Chapter 10: Corporate Justice

Liara begins typing on her terminal, "I can tell you that Samara is on the planet, and recently spotted by Officer Dara. I believe she went to the Commercial District. As for Thane Krios, He contacted me to find Nassana Dantius."

I arch my eyebrow, "Didn't we kill her sister?" Liara nodded, "Yes and she has done nothing of note, though rumors are that she is a slave master to her workers." I groan a little, "Should've put one between her eyes."

Liara made an agreement sound. "Now to start your Company, We'll need to start with something simple." I gesture for her to continue, "A name." I looked at her surprised, then I began to think of one.

"Shepard Industries: Shepherding the Future!" She laughed at that, "The slogan is going to need some work. Do you have a product?" I sent a basic schematic of the Nano-Forge to her. She looked it over, I'm sure she doesn't know what she's looking at, But then again it's been two years.

"So as long as this has power it'll be able to make any material?" I nod, "Yes, and what you see there is just the first prototype. We're working on a more efficient and streamline version right now."

She thinks for a moment, then begins typing again. "Shepard, what you have here is incredible. I'm going to talk to a few people to see if they can get you a few investors. If this goes off the way I think it will. You'll change the game for the next century or two."

"If we survive the Reapers that is." She nodded at that. "It'll take a week or two to get hold of the right people. And another week for them to contact their people." She types furiously, "Shepard I'll contact you in a day. Please enjoy your time here."

I went the way of the Consumer. Within the next hour I bought everything. Until I ran into a familiar green-skinned Asari, "Shepard? I'm not sure you remember me, I'm Shiala." I nod, "I do remember, you're staying out of trouble I hope?"

She nods in a tired fashion. "Trying is the better word for it. I'm trying to get some contracts reformed. Baria Frontiers promised non-invasive testing however their contract, using clever word play, says the opposite. They would be able to just take us and do what they wished."

I raised my hand, with a grimace. "Tell me whose skull I have to crack?" She shook her head, "I just need to convince the contractor to change it." She points over to the Racist Asari. I in turn nod and walk over.

"Hm, what do you want? Oh a human, I have nothing for you. Go back to being an upstart away from me." I decided to use the Inspire trick. "Can you tell me why you gave a bad contract to the Feros Colony survivors?" She looked like insulted her mother.

"I gave them an appropriate response to their begging. This galaxy would've been better off if the Asari were the only ones to drag themselves primordial soup. We can't go through one Asari lifetime without a dozen wars breaking out. Or without some great upheaval. My Wife and two daughters were killed because of aliens! One was on Rannoch when the Geth rose up. And my daughters on the Citadel when Saren led the Geth there. Why shouldn't I be angry at the Galaxy for taking my girls!"

She was breathing hard with tears in her eyes, I softened my stance, "What did they do?" She sat against the wall. Lera was studying the Quarians not their culture but their music. And My girls work at the Presidium."

She put her head in her hands, "I'm sorry, I'll give them a better contract. I need to get my head together. Please accept the discount on the kiosk." She got up and walked away. I bought the available Star Maps.

I went back to Shiala, who stood with excitement. "Shepard I just got a message about the contract being reformed." She hugged me, "Is this what it's like? Yesterday's problem became tomorrow's dream."

She let go but left a hand on my chest. "Thank you again Shepard, maybe when you're done you can visit Feros again. See what we did with the place." I grabbed her hand and kissed her knuckles. "I would be honored."

We went our separate ways. I called up Grunt, Garrus and Garret to help me with the Samara mission. When I saw them walking up, I saw Grunt with a small bag. "Grunt what's in the Bag?" He smiled and pulled out two things, a dinosaur and an action figure of Me.

Grunt smiles, "He has a Kung Fu grip." Then he held up the dinosaur, "His name bask. He's a kakliosaurs." I turn to Garrus and Garret. Garrus shrugged, Garret smiled, "Would you believe us if that is what he wanted the most?"

I turned back to Grunt who smiled back, "I can actually. Come on my Gs lets kick some ass." I walked up to Officer Dara. She looks at us with some wariness. "Yes, what can I do for you?"

"I'm looking for Samara, do you know where she went?" She was alert now, nearly panicking. "What?! Why?! Did she kill someone?" I shrugged "How the hell am I supposed to know that?" She takes a deep breath and lets it out.

"Samara is a justicar, a sort of warrior-monks order. The only thing they follow is their Code. They're like Spectres only without Government oversight." I nodded, "I still need to find her." She types in her Tool and sends coordinates to mine.

"Please be careful when speaking to her. We don't want to start a Diplomatic incident." I got in the air car and we left for the Commercial district. I turn back to Grunt and Garret. "What are your guys load outs?"

Grunt well grunts, "I got my claymore with me." I looked at Garret, "I brought my Locust and Carnifix. I then looked at Garrus. "I bought a new sniper. It's called the Incisor. Rapid fire sniper rifle. I'm going to see if it's worth the Credits."

They then looked at me, I shrugged. "I didn't bring anything other than light armor and my omni-tools. Not to mention the new amp that I have." My dear brother handed me his Carnifix. "I don't care how good you are, you'll need this."

I nod while holstering it, the next few minutes went by quickly. When we landed I went to the Detective. Who had just finished talking to the Volus. She sees us follow her into the precinct. "What can I do for four clearly armed and dangerous men?"

I sat in front of her desk, "We're looking for Samara, We got a mission that needs her kind of expertise." She looks at me like I'm insane. "Does this kind of expertise follow the death and destruction kind?"

"It's for a suidice mission, against the Collector, they've been abducting human colonies and I aim to put a stop to them." She nods and sighs in relief. "Okay, I don't know what she is looking for exactly, but at the moment she is looking for the name of a ship."

I nod in turn "So we get that name and she'll be up for negotiation." She held up her hands, "But first you need to help put a stop to her little rampage. I'm looking for some killers but I'm not willing to put my people at risk."

I nod again, "I'll help out the best I can." We got up and went to the police zone. Of course when we entered said Zone we were immediately fired on. I use my new Blink ability to pop in close to do more damage than normal.

And with healthy helping omni-blades, they were finished off in mere moments. We moved on tearing through the Eclipse Sisters. We're going slowly to collect on the cash flow. Though 15 billion is more than enough to support my needs. It's still good to keep it flowing.

We came across a lock door when we got it open, we saw a sister fly and hit the wall next to the door. "You will tell me the name of the ship." The eclipse sister shakes her head, "You don't know what she'll do to me."

Samara is now visible, Deep V and all. "You have immediate problems. Now for the last time, the name?" She shakes her head again, "Go to hell!" She goes to raise her gun, only to get flown through glass and at my feet.

She put her heeled boot to her neck. The sister struggles until Samara closes her eyes, then looks grimly at the sister. "Find the Embrace of the Goddess." With a twist of her foot she breaks the neck of the sister.

She turns to us, "I hunt these sisters for a dangerous creature, yet I find four armed men in front of me." She walks up to us, "Are you friend or foe?" I shake my head, "Neither at the moment. But I'm hoping to help you get a hold of the ship name so you can join my cause."

She arches an eyeridge, "What cause will that be?" I gesture to follow me, "We're taking on the Collectors. They've been abducting human colonies. I aim to stop them." Garret snickers, Garrus did his own laughing. "You already said that line."

We went to Pitne For, "Huh? Oh the Justicar and her *gasp* new, very armed, friends." I lean down and flip out an omni-blade. "Let's settle a few things right now. 1. You sell to the eclipse. 2. You have a way into their base. 3. If you don't give me that pass I'll pop you like a balloon."

He stood there for a good minute, then went to his Tool and gave me a pass. I stood up and smiled at him. "Glad you saw things my way." I turned to the previous barred door and went in my last image of the volus was falling over and passing out.

Samara looked at me with some interest now. "That was pretty quick, How did you figure he was working with the Eclipse Sisters?" I smirked, "I saw the detective talking to him. I work on that hunch."

She nods in agreement, when the doors open two sisters playing on their Tools. They looked at the heavily armed group and scrambled to get their guns. We simply shot them. Soon we were bogged down with numerous gunfire and rockets.

I was blinking everywhere to pop heads and score creds. Then the fucking gunship came around launch missile at us. Talk about a buzz kill, "Samara can you snatch it from the air?" She nods, "Only for a moment." I smiled, "I only need one!"

When it came for another pass she grabbed it with all her power. I blink up to the Cockpit where the pilot literally screams at me. I yelled back, "I'm here about your vehicle extended warranty!" I then reached into her mind and made her land the gunship.

When it landed, She crawled and looked quite woozy. "What do I do now?" As her head swings back and forth. I think about it for a moment. "Go forth and make a new sisterhood in my name." She nodded and walked away while shaking her head of any cobwebs.

Garret comes up with a spare rifle, throwing it to me. "Did you seriously say that?" I shrugged, "Sure why not." We moved on, until we ran into the Asari Sister Elnora. I walked in and shot her point blank. Stole her data from her Tool and snatch the biotic upgrade.

Later we found the high-as-a-kite Volus who claims to be a god. "I AM A GREAT WIND THAT'LL SWEEP THE GALAXY CLEAN OF SIN AND EVIL!" I looked at everyone else and they all shrugged. "YES I'LL FEAST ON THE ASARI EEZO RICH-BLOOD AND RISE TO EVER GREATER HEIGHTS!"

I kick him slightly to push him over, "What? But the great wind? I was going to *gasp* uh what was I doing again?" I turned him towards the way we came. "Go find the detective and take a nap."

"Yes *gasp* nap *gasp* I'll do that. *gasp* Destroy the galaxy later." Grunt looks bored, "Should've popped him." Garret pats his shoulder plate. "We got bigger fish to fry brother." Grunts laugh at that.

I turned to the others. "We take out everyone, doors open, you shoot." Samara came up, "I still need the name of the ship." I nod, "I know but don't worry I guarantee that it is on a datapad. Or on the local gang leader's omni-tool."

She nodded and we stormed the breach. A dozen or so mercs turn to fire. Only to get fired on in turn. The Leader lifted up four large crates and threw them at us. I threw a Flare at her, which exploded in a blinding flash.

With their leader dead, I could feel the willpower resolve. I touched their minds and they gave up and ran off with a final thought from me. Join the New Sisterhood. Samara looks at me as my purple pink sparkles fade away.

"You have different abilities from normal biotics." I nodded and sat down for a moment. "Garrus, search the bodies, Grunt, you help out. Garret, contact Normandy to come pick up our new supplies."

I looked at Samara who was reading the datapad. "I have what I need, and you have held up your end of the bargain." She kneels down and begins to glow. "I, Samara of the Justicars, Hereby vow to fight by your side. Your will is my will, your cause is my cause." With that her glow goes bright then fades away.

She stood up and looked at me levelly. "If your path leads to darkness and causes unneeded suffering, I'll be forced to kill you at the end of this mission." I stood up and offered my hand. She took it, "Then allow me to be clear, As a member of my crew I'll do my best to make sure that we win."

We head back to the detective and hand over the data on Elnora and Pitne For. We got a nice bonus of 3000 credits for helping out. We called a shuttle only to find out that they are busy picking up the pile of supplies that we took.

So I looked up transport services and got hold of a limousine air car. We flew back in style if nothing else. When we got back to the spaceport I went to Normandy to get changed into something new.

I went up to the cabin and found my room was covered in packages. "EDI?" A blue hologram pops up next to me. "Yes John?" I picked up one of the packages, "What even is all this?" "There is a card on your desk John" and there was. I picked it up and opened it.

We are of Glass and Syringe, more join us every day. We use our new skills to rise higher. Many claim that we are not Krogan. So we challenged them all and came out stronger. We are now one of the largest clans. We are Tankbourne. We belong to Chief Shepard. These gifts are from the greatest of chiefs we killed. They're yours now.

I opened one of the packages and picked up a huge dagger like Dragon Age huge. I then had a couple of the Mechs come up and take them down to storage. While categorizing them for better storage and selection.

Though the one I did keep was a picture of the Krogan that I got riled up to lead this charge. I added it to the other picture of Ash, Kaidan and Jane. He gave himself a name, Glasrin Tankbourne, first son of Shepard.

After about an hour of clearing out the boxes, I took a shower and went to sleep. When I woke up and started to play with my powers, it was still purple pink and glittery. I then concentrated on it and when I opened my eyes it was Black and Red.

I decided to play with the colors a bit more until I got an ethereal deep green. I went to my desk and checked my Emails. Several dozen emails, all of them are Investors. From the highest reaches of industries. I checked Liara's message.

The footage from the Normandy on how the Nano-forge works. Shock many of them, and many more are hoping to outright buy the designs. Luckily I managed to patent and trademark the Nano-Forge to your name. We already have the groundwork for a major company to rise up. I'll give you options to where you would like to build your first company building.

Noveria Feros Horizon Eden Prime New Rannoch Illium Earth Terra Nova Tuchanka (More names continue after)

Once we have a location we can begin hiring. I recommend a world close to an allied group.

Signed Liara T'soni

I began typing a response to her, only to be bombarded again with another series of Emails. More investors and now job applications. It got so problematic that my terminal crashed. "EDI? Please order a VI secretary.. Or two."

"Of course John. Would you like it if I was your secretary?" I rolled my eyes, "You're too important for that. Besides, I would rather just have V.I.s sort through this. I don't want another crash." "Of course John"

I got onto my Omni-Tool and sent a quick message to Liara. Your investors crash my Terminal. A few minutes later I got I'm sorry, I'll try to hold them back. I got dressed and armored as I was heading out, I called up Miranda, Samara and Jack.

Miranda comes walking in a new outfit deck out in the latest gear. Jack was the same way. Only she was carrying an Asari Huntress sword. She looked at me, "Ya turn on Boy Scout?" I smirked, "We'll see till you use it."

I looked at Samara who's now sporting the new Biotic armor. Along with a Revenant and Locust. Then I hear them again. God I wish he just ram my guts in. Look at him confident in his own power and skills. He has great power, he would make a good mate.

"Let's go, we need to find Thane Krios who is storming Dantius Towers." We got to a shuttle that was completed with the new armor plates. We lifted up and headed towards the two towers.