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Commander Andreas Sheppard Journal.
N7 Service Number : 5923-AC-2826 - REACTIVATED
Commanding Officer (CO) - SSV NORMANDY SR1 - DESTROYED
Commanding Officer (CO) - NORMANDY SR2 - ACTIVE
Collector Vessel
April 21st 2185
Rebirth + 9 (days)
LOG ENTRY 10.0.0
I headed to the Conference room to speak with the Illusive man and was told a Turian Patrol had found and disabled a Collector Vessel; however the Patrol was destroyed, The Illusive man had redirected a distress call from them and was going to send us in. I told him it would be dangerous but we needed to see if any humans were still on the vessel and maybe learn something more about the collectors.
I ordered Joker to the coordinates sent by Illusive man and asked Garrus and Tali to come to my quarters. I spoke to them about how this mission might play out, and I trusted them the most, apart from Joker but I doubt taking him along would help much; besides he has the Normandy to take care of.
Tali and Garrus understood and told me that they would do anything to help me. They were my true friends... I would do anything for them too.
Supplemental 10.1.0
We made it to the Collector Vessel, taking a shuttle inside; we were all sealed up and made our way through the dead vessel. It was quiet, too quiet; empty too. As we made our way through, we spotted numerous pods, the ship itself looked and felt like a giant insect hive.
EDI sent us a quick communications, she had been scanning the vessel and had deduced that this was the very same vessel that had attacked Horizon; no wonder the Turians could disable it, we had weakened it while it was on the planet, Shame the Turians didn't see their victory.
Supplimental 10.1.1
We found a pile of dead bodies, they could have been tested on; a control group wouldn't be needed anymore and would most likely be discarded once the test was over.
We also found a collector who had been tested on; EDI hacked the terminal through my suit and found that they were running comparisons between humans and Collectors for genetic markers... She also found something very... very disturbing.
They were Protheans... The collectors were Protheans... The Reapers had kept them and changed them... made them into mindless Drones. This could be humanity one day... I will make the reapers pay even more for this atrocity.
Supplemental 10.1.2
We entered the main chamber, or what we think was the main chamber; it was huge, and when I mean huge it was so big, you could fit almost 50 cruisers nose to nose in here and still have enough room for more. There were pods lining the walls, millions of them; They were planning on taking every human they could; which meant one target.... Earth... The biggest concentration of humans. We needed to find out if they have any more vessels.
Supplemental 10.1.3
Joker sent me a communication, he had EDI run an analysis on a hunch he had... this vessel.. it was the same one that destroyed the Normandy 2 years ago... I swear I had shivers run down my back at the thought; this vessel was following me through my life, it destroyed my ship, it is taking my race... I would destroy this ship when we are done, I don't care what the Illusive man wants.
We can see a control panel up ahead, I am gonna have EDI set up a bridge between the Ship and EDI and have her search the data banks for anything she could use.
Supplemental 10.1.4
Its a trap! We were attacked by the Collectors and the platform took off; EDI reported that the ship had suffered a systematic power surge that without her there would have blown the ship up, but she managed to divert it to non-essential systems. She had to break through numerous Collector Firewalls to access the platform while also fighting a virus trying to get in through the systems.
She managed to get us down and as we were fighting through the ship to get back to the shuttle, she told us the Turian signal was a trap; she had found the original signal and compared it with the one given by Illusive man and found the Secondary encryption on the channel (Something that Turians have in their comms) was not right. The Illusive man should have known this so only one answer came to mind; he knew it was a trap and set us up.
Supplemental 10.1.5
The collector vessel is powering up, we rushed to the shuttle, but met Collector Forces including the new form of Husks called "Abominations". We managed to get to the shuttle without too much of a fight and get out the range of the ship.. we barely made it out...
I am going to have a word with the Illusive man right now, He better have a good reason for sending us into a trap.
Supplemental 10.2.0
I swear I would kill the Illusive man if I ever met him, at least he was now honest to admit he did know about it but thought we could handle it. EDI reported to us that we needed a IFF to access the OMEGA4 Relay, it would tighten the spread and accuracy that jumping through relays creates. The Illusive man mentioned he found one such thing on a Derelict Reaper his men had found in orbit of a gas giant. he gave us the coordinates but warned that he had lost contact with the team.
Supplemental 10.2.1
I spoke with the team so far; Miranda wants us to hit the reaper now but I told her we need to build the team first; once we have the team all ready we can move in, get the IFF then install it and head for the relay.
EDI also managed to find out where the Collector Home world was... In the Galactic core. No wonder no ships ever got through; its just black holes there, so thats why the IFF narrows the jump range.
I was heading back to my room when Kelly told me Tali and Samara want to talk to me. Guess I will see Tali first; she would never actively try to get my attention, she was always shy and nervous.
Supplemental 10.3.0
Tali was in a state; upset, crying. I managed to calm her down so she could tell me what was going on. She got a message from the Flotilla, she had been charged with treason!... Her... of all people.. She is terrified. I told her the next stop we are going to is the Flotilla to stop this nonsense. She seemed reassured by it.. I gave her a tight hug; she cried for a little bit but I seemed to have settled her down a little. Gabby and Ken said they will keep her busy until we get to the Flotilla; I have such a tight crew, even if they are Cerberus, they are like a new family.
Supplemental 10.3.1
With Tali's mess on my mind, I decided to go see Samara and find out what she needs; it was on the same level anyway.
Samara explained the person she was hunting for was an Ardat-Yakshi called "Morinth". An Ardat-Yakshi makes love with people and burns out their minds with pure pleasure, she is dangerous.
She is also her daughter. It must have been hard for her, I chatted with her for a while about it and told her we would try to help her no matter what happens.
Supplemental 10.3.2
Decided to head to the Mess, needed something to eat after the fighting on the Collector vessel; I remembered I had picked up some new stuff for the chef on the Citadel, and told him we had it, he had already found it and made his famous recipe "Calamari Gumbo" it was very tasty.
Garrus came out of his calibrations and chatted while we were eating. We walked about the High Risk missions we both took during our years in the military; Humans and Turians were very different socially. Garrus explained that the Turians have a very different way to relax then humans on a military vessel; they relax with violence; they excercise, Combat simulations and full contact Sparing.. He told us once how he had an argument with a scout, they were both high ranked Hand to hand specialists and decided to fight it out... ended in being a draw after 9 rounds...
so they ended it in the bedroom!. We couldn't stop laughing for a while, but once we finished, I asked him what he thought about our chances, he says we will make it, and to quote him on it "They killed you once, and that just pissed you off"..
Oh Garrus.. You are a good friend... Hope everything works out for you after all this is over.
Supplemental 10.4.0
Resting in my quarters, ordered the Normandy to the Flotilla's location, we are going to sort this shit out with the treason-thing, then get back on mission. I hope Tali is okay, I dont like to see her upset.
AFTER ACTION REPORT
Collector Vessel Examined
IFF Discovery made
Collector Vessel a Trap
New Mission : - Retrieve Reaper IFF from Derelict Reaper
Tali'zorah vas Neema received a treason Accusations
New Mission : - head to flotilla to sort out Treason Accusation
Spoke with Samara
New Mission - Find Samara's Daughter "Morinth"
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