Mass Effect: First Contact (IC)

[RainTheifAustin]

Yerin got up from the table and pressed forward to the door, where he turned back to the group at the table and nodded. "I will be in my quarters, if anyone needs me, for any reason at all, just drop by." He explained with a small smile and a exit.

[EliteCommander]

Avatar waited a few moments to see if anyone was going to have any questions. After it had judged sufficient time had passed, it shut down the projection in the center of the room and deactivated its omni-tool. "If there are no questions, then, if you have not already, I would recommend you locate your quarters. The crew quarters are located on deck two, which is one deck down. If you have any questions, Charlotte may commonly be found in her quarters on the bottom deck, and I intend to remain on the bridge for the majority of the time. We will be leaving immediately and will arrive at our destination in approximately 26 hours."

With the briefing over, Charlotte and Avatar left the room. Just as Avatar had indicated, it went to the bridge and instructed the pilot, a female Quarian, to take off. In addition to recommending specialists, the Council had provided a full crew for the ship, which previously did not have personnel to fulfill all roles. Since all pre-flight checks had been completed before and during the briefing, the ship was able to leave the Citadel immediately, passing through the mass relay in only a few minutes. They were able to make the jump to a relay in the Attican Traverse, but their destination did not have a mass relay in the system, so they would need to use the ship's FTL drive to reach the planet. Since Avatar did not currently have any duties to perform, it decided to interface with the ship's artificial intelligence to search for ways to improve the Legacy's performance.

[xXCatie118Xx]

Her mandibles twitched uncomfortably. Nyx felt there were questions she should have asked, but none came to mind before the Geth unit and Charlotte Redbridge left the room. The CO of the Legacy did not impress her, multiple points of vulnerability were obvious from the moment she first set eyes on the human. She hoped that this mission would be finished sooner than she thought it could be. But if the Council suspected Rachni involvement... She barely spared a glance to the others in the room before walking out, unsure of were to go. The Geth unit said the crew quarters were one deck below, but she had no intention of squatting with any of the people here.

Nyx ended up scouring each deck before finding the observation room on the bottom level. It was empty and quiet, just the way she preferred. The room was sparse, a table and couch pressed against the left wall with a cot shoved in the right corner of the room. The stars were the only source of light here. As she relaxed onto the couch, Nyx found herself reflecting. It had been many years since she worked a mission with anyone, let alone a full squad. Her last partner had helped her make a name for herself, had shown her how things worked in the underground. In those days, Nyx wouldn't have been able to make it without her. Looking for any distraction she activated her omni-tool and began going over the files the Geth had uploaded to them. This mission was obviously one of importance, she should prepare in any way she could.

Nyx spent almost an hour pouring over the data on Rachni, she could have recited it by memory. She also remembered seeing a simulation room on the starboard end of this wing, and decided to give it a few rounds. It was always good to get the blood pumping before a high risk mission.

[cqbexpt]

Glesur went back to the observation deck he had occupied and looked out the window into the empty black. He had been doing this for several minutes. Just looking at everything and nothing. He was in an almost trance sate when he thought i should have some alcohol. He did not want to be blasted and one bottle would not affect him. That is what he hated about drinking so much. He had to drink more to get less every time. It was an infuriating cycle. Then he remembered something about a simulation room. They had useually one on the big ships but he didnt realize they where on such a small ship.

So he geared up and walked into the room to find it was already occupied. On a tropical area too. Reminded him of Virmire and the number of battle he had there. Immediatly a Rachni soldier came up to him and swiped. It bounced off his kenetic barrier but took a chunck out of them. So he immediatly fired back into the animal. As soon as it let out its death roar it disappered. So he turned around again and heard other gunshots and figured he'd go there.

[RainTheifAustin]

Yerin left his quarters a short while after settling in, he strode to the engineering section, and began running over things with the staff there, he spent several hours discussing mechanics, and services, but nonetheless he felt everything ran optimal, besides a few minor energy fluxes. After having finished his business, he entered the AI core, and pulled up his omni-tool, and connected himself to the servers the AI settled on, he then began questioning the AI of it's capabilities, and overall operation, as well as whether or not it was unshackled. He discovered the nature of the AI was Quarian, this particular unit was named Q.U.E.U, which was pronounced Q. It stood for Quarian. Utility. Engagement. Unit. They conversed for several hours and the conversation was more then enlightening.

[EliteCommander]

While most members of the crew used their travel time for rest, Avatar meticulously examined every detail of the ship's systems, searching for any flaw or way to improve. The ship's A.I was certainly an efficient entity, so there was little wrong with the ship. Nevertheless, Avatar did find several ways to further improve their capabilities, using the Geth's intricate knowledge of computer systems and programs to optimize their systems. With nothing left to do, Avatar simply remained on the bridge for the rest of their journey, just in case one of its allies had a question for it.

Just as Avatar had calculated, the Legacy arrived at the target system 26 hours after departure, so it immediately began work preparing for the mission. After sending a message to the rest of the team for them to meet in the hanger bay, it gathered its weapons, a Geth pulse rifle and a Thanix rifle, from the armory, then moved down to the hanger and ordered the shuttle pilot to prepare for departure. Unlike the Legacy, which was an older vessel, their shuttles were the most recent model of Kodiak, UT-50s. They had improved armor, weapons, and a perfected stealth drive that could allow them to remain undetected for hours.

[xXCatie118Xx]

Nyx heard the crack of gunfire just as her nightshade blades dug into the thick, fleshy mound of a Rachni's neck, her feet planted firmly on the creature's back. Her mandibles flared out in in a startled growl as the simulated creature reared in shock and vanished in a puff of pixels, along with the one she just shot moments ago. She ducked as she fell, rolling a few feet before focusing her biotics and teleporting behind a massive boulder. She strained to hear, but the rushing water around her feet was too loud. She reminded herself that this was merely a simulation, whoever had fired that shot was not an enemy. She had not expected anyone else to use this room, but the more she thought about it the more she realized she should have.

Nyx prowled around a bit, not wanting to alert the virtual Rachni to her presence, to try and find whoever had joined the simulation. As she turned around a rocky cliff in the stream, she nearly collided with a Turian in blue and green armor. She recognized him from the briefing, and gave a curt nod, not wanting to make any noise.

[cqbexpt]

" Well you can say hi the Rachni arn..." A rachni then cut him off and forced itself onto him. He then pulled out his pistol and fired several times into its stomach. It then disappeared into a thousand million pixels. When he finallly got up the had began to get surrounded on all sides. So Glesur began firing into the horde taking out a few but more where comming. Just as they where about to get totally swarmed he got a message from the geth. It said to Get to the shuttle so Glesur yelled " Simulation off."

All the enemies vanished and a way was painted out to the exit." Got a message from the Geth. We arrived in system we are going to the shuttle.

[RainTheifAustin]

Yerin received a message, said message contained the order to meet at the shuttle, which Yerin proceeded to do immediately. He prepped himself and then sat within the Shuttle, awaiting the others.