At least, she warned of its presence in the area of operations. In the message she stated that Hanaro diplomat - Kasumi called him "crazy jellyfish" - even more strange than many Hanaro and therefore a good idea to look for incriminating evidence, not only on him but also on other Hanaro, which could also be drugged. Moreover, she knew that the spectrum, including Bau, searching for her, as she put it, for "non-standard activities", while Kasumi was sure - it is not an enemy Bau. He, according to Japanese women, just doing his job, without excessive fanaticism and without wanting to humiliate Goto.
Strange remittances Hanaro about which information was obtained from the Shepard compromised terminals, indirectly confirmed - no one stupefying been Hanaro diplomat, and several members of his race. Exactly how much - had yet to be clarified. It is important that part of Hanaro is doing everything to support other tribesmen some common operations, the details of which, of course, captured in terminals hacked messages are not discussed in any detail. Some clues were - and thanks for that.
When processing the data from the compromised terminals Synthetic Troop pretty quickly figured out that they Hanaro called themselves open, public name, and in fact was well-known - and not only Otryadovtsam that Hanaro have secret names, by which any member of the race can be identified much faster - they were much more unique ... something there than public names. While Synthetic linked the entire identification information available to them on the Hanaro, it had to do everything to Hanaro drugged-diplomat brought this same operation to its logical conclusion - or rather, until the end of the race Hanaro.
- John, we found something, checking the lists. There is information about one Hanaro-diplomat with talking about many secret name - Desperate to bow before the works mastermind. He was on some special assignment. - To communicate audio-out Alix. - I think, during the execution of this task ...
- He ran with some reapers technology. - I tapped on the keyboard instrumentrona captain.
- Confirm. It is a workable assumption. - Responded younger kiborgessa.
Shepard left the bounty flyer, providing the opportunity to use it some turian who looked very worried, and went to the embassy quarter.
The room was quite hanarskogo Embassy crowded. Two-earthlings BRP employees with weapons and armor, Bau in his usual lightly-suit and somehow without a helmet. The captain immediately noticed Hanaro standing at the desktop and anything typed on the keyboard instrumentrona.
- Zimandis. - Shepard said, wanting to draw attention to his appearance of Hanaro. Yet the two spectra of the Citadel Council, held on the same task - a rare event. Hanaro has remained unmoved and continued to type commands on the keyboard. Something told the captain that you must use the string and the first mate tried to switch to this state as possible unnoticed by Hanaro.
- Or rather will call you - Desperate to bow before the works mastermind. - I put in his usual patter Bau, seeing that Hanaro does not respond to the words of exec.
The inherent Hanaro Hanaro impersonal manner, continuing to type on a keyboard command, finally deigned to answer:
- It seems that the other person is arrested. Only the detention of your interlocutor will not change anything. Case mastermind will continue.
Shepard mentally thanked the engineers and programmers, who were able to build in the same autotranslator function makes it easy to track the nuances of speech, these jellyfish
- Why are you trying to help mastermind? - Shepard asked, trying to get closer to the woozy Hanaro.
- We have received information about the mastermind ... of sealed sources. - Hanaro said diplomat.
- Inspirations. - Shepard has decided to play on a misunderstanding. - You're talking about Protheans?
- Yes - he confirmed Hanaro - it is about them. Protheans steel collectors, and collectors correctly and faithfully serve the Reapers. And because we, Hanaro, being faithful servants mastermind must bow before the Reapers and obey them.
XO really wanted to curse out loud, but he remembered that somewhere nearby is Kasumi and so restrained. Hanaro, obviously sensing something, perhaps - a change in the mood of the captain, so just turned to the spectrum-man and said:
- Your skepticism will not change anything. Reapers bring up my people and the entire galaxy will eventually bow down in front of us - the pupils of the Reapers. My people will be elected by the people. A worthy goal.
The string typed inside Shepard's full capacity. The captain took a step toward Hanaro, continue to knock on the virtual keys:
- We will not let you put a whole race Hanaro pass Reapers. You - arrested.
- I'm sorry you do not believe in the possibility of the Reapers. My Planet is closed automatic defense system, which can easily be deactivated by a virus, which - jellyfish turned to the screens on the wall in front of instrumentronom - I just ran into it, the will of the Reapers.
Bau soared:
- Virus transmission would have been detected. Hence, it was sent through the channel with a lower priority. We must try to intercept the virus passing through the channel. - Salarian easily bypassed Hanaro, he jumped to instrumentronu and banged on the keys. - Now ...
At this point one of the staff BRP briskly walked to salarians and began to strangle him. Hanaro, looking at all this with a truly Olympian calm, summed up:
- You can stop it.
- To me. It. Tired. - Shepard punch sent drugged employee already Having closed his fingers of both hands on the neck Bau, into unconsciousness. He collapsed on the floor and Bau, release, jumped to instrumentronu closer - Strangler dragged him three steps from the table and now it was necessary to re salarians continue typing on the keyboard lock command.
A second C-Sec officer drew his pistol, but Shepard kick roundhouse kicked the weapon and punch sent esbetseshnika second knockout. He tried to pull, but the second blow Shepard was able to stop his attempts to do the will of the Reapers.
Formed out of invisibility Kasumi leap overcome the distance to instrumentrona and has four hands salarian dugout and began to type commands.
- Transfer aborted. - Cried Japanese. Bau stared at her in amazement - she was able to gain command codes faster than it twice. - Stop. There is some protection! - Bau she pushed to one side, and she tried to jump to another. - Everyone lie! Will ... blast!
The last thing Shepard had noticed that the white radiance captured the space of the room, it was Kasumi, under the guise of a field of invisibility Care leap into the doorway open the blast doors. . "That's right Bau wants her arrest Needless her to be arrested especially -.. After that.".
A minute later the lights start to fade, and Shepard was able to rise to his feet. Shaking his head and shaking hands with the floor raised Bau.
- Where ... where a Japanese woman? - He asked, looking around the room.
- There was an explosion, Bau. And it is, if you do not understand, died to save his homeland Hanaro. - The captain came to the remains instrumentrona. - She does not want her body ... studied and examined after her death. So ... you can not even search for the remains. They are not here. - Maintaining state Strings, Shepard jerk for overalls picked up both poluoglushёnnyh indoctrinate employees BRP. - As compensation - here's two people. For interviews and more. It is unlikely that they will say something sensible, but ... It's better than nothing.
- I note in the report, Shepard. - Bau said, slowly regaining consciousness.
- No doubt. - Said the captain. - Diplomat-Hanaro - Mate looked lumps of flesh - was torn to pieces. And he was ... more indoctrinated than they. - First mate shook up the two-esbetseshnikov earthlings, which is still held by the scruff. Entered the room turians - esbetseshniki, picked up from the hands of Shepard both his former colleagues and dragged away - go indoctrinated and explosion stunned earthlings could not - the nearest reference point. - With these two will work. At least something will find out.
- I believe that we have done the main thing - do not give the virus to reach avtosistemy Hanaro protect the planet. So, they have these ...
jellyfish ... there is still a chance to survive, fighting the Reapers. - Bau finally gained the ability to perceive reality - tremor disappeared and no longer resemble salarian reasonable in a state of shock. - I was glad to work with you, Captain. I hope that when the time comes, I will thank you ... and not just for that day. And not only me. - With these words salarian-spectrum left the room.
- Shepard. - I entered the room turian high in heavy combat armor. The captain recognized him - the second deputy Garrus, Nevson Lamert. - With me - experts. They hold all the necessary work. Thanks to your Synthetic we filmed everything that happened here. We now have enough evidence ... all different. - Following turian included in their scientific and technical personnel more formёnkah BRP - turians, asari quarians. - Vakarian thank you. We will strengthen the protection of communication channels and the Citadel will improve the filters.
- Good luck to you in your work. Nevson. - Shepard exchanged with Deputy Garrus firm handshake and left the room.
Trenknul instrumentron. Information about the sender in the "cap" message was not, but the style of the XO clearly defined - is Kasumi, "Shepard Parliament was to take part in this work I got what I wanted to get what you want you and all otryadovtsam success and defeat the Reapers.... ".
Glancing at his watch, Number surprised - it took several hours, and it seemed - a few tens of minutes. Calling with instrumentrona wage flyer, Shepard rushed to the nearest taxi rank.
Dekuuna. Resistance Help ElKor
A few days passed relatively quietly for Shepard. The work at the headquarters in the crisis center, stay close with Svetlana, rare crashes on the "Normandy" to starpomovskie duty and detours. Gradually taking shape a plan of action teams and the top spot in this respect occupied ElKor. XO habitually think that will fly, but, as it turned out, for Anderson and Titov more acceptable for a number of reasons appeared remote Troop part in solving the problem of security sluggish giants.
As natives of the planet Dekuuna - world with high gravity ElKor were thoughtful and conservative creatures, who, meanwhile, when communicating with other intelligent organics attached great importance to the item name using smells, light subtle movement and and infrasound, which allowed them to express subtle shades values. Shepard had long known that ElKor accustomed when dealing with most of the other races verbally directly indicate what kind of mood or state they are in at any given moment of conversation.
Incredibly strong, but extremely slow, ElKor experienced considerable difficulty in adapting to the conditions of the war against the Reapers. Led by the wise elders - Senior ElKor ancient ElKor many years traveled to Dekuune within large tribal groups, and then come into contact with the newcomers to Dekuune asari, with their help found closest to its parent planet repeater and quickly created their own trade route to the Citadel . They rather quickly acquired the status of a certain species of sentient beings, but because of its conservatism still shared their tsitadelskoe The station embassy representatives volus race - recognized by economists and financiers Citadel space.
That conservatism ElKor and their inability to implement rapid action in the case of acute and emergency prompted the staff of the Crisis Center of the headquarters of Detachment on the Citadel as soon as possible to address the problem of the race: the Reapers constantly expanding its presence and ElKor for a variety of reasons not to could provide an effective and lasting protection of their world - they, in particular, have not been able to overcome their conservatism and love for stability. Wisdom of the Elders ElKor could not help here - all sources of information used by senior ElKor in dealing with racial issues and questions about the Reapers spoke either very little, or said something that is not quite true.
Failure Senior ElKor quickly and effectively explain all the other tribesmen situation costly race - at the start of work on the issue of Crisis Center ElKor alive on Dekuune left several hundred giants, so we had to resort to the implementation of the "evacuation" plan. The initial period ElKor motivation to become a real deep and diverse physical and psychological shock. Among the representatives of this race has been proven to the results of monitoring, was unusually high suicide rate - the Giants could not cope with the emotional and sensory overload.
Preparation for the implementation of the evacuation plan Resistance Navy forces were in full swing, when the headquarters ElKor arrived, he turned to the officer on duty to rescue a Dekuuny already subjected Reapers orbital bombardment, the Code of the Ancients - the sacred book ElKor.
From quite a long conversation with the visitor, it became clear that the book was left in one of the so-called sacred places Dekuuny where, unfortunately, the survivors ElKor Aboriginal walk will not be able in the near future - the Reapers started a real constant hunt for the slow giants, accustomed to move not only as visible from orbit in large groups. Shepard, monitor the progress and results of negotiations with the help of instrumentrona suggested commanders to implement both the flight squadron.
- John, this is not a task for the Troop. - Anderson and Titov made contact with Shepard, when he fulfilled shift in the plates in the Hall, was in his office at the crisis center. - We now have the ability to coordinate the evacuation of the Resistance Forces, which will cope with this task better. Specially prepared the ship to deliver a sacred place expeditionary force, he quickly finds the sacred book, take out of its orbit, and then crossed over to the Citadel by a high-speed ship mail. - Anderson usual arguments and calmly urged his senior assistant in the absence of the need to disrupt the squadron from the parking lot at the Citadel. - In addition, the second Evakoflota task will still export the survivors ElKor on one of the planets, with more or less normative for this race conditions. Yavik, as you already know, John, deals with this problem closely, so the details are not voiced. - While Anderson said Titov, only occasionally nodding, confirming the correctness of the stated another colleague judgment. - We've got a need to participate in two complex operations, one of which will be held at the Citadel, and the other in - gathering of the Exodus.
- Good. - Shepard, thinking, agreed. - But coordination ...
- Where do without it, John. - Anderson said. - And you'll do it. Especially that "tsitadelskaya problem" would also require the presence and intervention teams. And then will come the time of departure to the Exodus Cluster. While that will organize the process of coordinating the efforts of the resistance fleet and crews to find this holy book ElKor and evacuate survivors ElKor.
- Yes, commander. - Shepard with the acquiescence of the commanders of the squadron switched channels.
Leaning back in his chair, the captain thought. Yes, he remembered that the economy ElKor was rated as moderately - the Giants did not make sense to rush and therefore developed their plans slowly and steadily.
The appearance of Dekuuny Reaper fleet and troops from all certainty raised the question of the survival of the race ElKor - now not just slow harmed ElKor - it contributed to their rapid and assured destruction.
On the recommendation of the staff of the Crisis Center tsitadelskoy headquarters Troop to Dekuune few days ago they were sent fleets of the third ring of the Earth countries and now not a day passed that Synthetic Squad were awarded a new skirmish with the ships of the Reapers and their henchmen, who tried once again to organize the bombing Dekuuny or its moons, which also housed the colony ElKor.
The fleets of the third ring of the Resistance who were guarding the mother planet ElKor were not adapted to prospecting for Dekuune and even more were not designed for the organization and implementation of evacuation operations. In addition to the provision of armed resistance ships Reapers and their henchmen, the power of their fleets VI and AI coordinate the work of a large and complex elkorskoy combat system based on extensive use of virtual intelligence. Programmers and technology complemented Resistance Fleets operating time library VI obtained in the course of organizing the defense of the other races of the worlds.
Application fleet Resistance artificial intelligence capabilities imparted
a certain flexibility of the combat system, defending Dekuunu, but ... because of its slowness and frank tugodumstva, traditional reverence for the few that knew about Reapers Senior ElKor race of giants was put on the brink of survival, and therefore had to evacuate the remaining ElKor live under the protection of already proven low vulnerability to the Reapers new colonial defenses.
Now, when as an option to respond, considered the feasibility of sending a detachment of ships to Dekuune for direct participation in emergency work, the Navy Engineering Resistance end of its life on one of the planets construction fortified colony, which ElKor would live after they are evacuated from Dekuuny. Technicians ensure full compatibility VI and AI colony elkorskimi standards, do not forget to ensure compatibility with the Alliance and the Empire standards. The new colony was sufficiently protected and was in the sector to pass that the Reapers are not intended in principle.
Although ElKor and were famous for their slowness, they, to their credit, did not want to be passive participants in the evacuation and resettlement in a new place. Yes, perhaps, a small movement speed and large size and do ElKor different targets placed in orbit shooting systems, but at the same time, a thick skin giants allowed them not to pay much attention to the wounds that for all the races meant to secure and fast death.
ElKor weapons were mostly heavy, belongs to a class of gun systems managed virtual intelligence. Sami ElKor quickly get the hand efficiently and quickly manage these systems, however, are not too responded positively to attempts to name the other races armed with guns ElKor "live tanks." Perhaps this rejection was due to the peculiarities of ElKor language, which was incredibly difficult for most races Citadel space, and perhaps the reason was something else. At least ElKor not put forward any formal requirements and charges, and the surviving giants tried to do everything to make the evacuation took place as soon as possible and race was not guaranteed in the face of extinction.
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