: Liara T'Soni, Prothean Expert
It's not protected trade secrets. You're welcome to review the information on my consoles at your leisure. Glyph will help you.
We will find your sister.
To: Liara T'Soni, Lt. Cdr.
From: Pacyra Colton, Lt. Cdr.
Yes, We will.