~ NEW FILE ENTRY ~
Commander Andreas Sheppard Journal.
N7 Service Number : 5923-AC-2826 - REACTIVATED
Commanding Officer (CO) - SSV NORMANDY SR1 - DESTROYED
Commanding Officer (CO) - NORMANDY SR2 - ACTIVE
Planet : Aite - System : Typhon - Phoenix Massing
May 6th 2185
Rebirth + 24 (days)
LOG ENTRY 24.0.0
The Illusive man has sent us information of a Cerberus Facility that has gone dark on the planet Aite in the The Typhon System, he is worried that the research that was going on there will be taken, guess he must be desperate if he is sending me.
We arrived in the system and spotted the base from orbit; nothing seemed out of the ordinary, no battle damage our sensors could pick up so we will take down the Hammerhead tank just to be sure.
The Hammerhead had been picked up shortly after the Collectors base incident; I really wish we had it then instead of after; the baby hovers on air with four huge fans and its main cannon can blast through almost anything... Still prefer the good old Mako though but the hammerhead would give it a run for its money.
Supplemental 24.0.1
Garrus and Tali joined me on this one; landing at the base we were contacted by one of the only survivors. They had no time to explain what was going on only that a VI had a Catastrophic breakout and is trying to upload itself to a satellite in orbit so it could send itself out of system on the next Pulse wave. We had to retract the satellite dish on the base so we could trap it on the planet.
Supplemental 24.0.2
We managed to make it to the controls but there was a System Error, the VI was stopping us; this was just like Luna base all over again...
We had no choice but to retract the dish manually. While doing this, we were attacked by Geth... Geth?.. here of all places? However they were different, they let out a strange glow and they seemed to fight different than normal Geth.
We are just taking the Tram to the dish itself, we can then use the consoles there to bring the dish down into it bay and shut it down.
Supplemental 24.0.3
It didn't really go as previously planned, but we brought down the dish... erm.. and a lot of other structures under it as well; Sadly we had to destroy the dish, we were attacked by an army of geth on the dish itself. One of the geth damaged a console so the only way was to destroy the tethers holding the dish up; we were almost killed by the rubble as we slid off the dish's side and manage to jump onto a grated catwalk as the entire thing gave way.
The scientist told us to meet him in the main room and he would try to explain as much as he can... or what he would admit I assumed, I'm sure everyone knows how crafty scientists can be; especially Cerberus scientists.
Supplemental 24.0.4
Turns out the VI is named "Project Overlord"; a VI interfaced with a human mind that would be able to influence Geth, and it worked. The doctor told us his own brother volunteered for the experiment but couldn't handle the strain on his mind. The VI is like a virus; we had to shut down the VI once and for all but the only way to do that was through the Manual Security override for the defences to Atlas Station from its sister stations "Vulcan" and "Prometheus". Guess it was a good idea to bring the Hammerhead instead of a shuttle; at least this way we have some firepower bigger than a pulse rifle.
Supplemental 24.1.0 (Vulcan & Prometheus Station)
We set off for Vulcan station first as it was closest, but when we got there everyone wondered what the hell the people who worked here were thinking when they built this thing. It was right onto of a Volcano; I know it as a Geothermal planet but a volcano!
We spent the better part of a morning trying to pilot the Hammerhead onto huge rocks that floated in the lava as we frog leaped over the rivers of lava. I swear I preferred the cold of Noveria than the heat here.
We have finally made it to the station and are preparing to head inside... good thing Liara wasn't here or she would be even more worried about my driving than on Ilium's Skyway.
Supplemental 24.1.1
We finished off the Vulcan stations security override, we had to fight through a lot more geth but nothing we couldn't handle; we just took down an entire race when we fought the collectors, I think we can handle geth although I am sure I hear Tali giggle with joy every time we blow up a Geth... I might just get her a geth to blow up for her birthday.
Heading over to the Prometheus station, Hopefully nothing worse than a volcano is waiting for us.
Supplemental 24.1.2
I spoke too soon didn't I? Do I really have to jinx myself by saying it.. Cerberus had found a crashed Geth ship that had not self-destructed as Geth are programmed to do when they are too damaged or are in enemy hands; so this must be where Cerberus got their geth from and why so many were attacking us.
They were experimenting on the ship itself but that meant that Cerberus Tech was inside; so "Overlord" could hack it.
The turrets and kinetic barriers were activated and we couldn't turn off the generators; having to use the ships automated turret to target the generators before we destroyed the turret manually.
Supplemental 24.1.3
We entered the ship and began to override the systems; problem was, it activated ALL the geth on the ship... we had to fight through an entire army just to get back to the Hammerhead.
We are on our way to Atlas Station now to finish this.
Supplemental 24.2.0 (Atlas Station)
At the Atlas station we had to make our way to the server room and shut down the VI experiment. As we made our way through the station we found a number of logs that showed the scientist (Archer)'s brother had some sort of brain condition, he was super smart but was also Autistic.
Archer had forced his brother in to the experiment to stop the project to be shut down... As I finished reading the main log; I realised that He was innocent, but we still had to shut it down... if this thing got out we wouldnt know what would happen.
However, his brother "David".. hacked ....me.. Seeing as I am half cybernetic thanks to my death, he was able to hack into my body and put me into some sort of Virtual Environment. He wants me to stop, he shows me what exactly happened to him through the stations camera's in a virtual environment.
David could mimic and listen to geth, he was the main reason why the project was working...
He is trying to upload to the Normandy now on the short waves... we have to stop him...
Supplemental 24.2.1
We managed to stop the core.. opening it up; we found David locked inside, horribly locked inside... he never wanted it.. he is inhumanly locked inside... I will free him..
Archer is not proud of what he did to his brother, He had to save the project. I made him see reason and told him I am taking his brother with me... I warned him NOT to follow or even try to find him or I would hunt him down and kill him.
Supplemental 24.3.0 (Post Mission)
Headed back to the Normandy, a Alliance Academy ship has arrived and is going to take and help David.. He will get the Best treatment the Alliance will get him; NEVER will he be used for other peoples agenda.
After Action Report
PROJECT OVERLORD shut down
David Sent to Academy for help
PROJECT OVERLORD stations shut down.
~ END OF LOG ~
