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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
Ilium / Hagalaz (Shadow Broker Base)
May 5th 2185
Rebirth + 23 (days)
LOG ENTRY 23.0.0
After giving my crew a few days rest I headed over to Liara's apartment with Tali... I was going to tell her about us and see how she reacted... I had been dreading telling Liara and Tali had kept me calm.
When we finally got to the rich apartment we found security was there and the police were checking it out. I stepped past the barrier as the alarm went off; I managed to get a quick look at it before I was stopped by the guard. The place had been tossed; obviously someone had been looking for something.
The Guard tried kicking me out but I flashed my SPECTRE status in their face and they quickly directed me to an Asari across the room... Turns out SHE is a SPECTRE too, Her name was Vasir... I should really update my knowledge on SPECTRE's.
She explained that Liara had been here when the attack occurred; a large hole in the window showed a sniper had been trying to attack her; I was surprised at the layers of protection the window had.. so much armour; Liara was being careful.
Supplemental 23.0.1
We searched the room, Liara had to know I was going to be here so she must have left something that only I would find... That was when I passed by a Prothean Artefact; it reacted to me... I turned and noticed a part of my old N7 Mark 2 Armour that I had died in... She still cared..
Inside the stand was a recording of a call she had... she had headed out to the Baria Frontiers in the Dracon Trade centre. Vasir wanted to stay with me; after all this was her case.. I am jus a little confused why a SPECTRE would be on a case like this?
Supplemental 23.1.0 (Baria Frontiers)
We arrived at Baria frontiers just in time, the entire 3rd level detonated in a huge explosion just as we were about to get in. The Last report we got was that Liara was still inside there... We have to hurry.
Supplemental 23.1.1
We were attacked by Mercs, Obviously they were men hired by the Shadow Broker as his own personal force. We pushed our way to the third level and found Liara's informant dead... an Agent of the shadow broker was about to get away but Vasir killed the agent before we got into the room.
We were about to leave when Liara came out of nowhere and aimed her weapon at Vasir, I tried to explain Vasir was with us but Liara told us that it was Vasir who was after Liara; Liara had doubled back when she fled her apartment and spotted Vasir searching through the place.
I guess I should have trusted my instincts. Before I could do anything, Vasir opened fire on me, I dived behind a desk and while she reloaded I dived on her... We fell 3 stories into the main hallway. She was more agile then I thought, she was already running while I was struggling to get up; Liara jumped after us and chased after her.. Running off after Vasir... she must have something Liara wanted...
I struggled to get up and chase after her, Tali helped me up and we followed Liara while fighting through the rest of the Mercs left trying to kill us.
Vasir got a car and drove off, We are just in pursuit now...I told Garrus to get back to the Normandy and prepare the ship for a quick escape. Liara, Tali and I are taking the car. Time to show them My driving.
Supplemental 23.1.2
We rushed after Vasir in the sky car through Ilium, Liara doesn't 'like' my driving.. I swear I've never seen a woman scream so much... well.. there was that girl during N7 Training.. she screamed a lot...
We managed to force down Vasir into a hotel after we pushed her into another car. We moved into Land and followed the blood trail; but she had called in more backup. After following her into a restaurant, she took a hostage; a young girl... The usual 'drop your weapons' charade went on but we managed to take her off guard when I went to drop my weapon and Liara hit Vasir with a table...
This Pissed her off.. and she went full out with her attacks. More troops attacked but we managed to take her down; just like the good old days when we faced Saren and his forces.
Liara got the data pad that Vasir had taken; even down she still put up a fight, I finished her off before we left.
Liara explained what was on the data pad, it was a pad of her fiend, Sekat... It had the location of the shadow broker's base... I took her to one side while Tali kept her distance, I had to talk to Liara now about it, she was running so far ahead I wouldnt keep up for long...
I tried to talk about me and her... our relationship.. She hadn't moved on to anyone but she had moved on from me.. even though I came back.. she even mentioned Tali... She shut me up.. I couldn't say anything more so I called in the Normandy to pick us up.. We would need the Normandy's stealth systems to get close to the Shadow Brokers ship.
Supplemental 23.2.0 (Shadow Broker Base - Hagalaz)
May 6th
Liara spent most of her time in the guest quarters, she didn't come up to my quarters the entire time... I asked Tali if she wanted to come up and talk but she told me it would be best if she didn't.
It took us just about a day to reach the planet "Hagalaz". The Planet was a mess, the light side was almost boiling while the cold side was almost ice... The data we collected showed the location of the Shadow Brokers ship.. right in the middle of a huge storm that formed between the day and night border... Just where it is the okay temperature, It would be one hell of a sunrise.
We are prepping the shuttle now, sealed suits. Tali is coming with me again, she didn't want to come but she is the best tech I've ever seen and I know we will need that; with Liara's biotics and my aim, I think we would be the perfect team.
Supplemental 23.2.1
We managed to speak up on the base but the turbulence was too much for a safe landing with the Normandy so we had to go down in a shuttle; hopefully they didn't detect us.. Next we had to hunt for a hatch to get in.. Sadly through they did detect our approach in the shuttle and we battled through the ships defence force. The entire ship battled lighting storms with huge conductors, we managed to overload a few of them and kill some of the soldiers... I got to thank Tali for that idea.
We hacked through the door which took ages to get through; I made the joke of the good old days when slapping a bit of Omni gel could work.
After a heavy fight we managed to get inside the ship and found Feron Strapped to a machine that hurts him every time the ship is struck by lightening; with the only way to save him would be in the shadow brokers office. We are heading there now and I guess we will be one of the first people to ever see the Shadow broker.
Supplemental 23.2.2
Turns out the Shadow broker is a Yahg, a prespace flight species banned for massacring their first contact team... turns out he isn't the true Shadow broker; he must have been a pet and then killed the real one.
The worst part is he was working with the collectors and reapers. The fight was hard, Tali took a hit which trapped her under rubble and with the Broker after us, Liara and I couldn't help her.
With Liara's help we managed to take him down with her biotics, my brute strength and training in Hand to hand as well as a few good shots here and there.
We managed to kill him and shut down the ship for the second it took to save Feron. Now Liara had access to the panicking agents who were wondering why the link went down...
I was about to say something when she talked to them.. she decided to become the new shadow broker; it would help her and she told me she would help me in everything.. fighting the reapers...
I told her after I got Tali back to the Normandy and checked out, I would come over and talk.
Supplemental 23.3.0 (Post Mission)
After dressing up a little, I headed over to the Shadow Broker ship and spoke to Liara. We sat and talked a while, she asked about Tali and I told her she was okay; a minor suit rip.. Then we moved onto me, tali and Liara... a complicated love tale.. She asked if there was any chance of leaving Tali.. but I couldn't do that.. Not break the poor girl's heart... but doing so would break Liaras... I tried to talk to her about it but.. it never goes out right... I hate myself for doing this to her...
I headed back to the Normandy and told Liara if she needed anything, I was just a message away.
AFTER ACTION REPORT
Rogue Spectre "Vasir" Terminated
Shadow Broker Terminated
Liara New Shadow Broker
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