The doctor nodded, first slipped into the exposed one of the paratroopers volgovtsev-door laboratory and once the move to roll bending over the girl serving remote control of a strong sleeping pills.
- Done. - Seleznev gently lowered the body of Dr. Bryson daughter on the floor: to transport it somewhere on the bed was not possible - on the first floor of the laboratory flat bed audio was not, and a chair to sleep approach is much worse.
Marines-volgovtsy stayed on the first floor, and five troopers-policemen went to check the second floor apartment.
- While it is asleep, it is necessary to view the entire contents of the apartment. - Said Svetlana. - As always, there may be clues that allow us to do without her help. - She squinted at the sleeping Anne. - We already had time - she almost opened the coded control interface. Umnesenka divchinka.
- If Bryson cruiser and visited a number of points, which could be marked Leviathans activity, then there should be information about it. And I can see is that only a map of the galaxy. - Shepard said, stopping in front of a large wall screen. - Nothing special, the standard screen with remote control. And the picture ... civil, not military. Information legends and symbols, too - never secret.
- Not so fast, John. No one will leave explicit instructions and Dr. Bryson is not a fool and not a naive person. He knew that the laboratory will be searched. Tips are. Remember the rule filters. You also gave lectures about it.
- Read. - Shepard said, walking to the lab table and listening to the record found in the reader. - Olivia, transmit audio, see the point and give us the opportunity to see them on the local map.
- I execute the commander. - Kiborgessa a few minutes to get the card in the laboratory dimmed in many places. Looking at the changes in satisfaction Shepard nodded:
- At least a circle of searches reduced.
- May be. - Svetlana gutting wardrobe cabinets and chests of drawers with small things and linen. - Then I found some readers. Olivi, receive data, put out another batch of "soap" on the local map.
- Done. - Kiborgessa made a few areas on the map poblёknut. - There is information. - On poblёkshih areas stood out screens with text and pictures, files extracted from the readers. - With Dr. Bryson I worked one Alex Garneau.
- What do we know about it, Olivia? - Shepard interrupted gutting boxes lab bench, turned to the map, get a grasp of the text on small screens.
- Very little, commander. This is - an employee of the research group "Aurora", directs the project "Basilisk", whose staff are mainly engaged in field research. It is known, in particular, that he has found and brought aboard the cruiser Dr. Bryson called "Shard" - an artifact of Leviathan, and - found its way to the screening. At the moment, according to the notes in the documentation group, available to me, and - according to some other criteria, Dr. Garneau within the inhabited worlds of the space of the Milky Way is not - it is in the expedition on one of the asteroids. I give the coordinates and data on the asteroid.
- Magavid. Miners settlement, mining robotic systems. Large Enterprise. - Shepard said, reading the received data. - That's another point is drawn.
- I've already passed the information on board. - Shepard, ends up gutting the lab bench, Svetlana came accompanied by two paratroopers-volgovtsev. - Titov preparing the ship for the voyage.
- I also ordered. Presley will do everything. To our return we will be able to leave for the flight immediately. - Shepard looked where Svetlana watched. - What's that is? - He saw at the edge of the table head humanoid Husk on a stand - it's the same Husk, what I saw another half-dead Reapers.
- Well, not only there. - Svetlana looked at the Husk's head without interest and without emotion. - No wonder that Anne inequitable mentally. You'll see this - and siganёsh late on the second floor with balconies. Do not kill, so cripple. Glowing blue.
- Allow me, Commander. - One of the Marines pushed gently on the head Husky, he opened his mouth in a grin and made a rasping cry. - I thought so. The vocal cords are stored, but hardly a natural reaction. It seems that he can only shout and nothing else is not able. To wrap up? - Marine looked at Shepard.
- Can. Mordin will be happy to investigate this artifact, and Ann will be quieter. At least she will not be forced to look at it the dubious pleasure of a few months.
- We do not have these few months, John. A husks we have seen already. - Svetlana moved away from the lab bench. - Denis, shall open the weapons lockers and cabinets with equipment. Check, so check everything thoroughly.
- Yes, commander. - Marine started opening cabinets heavy locks.
- Olivia, filter information Garneau. Magavid is good, but we need a complete history of his promotion to the Galaxy.
- Accepted for execution, the commander. - Kiborgessa gone off the air, making it possible to get acquainted with Shepard area where lesser-used laboratory equipment was dumped. A few minutes later a new area on the map screen got symbols and legends. - Done.
- Circle the search narrows. - Shepard said, walking to the map and looking at the changes. - But still it is not enough. Olivi, try to use large and medium-sized database on the following parameters: crimes committed in the unconscious; meeting and monitoring of unknown creatures in the galaxy; any reference to the post-war activity rachni; place deposits with zero element; activities of the Reapers. Try all filters at the same time so that the search area has been narrowed as much as possible. We can not drive across the galaxy too far and too long.
- Start performance, commander. - Kiborgessa gone off the air once again and Shepard knew - this time she did not answer soon. For such a search, and a few minutes of filtration is clearly not enough. So he hastened to get acquainted with the thrown in the corner of scientific instruments, make sure they do not contain any information on their vehicles, and climbed to the second floor.
When Shepard completed preliminary inspection of the second floor, while avoiding that go into detail on the relationship again came Olivia.
- Captain, I give you a map on instrumentron. Crimes committed in the unconscious and rachni Activity to search for results that match the criteria are irrelevant. These filters am disabled. The rest - see map. All the information has already been transferred.
- Well, Olivia. - Captain familiar with the map. - We'll keep thinking.
- I'm sure the commander, that we ought to have to talk with Ann Bryson. Sleep, of course, it can still night, but the information should be removed immediately. - He said kiborgessa and again disappeared from the airwaves.
- This Bryson was not so easy, John. - Svetlana said, seeing the captain approached the railing of the balcony. - Get down here, look. You have to start to communicate with his daughter. I think we learn a lot of interesting.
- Good.
On the floor before opening the cupboards were: the system of brain damage to large caliber gun, the barrel with high muzzle velocity for a submachine gun, the recoil shock absorber for the submachine gun. All this was not the civil and military models.
- It looks like Dr. Bryson was preparing for a small effective war games and even going to equip this magnificence members of his group. It turns out that scientific insulating coffers can still bring in to the station a lot of interesting. - Shepard handed in BRP information about the discovery. - We take this beauty itself. It is unlikely that Dr. Bryson will allow him now to keep at home and even more so - to take advantage of. And the fare to the station this junk it too will have to answer for the laws of war. - Shepard gave a message to C-Sec and Spectres of housing need for enhanced comprehensive evaluation of scientific insulating coffers and closed instrumentron.
- You ... How did you get? - The girl opened her eyes and sat up. - I ... I was here? I remember when I worked for the remote control ...
- Tried to open encryption systems to gain access to the management interface. - Seleznev said, coming to Ann and performing a quick scan. - You are quite normal. I - Doctor, my name is Alla. This - the commander of the "Volga" Captain First Rank Svetlana Strelts
ov and commander of "Normandy" Captain Shepard.
- I ... I know about you. I Heard. - Anne shook her head. - What do you rolled me?
- Sleeping pills. Commander Shepard - Spectrum, as well as those two Turian. - Alla pointed Nihlus and Saren are packed into containers to improve small arms and seal the opened cabinets. - We are investigating the activities of your father, and Anne had to spend here, in his apartment searched express laboratory. If you just do not actively opened defense of the "cocoon" control panel, we have talked to you before that, but alas, you were too busy with their work.
- You drugged me ... - Anne had tried to stand up, but could only get up on all fours. - Powerful stuff. Military?
- We have, like a special squad - just like that. Efficiency must be the highest. - Alla helped Anne get up and led her to the desk chair. - Sit down. - Pouring a glass of water, a doctor, "Volga" Bryson filed a vessel daughter. - Have a drink.
- Ugum. Thank you. - Anne drained vessel almost in one gulp. - I seem to sleep. By-effect?
- You could say that. - Alla removed the glass from the girl's hands. - You almost normal. Maybe you tell us why you are so doggedly seek to connect with the "splinter"?
- You already know it? - Anne asked. - However, I understand. My father until the moment was lost in his cruiser, always said that the method of communication used rachni, very similar to the method of communication used by the Leviathan. Leviathan must use the "fragments," I know that many reasonable also called "balls", in order to stimulate neural activity of a rational being, located within reach of the field "fragment". This, no doubt, used and rachni. I after several decades of work realized that Leviathan may rachni prepared to fight the Reapers, because what we know about rachni life in the era of so-called Rahniyskih wars ... suggests a powerful external influence. This influence, as I also reasonably suppose, a little similar to the effect of what is typically used by the Reapers, since they usually enjoy such influence in the harvest, and then harvest has not begun. If this is not the Reapers, the only ones who could provide such a powerful and perfect effect on the behavior of rachni using so exotic to us the way of communication and control, can only be Leviathans. I also assume that the Leviathan actually - not one. But my father would find happiness even a Leviathan. And now ... now my father is gone and I'm back here. I came back and found that in my absence splinter surrounded by an impenetrable protective field, I closed all access to it. In fact disposed of that it is within the house, owned by my father. who could provide such a powerful and perfect effect on the behavior of rachni using so exotic to us the way of communication and control, can only be Leviathans. I also assume that the Leviathan actually - not one. But my father would find happiness even a Leviathan. And now ... now my father is gone and I'm back here. I came back and found that in my absence splinter surrounded by an impenetrable protective field, I closed all access to it. In fact disposed of that it is within the house, owned by my father. who could provide such a powerful and perfect effect on the behavior of rachni using so exotic to us the way of communication and control, can only be Leviathans. I also assume that the Leviathan actually - not one. But my father would find happiness even a Leviathan. And now ... now my father is gone and I'm back here. I came back and found that in my absence splinter surrounded by an impenetrable protective field, I closed all access to it. In fact disposed of that it is within the house, owned by my father. Now my father was gone, and I came back here. I came back and found that in my absence splinter surrounded by an impenetrable protective field, I closed all access to it. In fact disposed of that it is within the house, owned by my father. Now my father was gone, and I came back here. I came back and found that in my absence splinter surrounded by an impenetrable protective field, I closed all access to it. In fact disposed of that it is within the house, owned by my father.
- Safety rules ... - Svetlana said, but Ann interrupted her:
- My father was no fool, Mrs. Streltsov. He knew that the "splinter" or as it is often called the "ball" - is not safe. - She pointed to the wall and the ceiling. - See for yourself - we put here one of the most advanced insulation systems. And most of the time, even more so - in the absence of our system to work. You can read the journals of her work. I'll give you access. And then I see that our system is turned off, and is up and running completely different system. Not scientific, not a civil, military. In practice, me and my father made it impossible to deal with our business. Without work with "splinter" we do not find the Leviathan. We are not rich enough to fly through the galaxy at random.
- Ugum. - Shepard said, walking to the protective field and looking at the ball-splinter. - So you decided to crack the interface, turn off the field and ...
- And to connect to the "chipping" directly. - I graduated from Ann. - I know that sounds childish and very irresponsible, but the other way I just was not - his father was gone, due to the other sub-groups I do not have all remained in the cruiser, all the data, almost everything. The only thing that I could still be used, are here. This "fragment" - something I could use, without risking to get into even greater debt. My father always taught not to do very heavy debts and ... - think girls touched the lab bench. - And where the head haskolyuda?
- We took it, Ann. - Said Svetlana. - Till. Then go back, if possible.
- If you think I'm afraid of him shouting ... No, I am not afraid. - Anne shook her head. - Not afraid. Even at night, when wandering through the apartment and look came across this head ... very often. Even then I was not afraid when I was little. And even more so - today. I'm an adult. And I still want to try to connect to a "splinter".
- And become a Husky? - Shepard asked.
- No. To determine the location of the Leviathan. I'm almost convinced that most of the time "splinter" works as a receiver and the transmitter is switched to the mode only if ...
- When the victim is within reach. - Alla said. - Then, the "ball" will assume full control of you, Anne. And not the fact that he would give it to you. Is not a fact.
- How else could narrow down the search? - Ann looked up at Alla look of despair. - Garneau was gone, my father was gone, the cruiser was gone, there is no communication with them. A little more and I can not pay the bills. I need a result and in addition to this result, I now simply no one to achieve. I gotta take a risk and find that the Leviathan. Search to find out the fate of my father and Garneau, the fate of the ship and its crew. We already spent a lot of resources to get closer to a solution and that is now to stop and retreat? No! The only way to achieve something significant, something really useful, I see only to expose himself as a correspondent for the "fragment". Yes, I understand the risk, yes, I understand that I can not become normal after contact ... But I have nothing left. Nothing. Unless memories. But I need something more.
- I personally for trying to do so. If I can keep it on, so it does not suicides, - he said approached Saren - it is worth trying to get in touch with the Leviathan and even declare their willingness to dialogue. For an equivalent dialogue.
- I'll help Arterius. - From the second floor down Nihlus. - Together we somehow retain the girl from the nonsense, even if it is obsessed with Leviathan.
- Damir, to the console. - Briefly ordered Svetlana. - Denis, bring a chair and stronger poprochnee, to sit Ann. - Kaperang looked at Turian. - In which case - break chair without ceremony and bring down Ann on the floor, and Damir includes field isolation mode.
- Clear, ma'am. - Turians nodded almost simultaneously.
- Protection panel opened. - Olivia reported. - Access is allowed.
- Turn off the map. Extinguish all emitting in the room and on the second floor. - I ordered Shepard. - Anne, sit down on a chair. Saren, Nihlus let her get used to your embrace .... - The captain looked around, making sure that everything was prepared. - Lower the blinds on the windows. Needless to give onlookers a Free keen sight. Close the doors to the code, and the bars. - He looked at the stood in the arms of two Turian Woman. - I used to?
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nbsp; - Yes captain. I will try. Let's ... fast. I already feel that soon begin to tremble.
- Damir, check everything. - Svetlana took a few steps away from the console. - Gleb, insure Damir. In which case - activate the field immediately.
- Yes, commander. - A second group of commando guard stood just behind his colleague, zamershego at the control.
- All - back on the field. - Shepard convinced that between teammate and a protective cocoon sufficient distance. - Damir, turn.
- There is. - Marine scored combination. - The field is disabled.
Further it seemed to be expected. Leviathan was furious that his calculated:
- Stop, fools! - Anne growled voice clearly belongs to the Leviathan. - Darkness - impregnable! You - not beat it!
Anne squirmed and kicked in the arms of Turian, but Leviathan kept asking more and more questions. Leviathan when posted, and when it was silent. Shepard is not well understood, Anne manages to not get crazy, holding a two different personalities.
- You're hurting me! - Said Leviathan. - Are you threatening my existence.
- If you could win one Reaper - you can win and others. - Anne said, looking at the Shepard empty, expressionless eyes.
- I will not help you. - Leviathan roared. Shepard could almost feel how tense the vocal cords girl.
- Help yourself at least. If the Reapers will be included in the galaxy ... They especially find you. Blow to your whole fleet. All that they have. - Anne said in his normal voice. - By eliminating you, they will eliminate us all. Do you want this? You destroyed this Disu?
He stands still at the laboratory bench Shepard knew - Olivia and others Synthetic write everything that happens to several different drives, so a grain of information chasm should not.
- You do not understand why I did it. - Said Leviathan. - There will be no war between us. It is not only reaping. Great Harvest.
Minute by minute flowed, Leviathan had already begun to harass Anne, probably - in revenge for the fact that she tried to calculate its location. He tried to take complete control over the girl and Damir have repeatedly looked in the direction of Svetlana and John, look requesting permission to turn on the isolation box. Alla, controlling the state of the daughter of Bryson, almost imperceptibly shakes his head and Damir hesitated to touch the locking sensor.
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