Mass Effect: Aftermath

[Nobudi]

Maruu sat quietly, mulling things over. Hopefully, things would work out.
There's really nothing wrong with sending a Spectre or two extra on a single mission, was there?

[Alaena]

Lorielle

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The remaining handful of pirates surrender or otherwise don't resist you, in fear of being added to the body count on the bridge. The missile salvo hits the frontside of the Krogan battleship. As the hundreds of pounds of ordnance strikes the shields, they break down after taking such a large direct hit, letting some of the missiles hit the hull directly.

A plume of fire erupts from the side of the ship when the final missiles make contact. Fortunately, it looks like the ship still has power and it looks like no Krogans are being vacuumed out to space.

At that moment, over the comms, the helmsman relays, "We're okay, captain. But... we ain't moving until we fix some things."

Zax says, "Roger that. Then get on it. The pirates are all dead."

Seemingly not worried about his ship being stranded on space, Zax hits you in the shoulder. Though it was meant to be playful, the Krogan doesn't really know his own strength against humans, and the blow stings.

"Good job, Spectre. I wasn't expecting too much, but you really fucked these bastards in the ass. As for my ship... I'm gonna have to ask you a favor. It's not far to Mars and I'll give you the crew to fly this thing, in return, I ride with and I can get some help for my own beat-up ride. How about it?"

Jalisa

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You spank and thrust into the eager cock hungry bottom that continues to squeeze and massage your huge shaft as it plunges in and out of his rectum. It's not long before you feel another body shaking orgasm rolling in and you order him to orgasm. At this point, he buries his head in your breasts and bounces against your dick with all of his strength in tune with each of your thrusts. He whimpers and moans as he feels the first warm spurt from your cock shoot inside of his ass. This seems to be enough to finish him off as he gasps and cries out, "Oh god, fuck yes! I want all your cum!"

His cock shoots a much smaller load than before, smaller than your first and second one, over your stomach and between your breasts. Four thin ropey strings of seed shoot out from his cock and a few more droplets drip out over your abs.

As you relish in your afterglow and passively ask him for his name, your cock slowly slides out of his ass with a wet plop. Once it does he gets up and immediately moves down to clean off your cock with his mouth. He deepthroats it for a few seconds while his tongue circles the head and the shaft. Afterwards, he licks your belly, your cleavage, and your tits clean of any droplets of his own cum.

When he finishes, he gives one last kiss to the head of your softening cock and says, "Matthew is my name, mistress... Mattie is okay too."

Jacobs watches your taut ass as you get out of bed. You get in the shower and do your best to wash away the strong smell of sweat and sex emanating from you. When you get out, your message has already received a reply, from the XO Asari named Keleen.

I appreciate you asking, Spectre, but if you want him, take him. You're authority is absolute. A headsup is nice too though. I wouldn't want to think somehow one of my NCOs went missing in space.

You let Jacobs know to get ready to follow you and he grins and says, "With pleasure, mistress. I'll get my things."

He doesn't bother to shower, not here at least, and he quickly gets dressed. He also gives you a slight show, slowly pulling up his boxers, stopping just beneath his ass cheeks to emphasize their roundness. You can see your handprints on his ass, still taking time to fade from the squeezing and spanking you did. On top of that, you see a river of your jizz trickling from his ass down the inside of his thigh.

Taking his time to show off, he eventually gets dressed and just before he heads out, he says, "I'll meet you at the hangar, mistress... erm, shall I call you that, even in public?"

Lena, Maruu

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Over the radio, the same voice responds, "Thank god. I didn't want to have to deal with any reinforcements."

After hearing his voice a second time, you notice he has a german accent, though his name, Kruger Anselm, might've also given away his heritage.

"The building is about 5 kilometers north of your current position. We're pinned down in Japantown. Cerberus spotted us on a recon... we weren't aware they had aerial drone capability. For now, we're hidden, but they're crawling all over us. On top of that, we know they have some light armor rolling around the streets outside."

He pauses for a moment before saying, "If we play this right, this is the perfect opportunity. Not holed up in their fortress. Exposed to attack. We can make the assault way easier. On the other hand, we have a mission we swore to get done... I wouldn't blame you for abandoning us, but if you do, their forces at their HQ is probably half-staffed at best right now and won't be expecting attack. I understand how you Spectres work, and I know you'll do whatever you think is best."

Leaving the decision hanging in the air, you're left to your own thoughts. Splitting up would likely hurt your chances of succeeding at either course of action significantly. The N7 team knew the risks when they took the mission and signed up for the part of the Alliance forces usually given 'impossible' missions.

Asanna

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(STR Roll 9)
(Biotic Roll - 14)

You try to force the hatch open and find the lock to be a bit too strong to be bruted open. However, it does shake and rattle and you knew this wasn't a magnetic lock, meaning there was hope. Your eyes glow blue and you focus your biotic strength to rattle it open. The steel bends and twists before finally yanking upwards. The hatch could be closed again, but anyone looking for abnormalities would certainly give the now slightly twisted piece of metal a once over.

You see a ladder directly under the hatch and following it downward, you arrive at a metal walkway wrapping around the entire undercarriage of the starport. It was likely just for maintenance, as you guessed. From here, however, you get a rather good view of Illium.

You see nothing but skyscrapers pushing to the very clouds themselves. Beneath those, shorter buildings cover every inch of the planet's surface. The buildings are all very clearly Asari made, with an occasional Human corporation standing out. Some of the buildings were damaged or scarred, indicating a street war. It was no mystery to put together that this dictator Valime Janeren has kept everyone in line with force and other things.

You only have one way to go from here, and that's to follow the catwalk. You do just that for a few hundred yards until you come to another ladder, with a hatch at the top. You could try to get out here, but the walkway also continues if you wish to go farther before climbing out.

Holli

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(Hacking Roll 19)
(Luck Roll 1)

You use your omnitool and find their network right away. You encounter some simple military encryption, but nothing you haven't broken into before. Within a few minutes, you gain access to their digital and radio communications. Now, you're free to listen to them as you please and discern whatever information they might give you.

As you do this, you hear someone clearing their throat behind you. You think it might just be that, until it happens again. Someone wanted your attention.

You turn and see an Asari, nearly a foot taller than you, and wearing heavy armor. On her back, you see a high grade shotgun and an equally expensive pistol on her hip. Her skin is a very deep blue color, much darker than most Asari you've seen.

She looks at you, expectantly, but you're not sure what she expects, until she announces it.

"Human, are you rebellious or ignorant? Neither will bode well for you. Since I think you're cute, I'll assume the latter. New law demands all Female Humans must drop to their knees when addressed by their Asari betters before entering conversation."

Disobeying her now might cause a scene and there were other soldiers nearby, even if chose to fight her. She seems to only want to 'talk' to you, so far, and you might learn something valuable. Then again, killing her might get the attention of any resistance members and make it easier to contact them, if you were confident you could escape the soldiers in the area.

Li Sin

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Lieutenant Quintus clears his throat and says, "The Krogan here is Chief Engineer Urdnot Rogle."

He was dark-hued with streaks of green and barely fit his uniform. As expected of a Krogan, he was nothing but muscle from head to toe with the slight hunch that all members of his species have. His eyes, predatory and lizard-like, meet yours as the XO introduces him. The clan name, 'Urdnot' indicated he was from the leading clan of Krogans on Tuchanka.

"This is Chief Steward Diana Lesley."

Chief Lesley was in charge of supplies and logistics. She looked to be about the same age as you. She has bright blonde hair that doesn't look that long, but just long enough to keep it tied back in a small ponytail, as mandated by military conduct. She has gorgeous hazel eyes that don't hesitate to meet yours. Lesley seems to carry a certain palpable amount of confidence around her.

"And finally, Chief Officer Nereen Aldeya."

The final commanding crewman is an Asari. Despite her gorgeous blue skin, you notice a few small scars on her face. She may be the most experienced one here and she was more or less a staff officer who was supposed to keep everyone in line and see the captain's orders through.

Each officer salutes you as their name is called out. If they had any thoughts or emotions they wanted to share, it wasn't clear in the least on their currently emotionless faces.

Lieutenant Quintus introduces the lesser officers under each Chief, but the names aren't terribly relevant going forward. You know the chain of command, and it would be impolite to overstep any of the people who were just introduced, unless you had to.

Drax

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You feel her ass clench against you everytime you groped her tits, or spanked her ass. She seemed to want you to use and abuse every inch of her. There was little doubt this woman was a masochist and loved the feeling of being destroyed by Krogan cock and muscles. Her belly was already bloated with the first massive load and before long, you're ready to give her another.

You roar out and grab her fleshy tits and thick ass as you paint her insides white. A moaning, incoherent mess, she whimpers and climaxes again on your cock as you deposit yet another load inside. Somehow, her belly balloons slightly more from the massive amount of semen in each Krogan ejaculation.

She eagerly receives your tongue as you lean in to kiss her, while your softening cock remains firmly planted in her butt. Your tongue dominates the kiss, being a bit bigger than hers, but she eagerly receives you. Her arms wrap around your muscled form and pull you against her body as much as possible.

Captain Erin Tallon breaks the kiss for a moment to say, "Fuck, you came gallons... What am I supposed to do with all this jizz?'

She gives her stomach a pat.

Kel, Runa, Jalisa

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The time until arrival passes rather quickly and before long, you see what must be Thessia herself out the windows at the helm. An announcement comes on over the Shadowborn's P.A. system.

"Arriving at Thessia momentarily. I repeat, arrival to Thessia is imminent. Shore leave of 1 hour will be permitted to all who are off-duty."

The planet gets bigger and bigger, mostly blue in color like Earth, as the Shadowborne enters high orbit. It would only be mere minutes until the ship was docked and you could address the civil issues plaguing Thessia. If you had anything you wanted to do or anyone you wanted to talk to on the ship before you go, now would be the time to do it, in case the Shadowborne departed by direction of another Spectre.

Kashi intro

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The galaxy was broken after the Reaper War and is still being put back together two decades later. Most of the major relays have been repaired for the last 6 years and galactic commerce was resuming with a limp.

You were recruited by the Council for Spectreship due to your exceptional career soldiering. You stood out among the Quarian people as a powder keg. Despite your questionable lack of control, the Council was still interested in giving you a shocking amount of authority. Maybe they needed a sledgehammer right now and you were qualified enough to certify.

You were inducted into the Spectres at the Citadel Council Hall in the Presidium. The ceremony was a bit brief, but it did have an audience who applauded afterwards. A Human was inducted at the same time, apparently her name was Li Sin. She doesn't waste any time after you're both authorized as Spectres to arming herself, checking the issues demanding Spectre attention, and departing before you can have two words with her.

That leaves you here, in the Spectre armory. Despite taking your weapons and armor away, what is in the Spectre armory is wholly disappointing. They have stock grade Katana MK1 shotguns, nothing special about it other than its reliability and inexpensiveness. They have assault rifles, sniper rifles, pistols, and sub-machine guns, but again, all seem to be of the same maker who focused on cost-effectiveness and reliability.

On the wall opposite of the weapon racks and the firing range is the Spectre terminal. Here you can see the most pressing issues demanding a Spectre's attention. (check first post of OOC thread)

It seems your free to pick which one you want to address first, though some are difficult enough to require more than one Spectre's attention.

[MelissaB]

Enjoying the way he cleans her body with his tongue, lapping the cum and slime from her cock and body makes her almost treasure this as much as he does. "Who knew humans were so slutty." She giggles before watching him get dressed, teasing her with his ass as he pulls his underwear up over it slowly. "Careful before I make you wear something that will let me fuck your cute little butt while you wear it." She warns with a wink before pulling him into a kiss as he calls her mistress once more. "Jalisa or Spectre will do for public." She states and grips his cock, giving it a squeeze before sending him on his way. "See you there Mattie." She giggles before checking her messages. reading it she smiles and nods before sending a message back. 'Just because I can take something doesn't mean I shouldn't ask.' She states in the message before sending it off for her.

Smiling she enters the lift and takes it back up to the bridge and meets up with her two companions she elft alone while she had a little catch up with Jacobs. "Hey you two. Looks like we're getting some help from a marine, could be useful to us." She states though that use might be a cum hungry cock loving slut she leaves unspoken. Standing with them with a happy smile on her face she watches them come to Thessia. As the ship prepares to dock she taps Kel and Runa and motions them along. "Come on... to the hanger and the airlock then." She states giving them a smile and a little swagger to her step as she sways her hips, brimming with confidence only one can have from having a lover scream how much they want you moments prior.

Moving along she keeps the elevator waiting on the turian and human before selecting the hanger's floor. Humming happily during the trip down she smiles before looking to the pair. "So what did you two do while we waited?" She asks with a grin and a bright smile before the doors ping open. Stepping out she stretches and checks her gear before waving Matthew Jacobs over to join them. "Kel, Runa this is Jacobs, he'll be joining us on our trip to Thessia." She introduces the spectres to her little slutty marine.

[An Ying Hu]

Asanna quickly and quietly closes the hatch above her, giving a brief consideration to the potentially suspicious alterations she made to the metal. Deciding that the time spent to try and fix them would be wasted, she proceeded down the walkaway hurryingly. The view of Illium coloured familiar lines in her mind, despite the rather obvious marks of conflict, it remained largely the same on the outside, but that was not what mattered. Somewhere in there, her target was waiting, and she intended to go through and find her.

There was only one way forward and she followed it until she came across the ladder. It would have been wise to explore more of this secluded place but considering that anyone could notice the twisted hatch right now, it was oppositely unwise to linger. Should someone come through here right now, it would have been blatantly obvious as to who was responsible.

The Asari climbed the ladder swiftly, then glanced at this new hatch. If anything, seeing it from below would make it more clear as to how succesful she could be in opening it. Just like before, she would try it by hand first, and then proceed with biotics to twist it open if that failed.

Only if rotten luck is upon me, I'd have to find another way up, she thought with a light sight before proceeding to do as she had planned.

[lilgrunt1]

Kashi was only thinking to herself during the ceremony about why she was a spectre why would they need a hammer for these jobs? she then smiled cause she thought who cares a new challenge awaits, time for her to grab her gear and pick a new mission . Kashi walks up to the terminal looking at the missions humming to herself she's looking for one that didn't involve Krogan but she'd love to have something with Asari and a need for force . Kashi eventually finds a mission she wants on illium . "Oh Illium I love it there , I really need a vacation." she selects the illium mission and begins to gear up and walk around the facility trying to find a shuttle. "I'm still pissed about you guys confiscating my M99 saber ." she said aloud.

After she was done with the armory she goes to the mess hall to see what they had to pack some food for her trip.

[MASigma]

Runa glanced towards Jalisa as she returned, though rose a brow at the mention of a marine helping them out, wondering who it was, before figuring she'd find out," Well it'll be nice to have another soldier on this mission to assist," she replied with a they slowly arrived upon Thessia, following after Jalisa while finding herself forced to look away from the way the alien beauty was swaying her hips so temptingly. Once in the elevator she let out a light sigh at the question aimed her way," Not much to be honest, merely looked over the other missions available out of curiosities sake", she replied with until the door pinged, revealing Matthew to them,"... I see, welcome aboard then", Runa replied with a blank expression, recalling him as the Marina that Jalisa had slipped off with.

[FragranceofMtDew]

Tapping into the Asari's communications is another fairly simple matter. This is almost going too well for her... Just as Holli is thinking that she hears someone clearing their throat behind her and turns to see the Asari guard looming over her. Had she been caught? No, if that were true she'd at least be held at gun point. She wasn't sure what the guard wanted but she seemed to be waiting for something.

Holli tilted her head slightly in confusion as she looked up at the Asari. The explanation she received was even stranger than she expected. Human women were expected to kneel before Asari here? How absurd... but picking a fight here might be more trouble than it's worth. Holli would be at a disadvantage in such close quarters and there were plenty of reinforcements around.

Deciding it's better to resolve this peacefully if possible, Holli does as she is told and drops to her knees. "Ah... My apologies... I've only just recently arrived here you see..." She quietly replies, staring up at the Asari now towering over her. She keeps her hands at her sides so that she can quickly draw her pistol if need be.

[Lorielle]

Valery rubs the spot on her shoulder where she now most likely bruised, but none the less everything was successful, minimal losses on the krogan side, they didnt lose probably one of the only warships they had and she was still on her way to a mission zone. "Mars huh? Well that works for me, hope you like killing cerberus."

Valery smiles as she finally gets around to replying to the message the spectre has sent her. "You're free to proceed with the mission on Earth, i've got a free ride to mars and i intend to use it as well as a Krogan platoon behind me, If im still mopping things up on mars feel free to help."

Turning to Zax, the spectre shares the relevant mission data about mars, assuming he wishes to help her. "Mars is one of the last strongholds, if we're lucky theres gonna be a lot of salvage as well as cerberus take you can plunder, if you and your men help me out you can get half of whatever we find down there, one big stipend is though is that the base remains in tact, I'll try my best to reason with the remnants, but you're my support deal?"
[changing mission to Remnants of Cerberus]

[Albedo28]

Kel nodded to the Asari as she returned, smiling at her questions, "Just waited a bit, doted on my current favorite human, and did my best not to piss anyone off. Honestly, this ship still makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. Might get more used to it in the days to come, might just be off doing other things for the most of it, we'll see." He shrugs before moving to the airlock and meeting their new companion. He nodded to the marine before coughing a bit. "Hope you've got some practical skills aside from combat, I think we could use another pair of hands with a more technical ability since I'm mostly just a gunman." he says to the man patting him on the back as he tries and fails to be friendly to the human. A part of him a bit put off that the male couldn't have been from any other species. "Let's go visit the justicars first then and try to convince them we're not in their way, yeah? They're the ones that are more likely to fry us without asking questions if we chat with their opponents." he offers to his fellow spectres.

[MASigma]

Runa fought back a blush over his praise of her, unsure how to react to being called his favorite human," Yes well... with that in mind we should get ready to leave the ship", she noted, now a bit curious over Kel's apparent reaction to Matthew, wondering why he seemed so... awkward around the man,"... unless there's anything else we need to do before we embark on our mission?", she questioned, aiming it at both Kel and Jalisa to answer.

[Albedo28]

Kel looks down at his armor, places a hand upon his weapons and then shrugs, "I'm ready to leave whenever the rest of you are. Let's get things on the road before someone tries to get the ship out of Thessia and off to one of the other needy sections of the universe." He laughs to himself before shaking his head. Moving closer to Runa he wraps a hand around her and lets it rest upon her hip as he hums and looks down at the shorter human. "Need some help getting dressed for battle? I'd love to be of assistance. Won't even hold you up this time. Promise." He states with a smirk.

[HarleyLocal605]

Before communicating any intentions over, Lena looks over to Maruu, "I'm too bias for this decision, being from Earth and from the N7, so i really lean towards helping these guys out. I'm with you either way you want to call this, but because I'm so biased, I'll let you make the decision. If we do help them, I do have an idea in mind in dealing with the forces surrounding these guys that I'd be happy to provide with the intel we've been given so far. Of course the Cerberus forces surrounding the N7 team would definitely not be expecting us, so that already gives us a tactical advantage."

[Nicoffee]

Daniel assessed the situation as he walked in, taking in the glances and and what not from all the other humans. In part, he had hoped that, being human and all, he'd be able to slip by mostly undetected into this place, it quickly became evident that wasn't really the case. He wondered why, I mean, it's not like everyone here reminded each other from face, right? I mean, what feature of him could stand out so much that- Oh right, mechanical arm. Daniel facepalmed, disappointed in himself, he should have probably at least tried to keep the thing a little bit less exposed. Oh, whatever, cat was out of the bag now, so there was no point. At least he still had his humanity to help out blending in.

The spectre smiled at the mention of free drinks for one night, though a bit suspicious that just today happened to be the day he showed up. He glanced down at the drink, playfully sticking a finger in and swirling it about before he glanced over at the bartender. "Thanks." Daniel spoke back, smiling at the tender. "Is it a special occasion for the first drink to be free? There weren't any holidays today, as far as I knew." He shrugged, then figuring he might as well ask the bartender, they tend to be the go-to for this sort of stuff, anyways. "I'm looking for information. On a Turian. He was a regular here...Given the clientele, I'm pretty sure you know who I'm talking about."

[Nobudi]

Maruu stared at Lena blankly for a moment. What was up with all the bias all of a sudden?
Collecting her thoughts, she thought of the situation. A force that was divided, with good opportunities to go either way. However, since one side provided reinforcements capable of helping them, perhaps it was in their favor to challenge it on first. But maybe...

"How good are you with running over Cerberus operatives and vehicular combat?" she asked a bit cheekily. "The way I see things, you can take the Mako and thin out their numbers with half the N7 while I take the other half and the building's systems while they're blindsided. What do you think?"

[Meep Meepersons]

Marna snaps to attention and makes sure all her gear is secure and her body secure in her seat. As Sillia makes her plan known Marna just nods in agreement. "I don't mind that plan! And I agree with the not getting blown apart bit!" She exclaims, not particularly liking their situation, but not really bothered by it. She'd lived through worse, somehow. Maybe it was just dumb luck? Hopefully her luck hadn't ran out just yet. "I got faith in our pilot, what little I have left that is!" She exclaims, grinning stupidly to cope with the situation.

[HarleyLocal605]

"I don't mean to brag, but I'm a fucking pro when it comes to a Mako. Little secret, the propulsion jets on it are great for crushing anyone who has the bright idea to poke their head out for any top mounted guns," Lena said with a grin clearly showing her sadist intentions towards Cerberus. "Now they are all currently holed up in that building, so if i take out their light armor first, and start going after their ground troops, that should cause enough of a force redirection for them to slip out some soldiers to join you. Mind you, that may cause some alert at the base, but the division of forces should be enough to still overwhelm them. But I am definitly in favor of this course of action. If you are able to take their aerial drone capability fairly simultaneously, they would cripple them on both fronts."

Lena replied a transmission over to Kruger, "So, here's a plan i want to run past you. If i hit their light armor and start a panic in front of that building you are holed up in, would you be able to slip some of your guys out the back to rush their HQ with Spectre Maruu? We bite into their battle there while Maruu knocks out their aerial recon, and we Kansas City shuffle them? Make em look left while we go right, and fuck em on both fronts?"

[Alaena]

Jalisa, Kel, Runa

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Lance Corporal Matthew Jacobs nods at Kel and Runa when Jalisa introduces him. He's about average height for a human and he wears medium combat armor. On his back is a Katana MK1 shotgun and a pistol at his side. He has a strong chin and blonde hair. He clearly works out and is mostly muscle from head to toe.

"It's a pleasure to be working for Jalisa and with other Spectres... I have combat and technical training. I won't slow you down."

The three of you chit-chat as you proceed to the hangar airlock. It was strange that you weren't using the bridge level airlock, which could only mean there was no intact star port to connect to. The doors open and the ramp drops to the ground and before your eyes is Thessia.



Where once the majestic planet would've looked like this, it looks like a tattered remnant of greatness. Many of the buildings have been toppled, some have been torn completely in half, and others are burnt out, leaving only charred steel ferro-concrete. The diversity of smells range between sweat, blood, and smog, like a low-grade urban world, unlike old Thessia which had scent-drones patrolling the sky to give it a deceptively better aroma. Despite this, there are crowds of people walking around, all of which are Asari. The landing of the Shadowbourne draws eyes from the crowds who seem to be working on a half dozen different buildings. Right as you step off the ship, however, you're approached by a few Asari who seem to be heavily armed law enforcement officers.

"Your ship checks out as Council navy... Spectres."

The officer pauses before saying, "What can I help you find?"

Asanna

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(Luck Roll - 15)

You climb the ladder and intend to get out of the service deck by this hatch. Fortunately, you find the latch to detach the steel sliding lock on this side. You slide it to the left and swing the opening lever and easily push the hatch open. You climb up into a fairly empty, but open, area. You find yourself in what appears to be a club attached to the star port. You come out right in the middle of the dance floor, and a bar and a half dozen tables are directly to your left while sealed double doors are directly to your right.

The place is completely empty. It's likely this is one of the businesses that went under when the economy crashed. You don't hear a single sound inside the bar for a moment... until you hear giggling and glasses hitting a table. The sound is coming from a separate room attached to the bar, possibly a former VIP room.

You could investigate who's here, but nothing's stopping you from finding a way out silently as well.

Kashi

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Luck Roll - 5

You search the Citadel Docks, searching for a shuttle capable of taking you to your destination. You comb the docks for more than an hour, unable to find one going to your destination or is willing to change course, until you come across what is clearly a Blood Pack mercenary ship. It couldn't have more than a dozen Krogan and Vorcha, but you see a handful of them outside, loading the ship.

They see you right away and one of them whistles, "Quarian girl... Looking for a good time? ride with us. You'll have a lot of fun."

The way they look at you left little mystery as to what type of 'ride' he was offering, but he might be going to where you need if you think you can handle it.

Holli

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The Asari's somewhat agitated look twists into a grin, one with a slight sadistic nature behind it. She says, "Just got here? Really. I wonder how you did that without being brought to the Queen. I bet you're a clever girl, aren't you?"

You see two other soldiers, possibly her body guards, take position next to you, eyes looking you over. Both also seem to be Asari. All three are heavily armed, but the woman in charge stands out with her red armor and her gait of complete confidence. The one in charge steps forward and detaches her crotch plate. Underneath is an incredibly thin thong, bulging out around the crotch. You could tell there was a massive Asari cock underneath.

The commander says, "I like clever girls. My duty is to take you to the Queen, but you're sexy. If you do exactly as I say, I'll let you go, and none will be the wiser."

Lena, Maruu

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You quickly receive a response from N7 commander Kruger.

"If you want to spread yourself thin for us, we won't argue. They have us surrounded right now. Just be careful. They might be scumbags, but Cerberus aren't stupid."

After a pause, he communicates again, "We have a few heavy weapons and a Kodiak shuttle. It's a little beat up, but still flies straight. We can use that to get out if you thin the herd. No guarantees, but it could work."

From here, you can make out several aerial drones patrolling the streets of the city, each about the size of a Human child. They also seemed to have automated turrets attached to them. Aside from that, you're a few kilometers from the building the N7 team is held down in, and would have to get there somehow without being seen or heard by the drones to launch a surprise attack on their HQ or on the Cerberus forces outside.

Maruu [Omni-tool Message]

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From Spectre Valery:
You're free to proceed with the mission on Earth, I've got a free ride to mars and I intend to use itm as well as a Krogan platoon behind me. If I'm still mopping things up on mars, feel free to help.

Daniel

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Bartender chuckles, "Drink is free because you're a Spectre. You know that big guy up front you talked to? He sent the rest of the staff a message about you."

When you ask about the Turian, the bartender crosses his arms and says, "Oh yeah, Hargraves. Everyone knew him around here. Wouldn't be as well liked among his own kind if they knew, you see."

The bartender's attention is grabbed by a man who sits on the seat next to you and he quickly pours him something while continuing speaking.

"He's dead, so I guess it doesn't matter now. Hargraves had a special taste. He wasn't into his own race. He liked Humans. Said something about their soft skin and features appealed to him. He left here every night with a different person. Sometimes a man. Sometimes a woman. This is a Human only bar, but he was good friends with the owner. They served together in the war. I think they did business together too."

"That's enough, Jean."

You turn around and see a blue-haired woman wearing a short black dress. It shows off her cleavage and the tops of her breasts quite nicely, while barely being low enough to hide her sumptuous ass. Her curvy figure catches more than a few eyes just standing near the bar. She appears to be barely 20 years old.

The bartender says, "Sure thing, boss."

She holds out her hand to shake yours and says with a smile, "Jean talks far too much for his own good. If you want to know anything about Hargraves, I would be happy to help. I own this fine establishment. I'm Victoria."

You might be a bit surprised by her age. Hargraves was advanced age, even for a Turian, and this woman served with him, though you she looked much too young to have fought against Reapers. It was possible, with proper gene expensive gene therapy, that she has kept most of her youth, but where would one acquire such wealth? There were a lot of questions.

Marna, Silia

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Your Turian pilot, Traelus, laughs a throaty, alien cackle.

"Sure thing. Guess it's as good a plan as any."

He hits the throttle and sends the ship at full speed toward the mercenary frigate. Missiles and auto turret rounds go soaring by the ship as the Turian makes good use of his specially equipped side-thrusts to abruptly launch the shuttle left and right. Anyone not strapped into a chair has to hold on to not be thrown across the shuttle. Anyone not holding on was having a very bumpy ride.

The frigate gets bigger and bigger until you finally pass by behind the firing radius of its frontal batteries. Only auto turrets along its starboard fire at you, and this time, the sound of flak hitting the shuttle's shields is unmistakable.

Despite a large 'Warning!' flashing on the pilot's digital display, the Turian pilot turns the ship into a wide arc and fires the equipped cannons at the ship's hangar door. After a half-dozen blasts, the hull collapses and the Turian takes the shuttle in with a rough landing. He barely gets out the landing legs in time.

He says, "Man, I thought for sure we were gonna die! Thankfully, that's not the case."

Traelus continues, "I suggest you seal your suits... I doubt they'll be kind enough to close the emergency hangar doors for us. You want me to sit tight for take off or join you on the raid?"

Valery (EDITED IN)

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Zax grunts, "What? Cerberus? You mean Mars isn't Alliance controlled? Our information must be out of date..."

He looks at his weary squad of Krogan as they gather their dead and tend to the handful of wounded. Zax turns back to you and says, "Fine, we'll help, but no more favors after this. You Spectres care more about your mission than our blood."

The Krogan leader approaches the helm and opens communication to his ship.

"This is Captain Zax. I need the second flight crew and two more squads on a shuttle over here ASAP."

Over the bridge comms, the same Krogan helmsman replies, "Roger, sir. Expect 'em in 15 minutes."

It seems Zax would get things moving and until then, you're free to do as you please. The other Krogan are cleaning up the bridge for the most part, removing the bodies and the weapons. You could search the ship for anything of value, assuming it was as clear as it seemed.

[MelissaB]

Smirking at Jacobs she nods and gives the others a look. "Yeah he'll be useful all right." She offers with a smile before heading with the others to the airlock so that can get out onto Thessia itself. Leaning in to whisper in Jacob's ear as they walk towards it. "Wonder how many Asari I am going to have to fight off from trying to use your little ass. Maybe you'd like me throwing a party with you as the entertainment?" She asks him before moving away before he could reply as the bulk head doors gave way to the view of Thessia. Smiling at the sight Jalisa steps down and onto the planet's surface with a sharp inhale of air. Somehow apparently missing the ruin it had suffered or at least ignoring it as if she was looking at the most picture perfect paradise ever created.

However when the armed police officers walk up towards she frowns and raises a brow before hearing them speak. "We're here on the council's behest to put an end to the conflict holding Thessia." She states before smirking. "So The locations of the council of matrons and the justicars would be helpful." She adds with a smile and a cock of her hip.

[Lorielle]

Valery looks at Zax and frowns a bit at his attitude. "Zax this is completely voluntary. I won't risk your men if don't want them to be killed. Besides this mission could be entirely resolved through diplomacy (I hope)" she mutters the last bit to herself. She waits for the krogan's response before heading off and trying to scavenge the ship for any useful scrap or medigel.

[FragranceofMtDew]

It would seem that Holli wasn't nearly as clever as this Asari commander seemed to think. She hadn't chosen her words carefully enough, but then again there was no way she could have known that every human was brought before the queen. Her expression stayed blank as her mind raced, going over every possibility. If it came to a fight, it would be at least 3 on 1 with reinforcements sure to arrive soon. Her rifle was too slow for such close quarters so her pistol would be her only option and all three of the Asari were much better armed than that. She could try to stealth and get away, but even if that worked these Asari knew her face. She would be hunted down for the rest of her time here. And of course being brought to the queen was out of the question.

Perhaps it was a blessing after all that these Asari had such a strong attraction to her, though it certainly didn't feel like it, that they would go against their queens wishes. At least she had the opportunity to resolve this somewhat peacefully and continue her mission. "Very well... I'll do as you say..." She eventually replied, staring nervously at the massive bulge in front of her.