The Keeper’s face remained motionless; most likely due to the lack of facial muscles, but there was a sense of sternness behind this Keeper, a self-sufficient sense of confidence.
“Come with me please.” The Sah’shi spoke, leading the group past the terminals that flickered from red to blue as the Reaper continued to speak.
“Organics, hear me well for this is my only offer. Allow my presence into the vault, and you shall take your place by my side. As the last of your dying race, you can help shape the future of all galactic species. The Keepers are proof that I keep to my word.” Chimera spoke, his voice rumbling throughout the halls.
The Keeper, rather in rejection, agreed to the Reaper’s words.
“He is indeed correct. The chances of your race surviving this cycle are unlikely… and he gave us the same offer over two hundred cycles ago, and we’re still here today. It would be wise to accept if personal survival is your goal.” Sha’shi spoke, his voice unmoving.
Alex stepped forward, his hand in a solid fist.
“We’re not accepting any offer from that monster.” He yelled, his voice ripening with passion.
“Very well… It’s a shame we can’t take all this data with us. We only have enough time to download one data cache before we are overrun.”
Sha’shi moved over to a large holo-screen, on it the clear blueprints of a Reaper.
“Our first option is the most obvious… we designed the body of the Reaper... while we did our best to perfect its design, there are numerous weak spots we can exploit.”
After typing, the screen changed to a large foundry station, much larger than the Citadel.
“The next is Chimera’s personal foundry known as the Reaper’s Heart. Here he has unthinkable production capabilities. Its current location is unknown, but this is the full layout, access tunnels and such.”
Again, typing Sha’shi changed the image to the Citadel. However, to start it looks as normal, but suddenly sections of it swipe in from the sides, adding to its overall structure which looked fierce indeed.
“Your final choice is to unlock the Citadel’s combat form. The Citadel was designed to be a modular unit, capable of adapting quickly. We have spent many cycles designing a battle form that would be capable of withholding attacks from Reaper forces and capable of destroying them. As long as it is supported of course.”