Codex Entry - Arcturus Station: Arcturus Station, or better known as Nexus, was one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by a Citadel species before the Paldea Project. During the height of the Humans service under the Turians together the two species teamed up to create a base of operations, the likes of which unseen since the Citadel station itself. The structure is 5 km in diameter and holds a max capacity of 80,000 people. The Nexus serves as the central hub for extra-planetary teleportation, all Citadel species Homeworld minus the Batarians have a Teleportation Array on their planet linked to the Nexus. It also serves as the assembly building for the Annual Champions Council. Champion May Maple and Primarch Keldros Tiberius both lauded the completion of the station and their hopes for its future in the Galaxy, "The Citadel stands as the mind and soul of the Galaxy, where the greatest minds gather to unravel the greatest mysteries, we aim for Arcturus Station to be the Galaxy's beating heart. Here we will defend and ensure the safety of the Galaxy and it's people.", even now after the separation of the Humans from Turian guardianship they work in tandem, two fleet from Palaven and Megalo remain stationed at the Nexus alongside Human ships and retired Turians serve as Nexus security if they decide to not join C-SEC. -Article from Asari newspaper title 'Wonders of the Milky Way'
Liara had lived on planet Earth for a year now, and despite her earlier reservations she was finding her time spent here thrilling. When her mother had mentioned that she had secured a spot as an apprentice to a Researcher in the Sinnoh region I had wanted to protest, but mother was unusually firm about me taking this opportunity. I had been quite cross with her, I had believed myself close to a breakthrough on the Protheans and their mysterious disappearance, but she mentioned that Humans also had nearby Prothean relics and ruins untampered with by any citadel species.
So I took a ship to Palaven where we were to be teleported to the nexus of the human's extraterrestrial interests:l Arcturus Station. An impressive construction of Human and Turian philosophies, she recognized many defensive weapons placements that the Turians had wanted to add to the Citadel itself, but were denied by the Asari and Salarians. While nowhere near as large as the Citadel, Arcturus Station or 'The Nexus', was a collective of all the species in Citadel space. Here they herded themselves around trying to get to their next Teleport array to arrive at their destination planet.
I smiled softly as I remembered the first time I was greeted by the cold winds blown down from Mount Coronet; Dawn and Sada found it quite hilarious watching me battle against my excitement and my shivers. I looked down at my thesis paper on the connection between the Protheans and the Unown and sighed in exhaustion. The trip to the Ruins of Alph was such an enlightening experience, especially when she managed to catch her partner: Z.
She looked over to the Unown, who slept peacefully on a ledge above her desk. The odd little creature had become her world, and one of the cruxes of her research. The Unown were rumored to have reality shifting abilities when gathered on mass, some of her fellow scholars believed them to be the equivalent to DNA for the universe itself. She shuddered at the thought, Z with a couple of his friends could remake worlds, and with a swarm they could rewrite reality.
She believed the Protheans too found out this information, and tried to approach the Unowns as if they were any other animal. 'It adds up…the Protheans for all intents and purposes seem to have just disappeared, what if they meddled recklessly with the Unown.' She sighed as she put down her pen, her hands aching still not used to the utensil. Professor Sada believed in physical copies of documents, and made Liara perfect her penmanship in both Asari and Human languages.
"Still up?" I jumped slightly at the baritone voice, and turned to see Toro holding two steaming mugs, "I can't teach my wife proper sleep scheduling but I can perhaps save you from that folly." He said kindly as he passed me a mug. I smiled at my mentor's husband taking the mug, the smell of chocolate hitting my nose causing my mouth to water. He moved to my side and nodded towards my paper, "May I?"
I nodded as I took a sip, the liquid scalding my tongue slightly but I hummed in satisfaction at the taste, "Mrs Sada should really rest, such late nights can't be safe for her child." Toro nodded as he scanned over the paper.
"I've said as much, but my love isn't one to bow to human limitation, I hope our child shares her spirit." He said smiling softly, "Hm, this has promise, although I suppose it will be an unpopular thesis amongst other Protheans researchers." I sighed but nodded.
"Yes the galaxy can be slow to embrace change, especially of established norms, but it will cause waves nonetheless." She said excitedly and Toro nodded.
"Nevertheless, the mind needs proper fuel and rest to work efficiently, you aren't fulfilling the rest portion." He smiled kindly and placed a hand on my shoulder, "Sleep Liara, your research will be here in the morning, and I'll need your help in getting Sada ready for the morning." He joked as he walked away.
I smiled as I watched him walk away and rose from my desk, Z waking to go to bed alongside me. I patted the Unown's head as I thought of the two researchers who quickly became parental figures to me, a shiver ran through my body as I thought of a vision I received while in the Ruins of Alph. The voice still haunted some of my dreams, "Y₀u ɑre no7 gettıng ın my wɑy!"