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Admiral Garek
A Batarian pointing his gun at him, a Batarian Garek knew well
" Boris !? You traitor" says Garek surprised at Boris's answer to him, "It that's surprise "Almirant"? To all your cleverness in politics sometimes you forget things like that the crew not because you pointed a weapon at him and threatened their life are going always be loyal to you"
Boris finishes saying to them, and both begin to open fire on the other rapidly Boris tries with his pistol to make a wound in the middle of the body of Garek but fails to make a wound in the side not in an important organ but still a wound cover behind his table of the little office that has next to his bed firing for that position to Boris
The two begin to exchange rapid-fire, in the beginning, both were equal in firepower until Boris takes the rifle of a dead Batarian and opens fire against Garek beginning to make holes in the cover of him
"Give up your excuse of Almirant, and maybe you can still die with dignity, something that your nobles' blood usually doesn't have" said Boris as he continued to fire against the cover of Garek
Garek in a batarian way of answering someone who insults him rapidly gets out a grenade that has always been in his room and launches it against Boris, because of course, they are bataraians and Garek it's an admiral when you live your life with paranoid of a traitor in his crew he is going to have something more than a pistol in case of emergency, seeing the grenade Boris tries to take cover only to discover that was a smoke grenade cover the room and his exit with a dense fog
"Shit, you are not going to escape," Boris said beginning to rapidly open fire on the fog with his weapons to all the room in case Garek try to escape taken the opportunity of the cover of the fog
He was kinda right that Garek escaped from the room not for the exit but for an escape emergency that connected to his room that was made during the construction in case the principal exit was blocked, or the typical way maintenance used to go to one side of the ship to the other but right now Garek used to escape of a Ship that was not going to be his soon
Has he crawled for the ventilation, cursed how Boris could foul him there was not going to be reinforcement his fleet its divided for the systems around, and even if he made to send the signals the fleets could not make it in time to the terminus pirate fleet probably are going to sack and then escape with the rest of the ship to disable in other side or refit to their uses as always their do
For now its only objective its survive, something easier said than done has to crawl for the ventilation and see how the battle in the ship is not going in batarian favor, his troops are experienced and have the numbers yes, but these pirates impact out of nowhere and have krogans as the shock troopers that It's something that made his forces a mess and vorcha has canon folder those beasts of race have a regeneration that made them hard to kill even without kinetic shields, how the pirates organize them in a functional force it's a miracle
If he gets out of here, definitely are going to kill Boris and these pirates for this insult
Terminus Pirate Fleet
Sokaror was having a field day on this ship first his forces entered like a storm into the system then the easy invasion of the ships thanks to the mole information and finally, the bloodshed that was destroying the line of defense after line of defense true majority of the fronts in the ships were in a stalemate minutes before because of the numbers of the batarians and points where they use automatic turrets and mechs to stop the pirates advance with suppress fire
But then began to sound the alarm of evacuation, and he knew what that meant the mole that contracted him to do his work the batarians were now in a panic not wanting to lose the opportunity which meant Sokaror rapidly with his Krogans launched a smoke grenade to the fortified batarians position and with his krogans launch a rapid attack against the soldiers in front of him with a launch grenade in hands
It was a massacre
Batarians came flying against each other as Sokaror just pushed them like there were nothing like that pests in his way and with the launcher grenade opened fire to the torrents and defense that the batarians had not given them the chance to react before the grenades exploded making the pirate krogans laugh in happiness "Now that was I called how to clear the way to krogan style , now charge ! , there are scared to death this ship is ours !" said Sokaror has the pirates run around him to continue advancing truly the batarians were over now the only thing that was rest was his trophy
"Hey Mole where is the captain of this ship you must have captured by now," said Sokaror to only his contact to answer "He runs he evades me by throwing a smoking grenade and running by the maintenance routes of the ship" Sokaror in angry to this information just said "Well then find him and bring him to me or I will just raise my price again" Said Sokaror to cut the communication with the mole
"Idiots," said to himself clearly this mole where just some fool who thought that the pirates were going to respect the contracts that they made, bah its just one fool with money others perhaps could do it but not Sokaror this opportunity it's not going to take out just the noble but also this ship, if the Self-destruction sequence was not activated and lucky his pirates stop them for sabotage the engines, he could take these ship and take it to the terminus system where could refit it to use it to his fleet or sell it for scraps with that in mind begin to advance to the command center as he could see has his boys just take out much of the batarians or the rest run leaving only automatic defense system to deal with the pirates
There was some pocket resistance in the land of a batarian camp, but he sent a squad of soldiers to deal with them, it should be easy to kill a varren with his bare hands find the rat that tried to run, and even capture some batarian ships that were near a ruin
This was a happy pirate day for him and his boys
At the same time, in the surroundings of the Reaper destroyer
Xarek "Leviathan of Dis"
As I heard the gunshots and saw with the scanners as fighters and ships fall out of the skies I knew I had time to do this after all there are killing each other even the more proximity camps that the batarians installed on the planet are busy his anti-air weapons barely effective against fighters that get down to attack them with the help of raider squads that looks like are trying to attack the camp
An effective maneuver to bypass the batarians defenses by using the speed of their forces to counter the batarian's numbers and defenses by making them divide against small pirate forces and stop them for focusing their fire against the bulk of their pirate navy if it wasn't pirates that were attacking them and wasn't hacking his communication I would say that I was dealing with a special elite forces the batarians
But no, these were pirates that usually use that doctrine because it's the more effective to lose fewer soldiers and also the one that in case of prolonged combat let them run more easily in case of enemy reinforcements, but well less problem for me now that the batarians have their hands full of pirates, and my controlled drones already deal with the crews of the ships and the shuttles of the ships surrounding my body so it's better, and talking about controlled drones
Remote controlling a drone was just not as incredible as one would think, it was like yeah I could see for his eyes and talk with his microphone but still it was like talking to a computer and the computer repeated my signal like a video call, it was just disappointing but probably because I was to costumed to see reaper possession like sovereign or Harbinger style you know "assuming control" and thinks like that not just like control a remote drone but at least was something, seeing the battle in first of the eyes of the drone I expected for being too much emotional damage for me to tolerate, but my brain just doesn't see it that way it was like I killed the batarians in front of "me" with a laser and watch them slowly bleed to death and nothing was the reaction of my emotion
No pain, no sadness, nothing, it was just seeing someone's body of an NPC and that's it, I should probably check that I don't want to lose my emotional sensibility and make "logical options" my only way we all know that sometimes logic doesn't mean success, especially with organics and especially in this universe where is knowing that certain human with only the help of a Stealth ship and his squad can make it things that could make computers fry in the improbability that they make after all who can guess than a lonely human can convince leviathans of stop their exile and join the battle against the reapers
My attention was less than a minute focused on my mind when I noticed that the drones entered a slave ship, it turns out that the cargo ship was used for slaves and all of them had some mechanical implant in their brains, probably controlling chips that were similarly detected in the body, but that wasn't the thing that most shocked me
The thing that shocked me was, their condition it was a clear mess there were hundreds of slaves of all species salarians, turians, other batarians, even asari or some elcor it was incredible to see as my drones floated around the corridors of the ship so much compress
It was like the cage was made of an area of 4² meters that easily could have an elcor inside of it or even two if there were tight, but instead, there were six or even seven humanoid slaves like the batarians or turians in these cages and where for the dozens of this cage so to know why were used I split the drone team in two one to the engine room and other to the command room I could hack into the ship systems and find the cargo proposed
These were meat shields! Their kind consider useless and being cataloged by the batarian slave system like nothing more than meat to be used as a shield when some batarian noble need deactivate a tramp that their engine could not hack, this was sick, even for me, these guys were just so stupid, I mean yeah the slaves could have problems but just used like meat shield and not like ground soldiers or something like that even humanoid robots like the lokis could do that more efficient than slaves but why they could …
O right I forgot, geth, fear of the IA and the need to maintain the batarian slave systems probably consider it more efficient to use slaves instead of IV as a meat shield, I need to remember that not only does logic dictate the organic races even in spaces
But whatever to look for, I was looking for the engine of the ship lucky the drones found it, and it was perfect for replacing the reactor that was necessary for my propulsion system to get out of this cursed sand planet, it wasn't perfect the reactor it was the equivalent to fix a computer with adhesive tape and hoped that it worked, but when you are poor don't have time for question what you found the point It's that you found something useful and use it that's it
And finally the last of my checklist is my scapegoat to take the blame for my activation, let's see
The drones begin to float around the slaves, and many of them are scared of seeing the drone's red eye capable of killing in an instant looking to them a reasonable reaction to the fear of being targeted by them know to them the red eyes also a scanner that lets guess which of them were more scared, the reason behind this find the most valiant of all
As I said before logic isn't all that matters and if I could find someone who could resist the fear of the know after a show of force that killed all the crew of the ship this could be used as the perfect scapegoat to take the blame for my escape of this system
Elcor, batarians, salarians even turians were covered in fear by the eyes of the drones, but ironically one creature was more defiant than fear of the drones by was the only one that was screaming against them something that my system was trying to traduce, and was …
An Asari?
Theria (Asari slave Nº1934)
"Hey Heeeeeey over here, let me out of here" Theria screamed first shock after the drones killed the guards of the prison and the rest scared of these strange machines that get out of the ruins Theria in his more fashion style of resistance more than being scared where screaming to this machine to see if I could take bring attention to him and see if these machines could free she
"Quiet bitch you are about to get us killed by these robots" Said the same turian of before in the next cell as she and the others Asari that where capture to witch Theria only answers to him "And being trapped here more time !? , no, thanks I want to get out of here" she answers to only a few minutes latter one of the drones begin to observe she, monotony observing the asari to finally after what could be felt like an eternity to Theria but was a minute to the drone a robotic voice was out for the drone soulless and out of life the voice speak
"Too much noise, who are you ?" in perfect galactic that made the rest of the slaves scared these things just get out of the strange ruins and kill their captors like their where only air and now these machines could easily talk the galactic language like was their own it was probably that the batarian in their stupidity liberate another geth to the galaxy ? , no matter Theria rapidly answer "My name is Theria an Asari slaved by the Batarians and I wish to you to free me" She said hoping that these machines if there are smart enough to well talk they language could also understand diplomacy
"Why ?" was the only thing the drone said while the rest of the machines turn away and go to looks like the end of the Ship like something of great interest was there for they and Theria began to think after all one failed answer, and she could end kill after all these were cruel and heartless machines if the was going to get out of here must outmaneuver these machines well how much difficult could be these were just bolt so something logic simple could serve think Theria to say
"I could help to get you contact to the known galaxy in ways that a machine could not do it," said Theria while the other slaves were surprised seeing it like someone depreciable for said that it was the equivalent of selling the galaxy to the machines the drone just saw Theria like it's processing something and answers
"Offer accepted but beware failed to uphold promise will result in termination," Said the drone firing an energy beam that destroyed the lock of the cage freeing her and the other asaris just like that the latter said "Slaves required to be free, ships soon be deactivated and high probability of death if that happens atmosphere not suited for biological life" and go with the rest of the drones
Theria was speechless a machine just made a deal with her and just buy it she thought while the other turian just answered "What are you doing Asari bitch you just made a deal with an IA don't you know that these things are just monsters that will kill you at the moment that don't need you anymore ?" said the turian to which Therian just said "Well yeah, but this Asari also obtains the key to get us out of here "She said as she begins to walk to the bodies of the batarians deaths and begin to take the keys that they use to lock them in their cage opening the other cage and freeing the slaves
But as she sees the slaves being free of their cages she begins to wonder if the deal she made was worth it for goddess's sake she just probably Made a deal with one of the representations of Krall in the galaxy the demon of misfortune for Asaris, but there is not going back know she must accomplish his deal
But wait, why does a machine need contact with people of the galaxy if there are just machines that custody a ruin… Unless
That was the last thing she said before the ship turned red, and the alarm began to sound "warning power core deactivated emergency energy activate" With that she understood why the drones go to the other room they were going to the engine room there were doing something to the engines of the ship that's why the machine said that the slaves need to be free, they are going to need space suits with energy to sustain the vital system of the ship, without losing time she began to run to the slaves and say
"Okay listen up people all try to find space suits to use the most rapidly possible this ship is about to lose its support system, and we don't want to die especially when just recently recovered our freedom," She said and the slaves began to run for the ship looking for suits even some fighting against each other for this after all even the most pessimistic slaves know that die for suffocate in the space or a planet that was not in a condition of sustain life was not pleasant to fell
While she organized the slaves because was the only one who was not in a state of panic, he could see the drones get out of the ship with the ezzo core of the ship. , what are they doing taking them to the ruins, it's not like the ruins could … fly, and then click in his mind the ruins were not some ancient structure, was an ancient ship!
That's why the drones are around the ship, they probably are seeking pieces to reactivate the ship, that is why the machine needed Theria it wasn't about a thing that was needed right now it was something that he would need later
But for what? , galactic genocide, Annihilation of all organic life? , she was not a Salarian to have a great mind of its own, but she would have lived enough time with slaves to know when a conspiracy is in front of him mostly because the batarians usually talk in front of the slaves ignoring them as if nothing more than tools after all, they were slaves everything that they said would be worthless, but she learns that's why he knew when a scam it's in front of she
But there is no time left for what the drone said it's true probably the ruins it's the better option right now to escape from the planet so as the slave suit itself she said "Alright listen we need to go to the ruins"
"Go to the source of those monsters are you crazy !?" said one of the batarians slaves to one of the salarians in the group "It's the more efficient option to take the core of the ship shuttles insufficient for all of us, probability of survival is its more probably in that way besides the asari already made a deal with the machines" and then discussion broke up between the slaves some wanted to take the shuttle and run and others wanted to go with Theria but at last the decision was taking to the more fashion way
Of chosen fast because shuttles with pirates slaves begin to land next to the ships and with the batarians dead, the slaves were dead if they were captured by the pirates they were going to be sold to the terminus and if the batarians were bad, well the terminus have fate much worse than just being trap in cages like a beast, so they begin to run some to the shuttles of the now dead batarians and others to the ruins where the drones to see them more than open fire that the others fear the drones have covering fire them to enter to the ruins
For once, Theria was grateful that something was in his favor that day or so he thought as she and his group entered the ruins the door behind them closed, and the ruin began to tremble as the ship turned out being activated when they entered taken them to one side or another and make them unconscious because of the concussion in the head courtesy of the rush
Admiral Garek
Garek was speechless, and who wasn't in his situation, when he finally arrived at the escaped pod the only thing that he found was the batarians dead in the spot and vorchas with weapons ready to open fire on him and a krogan in front of him that was probably the leader of the pirates for the clothes that wear used more a battle master that a regular foot soldier krogan "So you are the leader of these expeditions don't you ?" asks the krogan to which Garek only answer "So what if I am ?" to this comment his answers were only laughing for the vorchas and krogans surrounding him and the battle master saying "Well some batarian with guts and think that moments ago where you're crawling around your ship" said Sokaror punching his stomach and saying "I will make a good cash for your head"
And before they could continue threatening him an explosion could sound in the ship while red alarms sounds for the ship "Alert engine damages fall imminent evacuation required" What was that !? , somehow the pirates make a mess Garek thought but as the krogan had a clear angry attitude was clear that was not part of his plans, so something external must have been "What's going on, what !?, are you serious, ugh fine" the krogans said to finally talk to Garek "Looks like where are going to have to abandon the ship o great almirant with you as a prisoner" was the final thing that Garek could hear before a recoil in the back of his head make him unconscious
Xarek "The Leviathan of Diss"
Have you felt in one moment of your life that you are so full of energy that it could run one side or another like a kid with high levels of sugar in his body? , well that's exactly what I am feeling right now in my system with the connection improvise of the ezzo core of the batarian ship finally I have enough potential system in my core to begin to fly and with it, I can finally have my system working in optimal efficiency
With the fixing of the hull of the ship and a stable atmosphere not breathable but stable enough that will not have problems when finally I get out of space, I don't lose the opportunity to activate the propulsion system that now with enough ezzo to fuel my central reactor and a new helping core that extracted of emergency of the batarian ship and installed in the ship, I have to give them thanks only machinery efficiency It's capable of adapt old technology like the batarians are to standard of the reapers in so little time
The first thing I did was to get up and fire a beam at the central command ship with the simple objective to creating chaos between the pirates and batarians, with the slaves inside of me they would think that they activated the ship somehow and the attack was because of them and not wasting time using that cover I begin to float and escape to space
Or that was the plan because the ezzo core of the ship that I obtained wasn't powerful enough to make me go faster in space so as I began to up slowly I obtained the attention of both the batarians and the pirates the seconds responding with fighters begin rapidly to try to inactivate me with the help of some pirates fleet to stop, probably thinking that the slaves woke an old ship or something like that
Well for lucky the slaves that were running with me were knocked up by accident because I got up too fast to their little bodies to handle it was for the best probably because what was going on was not pretty to see
My drones got out of my body and like a battle of crows was talking about fighters where pursuing drones and drones pursuing fighters while my secondary system handle automatically the control of the drones in combat my mind was working to make their signal against them as I could see like the other ships there were trying to launch suicide fighters against my body, so I would crash once again in the planet
A great plan if I wasn't a supercomputer that could hick jack their controls and force the fighters out of the way to make it look as if some interference system makes the fighters out of nowhere stop the pursuit and explode, but that was me just activating their bombs remotely
Some frigates even opened fire against me trying to cause damage to my hull and not going to lie I was scared of being again shutdown but thankful for all the creation their mass-accelerated canons were no match for my energy shield even if it was weakened was capable of resist the impact of the enemy frigate while I was using much of my energy to the ezzo core and propulsion system to getting out of this planets
And It Was A Mess
One thing is it's a bad-calculated plan yeah but being flying while I have to focus on not being targeted by the fighters focus the energy on the propulsion system to move more fast, or when the frigates lock me with their weapons i have to move the energy of the propulsion to the minimum to the shield to stop the attacks of the frigates to damage my barely functional systems
But thanks to all as they think where slaves that was captured in this ship they let me go after thirteen minutes of follow me to the dame orbit probably they were full his hands with the batarians and has i probably demonstrate being more problem that was worth it so finally I could rest and see with my cameras system the space
It was beautiful like any other thing that I could have been seen previously yeah being in a reaper was one thing but this kind of sight nobody change it no matter how tall I was now to see the planet and the stars surrounding me it was like was in my human body seeing the majesty of space but as finally stop thinking that and see the slaves inside my body remembering the deal I made with the asari , that thanks the creation I have a monotone response the drone of it would have seen my nervous while i talk with she
And now that finally i am free of the grasp of that fucking planet and i can go around the system or even better finally obtain proper minerals to reapir now that i could acces asteroids wich probably should do it soon before the pirates try to figth with me again I have only one though as i see the slaves inside my body
"What that fuck I am going to do now with you and your slaves friends ?"
And that is that finalize the battle of Jartar, I was planning to prolong more, but if a do that it was going to feel like it was an eternity of just one planet and the point is making a whole galaxy of adventures, not just one planet that is supposed to be only the introduction of this story and eigth chapters it's probably enough for a prologue arc
So I decided to make an extra large chapter to finish this arc finally and prepare new things like always I accept constructive talks please talk in the comments with your thoughts about this fanfic and what things I could make better