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Shit Vegans say

idlehands said
I'm sure you arrange a lovely fruit plate.

"Oh just fruit?"

Trust me I've heard it before

Shit Vegans say

idlehands said
It's very sad and non delicious.

My mind really exploads when they start asking for gluten free vegan desserts with no added sugar

Shit Vegans say

idlehands said
It's very sad and non delicious.

My mind really exploads when they start asking for gluten free vegan desserts with no added sugar

Shit Vegans say

idlehands said
What is left for them to eat at a Mediterranean restaurant?!

I can do pretty good vegan risotto, but what's the fun in risotto with out copious amounts of butter and cheese

Shit Vegans say

I'm a chef , so I hold extra hate for vegans. I work at restaurant where we cook Mediterranean food, we always have at least two or three vegetarian options for entrees and plenty of appetizers on our menu and some of these can be prepared vegan, no big deal.

What bothers me is most of the vegan/vegitarian crowd always seems to have every other dietary restriction and then about the lack of options. It's not my fault that Mediterranean food is loaded with fish, veal, lamb, pork, beef,cheese, butter, cream , shell fish, etc and you want ask vegan gluten free 100% organic dish with no nightshades onions or garlic while the two cooks have at least a dozen other things cooking don't want to stop and make something else

If your at all sensitive about food you shouldn't eat out. I don't do it but I've seen plenty of kitchens where the secret to that great vegetarian soup or burger is a little chicken base they forgot to tell ya about :-D

Mass Effect: Spectre Strike Force

Mads took a deep breath and blew into the trumpet in his hands, the speakers through out his citadel apartment blaring 20th century earth music he had grown to love called jazz. The music grew into a great crescendo that was interrupted by the chiming of the door. He set down the instrument and used his omni tool to shut off the sound system and went to the door. The door slid open and his former commanding officer Captain Solen.

"Ah Captain I wasn't expecting you this early, good to see you." Mads smiled, and invited his friend into the apartment.

"Mads Tao, it's good to see you my friend. Your looking well. Your meeting with the council today have you thought about the offer?"

"Spectre status or a relocation to some backwater colony under an assumed identy and live out my days as space traffic controller. Not much of a choice Captain--"

The captains voice was stern "Wrill was black ops. You knew the risks. Upon capture STG disavows knowledge of the agents involved. I pulled every string I could for a rescue mission. STG refused--"

"But all that work with the Krogan, Udveks Ling is still at large--"

"Tao! I submitted you for the Spectres to save your life. Lira Vies agreed to save you after I pleaded, showed her your STG service record, gunning for you to lead your own command at STG before the mission was lost. Spectre status prestigious. Shame for a for an expert field agent to rot in a Krogan torture cell.... or in an air traffic control office "

"Solan my friend, don't worry I know. My life was STG, Company man, I was ready to die in that cell for the cause. These past few weeks have been, difficult I've needed time."

"Time is up Mads Tao. I'm glad you accepted the offer was worried the Krogan might have dampened your spirits. Before we meet with the Council STG has a send off for you." Captain Solan waved his hand through the air, a drone came in the he room with an equipment crate in tow. "Tech armor STG prototype, biased on 'acquired' Alliance tech. An Independent battery system from kinetic barriers generator allows for increased protection and detonation wut only has enough charge for three detonations and the lower the batteries the weaker the armor. Batteries must be charged again from external power source unfortunately."

"Would have been useful on Wrill,"

"Will be useful as a Spectre, must procure your own gear I understand. My friend I also thought you could use this." The captain pulled a small side arm of his belt and it it in Taos hand "current model Paladin- those alliance techs produce a good pistol."

"Thank you sir." Mads Tao shook his friends hand, a reminder binged on his omni tool, " the council awaits, we should go."

The two Salarians headed out of the apartment complex and to the local transportation hub, several moments later a sky cab arrived and they made there way to the citadel tower. Captain Solan shook his hand wished him wished him luck and headed off to the observation area.

Mads made his way up the stairs to the councils chamber. He was being assigned to a task force of new Spectres but a Geth unit was the last thing he expecting. "Ah Mads Tao, I take it you have considered our offer," the Asari representative said welcoming him to the the chambers.

" I have and would graciously accept."

"Your records with STG show your a fine solider, who sacrificed yourself to complete the mission. It would be an honor to assign you to our new Spectre task force. Once the crew arrives well brief you on your assignment, this Geth unit is Phalanx and will be part of the task force."

There was no time for Mads to greet the AI, another Spectre or Spectre candidate had arrived....

....

Galen Kaiser defiantly had a reputation. Mads was a shocked by the Turian, not at all what he was expecting: over an hour late to the council chambers and smelling of Turian brandy. Mads wasn't sure if this wildcard of a Superior and he would get along

Mass Effect: Spectre Strike Force

So I was reading your intro post Vandy and had a question.

You said there is a crew of 150, that to me seems like way to many people. The first two normandys were both small frigates, no where near enough room for that many people, according to the wiki the SR 2 was only about 200 meters nose to tail with 5 decks with a crew of about 30 including the squad at least in me2.

Mass Effect: Spectre Strike Force

Yay,I'm already kinda working on my intro post, if it doesn't fit, I might add some of it to Mads' bio if it doesn't quite fit with where we start out

Mass Effect: Spectre Strike Force

Room for one more?

Mads Tao

Name: Mads Tao
Race: Salarian

Age: 22
Weight: 85lbs
Height: 4'11"

Appearance: Mads Tao is fairly average salarian, Grayish green skin and large black and blue eyes. His armor is a slightly modified STG variant produced by Aegor Munitions colored in a tan and brown camouflage pattern.

Personality: In many ways Mads Tao is the atypical salarian, Fast thinking, fast moving, fast talking often interrupting or mumbling to himself while others are talking. He served 8 years in STG and was very much the company man. Assigned to a project monitoring Krogan growth post genophage, over the years he has grown to dislike the race and most members of it seeing them as brutes still high on a war that ended over 50 years ago. This was increased by his last mission which resulted in 2 month of imprisonment and torture by a small renegade Krogan clan. This has darkened his mood made him a more cynical man. But does enjoy his down time music especially. He plays over a dozen different instruments from all over the galaxy.

Class:Sentinel

Powers and abilities

STG tech specialist-
Weapon training-basic weapon training with most weapon types but especially skilled with pistols and small low-recoil shotguns.
Hacking-no real experience hacking AIs or robotic automatons,but very skilled with hacking security systems. Mads received specialized training infiltrating Krogan Military networks.
Offensive tech- along with a good omni blade app, Mads Tao keeps a good portion of his omni-tools storage with offensive virus designed to overload kinetic barriers, overheat weapons, or if he's lucky overloading the enemy's omni tool causing a neural shock.
Defensive tech- STG 'explosive' tech armor- omni tool controlled holographic shield that boost the effectiveness of the equipped kinetic barriers. These are powered by a battery that has enough power for three powerful detonations, each detonation decreases the effectiveness of the tech armor and once used three times the tech armor requires hours to recharge to be used again.

Biotics-
Mads Tao is not a very strong biotic even by salarian standards, but still uses his powers fairly effectively in combat.
Lifting or throwing an enemy isn't out of the question but a determined or charging Krogan could be a problem. A large shockwave is out of the question but he has the power to knock someone down. Barriers and warp fields seem to be hard for him to maintain, however Mads has been known to use his biotic powers to charge the enemy in tandem with his tech armor.

Biography:
His biotic potential was noticed when he was a young child on Sur'Kesh, and was put into early STG train and began operating as an agent at 14 in a small cell of sociologists and military agents who monitored Krogan expansion in the DMZ and the worlds sanctioned to the Krogan after The Reaper War. The KRUC seemed to be doing its best at controlling the populations, however not all clans were joining and those that did we're not in agreement with the KRUC Leadership.

While monitoring population growth and Krogan attitude to the council races, Mads tao's unit discovered planed pirate raids on long haul supply ships and shady mercenary groups some tied to the KRUC but never tight enough to draw in politicians. His captain sympathized with the Krogan and gave them the benefit of the doubt. Tao started out this way but over 8 years of assignments grew to dislike most Krogan, and it seemed there work brought them with some of the worst of the species.

One independent clan became the main focus of Tao's unit, Clan Udveks, A strong warrior clan who were present at both on Palaven and Earth during The Reaper War. After an argument with Urdnot Wrex/wrev?, Udveks Ling the clan leader left Tuchanka for good heading to Wrill taking with him several fertile females and gathering much of the local Krogan population support for the expansion of the empire including a large groups of Bloodpack mercs. Ling was proving to be dangerous and Taos group began focusing here efforts to monitor Clan Udveks. A three year black ops mission began monitoring traffic on the ungoverned planet of Wrill and performing hit and run raids on Krogan and Vorcha targets.

The small crew of salarians had several losses during this time and was eventually cut down to three, Mads Tao, the munitions specialist, and the XO. And late one evening it they found it. It was barley a blip in the static but it was enough. The commanding officer noticed it first, a strange signal on the planets communication network, that was almost hidden too well. when the group decoded the transmission they discovered something horrible. Ling had gotten ahold of cloning technology and imprinting technology that created Urdont Grunt developed by Dr. Okeer.

In the cloning facility he had striped the eggs from fertile women then fertilizing the embryos and using the clinging tech and imprinting to advance the age. The next decoded data pack showed the horrors, not only were a third of the females dieing during the egg harvesting process, but gestation was only taking 4 weeks. A trained Krogan army in matter of months.

Rigging an explosive and sneaking it into the base seemed easy. The XO brought in the shuttle and the munitions officer loaded charges and detonator into packs, and Mads Tao and the munitions expert began moving out. A air vent on the roof was an easy access. They climbed through the air ducts and dropped into the unoccupied cloning center 6 large chambers in ythe room each with juvenile Krogan clones growing inside. "You set the charges Tao, I'll prep the detonator."

He was setting the fourth charge when it happened. BAM! Then an electric hiss of kinetic barriers dropping. Mads looked over his shoulder the munitions expert lay dead on the ground. Clean headshot right through the sheilds. The Krogan guard had moved too fast, Mads missed. The Krogan grabbed a metal table in the he center of the room and threw it at Mads. He reached out grabbed the table with his biotics and redirected it toward a row of the cloning pods. Glass and the fluid in two of the cloning chambers crashed to the ground the clones gasping for life but appeared to be dying rather quickly

"No" the guard screamed and charged at Mads. Upon impact his tech armor detonated both men flewe to opposite ends of the room. Mads jumped to the center of the room grabbing the detonator from his dead friends hands and flipped the switch, the four charges exploded, glass metal, cloning fluid and bits of cloned Krogan flew across the room. Smoke filled the air and Mads made a break for the door, but as he turned he hit something hard...Krogan armor. His eyes looked up Udveks Ling.

A quick jump back and mads opened a comm line, "Commander, mission accomplished cancel evac, situation FUBAR" and detonated his tech armor again

Ling just laughed as he reached down and grabbed the salarian by the neck "Look what we got here boys, a new punching bag" the last thing Mads saw was a Krogan fist headed to his face.

The salarian awoke in a cage somewhere in the bowls of a the Krogan base, here he was beat and electrocuted daily for information Mads gave false info snide remarks. As far as the Krogan knew he was a c-sec officer tracking down leads on illegal cloning tech. It took 8 weeks before a the rescue came. Mads was sitting in his cell and the Krogan guard was taunting him with his rations on the other side of the kinetic barrier. Then a burst of blue and the Krogan went flying a second burst of mass effect energy and the krogans screams were silenced.

"Mads Tao?" The Asari asked as she looked in the cell.

"Hmmm... Asari, not what I expected. Let me guess... Spectre? This was STG black ops. Wasn't expecting extraction. Told commander abandon evac plans. Mission accomplished--"

The Asari shook her head"We can talk or get out of here. Let's just say the council didn't like the idea of someone with Okeers tech producing an army. And your XO pulled some strings to recover you."

Upon returning to the citadel he was offered retirement from STG and a position in the Spectre program