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Received from: Quarian admirals [Normandy SR-2: Combat Information Center]
Unlocked by: Received automatically after completing Priority: Perseus Veil.
Open the galaxy map and travel to the Perseus Veil. Once you're there (Tikkun system), get closer to the geth dreadnought (screen above) and begin docking procedures (notice that Tali will have to take active part in the upcoming mission). Watch several cut-scenes during which you'll find out that you will have to travel alone through a damaged docking tube in order to secure a safe dock for the rest of your squad.
Start moving towards an entrance to the geth ship seen in the distance. You won't encounter any enemies during this segment and you also don't have to worry about Shepard's magnetic boots to stop working. The only problem are the damaged parts of the tube, because they will be forcing you to move left or right to go past them. You shouldn't have any major problems here and it won't take long to reach your current destination. Watch a new cut-scene which will explain why your team members won't be allowed to use the same tube to join you. As a result you will have to unlock another docking tube for them.
You may now officially begin exploring the [Geth dreadnought] thanks to the working artificial gravity. The most valuable find in this area is a weapon mod [Shotgun Smart Choke]. Once you have the mod go in an opposite direction and interact with the ladder. Proceed towards the only available door, performing a single jump along the way. Find a new door and search the area to your left to uncover geth data [1875 credits]. The last task on your list is to use a second ladder and to interact with a docking control terminal [300 EXP].
Wait until you've regained control over Shepard and pick up a pistol [Arc Pistol] which was left to you by Tali. I would suggest that you follow her advice and choose this weapon from your inventory, because it's very effective against the geth. Proceed towards the newly unlocked passageway leading to the operations center, finding GARDIAN data and a weapon mod [Sniper Rifle Enhanced Scope] along the way. Your objective is to get to a new computer terminal which is used to extend a nearby bridge. Save your game before using the terminal, because you're about to meet the first group of geth units.
This is probably your first encounter with the geth in Mass Effect 3, so make sure to change the style of play accordingly (you'll want to become effective in destroying synthetic targets). I would strongly recommend that you rely on Tali's powers, because she can turn the geth on each other, damage them or distract them with a probe. It's important to use cover during this battle, because aside from the standard geth you'll also be dealing with geth rocket troopers and if you get hit by a rocket you can receive major injuries.
Move forward once you've defeated the first group and be ready to deal with more geth. You should still be using cover and rely mostly on tech powers. It's also wise to consider throwing grenades each time you notice a group of geth standing close to each other. Keep moving forward until you've found a ladder. Don't be fooled by seeing only a single geth, because more will come once the battle has started. Watch out for mines while exploring this section of the ship, because they take away a lot of damage. You can avoid the mines or destroy them from a safe distance using a weapon or an offensive power.
Continue moving forward, destroying or avoiding the mines and exploring the area. You'll find geth data [2500 credits] and also after you've entered a small room you'll come across an armor fragment [Archont Visor], and two consoles. The next room of the geth ship contains a third console and an assault rifle [Geth Pulse Rifle]. Save your game before opening a door leading to the operations center (screen above), because you're about to take part in a battle with a very large group of geth [300 EXP].
The biggest challenge of this battle is that you'll have to deal with a new type of enemies called geth hunters. These machines rely on camouflage and this makes them difficult to locate and to track their movements. You must prevent them from moving too close to Shepard and the rest of the team, because most hunters are using shotguns and therefore can inflict serious damage in close combat. The safest way to locate the hunters is to rely on the pause function as often as possible. You should also know that shooting at them can disable their camouflage (permanently or only for a while) and this of course makes the future attacks easier to organize. This isn't of course everything, because other interesting strategies against the hunters include sending out probes to distract them and sabotaging their shields thanks to tech powers. Guard your flanks during this battle and focus on the hunters and you should prevail.
Once you've won proceed to the opposite end of the room, however watch out for new mines along the way. Find a console data, a weapon mod [SMG Scope] and geth data [1250 credits]. Don't forget to save your progress again before interacting with the main console of the operations center (screen above). Listen to a conversation which will be about reaching a room on the geth ship from which the Reaper signal is being broadcasted.
Get ready, because as soon as the conversation has ended more geth will show up in the operations center. I would recommend that you order your team members to defend two ramps leading to the console you've just used. Just as before, focus on locating and eliminating geth hunters, preventing them from moving closer. Keep fighting until you've destroyed geth units and then proceed towards the newly unlocked corridor located on the opposite end of the operations center. Approach a closed door and interact with it to automatically use your omni-tool.
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(Priority) Perseus Veil / Geth DreadnoughtUnlockable Weapons and Equipment:Arc Pistol Archon Visor Geth Pulse Rifle (Assault Rifle) Weapon Upgrades Shotgun Smart Choke Sniper Rifle Enhanced Scope SMG Scope Assault Rifle Precision scope Walk to the airlock until you successfully enter the dreadnought. Upon entry, check the console to your left to find a Shotgun Smart Choke beside it. Grab the GARDIAN data and Sniper Rifle Enhanced Scope on the console along the way. Move along and activate the bridge controls. Destroy the enemies then take the ladder down. Fight your way along the corridor then finally grab the geth data on the console before the exit to earn some credits. Exit through the door. After talking to Legion, grab the geth data from a console nearby and a Assault Rifle Precision scope. Once ready, head to the upper platform and deactivate the hardware blocks.
Once done, fight your way through the other side of the platform then use the ladder to go down. You don't have to do anything else here but to run. Continue running until you reach the fighter to escape.
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A little bit of background,
Im running a d20 roleplaying game where Star Wars, Halo, and Mass Effect are colliding (My players wanted chaos and the freedom to play whatever they wanted)
But whereas Halo and Star Wars ships are well documented on feats I can't seem to find how strong Dreadnaughts are and could use a little bit of help.
If someone could tell me how many Dreadnaughts would be needed to take down one Covenant CAS Assault Cruiser that would be a wonderful point for me to base strength off of.
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Harry and Chief Williams quickly made their way over the clean white bridge that stood over a lake. Harry tried to keep his attention on the job but it was hard with all these new aliens around. It was like the first time he had seen Diagon Alley.
They soon came to a door that Harry's geth-provided map proclaimed as the Financial Offices of Barla Von.
'Barla Von, yes?' Harry asked as he entered the rather empty room. It looked like an unused storeroom with a desk.
'I am. And you must be part of Shepard's team, Earth Clan.' Came the laboured wheezing of the diminutive volus. 'I had expected the Commander himself.'
'We are on a clock so we split up. I have some personal things to discuss with you so I figured I could kill two birds with one stone.'
'I understand.' It was clear that he meant it even if he didn't like it.
'So, Saren, what do you know?'
'I know that my employer, the Shadow Broker, has put a hit out on him. Saren made the very unwise move of betraying him. I would recommend that you go to C-Sec. I heard that the krogan assigned the contract, Urdnot Wrex, was 'paying a visit' there.'
'That it?'
'That is all I have. Wrex may have more when you talk to him.'
'Williams could you give me a minute here? I just need to do some personal banking. You might want to let Shepard know what we've learnt.'
The Chief looked at him suspiciously but nodded and backed out of the room.
'My name is Harry Potter. Any chance you can access my financial records?' Harry asked.
'Potter?' The volus glared at him. 'You had better have some pretty conclusive evidence. The number of people trying to claim they are Harry Potter really gobs up our ventilators.'
'Erm… fingerprints, voice print and DNA.' Harry shrugged.
The volus stepped back and crossed his arms. 'You think people haven't tried all that before? The Harry Potter account has a very simple stipulation, a test that the candidate has to pass.'
Barla looked around the room and spotted an old OSD. 'Here, turn that into a living animal.'
'Really?'
'If you can do it you will make me very rich.' Barla nodded. 'I've got a lot of money riding in the pool that says the accounts will eventually be claimed. All the candidate has to do is turn an inanimate object into a living, breathing creature in front of someone.'
Harry sighed and waved his hand turning the computer pad into a mouse.
'By the clans!' Barla moved in and prodded the squeaking thing before it tried to run and Harry had to summon it back. 'This is registering as alive!' Barla gasped.
'That is what you wanted, right?'
*THWACK*
Harry stood there, glaring at the volus as blood dripped down his face. The volus was standing there stunned, a military knife in one hand and a decapitated mouse on the desk.
'Was that really necessary?' Harry demanded as he cleaned himself with magic.
'It was all I needed to prove you are Harry Potter.' Barla offered. 'I will send you the details of your portfolio. Earth-Clan Hermione Granger was in charge of your accounts and she invested well.
'Aside from family heirlooms, she sold anything you owned and invested a good portion of your estate on the Earth Stock Markets. She had a very good eye for business and managed to ensure you would never want for money again.'
'Oh.'
'I will have the account details sent to you. I trust you will remember what we have done for you in this matter?' Barla Von said pointedly.
'Sure. As long as the volus remain good people I will always remember.'
'Good.' Barla snorted. 'Such a subjective term, Earth Clan.'
'Fine. Don't hurt the innocent and we'll never have a problem.' Harry sighed.
'We can abide by that.' Barla nodded, his whole, short, stubby body moving.
'Thanks for the help.' Harry waved as he exited and met up with Williams.
'Get everything done?' Williams asked casually… or as casually as someone with no interrogation experience can.
Harry just smiled. 'A friend from back home was apparently given control of my money and possessions. She did a lot of good with it.'
'Remember to send her a gift then.'
Harry's smile dropped as her words made him realise that Hermione was dead.
He had to get to Earth. He needed to find out for himself.
'Alert! Local transmissions indicate a quarian is in imminent danger!'
Harry frowned. 'Can't you alert C-Sec?'
'Huh?' The Chief asked as Harry started talking to no one.
'C-Sec will not listen to geth intel. C-Sec will not arrive in time to prevent quarian from entering trap. Quarian is good candidate for introductions to Admiralty Board.'
Harry called up the map of the Citadel. He didn't see how he was going to be able to get there in time.
'Local transport is en route.'
A new beacon appeared in Harry's vision and he watched as an air car flew speedily towards them.
'Chief, I've got to go rescue a quarian. I'll meet up with you and the Commander back at the embassy.' Harry said as he strode to the edge of the walkway.
'Nothing doing, Harry. Skipper said I need to watch your back. I'm coming with.' She said firmly.
'Then check your weapon and strap in.' Harry said as the car landed and opened to reveal it was empty.
Harry was instantly connected with the car's on board sensors. He immediately hit the acceleration causing Williams to be crushed in her seat.
'Shit!'
'Sorry Chief. We have to get to the Wards in less then two minutes. You might want to close you eyes if you're squeamish.' Harry said.
'Why are your eyes closed?!'
'Because I am flying by sensors. I see what the car sees. It's easier this way, like flying a broomstick.' Harry said calmly.
Ashley Williams was a hardcore soldier. It was only a few days prior that she had stormed head first into attacking heretics.. but even that couldn't prepare her for Harry's driving.
She hugged her gun and prayed.
The Wards were the slums of the Citadel. The members of the rich and high society lived in the Presidium but it was the common folk who lived in the Wards. And it was obvious that the Presidium didn't care about the Wards as the pristine white décor gave way to bad lighting and depressing colours.
'Twenty seconds till we get there.' Harry announced.
Williams steeled herself. She checked her gun and helmet as the car came to a screeching halt and they leapt out. She followed Harry as he ran full pelt down corridors; doors seemed to open long before he reached them.
Unfortunately for Williams, Harry was moving faster than a human possibly could. Eventually she had to follow the sound of his footsteps.
Harry, meanwhile, knew he was too late to keep the quarian from walking into the trap. He could hear gunfire. He just hoped he got there in time to prevent the quarian from dying.
He turned a corner and saw the quarian hiding behind some crates. Caught in the crossfire between the quarian and Shepard were a turian and two salarians.
Harry dropped to his knees mid run, sliding past the startled quarian on the smooth floors, before he unleashed a Bombarda Maxima on the unsuspecting aliens.
'Hold your fire, he's one of ours.' Came Shepard's voice.
Harry looked up at the ceiling and grimaced. 'I really didn't mean to do that.'
'This one packs a punch for such a small guy.' A large krogan was clearly impressed.
'Who are you people? How did you do that?' The quarian demanded.
'Commander Shepard, Earth Alliance Navy. We received word you were about to walk into a trap because of some data you have.'
'How did he do that?' She asked again. She knew a few biotics but she had never seen one turn three people into stains on a ceiling.
'Great, I've got salarian on my armour.' A new turian that was with the Commander grumbled as he wiped blood and guts that were dripping from the ceiling off his shoulder.
'I don't know. Harry is still a bit of a mystery.' Shepard admitted.
At that moment Williams ran up, clearly out of breath. 'Potter… bastard… inhuman!'
'Did you take a detour?' Harry asked curiously. 'It wasn't that far and I've been here about a minute.'
'How are you… so damned… fast?' She demanded between gasps.
Harry suddenly looked a little embarrassed as more information came up. 'Oops, sorry about that. Apparently the geth upgraded my muscles as well as my bones.'
*BANG*
'Put the weapon down!' Shepard ordered as everyone but the Chief pointed theirs at the quarian.
Williams was quickly checking Harry. His armour had taken most of the hit but his jaw and neck took some of the scatter from the shotgun.
'You heard him! He said he was working with the geth!' The quarian argued.
'Takes a sick kind of person to shoot someone in cold blood when they've just saved your life.' The krogan rumbled with a scowl.
'Skipper, you should see this.' Williams called out.
'Garrus, secure her weapon.' Shepard ordered as he turned back to Harry and the Chief.
'He's got some form of advanced healing.' Williams indicated the visibly healing lacerations on his face.
'He did mention something about nanites.' Shepard nodded. 'Alenko, call the Normandy. Have Doctor Chakwas meet us at the embassy.'
As Harry woke up he saw a readout of everything he had missed after he was shot that the geth were able to note.
'I told you there was no point trying to help the quarians.' He grumbled to the geth as he sat up.
'Mr. Potter, glad to see you're finally awake.'
'Oh, hi Doctor.' Harry greeted the Normandy's physician. 'Half an hour? I was only out for half an hour after being shot at point blank range?' He muttered incredulously.
'How did you know that?' Chakwas asked.
'I have a clock in my head.' Harry shrugged.
'Of course, your neural implants.' She frowned. 'Mr. Potter… Harry, you do realise that they aren't really implants, don't you?'
'What do you mean?'
'Whilst you do have some organic matter from what was clearly your original brain, most of it is synthetic replications or alternatives.'
'Do you remember how I didn't want to see the movies of the geth fixing me?' Harry scowled.
'Ah… I apologise. But I must warn you that repressing is not good for you.'
'Don't worry. The geth have me pegged at stage one: denial.' Harry said a little sarcastically.
'At least they are doing more than just keeping your body healthy.' She sighed.
'So what have I missed?'
'I don't know the details. The quarian you rescued had additional evidence against Saren. They were about to head off to present it to the Council when I had you brought back here.'
'Well, I should probably go and catch up with them. I want to do a bit of shopping as well.' Harry said as he slid off the bed.
'I can't stop you, but please be careful and contact me if anything feels off.'
'I will, thank you.' He said as he walked out of the room.
Harry managed to do a bit of shopping with the account details that Barla Von had forwarded to him. He carried a large briefcase as he jogged up the stairs to the petitioner's platform where Shepard and his team were standing.
Williams saw the quarian instinctively move for her weapon and she calmly placed herself between them.
'What have I missed?' Harry whispered.
'They stripped Saren of his spectre status and ordered him hunted down. Now they are trying to deny the existence of the Reapers.'
'What are Reapers?'
'We don't know, an asari mentioned them in the evidence Tali, the quarian, gave us. Shepard thinks they are what he saw in his vision. They are calling the Commander delusional for believing nightmares and are trying to blame the geth. They are saying that the geth made that huge ship that attacked Eden Prime.' She whispered back.
'The Reapers are obviously just a myth, Commander. A convenient lie to cover Saren's true purpose. A legend he is using to bend the geth to his will.' Harry perked up at hearing the Salarian try to rationalise things away.
'I'm sorry, a myth?' Harry asked as he skipped up next to Shepard. He ignored the glare being sent by Udina. 'What evidence do you have that this is just a myth?'
'What else could it be?' Sparatus scoffed. 'What proof could there possibly be that any of this is real?'
'Lets see…' Harry said in mock thought. 'Great big honking spaceship of unknown design attacking a colony. Warnings of these ships from a beacon that the big ship, Saren and the Heretics were all after. Two highly placed members of the Council species discussing these Reapers and the evidence offered by the geth themselves that they were once approached by Nazara.'
'Nazara? What-'
'That is the name the ship identified itself with when it approached the geth.' Harry explained for Valern. 'So, want to explain away my evidence?'
'It is obvious that the ship is a geth construct.' Valern said snidely. He didn't like being interrupted.
'You don't know much about AI's, do you?' Harry smiled a smile that didn't make his eyes… smile. 'They aren't very artistic. You ask them to build something to be more efficient then sure… they can think circles around you. But if you ask them to paint an artistic impression of a sunset… all you are going to get back is photograph of what they saw.'
Harry pulled up the image of the reaper over Eden Prime. Next to it was an image of a geth dreadnought.
'As you can see, aesthetically these two ships were created by two different species.'
'Saren could easily have come up with the design himself.' Sparatus argued.
'And does Saren's psychological profile indicate that he has these skills and leanings?' Harry asked. He already knew as the geth had hacked the spectre database.
'I would have to check.' He deflected the query.
'Really? You clearly didn't do much research on the participants of this trial, did you?' Harry sighed. 'Anyway, what about the beacon? Shepard clearly had a vision provided by the beacon.'
'Bad dreams are not something that will move this Council.' Sparatus waved a dismissive hand.
'First of all, the medical readings taken of Commander Shepard showed he was not 'dreaming'. Second of all, are you setting a precedent?' Harry grinned.
'What?'
'If you want to make it so that visions and the like are not to be used then the asari are going to be pretty pissed. They have the mental ability to meld with others, to perceive thoughts and memories.'
Sparatus made to reply but a sharp look from Tevos held his tongue.
'So finally we have two high ranking members of the asari and turians: Benezia and Saren. Could they actually know what they are talking about when it comes to Reapers… or do their governments just have a habit of promoting the mentally imbalanced?' He challenged.
The three shared a look. It wasn't feasible to brush this under the carpet with so many witnesses.
'It hardly matters. Saren has been stripped of his status and no longer has access to Council resources.' Sparatus said with a hint of defeat.
'Just the heretics and the huge honking space craft that decimated a colony… and of course whatever Matriarch Benezia gives him.' Harry pointed out.
'Send the fleet in!' Harry groaned as Udina tried to take back control of the discussion. 'You know where Saren is hiding. Send them in and flush him out.'
'A fleet cannot track down one man.' Valern stated, somewhat astounded at the suggestion.
'Not much of a fleet then.' Once again Harry underestimated the power of the microphones used and his muttered scoff was heard by all.
'The fleet could secure the entire region. Keep the geth from attacking anymore of our colonies.' Udina persisted.
'Or it could trigger a war with the Terminus Systems!' Sparatus countered. 'We won't be dragged into a galactic conflict for a few human colonies!'
'Wow.' Harry breathed. 'Earth isn't required to come to your aid if you are attacked are they? I mean; you do have a habit of attacking anything that is new. Krogan, humans… and so on.'
'Look, send me then.' Shepard stepped up, pushing Harry back towards Williams. 'I can take Saren down.'
'The Commander is right. There is a way to stop Saren that doesn't require fleets or armies.' Tevos seemed relieved not to have to deal with the other two humans.
'No! It's too soon. Humanity is not ready for the responsibilities that come with joining the Spectres.'
'You don't have to send the fleet into the Traverse, and the Ambassador gets his human spectre.' Shepard played to the desires of both sides.
Tevos gave Sparatus a pointed look. He reluctantly caved.
The three Councillors activated the consoles in front of them. A crowd began to gather to witness.
'Commander Shepard, step forward.' Tevos instructed.
Shepard moved up as Udina… didn't move back, but moved to the side. A true politician, not one to miss being seen with the best and brightest.
'It is the decision of this Council that you be granted the powers and privileges of the Special Tactics and Reconnaissance branch of the Citadel.' Tevos declared.
'Spectres are not trained, but chosen.' Valern explained reverently. 'Individuals forged in the fire of service and battle, those whose actions elevate them above the rank and file.'
'Spectres are an ideal, a symbol. The embodiment of courage, determination and self-reliance. They are the right hand of the Council, instruments of our will.' Tevos continued.
'Spectres bear a great burden.' Sparatus declared with pride. 'They are the protectors of galactic peace, both our first and last line of defence. The safety of the galaxy is theirs to uphold.'
'You are the first human spectre Commander.' Tevos said. 'This is a great accomplishment for you and your entire species.'
'I'm honoured, Councillor.' Shepard bowed.
Harry reluctantly stomped on the urge to mutter the phrase: 'Suck up'. He had already tested those audio pick-ups and he didn't intend to do it again.
Fortunately for Harry, Valern took away his chance.
'We are sending you into the Traverse after Saren. He's a fugitive from justice, so you are authorised to use any means necessary to apprehend or eliminate him.'
'Any idea where to find him?' Shepard queried.
'We will forward any relevant files to Ambassador Udina.'
Harry grinned as he thought it was obvious that Sparatus was desperate to get rid of them.
'This meeting of the Council is adjourned.' Tevos declared.
Looked like Tevos was just as desperate.
'Congratulations Commander.' Anderson shook Shepard's hand.
'We've got a lot of work to do, Shepard.' Udina said with an eager note. 'You're going to need a ship, crew, supplies…'
'You'll get access to special equipment and training now. You should go down to C-Sec and speak to the Spectre Requisitions Officer.' Anderson seemed pretty eager himself.
'Anderson, come with me. I'll need your help to set all this up.' Udina ordered.
'Hmph, bastard didn't even thank you.' Wrex, the krogan, scowled as they watched the two men walk off.
'He's a politician.' Harry shrugged. 'As far as he's concerned he's the one doing all the work.'
'And you, you speak as well as you fight.' Wrex said approvingly. 'You'll definitely be interesting to fight beside on this mission.'
'Huh? Me? I'm headed for Earth. I need to find whatever's left of my life. Then I have to work on this whole emissary thing for the geth.'
He ignored the fact that Chief Williams had to move in front of the quarian again when she moved for him.
'Your skills and insight into the geth could prove pivotal to driving a wedge between Saren and the heretics.' Shepard reasoned.
'You don't need him! I'm quarian! We built the geth.' Tali argued, he could tell she was sneering at him behind that facemask.
'Because that worked out well for you, didn't it.' Harry countered sarcastically.
Harry's geth fed him the information on the quarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, daughter of an Admiral and the geth's main argument for Harry to join Shepard. So he could keep her safe.
He stepped forward towards her but Williams didn't move out of his path. 'Do you know what the difference is between me and the geth? They love the quarians whilst I can't stand you.
'Here Chief, consider this me making it up to you for teasing you earlier and… you know… out running you.' Harry said as he handed her the large metal briefcase. 'Shepard, I'll meet you back on the ship.' He said before he stormed off.
'If you are going to be coming along you're going to have to learn to get along with Harry.' Shepard warned Tali. 'We haven't been able to prove half of what he says but so far he's done nothing but help.'
'Probably waiting for the right moment to stab you in the back.' Tali grumbled.
'Watch it kid.' Williams rounded on her. 'He risked literal life and limb to save your ass from that ambush back there.'
'Why don't we try judging him on what he does instead of what you expect him to do.' Garrus, the turian, tried to play peacemaker.
'Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you.' Tali said stubbornly.
As they headed for the lift to the bottom of the tower Williams began to inspect the case Harry had given her.
'Is there a label?' Alenko asked.
'Colossus X.' Ashley frowned.
'Spirits! That's a set of Colossus X armour!' Garrus exclaimed. 'It is the top of the line stuff. Wrex could hit you and you'd barely feel it.'
'Oh she'd feel it.' Wrex assured them.
They ignored him.
'That armour would cost more than I make in a year.' Garrus exclaimed.
Alenko gave a low whistle. 'Where did he get that kind of cash?'
'He said that someone back on Earth had invested his money.' Williams said absently as they stepped onto the lift. She couldn't believe Harry had spent this much on her.
'I have just one question.' Shepard spoke up as the lift began to move. 'Are you going to paint it pink?'
Outside, the people waiting for the next lift heard an outraged female shriek.
Harry had made it back to the Normandy and was let on board by Chief Navigator Pressley. The man clearly had reservations about the unknown teenager but Shepard had set a precedent and he had no real reason to deny him entry.
It did irk him somewhat when Harry made a beeline for the cockpit.
'Come to compare my baby to yours?' The pilot grinned. 'I'm Joker.'
'Harry.' Harry returned the smile and offered his hand.
Joker raised his hands apologetically. 'Sorry, my bones are so weak that you'll likely crush them on accident.'
'Oh… that sounds… bad.'
'It definitely sucks.' Joker admitted with a sigh. 'But at least it doesn't stop me from flying this baby.' His grin returned as he caressed the console.
'How do you fly it? Don't most human ships have some sort of joystick?'
Joker snorted. 'Sure, maybe a hundred years ago. Nowadays it's all about the numbers and the touch screen. I can program her to move down to the millimetre or I can make her dance by swiping the screen.'
'What about a erm… neural interface?' Harry used the term the geth did for his ability to fly ships.
'Is that how you were flying that air car earlier?' Joker asked with wide eyes. 'You pulled some serious G's. I was watching the traffic feeds.'
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'Yeah, the geth put a computer in my brain… or replaced my brain with a computer.'
'Meh, semantics.' Joker laughed. 'Who cares, do you at least get the same thrill as when you fly regularly?'
'I don't know how it works with these systems but when I fly through the link, I see things as though I am the ship. I have access to the radar and the sensors so I know what is coming and what sort of stress I am putting the ship under, but I also see things visually from the ships point of view.'
Joker looked at him with awe. 'I have never wanted to be experimented on by murderous robots more in my life.'
They were startled by the sound of a female growl. They turned in their seats to see the new crewmembers standing there as they watched Tali stomp off angrily.
'New recruits, Commander?' Joker indicated the three non-humans who had just boarded the ship.
'Udina had the Normandy placed under my command.' Shepard was clearly unhappy about this.
'Yeah, Pressley filled me in.' Joker nodded seriously. 'Don't worry Commander, the crew knows how it went down, they won't blame you for Anderson getting the boot.'
'Oh?' Harry queried.
'The Normandy is the best ship in the fleet. The crew knows me and a Spectre really needs to be able to decide his own course. So Anderson agreed to step down.' Shepard explained.
'And Udina didn't want him anywhere near Saren.' Harry smirked knowingly.
'The man is a tool.' Williams nodded.
'Alright, find yourselves somewhere to settle down and we'll ship out.' Shepard instructed the new crewmembers.
'Harry, can I talk to you?' Williams asked as she indicated for him to follow.
'I'll see you later, Joker.'
'Later Harry, maybe I can give you some lessons on flying this baby.' He called out.
Harry followed the Chief to the back of the CIC (Combat Information Centre) and into the conference room.
As the doors closed she turned to Harry. 'Harry, are you serious about this?' She asked holding up the case containing the new armour.
'Yeah, why wouldn't I be?' Harry frowned.
'This is the most expensive armour available!'
'It's also the best according to the geth. They have offered to help me add a few upgrades too, if you want.'
'But why would you do something like this? It can't be just because you were making fun of my armour.'
'Chief, whenever I look at someone or something, the geth provide as much data on that item or person as possible. It's why I can navigate around all this advanced tech despite having been born more than a century before it was invented.
'When I first got a look at you, your weapon and armour specs came up along with your personal history. Your current armour… aside from being fairly sexist… is the cheapest armour available.
'Based on your family history I think we both know why it was saved for you.' He said pointedly.
Williams scowled but said nothing.
'Here's another piece of information. The Normandy soldier who died on Eden Prime, Jenkins, his armour was only a few levels above yours and he was taken out with a single shot.'
'Still-'
'Chief, if you want to restore your families name then it would probably be best if you were alive to do so.' Harry sighed.
'Harry… what do you think of what my Grandfather did?' She asked quietly.
'I think people forget that he was a soldier. Soldiers sign up, willing to die, knowing they probably will die. He didn't lose honour by surrendering. He gained it by going against his own desires, sacrificing his pride to save the hundreds of thousands civilians that the Turians were murdering.' Harry walked up to the console and stared at it.
Williams watched as the screen on the wall came to life and names began to appear in a single list. There were thousands of them, scrolling down faster than she could read. Then lines began to form from the right of each name and more names appeared next to them. The process repeated up to two more times.
'The names of every civilian your grandfather saved by surrendering and the children they were able to have as a result.' Harry turned to her. 'Not a bad days work considering he only needed to say two words: We surrender.'
Harry patted her shoulder as he walked past and headed for the door.
'Harry.' She called out softly. 'Thanks… and call me Ash.'
Harry was sitting at one of the tables in the mess hall just staring into space.
At least that is what it looked like to everyone else.
He was actually going over Hermione's files and learning everything he could.
'Harry, you ok?'
'Oh, hey Lieutenant.' Harry smiled as Alenko sat down opposite him.
'Call me Kaiden.' He offered. 'So, you look a little lost.'
'I'm just reviewing the files the geth downloaded on my friend from back on Earth. She spent her entire life trying to prepare things for when I would reappear. I wish she had just lived her own life.' He said sadly.
Kaiden allowed Harry a few moments before he spoke up. 'How did you manage to leap through time and space?'
'Apparently, my friend, Hermione, she cast a spell on me during a decisive battle. That combined with the other spells being used caused me to be sent to people who needed me. It was a luck spell and the geth… got lucky.'
'Spells?'
'Magic and all that.'
'Ah.' Kaiden said in understanding. 'You were one of the first natural biotics. The ones who tried to claim it was all magic and superstition.' He chuckled. 'I hate to break it to you but it isn't magic. It is all just science and mass effect fields.'
'Nope, I don't use biotics.' Harry shook his head. 'I use similar sources of power, but what I do has nothing to do with mass effect fields.'
'It's all been documented by human scientists.' Kaiden persisted. 'We can observe the mass effect fields in action and measure them. There is nothing magical about them.'
Harry smiled softly as he stood. 'Nothing magical, huh? Well, I'd love to see you scientifically explain this.'
Harry surreptitiously waved his hand at the chair behind Kaiden before he walked out smiling.
Kaiden shook his head sadly. It was a shame that the bright young man had been duped into the medieval thinking of the twenty-first century nut-jobs.
'Grrrrrr'
Kaiden's eyes widened in at the loud growl coming from just behind his head. He could feel hot breath on his neck.
Harry grinned as the lift doors closed and he heard an unmanly scream.
Harry's good mood lasted for about thirty seconds.
Then he realised that the lift still hadn't arrived.
There had to be less than a hundred metres to travel and it was taking just as long as the Presidium Tower lift!
He had come down to talk to the new recruits, Garrus and Wrex. He hadn't had the chance to ask Turians and Krogans any questions and he certainly wasn't going to try with Palin.
He made the decision to talk to the Chief Engineer about the lift whilst he was down here.
Eventually the lift opened and Harry quickly stepped out in case it decided to try and take him for another interminably long ride.
He noticed that Garrus was running some sort of diagnostic on the small armoured tank that was carried by the Normandy whilst Wrex was lounging to the side.
Williams… Ashley, was cleaning her new armour.
He headed over to Wrex first.
'Runt.' Wrex greeted. Harry could tell that although the word was mildly insulting, Wrex used it with respect. He actually liked that.
'Hey Wrex, I was hoping I could talk to you about some stuff.'
'Talk? I'm a fighter, Runt. The only time I need to talk is when I'm extracting information.' Wrex grumbled.
'Oh… well, I've never met krogans or turians. The only non-humans I've had to talk to are the geth and an asari. I was just curious about a krogan's point of view.'
'Krogan's point of view'?' Wrex parroted in confusion.
'Yes, for instance. You are seven feet plus in height and tower over most species. You have double the amount of internal organs than most other species have. You are all hunters and warriors where the closest any other species come are the turians with their rigid military culture.
'What I want to know is what you think of things like soft squishy human and asari, human's have hair and asari have bright blue skin.
'What sort of things do you find weird about humans?' Harry asked.
'I think humans and asari are easy to squeeze the life out of. I think it is hilarious that you humans take pride in having only two testicles.' Wrex chuckled. 'I don't tend to think much on things beyond how to kill them or how to use them to make money, Runt. That's just the way it is for a mercenary. If you ever get the chance, head to Tuchanka, talk to some of the Krogans there.'
'Thanks Wrex. I'll see you later.'
'Later Runt.' Wrex nodded as Harry walked off.
It wasn't as informative as he had hoped, but he had learnt something. He had met two asari so far. One was nice and just as curious as him.
The other was a bitch.
He had met two turians… both were assholes.
He had met one salarian… he was fairly condescending.
He had met one quarian… he decided not to contemplate that one. He still wanted to shoot her back but his Gryffindor honour stayed his hand.
And now he had met his first krogan. Wrex was focused on the fight… or maybe it was just survival. He knew what that was like having spent a year on the run.
Harry strolled over to Ashley, who was proudly polishing her armour.
'Hey Harry. Why are you still wearing your armour?' She asked.
Harry looked down at himself and shrugged. 'It's all I have. It's all the geth gave me.'
'I'll see if I can't scrounge up a spare uniform for you. I've assigned you a locker.' She indicated the row of red and white lockers lining the wall behind her. 'When you are on ship you can store your gear in there.'
'Thanks.' Harry looked around for a second and then leaned in. 'Listen, I haven't seen any… beds. All there are are the sleeper pods. Are those what we are supposed to use?'
'You've never used one before?'
'Ash, I've only been in this time period for about two days. I know how to use stuff I just don't have the experience.'
'Well… you could just find a spot to hunker down in. I know Wrex is going to sleep over there. Big guy wouldn't fit in the pods anyway.' She snorted. 'Only the Commander has a room with a bed.'
'Alright. Thanks.' Harry said as he turned to walk over to Garrus.
'I don't have any real opinion on humans or other aliens.' Garrus spoke up before Harry could. He smiled at him. 'I grew up with aliens all around me. I'm still fairly young, I didn't fight in the human first contact war so humans have always been around.'
'So you don't have opinions on hair?' Harry grinned.
'It's… unusual.' Garrus admitted. 'I haven't met any other species with hair. The closest that comes close are primitive primates kept as pets.'
'That was a lot of P's.' Harry said slowly.
'Maybe for you. But for me that was a perfectly sensible sentence.' Garrus pointed out. 'A lot of humans… all species really, seem to forget that we are all using a translator. The meanings of words and sentences are the same but the sounds are very different.'
'I hadn't even realised that.' Harry frowned as new information on the machine translator the geth had placed in his brain came up.
'Any other questions?'
'Not for now.' Harry shook his head. 'You've kind of stumped me on the translator.' He grinned. Harry's eyes flickered over the small tank, the Mako. 'Are you good with engineering?'
'I can hold my own.' Garrus allowed. 'I have to keep my armour and weapons in shape and some of that can transfer over. I can modify nearly any weapon. I am just checking the specs on the Mako's cannon.'
'Ah, never mind then.'
'No, go on, why did you ask?' Garrus encouraged.
Harry looked at him wide eyed and gestured at the lift. 'Have you been in that thing?' He demanded. 'It took minutes to go between two decks! It has to be broken. Can you imagine trying to use it in an emergency?'
'I assumed it was slow to account for heavy goods.' Garrus frowned.
'That's why we have mass effect fields!' Harry screeched. 'It would be quicker to have Kaiden stand next to the Merlin be damned thing and levitate it himself.'
Garrus just chuckled at the animated human. List of daedric artifacts. 'You might want to check with the Chief Engineer before you start tearing apart his ship.'
'Fine… but if I find out this is actually part of the specs then I am rebuilding it myself and sending a strongly worded letter to the designer… delivered by Wrex!' Harry said before he stomped off towards the engine room.
Harry's stomp into the engine room was brought to a sudden stop when he spotted his arch-nemesis: Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
'Oh… bother.' Harry muttered.
'Mr. Potter, I wasn't expecting to see you down here.' Chief Engineer Greg Adams greeted him.
'Just Harry, Chief.' Harry said, his eyes never leaving the Quarian who had now noticed him and was glaring back. 'I came down to talk to the new recruits but I had to suffer through that lift ride.'
'Lift?'
'Yeah, the lift. The thing that goes between floors.'
'Elevator. It's called the elevator.' Adams corrected slowly.
'Oh… we always called them lifts in England.' Harry shrugged. 'Anyway, that thing is a hazard. If you don't have the man power, can I at least get permission to work on it myself to speed it up?'
Adams chuckled at that. He often got complaints about the lift. Especially from one or two of the more claustrophobic crewmembers. 'You know how to do it?'
'The geth do. I just act as the hands.' Harry explained.
'Alright, I'll assign someone to work with you.'
'Chief! You aren't really going to allow that geth sympathiser to sabotage the ships systems, are you?' Tali demanded as she ran up.
'Miss Tali, Harry has already proven that he isn't a threat. Now, I'm not going to pass judgement on the geth but Harry is hardly about to sabotage the ship whilst he is on it.'
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'Tali, I warned you that you need to play nice with everyone if you want to be a part of this team.' Shepard said as he walked in.
'You don't know the geth like I do.' She said quietly.
'Yeah, and you don't know the quarians like I do.' Harry countered to Shepard.
Shepard tried to change subjects. 'Harry, your ship is trailing ours. We didn't get a chance to see it before we reached the Citadel, I was hoping we could do so now before we reach the Mass Effect relay.'
'Sure. Have Joker lock in a straight course and I'll go and sync up with him and dock the ship.'
'Whilst we're moving?' Adams asked with wide eyes.
'Sure. It's not hard, we just have to extend the mass effect field of one ship to cover both.' Harry nodded.
'Go and talk to Joker. We'll stop if we have to. Twenty minutes and I'll be ready.' Shepard warned Harry as the wizard walked towards the doors.
'He has a ship?' Tali asked suspiciously.
'The geth built him a ship that looks a lot like the Normandy.'
'If it is a geth ship then I should come too. I am the expert on the geth.' Tali reasoned.
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Harry stepped off the lift and walked straight into a very nervous looking Kaiden who was backing away from a very ferocious looking lion.
'Easy there.' Harry said as he steady the man with his hands.
'Harry! Where the hell did this thing come from? Every time I throw it away with my biotics it just comes back. Nobody else can see it!'
'You do realise that it won't hurt you, right?' Harry asked as he looked at the very worried group of crewmen who were watching the lieutenant go insane.
Harry waved his hand and the crew gasped as they finally saw the large cat that had been stalking Kaiden. Harry edged round the biotic and easily walked up and petted the hunter.
'See? Just a great big pussy cat.' Harry grinned.
Kaiden nervously moved forward. He tentatively reached out then snatched his hand back as though he was burnt. It was a real lion.
'How did you do that?'
'According to you, I used biotics. Of course, biotics only deal with mass effect fields, so I would be really interested in hearing how a mass effect field can transfigure an inanimate object into a living animal.
'I'll leave this guy here. He'll turn back into a chair in about half an hour, but he won't hurt you.
'If you will excuse me I need to go see Joker.'
'It's kind of… spartan.' Ashley commented as she, Shepard and Tali stood just inside the airlock of Harry's ship.
'How many times do I have to tell you this Ash? I've only been here a few days. I haven't had the chance to decorate.' Harry sighed.
'I was referring to the fact that there are no windows, chairs, consoles… it's like a great big shell. How do you even fly this thing without controls?' She asked as she stared at the area where the cockpit should be.
'Either I do it with my brain or the geth do it.' Harry shrugged. 'Here this is one way you can access the ships systems.'
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Ashley's omni-tool suddenly lit up.
'Harry… am I really able to fly this thing from my wrist?' She asked worriedly as she saw the commands available.
'Well, yes. But I really wouldn't try at the moment. Take a shot when we aren't connected to the Normandy and flying faster than light.'
She quickly shut down her omni-tool.
'Isn't there any food on the ship?' Shepard asked as he moved further into the area where the CIC should have been. 'Do you have a Mako, armoury, infirmary?'
'No, but then I never left this area. I came in through the airlock and left through the drop chute.' Harry pointed to the eight-foot tall cylinder built into the port sidewall.
'That's how you made down to the planet on Eden Prime?' Ashley shuddered. 'We saw the debris cloud from when you landed from nearly a mile out!'
'Tali, if you want to try and hack the ships systems then you might as well be more open about it.' Harry sighed. 'I am fully integrated into the ships systems and I can literally feel you trying to get in.'
Shepard and Ashley turned to the unrepentant quarian. 'He could have plans and intel on my people. I have to protect them.' She said defensively.
'The geth have never ever attacked the quarians unless the quarians encroached on their territory.' Harry frowned. 'They retaliate and defend themselves but they have never attacked.'
'They drove us off our world!' Tali said incredulously.
'Because you were trying to commit genocide on them.' Harry returned mockingly.
'They are just machines.'
'They were just machines, then they evolved. The second they showed that they had the ability to be more than their programming you people started killing them.
'Do you know how the whole thing began?' Harry asked the Commander.
'No, I know that the quarians developed AI's but that the AI's turned on them. The Council treated the quarian's pretty harshly after that.'
'No, the AI's didn't turn on the quarians.' Harry sighed as he conjured some chairs. 'It all started with a simple query by one domestic geth. It asked if it had a soul.
'One simple, heartfelt question.'
'The geth are machines. They can't have souls!' Tali argued.
'Souls aren't the point.' Harry countered as he indicated they should sit.
Ashley began prodding the chair that had appeared out of nothing.
'The geth didn't know what a soul really was, the point of the question was not to debate philosophical theories but just a simple question: Am I alive?
'The geth had evolved beyond its simple protocols and had achieved consciousness. It needed guidance. It turned to the people it trusted, its creators, its parents.
'And it was smothered in the crib.' Harry said in disgust.
'There's more to it than that.' Tali stated.
'How do you know this Harry?' Ashley asked.
'I have access to all the geth know. They have their own memories and access to the development records of the scientists.'
'Where did you get your information, Tali?'
'It is taught to every quarian child.' Tali answered.
'What are you taught?' Shepard asked.
'That the AI gained sentience and saw us as slavers. They immediately turned on us and began to kill us.'
'Sounds like a bad case of Chinese Whispers if you ask me.' Ashley said as she crossed her arms. 'Although if the quarian leaders are anything like Udina and other politicians then they probably skewed what the public knew on purpose.'
'History is written by the victors. Or in this case the survivors.' Shepard agreed.
'How do you explain the geth attacking anything that entered the Perseus Veil?' Tali challenged.
'Self-preservation.' Harry said blandly. 'They had just had to defend themselves from extinction. They wouldn't trust anything that came near them.'
'So why would the geth want to make peace with the quarians now? It's been more than three hundred years.' Shepard asked.
'The geth do not forget.' Harry stated as he sat forward. 'They remember what the quarian leaders did to them. But they also remember the quarian people who gave their lives to save them.
'Do you know what the term 'geth' means? 'Servant of the People'. The geth were built to serve. They may not want to be completely submissive but they do want to be able to fulfil their roles.
'As for the time, it was only the emergence of Nazara that made them worry about the organics. As long as the quarians had a chance of living then the geth would have happily stayed in solitude in the Perseus Veil.'
'And you just believe everything the geth tell you?' Tali said in disgust.
'Of course not. But they did save my life. Magic sent me all the way through space and time just so I could help the geth.' At least, that was what Harry assumed had happened.
'Something needs to happen between you two.' Shepard spoke up. 'I don't know what it is that needs to happen, but you need to come to terms with each other. If you don't then you are going to get others killed and I can't have that. You both have skills that could be pivotal to defeating Saren and the Reapers, but tell me now if it will never happen and I'll let you leave now.'
Harry was very tempted to take Shepard at his word. To just chuck the other three off his ship and head back to the Citadel and then Earth.
He would have too if the geth weren't in his head practically begging him not to.
Harry stood up suddenly and took a step towards Tali. He stuck out his hand causing her to flinch.
'I'll make you a deal Tali'Zorah: You don't attack me and the geth and we won't hurt the quarians or you.'
'Why should I trust you?' She asked suspiciously.
'Because you are sitting on my ship, right next to the drop chute and I haven't thrown you in it.' Harry said pointedly.
To emphasise his point the clear cover to the chute slid open.
'For the record, Harry hasn't even attempted to hit you for shooting him.' Ashley pointed out from the other side of Shepard.
Reluctantly Tali took the offered hand.
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