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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
Planet : Aratoht - System : Bahak - Viper Nebula - / Asteroid Base
May 9th 2185
Rebirth + 27 (days)
LOG ENTRY 25.0.0 (Batarian Colony)
Finally getting around to the edge of the galaxy, I proceeded to Aratoht, a Batarian world where a human scientist was being held hostage by the batarians under a terrorist act charge.
The Normandy will drop me off close to the facility and I will move in on foot; Admiral Hackett asked me to go alone so I will be easily disavowed if need be... like some sort of fictional spy from the 21st century novels my mother used to read...
We are approaching now, I better get ready...
Supplemental 25.0.1
I arrived on planet and managed to sneak right into the facility; I had to make sure I am not spotted; if I get her out without anyone knowing they wont be able to find out who did this. I am just making myself through the facility and trying to find Dr. Kenson.
Supplemental 25.0.2
I found her, she was just about to be tortured but I knocked out the guard and got her out the restraints and we are moving to her shuttle; she told me that she can hack the security to get us out.. We will go to the terminal then the shuttle bay.
Supplemental 25.0.3
We managed to hack security but they detected us, I had to hold off three different approaches while Dr. Kenson hacked the terminal. Once she was done we moved towards the hanger but the doors had been jammed; Guess it meant I got to blow something up.
The doors blew open and we shot off into space. The Normandy had left the system so they did not risk detection; they were ordered to pull in system ever 6 hours to check up on me; if I did not contact them in two days then they were to head back to base..
The shuttle would bring us to the asteroid base; Dr Kenson was going to briefly explain things to me while we are on the shuttle. Next log will contain that conversation.
Supplemental 25.1.0 (Shuttle)
Dr Kenson explains that we have to destroy the Mass Relay here in this system; she found proof that the Reapers will arrive in THIS system first... this relay dubbed "Alpha Relay" links to most of the network or places that could easily link to other vital places... She told me that the plan was to hurl an asteroid into the relay before the reapers arrive however, this would cause an explosion similar to a super nova; destroying the entire system...
I asked how she knew this, She told me I would find out when I saw "Object Rho" - A Reaper Artefact.
Supplemental 25.2.0 (Asteroid Base)
We arrived on the asteroid, their compound was pretty impressive; I don't really know how they hid it from the Batarians...
There was a huge count down above every doorway; two days... I asked Dr Kenson what it was and she told me it was the time till the Reapers arrived in this system.
I Swear I could have died then.. 2 days!... 24 hours... and the Reapers would be here..
The first thing I told her to do was show me the evidence, I had to see this for myself. So she took me to see "Object Rho". When I saw it for myself I could have punched a Krogan I was that angry; they left it unshielded... had they not seen the warnings, the Dangers I and others had spoken about.
The Fools.
Well, that was when I heard it, Harbinger. I turned and felt a pistol against my head, Dr Kenson; she was indoctrinated; they were ALL indoctrinated. Gods damnit!...
Harbinger wants me dead, taken down... I fought for survival; with every ounce of my being I fought. I could feel the nibbling at my brain, Harbinger nattering in my ear. It felt like the citadel all over again, it felt like Elysium all over again...
I fought till the end, I took hit after hit, my armour was so dented that I could barely move in it.. I killed most of them before they took me down. The object activated and knocked me to the ground, I fell to my knees before they knocked me out.
i woke up in the med bay, they must have tried to drug me but thanks to my Augmetics, I managed to wake up early; I have no weapons and I am trapped in the lab, even if I die here I had to destroy that Relay.
Supplemental 25.2.1
I can amaze myself sometimes; I hacked into their droid network and killed the guards before blowing my way into my cell... Brilliant. After I got my gear I checked the time... 2 hours... I had lost 22 Hours.. The Normandy will be leaving me in less than that; my only way was to blow the relay and get off the asteroid before it hit the relay by shuttle or Normandy.
Supplemental 25.2.3
I stormed through the guards on all decks; I had to get to the Control room. When I did get there, I had to activate it, but there was 305 thousand colonists in this system.... I send off a warning on all frequencies; it wouldnt be enough time for all of them to escape but it would be enough for a few to leave... It wasn't much but I had to do it... Command is going to have my neck for this.
Problem was, Dr Kenson was trying to stop me by blowing the asteroid by destabilising the core. I have to stop her.
Supplemental 25.2.4
I got to the core and had to Manually insert both Cooling rods back into the core; it took a while but I managed it. When I headed for the shuttle bay I was stopped by Dr Kenson, she held a number of explosives; I could barely jump out of the way before she blew herself up... the engines were no longer in control anymore after she had did this, the core was gone...
I woke up with 30 minutes left, I have no time, I have to get off the asteroid now
Supplemental 25.2.5
I fought my way to the Normandy; all the shuttles were either gone or destroyed, Out on the outside of the Asteroid; I had to reach the Com Tower so I could send a message to Normandy; Hopefully they are still in system.
Supplemental 25.2.6
I sent my message to Normandy; they are on their way... Harbinger appeared, his hologram hovering above the tower; he told me he would not give up trying to kill me and that the reapers would destroy our galaxy.. I told him we would fight him to the end, I would fight him till the end... Even if we died we would go down fighting.
Supplemental 25.3.0 (Normandy)
The Normandy arrived just in time, Joker got me out just before the relay was hit. I watched the blast from the CIC; the sensors showing it destroy the entire system... I had stopped the Reapers for a few months; they would have to travel in Real space to get to the next system.. I sacrificed 305 thousand people to give the galaxy 3 months at least... I hope Command understand.
Supplemental 25.3.1
I reported to Admiral Hackett; He was angry with how I completed my mission but knew it had to be done.. However the Baterians are not happy and want blood; more precisely.. Mine... I am to head back to Earth for a Military Court-martial... it isn't going to be pretty...
Tali came to my room and helped me through this; She told me she was going to come to earth with me and stand by me like I had stood by her. I told her if she came with me, she would be interrogated and held prisoner; I told her to go back to the Flotilla, get support and get ready for the Reapers.
We spent one last night together before I told the crew; we all went our separate ways; Garrus wished me luck and told me that he was heading home to convince the Turians.. I wished him luck...
I am heading to Earth with Joker and the Normandy; hopefully he will not be punished for my actions.
AFTER ACTION REPORT
Asteroid team Indoctrinated
Asteroid Team KIA
Dr Kenson KIA
Bahak Relay Destroyed
Bahak System Destroyed.
Reapers Delayed 4 months at least..
Returning to Earth for court-martial
Normandy Crew & team separated.
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