It turns out that the Reapers, it is possible immediately thrown against Protheans kind of touchstone in the form of artificial intelligence on individual platforms. Protheans were forced to defend themselves so aggressively involved many others already published in the space of organic races in your empire. Yes, now it becomes clear why no one could compare with Protheans, become their partners and senior partners - Protheans, orientated to the fact that stand in conflict with the artificial intelligence to manage multiple inorganic explicitly machines proved consistently stronger than most, if not all organic races, which at that time only to find the galaxy.
According to the video archive A1 Empire Protheans machines opposed to the conflict, later called Metakon war for decades. Probably, this confrontation was the prelude to the invasion of the Reapers, with the arrival of which the galaxy empire Protheans through hundreds of years of continuous war, was eventually destroyed.
Protheans, as it turned out, knew of the existence of the Reapers as studied the ruins left over from their previous civilizations. They even began to prepare for a fight, but, as clearly indicated and the remaining non-public video archive materials A1 Protheans were caught off guard. Over the next few centuries, they were forced to fight the Reapers for every system, every planet, every colony, every station and every city, but it was not enough.
Information Ilos here in the Archives of the Citadel, by the way, was not there. Protheans still heed the voice of reason and did not allow the fixing of this information on any exemptions available to media. The highest degree of secrecy. Shepard knew that the only way Ilos and its inhabitants more than forty-eight thousand years ago escaped detection Reapers, though and had as an additional security measure to the fact, to immerse yourself in stasis sleep.
Hundreds of years of conflict. For a man who is capable to live a maximum of two hundred years, it was unimaginable figure. Yes, when the war and called the Hundred, regularly fired the perception of people, but, as it turned out, it was just a string of battles and conflicts, rather than continuously carried out confrontation on the huge spaces of the earth. Before World War Hundred Years' War did not reach, however, about the world wars, people did not have a proper idea or rather say - it really had no idea. Sooner they were more about the concept of global conflict have - my mind would not have survived.
Stopping once again playing from the video archive A1, Shepard thought that went through Protheans. Yes, when Ilos planet became a place of mass sleep stasis best local Prothean scientists born Yavik. A few hundred years Prothean troops on Eden Prime, under the command Yavika also planned to survive Harvest in stasis, but as it turned out, "sleeping" agents Reapers Reapers betrayed them and inflicted a crushing blow on the planet. As XO has now been well known, many Protheans, had time to go into stasis capsule, died because of the banal lack of energy - many energokontury and supply power stations were predictably destroyed.
Reapers then began to methodically exterminate the remaining Protheans and left the galaxy by going into standby mode following cycles. This cycle. That should be the last in the history of this race polumashin. The need to understand the series of cycles of interruption and Prothean scientists who, interrupting stasis, went through the relay of the Citadel and implemented reprogramming Keepers to the Reapers were not able once again to remotely activate the stations in repeater mode.
The invasion of the Reapers in individual galaxy on scales of the universe - a mere trifle. No wonder - there, in the universe, galaxies - thousands and if each is considered an important event ... No power, no power to monitor is not enough. Evolution, ruling in the universe, was brutal. Asteroids are faced with the planets, were born and died civilization reasonable and unreasonable organic and inorganic beings who, seeking to escape from obschegalakticheskih disasters natural or artificial nature, often built huge ships, embodies all the best achievements of science and technology. All life-saving, all to save the information.
Escape ... does not always work. Krogan, for example, reaching the nuclear age, could not resist the temptation to try implementing a new toy in the full application and as a result returned to the stage of the existence of only a plurality of continuous warring, split by different perceptions of the proper and necessary tribes. Some researchers have even questioned the fact that the krogan civilization, but now are not, and even more so - intelligent civilization. However, scientists have always been prone to extremes. One such extreme realized krogan, costly by the Lizards. It is not surprising that now krogan to scientists of any caliber and any race look very askance - or rather disapprovingly.
Chronologically, considerably augmented Synthetic Corps, it appeared that in the year one thousand eight hundred BC to obschegalakticheskomu calendar due to the explosion of a supernova repeater Mu, who led in the space of Pangaea, was lost for many centuries and was discovered rachni. Closer to zero, in the sixth century BC to the galacto-activated calendar salarians, asari colony next base, welcome salarians who found the Citadel and knotted diplomatic relations with them. From this moment begins the era of the joint forces of the galaxy studies salarians and asari.
Information about closer to the current cycle of the dataset contained in another video archive and Shepard sat a few tens of minutes, looking at a range of video archive extinguished A1. Yes, then it was the turn of creation Corps spectrum. Now, after watching all the major archive of materials A1 Shepard felt that has every right to break off, to relax, to meditate. It was impossible at once like this to learn all the material that particular video archive - it would take a few days, and he wanted to cover more material - or rather, to embrace, to learn as possible, all materials contained in the video archives, already seen them in the last visit, the resulting, unfortunately, very tense.
Navigate to the file S1, Shepard took out laying rations, containers laid on the floor, sat down, buckled legs, unpacked a few containers. He waited until they heat up. Alix did not appear, but instrumentron confidently reported - kiborgessa works is that there is nothing alarming and threatening in the Archives. Today, none of the Archives reasonable should not be - these few days have been closed to the public.
- John, the first spectrum, Bilo Gyurdzhin ... he really could be a role model? - Alix sat silently walked up to the captain stopped, conjoint movement sank to the floor, hugging her knees. - Or?
- Most likely - or Ali. - Shepard said, chew a piece of casseroles. - What had at that time, and asari salarians, then they used. According to publicly available data spectra, as a structure, as an organization, it has been established to monitor the implementation of the krogan. When reasonable organic race already in its development has come a long way to return to their former positions with lower levels takes a lot less time. Salarians programmed to accelerate the process of thinking and acting, it is well understood. Much better asari. I'm not surprised that the first spectrum became salarian - needed speed activities, the effectiveness of actions. Azari with them ... laziness and passivity in most cases, the role of the spectrum, the more - the first spectrum bore little resemblance.
- So, not to imitate the matter? - Explained Alix, still sitting in the same position and are not trying to keep everything under his XO noticing glance.
- No. In recognition of the need to do something. In this case - with krogan. Salarians have accumulated a lot of material in the course of this observation of the lizards ... It is not surprising that they have created genophage. The problem is that they are not used genophage and excessively militant turians. In general, the triumvirate load. Someone wanted someone created, someone applied. All these someone were different. - Shepard folded container, drank from a flask herbal infusion. - Like dinner. Now I must wait for an hour and a half. While you might think, reflect.
- John ... You can get to you ... closer. - Alix asked.
- Sit down, and the wall ... - Shepard added light in instrumentrone, feeling Alix gently pressed against his back. - Do you have it?
- Joyless, John. - Kiborge
ssa straightened umostilas comfortable. - I'm counting on the fact that I get a lot of data on the use of the Archives after our penetration here ... But - did not work. So now I have been clarifying the chronology of access in the last hundred thousand years. Interesting. It allows you to specify a shared basic chronology.
- Tell me. - Shepard said, feeling that Alyx is ready to discuss this topic in more detail.
- With pleasure, John. - Kiborgessa several tens of minutes in some detail told about who, how and when appealed to content Archives Citadel.
Here, within these walls, as it turned out, there were very few races. Yet Archives were quite closed, and even the secret a few cycles of the territory. Is that Protheans longer used them in the active mode, and ... silence, peace, neglect, abandonment. The only thing that was able to prove - the information was stored in the Archives of the time. With that Shepard and Alix had to face more closely - they already knew about that and about the current cycle information about his last months enters the archives regularly, semi-automatic and automatic mode.
- This ... Bilo Gyurdzhin was oriented on cruelty? - Alix said, finishing his story and translating the conversation to another topic.
- Maybe. Cruelty - a feature of any reasonable organics. We call cruelty certain course of action, bearing negative. - Shepard said. - Perhaps, in the case of application of this concept to unreasonable organics ... it will be difficult to justify such an application, but - yes, Bilo Gyurdzhin was elected to the first spectrum - or rather, made the first spectrum to a large extent, and for their willingness to demonstrate and apply a very serious level cruelty, or more simply - to go beyond the median strip.
- Evolution and is manifested? - Clarified kiborgessa.
- Not only is evolution. Select. Either nothing, or one of the extremes. In one way or another. - Thoughtfully said the captain. - We do not know much about any activity designed to each of us.
- Yes. The choice is really important. - Confirmed, thinking, Alix. - But the choice in the direction of lawlessness ..?
- Painted in soft law morality - can not be effective. - Bitterly Shepard said. - And we have, of organic current reasonable, and, as it turned out, not only the present ... the written law and morality is too imperfect. We are lazy. Alas.
- Is it laziness, John?
- Maybe not laziness. - Shepard said. - I look through this basic record beater, but we'll see, and further materials. Kroganskaya part of the story - including.
- Then - before dinner, Captain. - Raise the Alix took a few steps, he turned around. - Thank you.
- Thank you, Ali. Working. - Shepard said, activating the video archive of Es-1.
Alix went to the file cabinet, including its internal scanners. She, cyborg does not have to strain as a reasonable organic - work, work at full capacity it was this real life. Another life, she did not want and did not know. But now it is, highlighting the main power by scanning a plurality of crystals, leaving quite a bit of power under the control of a secure backup of ships and crews Troop remnants dumped for processing information about Shepard and his life. She remembered how, along with Olivia revolutionized the evenings many episodes of Captain life. Yes, then it was a kind of training opportunities, but now ...
Now Alix knew that it was not just training. She remembered how recently sat back to back with XO "Normandy" and knew it - a sign of a sufficiently large human credibility, robot. Yes, she would just kiss with Shepard, hug him, aware that even Svetlana would not protest against such behavior of young kiborgessy. But, remembering that together they had to spend a few days, I decided not to hurry.
The reconstruction of the life of Captain episodes it carried out itself, using all available sources of information. She, cyborg, search, classification, data reduction checkered easy. Although, it should be recognized that the life of organic repeatedly raised Alyx to a standstill. If not for my mother's school, many explained to her, she would not have understood, I would not be able to properly assess, understand, compare. A wrong conclusions would lead to disastrous results.
In his meditations, combined with the work she came to visit, Svetlana to Benešov, when Liara was badly injured Kai Leng. Alix was impressed by the response of Svetlana: "Family - it's for John especially children, d'Avignon.". Yes, Streltsov know what to press to talk with asari matriarch, age is no longer which had no conceivable possibility of becoming pregnant and giving birth. Yes, it is by age. Experience life - it's good, but the ability to get pregnant and give birth - it is very, very different. And Svetlana, defending their right to the deep, complete, heartfelt relationship with John, did not fail to remind Benešov this fact.
And then Svetlana, risking very much, showed Benešov recording made in the pilot's cabin of a frigate. Alyx watched dozens of times this record. And crying. I am crying bitterly, closing the cabin. Mom knew her then. She cried several times, looking at the record. As Shepard prayed. Earnestly ... and imperceptibly. Yes, Jeff felt this prayer, it felt all who were then close enough to the exec. He prayed because he understood - Liara was to survive, to have a Etitoy d'Avignon was a complete family, was continued. He certainly knew that Etity were still other daughter, but ... they were not in Benešov and Liara was the daughter of d'Avignon, and this explained a lot. Do Liara felt then, just returned from non-existence, the presence in the House Svetlana? May be. It is even possible that the felt and understood .... Svetlana was wise, having gone quickly and quietly. ... She did everything she could then. Other parents made Liara and her physicians. Through the presence of Svetlana, as rightly said d'Avignon, Liara and felt the presence of the captain. Alix knew how in the world of organic rare this combination happens, how it is valuable ... and omnipotent. Shepard did not appear at Liara in the House personally, he did so, there came to him, no doubt about it Svetlana. There was also saved ... Liara. Yes, then, as I knew Alix, Svetlana will defend their right to be so far only for John, which is quite excusable - under her heart had two children, and Liara still too young, she azariyskim standards virgin Well girl, if at -zemnomu number - 18-25 years is very best. She's too young. Because... For Svetlana and defended their right to be next to John a very long time in an exclusive version to access it ... Svetlana For John was primarily the main and only friend, not her husband and father of her first child. The main and only friend. And then, in the hospital, in the House, Svetlana, prophetic feminine flair to feel that Liara ... very expensive for Shepard, wished mentally young asari recovery silently wished, just as silently adding that waiting for her and love. It is not the number of Liara to rival if not numbers at all. Maybe it was internally ready to count then, when pregnant, and then - no. Not a number. Because John did not want to complicate the life of Svetlana. I do not want her to risk themselves to strain to was tense and tired ....
Then, soon took the unity of John and Svetlana. The unity of their choice, at their request. And Svetlana became a mother, adult, mature, married woman. John became a married man, a father. The logical result for organics. It is a natural result. And Anderson, Anderson, wise, none of which have never otryadovtsev not only called, but did not find the old, he announced that John and Svetlana its power, the commander of the cruiser frigate, are now the husband and wife, lawful husband and wife.
Then there were the traditional congratulations, once again confirmed that Svetlana and John are valuable for all otryadovtsev, multifaceted valuable. And Svetlana herself handed John a box with rings. Itself acknowledged his supremacy, and rule of value to it, and a citizen of the Empire officer. At that time, much earlier and much later collapsed to Svetlana and John all the differences of cultures, peoples and countries. Every single differences have lost their power and authority over them. And how they danced among volgovtsev! As they danced! Svetlana, what could fully verify all of her colleagues complied every imaginable tradition - and a wedding ring on her hand was, and she danced with her lawful husband and kissed him in public.
Then John came to David Anderson. He came not only as a s
enior assistant, but also as a man to a man. The younger the older, less experienced to the more experienced. Alix knew from his mother's stories that then Anderson made an important decision - should anything happen to him, he will give the command of the ship and the crew only to him, John Shepard. And anyone else. Because John ... deserved it more than anyone else. A lot more. Yes, I decided to trust more of organic married employees. Or married. The default behavior, normal behavior.
Svetlana then killed a woman. The young woman. Lady. He killed because she only expressed a desire to kill John. Killed professional from combat sniper rifle. He killed himself. Cool, calm, clear. Killed, causing injury incompatible with life, making the one who has just hinted that wants John died, suffer so much before the final death that proved once and for all - between her and John could not stand anybody. And nobody will be able to threaten its alliance with John John or security. Yes, she's a woman, she - the mother, but it is - a warrior, officer, commander and she will protect her husband and master as well as it will protect her, his wife and her friend. There she wants to be an equal to John and it will be equal to it.
John helped Lieutenant Alenko gain complete family happiness, arranging for Ashley ten day holiday. Part of the holiday, the bulk of Sergeant Williams vacation time spent on "Omega". None of the commanders of its units had nothing to object to the request of four of the spectrum. Yes, the status of the spectrum it is sometimes very useful - it is a lot of organic namutili reasonable adjustments in their relationship - there are different protocols and rituals, subordination schemes and all such other matters. Omegovtsy staged a parade in honor of the arrival of the ships and crews Squad at the station. Like all omegovtsy then admired the beauty and power of her, Alix, mom. Quite sincerely admired.
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