Mass Effect: Genesis

[Cyborg Ninja]

"So you want to help us decypher the file?" Tuhrop recalled. "You're asking to join us? But I thought the Geth are allied with the Reapers - sentient machines that threaten organic life?"

 

"That was before the Revelation. Most Geth did not worship the Reapers. They saw the Reapers as Old Machines and the Geth that did join as Heretics. After Revelation the Heretics rejected the Old Machines and now all Geth share the view points of the True Geth," Rogue stated.

[DrPhil2501]

"That was before the Revelation. Most Geth did not worship the Reapers. They saw the Reapers as Old Machines and the Geth that did join as Heretics. After Revelation the Heretics rejected the Old Machines and now all Geth share the view points of the True Geth,"

 

It was interesting watching the Geth, and the responces it provided. Not many people have had the opportunity to interact with a geth this up close. Tuhrop saw very little reason how or why a machine would be even capable of lying.

 

He sighed. "I hope I dont regret this..." he reactivated his omni-tool, and disabled the mass effect field barrier imprisoning the Geth.

 

"Alright. If you're going to stay aboard my ship, then you will follow me under my command as your captain. So what should we call you?"

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Alright. If you're going to stay aboard my ship, then you will follow me under my command as your captain. So what should we call you?"

 

Rogue stepped forward and eyed its new captain. It nodded its head in acknowledgment of serving under him.

 

"Captain, you can call me Rogue," Rogue said. It extended its arms out for a handshake, something the organics did.

[Tysyacha]

MEDBAY ABOARD THE VALKYRIE

 

A sensation. Tingling at the edge of her tentacular scalp. "I know that twinge," thinks Quirinius V'tala, "and it means one thing: Enemies are nearby, most likely synthetics. I didn't spend all that time on Omega hiding out and spying on rogue drones for nothing. This time, it'll be put to use..."

 

"Excuse me," Quirinius said out loud, "but we could be in danger. I sense an electronic presence that is foreign to any ship that I've ever been on--not that I've ever been on too many ships, of course. I don't mean to draw my weapon, but I'm going to in order to find out what's making my nervous system become so heightened. Don't be alarmed. I--I think I'll be okay, for now, but if you want to, you can follow me and watch my back. Er, my '6'."

 

Quirinius drew her assault rifle and began to sneak her way down toward where she sensed the electronic signal becoming stronger and harsher.

[Master_Archon]

"I can't believe it," Kallic heard the asari say. "Wherever you're going, and whatever you're doing, it seems like I'm a part of it now! Not that I mind," she added quickly. "I was becoming a pariah on Omega, or at least in the Afterlife nightclub. I was winning too much at the quasar machines and the gambling tables--not to mention the chessboard." The asai blushed, something rather odd to see indeed. "Aria T'loak was getting suspicious, and it doesn't pay to have her breathing down your neck. I'm Quirinius V'tala, by the way. I'm glad to meet all of you."

 

"Mm, yes yes, glad too," Kallic murmured as his thoughts drifted back to the syringe in his hand staring at it, as if concentration would reveal the mystery ten percent.

 

"Not a medical expert? And all that just came from the top of your head?" Tom asked rather confused, yet ruefully enough to bring Kallic out of his reverie.

 

"Oh, no no no, wait...Yes, don't have a doctorate...Degree, diploma, whatever; no real qualifications to be medical expert - biological engineer - close cousin to geneticist occupation, have to know about drug effects on DNA, RNA, chromosomes, and the different protein structures: dextro-aminos, and levo-aminos - studies in drug fields required course for my occupation. Can't give you medical counseling; can give you highly intellectual advice on such subjects, or could restructure DNA to give you a tail," Kallic explained, blinking with his wide amphibious eyes he continued. "So, no, not medical expert Tom, but yes I knew all that off the top of my head, comes with being Salarian."

 

Tom introduced the lot of them that were in the medbay at the moment, "Tom. You've already met Kallic and Chiron. And our captain; Qui'in Tuhrop." Kallic raised his hand when Tom spoke his name to indicate who Kallic was exactly.

 

"Which by the way; you may want to speak with him in regards to your current situation and figure out what to do with you." Kallic just shook his head as he went back to examining the syringe.

 

"I believe the long term observations would be best for Quirnius," Chiron finally responded to Kallic's question.

 

"Mm, good, then you and me can get started on analyzing this syringe, ten percent small, but unknown, very dangerous," he replied.

 

"Would that be...a problem for you? I mean, I don't want to intrude or impose myself upon this ship or its crew. If I'm feeling up to it--meaning if this counterfeit batch of atropixenine doesn't continue to have bad side effects that debilitate me--I'll help out in any way I can. It's the least I can do to pay you back for saving my life. In my book, you're heroes." Kallic just rolled his large eyes and shook his head yet again.

 

"Well thank you," Chiron said shaking her hand. "Its no trouble at all."

 

"Nothing is trouble to you Chiron; trust medical expertise, but not personal judgment call, that should be Captain's decision," Kallic was a former STG, he is rather strict in terms of chain-of-command, Tom had mentioned going to the Captain to see if it was alright if she could stay and Kallic had to agree, it was the Turian's ship after all. Yet here the asari was schmoozing up to Chiron; Tom had found her, she should be shaking his hand. Kallic glanced over at his human crew mate and noticed suspicion behind his eyes for the asari, he didn't understand the full reasons why - yet - but he concurred with the feeling. He nodded at Tom as he mentioned leaving.

 

"I got to get back to my duties. System Diagnostics wont run themselves."

 

Kallic was just about ready to set up the equipment to run diagnostics on the syringe when the asari spoke. "Excuse me," she spoke out loud, "but we could be in danger. I sense an electronic presence that is foreign to any ship that I've ever been on--not that I've ever been on too many ships, of course. I don't mean to draw my weapon, but I'm going to in order to find out what's making my nervous system become so heightened. Don't be alarmed. I--I think I'll be okay, for now, but if you want to, you can follow me and watch my back. Er, my '6'."

 

Kallic raised what counted as an eyebrow at this and looked over at Chiron, then back at the asari, but, she wasn't there!

 

"Goodness no!" He flailed his arms above his head in exasperation, following after the asari. Catching up to her - which wasn't far considering her condition of just coming out of a coma and being connected to medical equipment - Kallic proceeded to grab the top of her rifle, with his other hand on her shoulder he tore the weapon from her weak hands. "No! No no no no no, Chiron said you must rest for at least an hour before movement, if you think of him so highly you'll get back in that medbay and do as he says. Besides, think I heard Captain and Tom talking about Thiyan taking care of a Geth onboard, don't know the details, but not important, if there was danger Captain would notify the crew, us. You're in no condition for playing commando! See how easily I disarmed you, didn't even use a real disarming technique." Kallic sighed deeply. "If Thiyan is with Geth then we're fine, more so if the Captain is there too."

 

Kallic looked at the assault rifle in his hands and shook his head, "besides, shouldn't even have weapon out on ship, BIG no, unless Captain says so, or there's good reason; and especially not newcomers, don't trust you enough. Firing weapon on ship is dangerous anyways! Could hit a seal, or fuel line; this isn't streamline military vessel, it's a transport vessel, civilian ((I'm assuming)) model, could kill us if a bullet hits the wrong thing! This is not a toy, this is a weapon of mass destruction, you are not a commando subterfuge....ing enemies aboard ships, you are an asari, mind you a tough one, but not in enough shape yet to go around playing soldier. You fire this and you are making us a bad day!"

 

Kallic activated his Omni-Tool and entered the assault rifle's remedial systems and adjusted it to his own weapon harness, fitting the weapon to his back promptly. "Will get this back when Captain has approved; won't ask for any other weapons, but will trust that you respect us and our ship enough not to draw them, or to give them over willingly." The salarian shook his head and rubbed his large eyes, he turned her around with his hand on the small of her back (between the shoulder blades) he escorted her gently and slowly back to the medbay.

 

"Must apologize for yelling, can be over-concerned sometimes; both with, mmm...your safety....And ours. Not Doctor, but patients important just the same, people important, minored in Xeno-cultural and religious studies, changed the way I saw things, was just like other salarians, cold-blooded intellectual; amphibian, technically still amphibian, but could change that myself," he laughed lightly to himself, clearing his throat. "Anyway, please accept apology, but also respect our authority, been on this ship years, as a salarian that is a long time,know what I'm talking about, and know what I'm doing."

 

Kallic smiled as genuinely as he could to ease any tension the asari still had.

[Tysyacha]

((May I compliment you on your salarian roleplaying, Master_Archon? You are absolutely BRILLIANT at conveying a sense of the species' rapid-fire speech and thought patterns. I imagined your character talking like Mordin! *LOL*))

 

ABOARD THE VALKYRIE

 

Amidst the barrage of words issuing from the salarian's mouth, Quirinius felt lost. Not so lost, however, that she couldn't figure out why he was disarming her and taking "Imperator" for safekeeping. Bowing her head, she listened to his rapid-fire admonishments and only dared to speak when he was finished.

 

"I--I accept your apology," she stammered at last, "and offer you mine. If there is a--" Geth onboard?! This day is getting more and more utterly unbelievable by the second! "--geth onboard this ship, I'm sure that there's a good reason for it to be there, and that your Captain has everything under control. I must say I'm feeling a bit out of control right now, and that's why I'm going to follow your directions and return to the medbay."

 

Once she did, Quirinius sat down on the makeshift cot upon which she'd lain not too long ago. "By the way, here are my remaining weapons: pistol, sniper rifle, and--volt'ic. A bioelectrical rod that I invented myself, meant to dampen the effects of biotic users' powers. Feel free to analyze it," she added, feeling sedatives coursing through her veins once more. "Mmmm...."

 

She fell once again into a deep, restful sleep, her neck becoming limp.

[DrPhil2501]

"Captain, you can call me Rogue," the Geth Platform extended an arm. Hesitantly, Tuhrop shook the Geth's hand. Clearly organics have been under the observation of sentient machines for a long time.

 

"Welcome Aboard, "Rogue"" Tuhrop's mandibles positioned to form what appeared to be a grin. He crossed his arms. "Alright, uh... integrate into the Valkyries systems. And we'll discuss the Cerberus/Genesis data later. There's another matter I need to attend to."

 

He left the brig, after nodding at Thiyan. He walked to the medical bay; where Kallick, Chiron and Frank stood over the comatose Asari laying on the bed.

 

"Damn. Just as I am about to interogate her, she falls asleep at a conveniant enough time." Tuhrop said to his amusement. He stared at the Asari, and the jury infront of her.

 

"Who is she and how did she get onboard." he then turned his attention to the Human with a Walrus Moustache. "And who are you?"

[Master_Archon]

((I'll get around to it, don't worry.))

 

"I--I accept your apology," the asari stammered at last, "and offer you mine. If there is a geth onboard this ship, I'm sure that there's a good reason for it to be there, and that your Captain has everything under control. I must say I'm feeling a bit out of control right now, and that's why I'm going to follow your directions and return to the medbay."

 

"Mmm, apology accepted, no harm done, but must be more careful, not in top condition quite yet," Kallic replied amicably. They entered the medbay and Kallic proceeded to help Quirinius onto the cot with great delicacy.

 

"By the way, here are my remaining weapons: pistol, sniper rifle, and--volt'ic. A bioelectrical rod that I invented myself, meant to dampen the effects of biotic users' powers. Feel free to analyze it," she handed him her weapons in turn, he had a place on his harness for the shotgun, but the pistol and sniper would have to be locked down. After doing so he placed them on a nearby tray table, looking over at Chiron he nodded to indicate that everything was fine before reattaching the medical equipment to the asari, the sedatives and other drugs taking effect quickly.

 

"Thank you for understanding and cooperating Quirinius," he said with a slight bow of the head, as her consciousness faded.

 

"Mmmm...." Was all she mumbled out before her head fell, Kallic reacting instinctively, catching it in his hand, lowering the blue-scalped head onto the cot pillow gently.

 

Kallic looked over the rod she'd handed him and raised an eyebrow, "Will have to examine later, more important things to do, though, have to wonder why asari would make biotic dampening rod, all asari born biotic users no sense in dampening own abilities, unless it activates on strike....Enough pondering, back to business," Kallic said shaking his head and putting the rod away he turned to the syringe that he was going to run diagnostics on.

 

"....Just as I am about to interrogate her, she falls asleep at a convenient enough time." Came the sudden words from Kallic's flank as his head snapped around to see the Captain; he faced him completely and bowed slightly at the torso, saying simply in acknowledgment, "Captain."

 

"Who is she and how did she get onboard." The Captain asked the few crew members there, turning to the inconspicuous man with the mustache. "And who are you?"

 

"Don't know him Captain, but asari is named Quirinius, er, can't recall last name right now, too many thoughts. Tom found her - I believe - Chiron treated her - here mind you, thus why she's aboard the ship - I found empty syringe that she used to stop her bodily functions to appear dead, dangerous dangerous thing to do, stupid too, but don't know reason for it, so can't blame her, yet." Kallic explained, holding his chin in his hand as he studied her comatose form, "Chiron respond to Tom's page first, know more than I, can only give you the technicals Captain, but she is, as of now, disarmed, and shall remain so until you say. Have to admit Captain, she's a bit - as the humans say - 'gung-ho', very unpredictable, but can trust her for the most part."

 

Kallic looked back over at the Captain and smiled with good humor, "Besides, need more women aboard, too much male friction - including Selia, too - not good for morale, soft touch nice addition. Take my 'professional' advice." Kallic just blinked as he smiled at the Captain and shook his head, his body bobbing up and down as he laughed in his chest.

 

((Ta-dah! Post is here. Told you Phantom.))

[Cyborg Ninja]

Chiron nodded his head at Turhop to confirm everything Kallic had just said.

 

"We discovered she had a sedative in her bloodstream when I was paged. It was too risky to look for a clinic, so the obvious choice was to come here. She seems like a nice girl...her name strikes me as odd though. I believe I've heard that name before, or something similar. I believe it to be a krogan name," Chiron said.

 

Chiron chuckled at Kallic's last statement. That was another thing Chiron liked about Kallic. He could go from serious to comical within seconds.

 

"Planning on working your charm?" Chiron asked.

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"Alright, uh... integrate into the Valkyries systems. And we'll discuss the Cerberus/Genesis data later. There's another matter I need to attend to."

 

Rogue did as was ordered, but not before going back to retrieve its pulse rifle. Now that he was deemed part of the crew, it felt that it could have a weapon.

[Tysyacha]

MEDBAY ABOARD THE VALKYRIE

 

Quirinius V'tala lay in a sedative-induced half-dream, and as the stalwart crew members of the Valkyrie continued discussing her, the asari's head began to twitch, and her eyes to squint themselves shut tightly.

 

"No...don't kill me...never again..." Her body took a sudden twist to the side of the cot on which she rested. "I risked too much. I lost, lost, lost..." She was most definitely having a nightmare about what had just happened in the Underworld cantina on Omega. Unfortunately for her, traumatic amnesia was not one of the side effects of the botched batch of atropixenine she had just taken. If she'd known, she would have used another sedative to fool those who were trying to annihilate her into believing she was dead. As it was, her eyelids fluttered, and she moaned.

 

Suddenly, her hand flopped off the edge of the cot, dangling limply.

 

((Quick! Somebody hold Quirinius' hand! She needs a big hero!))

[DrPhil2501]

((haha thanks Archon. I admire your enthusiasm ^-^))

 

Kalick and Chiron explained who the Asari was, and how she was brought here. How Tom and Frank found her, paged Chiron and took her to the medical bay.

 

"Chiron respond to Tom's page first, know more than I, can only give you the technicals Captain, but she is, as of now, disarmed, and shall remain so until you say. Have to admit Captain, she's a bit - as the humans say - 'gung-ho', very unpredictable, but can trust her for the most part."

 

"Unpredictable? Thats a comforting thought..." Tuhrop added. He walked towards the Asari, and noticed rapid eye movement underneath her lids.

 

"Besides, need more women aboard, too much male friction - including Selia, too - not good for morale, soft touch nice addition. Take my 'professional' advice."

 

Tuhrop chuckled at Kallicks comment. "Are you implying my ship needs a "womans touch", Kallick?" he smirked. "And techincally, she isnt a woman. But I'll talk about possible recruitment with her when she awakens. She does owe us for this, after all."

 

((Quick! Somebody hold Quirinius' hand! She needs a big hero!))

((umm... ok practicality taking place ))

 

Quirinius' hand fell off the bed, and looked limp. Tuhrop picked it up from the air, and placed it back onto the bed. He reached for a Heart-Rate Wrist Monitor and strapped it to her wrist. "If she took a something that halted her bodily functions, then best to keep an eye on her for now." He stood up and stared at his crew.

 

"I will be holding a conference in the next half hour, in light of recent events."

[Cyborg Ninja]

"I will be holding a conference in the next half hour, in light of recent events."

 

Chiron looked up at Turhop.

 

"Will that include one of our new guests?" Chiron asked referring to the geth.

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Rogue had decided to explore the ship, now that it was working with them. It had already memorized where each room was, but it still liked to explore. Rogue had an interest in the organics, where as before it had been hostile towards them. Now that Rogue had been reprogrammed, it wanted to know more about the organics. It was why Rogue not only could speak multiple organic languages, but also certain slang each race used.

[Master_Archon]

"We discovered she had a sedative in her bloodstream when I was paged. It was too risky to look for a clinic, so the obvious choice was to come here. She seems like a nice girl...her name strikes me as odd though. I believe I've heard that name before, or something similar. I believe it to be a krogan name," Chiron confirmed what Kallic had just said.

 

Chiron chuckled, most likely at Kallic's sudden change of disposition, but to him it was natural, he was salarian, emotional frequency and change was constant, one minute he could be as serious as a heart attack and the next laughing over it; it was all due to their short lives, but to him it was all moot.

 

"Planning on working your charm?" Chiron asked, Kallic wasn't sure he was serious or not.

 

"Charm? Can't say I will, salarians not romantically oriented...Mmm, inclined, whatever; very short lived, very unlikely long lived asari would fall for spastic little amphibian who's biggest concern in life is their mating/breeding terms...Rights, you get the idea. Already had my time with breeding, middle aged, still capable of breeding, but done with those concerns - DNA passed on children everywhere, know very few of them, have closer relationship to third cousin than to most well known son or daughter, shame I know." Kallic paused, staring off as his mind wandered then snapping back to reality as he stared at Chiron with a smile. "Still, have to wonder what it would be like to have committed relationship, and see DNA passed down to longer lived offspring, see what fruits such genius could bear with thousand year lifespan, though....."

 

Kallic stopped himself and shook his head in amusement, he wasn't going to go into the details of asari reproduction and how they technically didn't take on the DNA of their partners, it was too long, and too complicated.

 

"Unpredictable? Thats a comforting thought..." Tuhrop remarked, taking steps toward the comatose asari.

 

"Yes, I know, don't like it either, but can dig up information on her later, use old STG skills, nothing to worry about Captain. Will personally ensure I watch her in the meantime so as to make sure she doesn't get up to anything," Kallic reassured his turian Captain.

 

Tuhrop chuckled at Kallic's comment, "Are you implying my ship needs a "womans touch", Kallic? And technically, she isn't a woman. But I'll talk about possible recruitment with her when she awakens. She does owe us for this, after all."

 

Kallic chuckled to himself, shaking his head, "Not 'implied', no, blatantly-bashed-over-the-head is more like it. Have to admit though, beyond Selia - who is no relief to the stress mind you - we see few females aboard the ship, even as passengers, always good for morale, not meaning any of this in a derogatory way, but natural fact that opposite gender often creates positive stimuli for males confined to ships, less violence too: unless fighting over said female of course. So in the end it works both ways."

 

The salarian processed his thoughts for merely a second before continuing, "And, also correct Captain, she isn't a woman; man and woman are human terms, I male salarian, she is female asari - as they all are - but that does not make me man, nor her a woman. Very astute observation Captain, always knew I liked you for more than your demeanor."

 

Quirinius' hand suddenly fell from the bed, Kallic's head and eyes snapping instantly to attention on the movement, mostly by instinct, but he remained still as the Captain had already moved to retrieve the loose appendage and strap a monitor strip to it.

 

"If she took something that halted her bodily functions, then best to keep an eye on her for now." Tuhrop said, staring at his crew.

 

"Already assessed that need, Captain, Chiron agrees, we - more like he - will be keeping her on longterm observation for now, at least until I deduce the last ten percent of the syringe's contents. Small amount, but unaccounted for, potentially fatal to her health if not assessed and dealt with," Kallic mused.

 

"I will be holding a conference in the next half hour, in light of recent events." The Captain announced.

 

"Will that include one of our new guests?" Chiron asked.

 

"Will probably pertain to all of our guests, lot of sapient traffic around here recently, very unsettling, will have to lock up study. Most likely meeting will be more about cerberous vessel and the data we retrieved - would've offered STG experience and skill to help Captain decrypt files, after all, position on ship is for intelligence and information - but was busy during expedition and recovery of said data, Captain knows not to bother me when working, quite understandable. Will have to help later," Kallic responded to Chiron's remark, almost oblivious to the fact that the Captain was still in the room, but this was yet another natural trait of Kallic's.

 

The humbly dressed amphibian turned to the Captain and bowed his head in his direction, "Will be at the conference - on time this time, too - will analyze syringe, hopefully with Chiron's help, in the meantime. Will it be in the general quarters ((the ship's living room basically)) or galley? Oh, and should I bring the asari if she comes-to?"

[DrPhil2501]

Kallic assumed correctly: everybody was expected to attend. Including the pilot.

 

"Will be at the conference - on time this time, too - will analyze syringe, hopefully with Chiron's help, in the meantime. Will it be in the general quarters ((the ship's living room basically)) or galley? Oh, and should I bring the asari if she comes-to?"

 

"The general quarters will do perfectly..." Tuhrop looked abit sheepish. "I've just realised very rarely do we hold a conference between crew members. Depends upon our circumstances."

 

"And yes, if the Asari wakes up and is a stable condition, she is invited to come along." And with that, Tuhrop left the medical bay.

 

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Half an hour later, Tuhrop and Ulrich were standing around the quaters awaiting for everybody to show up.

 

"Have we figured out on what to do with the data, sir?" Tom said, after a long silence. Tuhrop glanced down at him.

 

"Thats why I'm holding a crew conference. I want everybody's opinion on this; this data is worth more trouble then it is."

 

"If it belongs to Cerberus, should we not take it up with the Citadel Authorities?"

 

Tuhrop gave a pfft. "We are within the Terminus Systems. The Citadel Council doesnt give a vorcha's ass about them. I doubt they'll be kind to lend us a hand."

[Tysyacha]

((I'm going to have Quirinius wake up so she can take part in the debriefing.))

 

MEDBAY ABOARD THE VALKYRIE

 

When Quirinius V'tala regained consciousness, she sat up, looked around the ship's medical bay, and noticed that absolutely no one was around. "Hmm," she murmured. "They must have figured I'd be fine, or else someone would still be here. I would try to detach myself from all this medical equipment, but I think that's distinctly unwise in light of what the salarian--Kallic?--said." She shrugged her shoulders. "Oh, well. Not much to do for now, I guess."

[Master_Archon]

"The general quarters will do perfectly...I've just realized very rarely do we hold a conference between crew members. Depends upon our circumstances." Tuhrop stated, Kallic nodding in acknowledgment.

 

"Yes, well, we're all very individualistic, have tendency to stay to ourselves unless doing job, working on remedying that though, have game night planned, but need games...Hmm," Kallic responded, venturing off into thought at the last of his comment.

 

"And yes, if the Asari wakes up and is a stable condition, she is invited to come along." The Captain confirmed.

 

"Chiron said she should stay put for another hour, but your authority supersedes his, will do as you ask," Kallic said with another nod turning to Chiron and gesturing to the syringe.

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Time Lapse: Thirty Minutes

 

Kallic was returning from locking up his study above the engineering bay, first heading to the medbay to check on the asari, and then to head down to the crew conference with or without her. As for the results of analyzing the syringe, well, they were inconclusive, they'd discovered that the substance that saved her life was in fact xenon, but that only pertained to about two percent of the mystery ten, which left a very curious eight percent left to uncover.

 

That would have to wait however, as getting to the conference was priority one right now. As the salarian entered the medbay he found the asari sitting up on her cot mumbling to herself.

 

Kallic approached and looked her over carefully, studying her readouts on a display, "Captain called for a conference, you're invited, will undo the equipment, have to warn you against sudden movements though, sedatives might still be in system, affect coordination: be careful. Have to warn against talking to self too, make others question sanity."

 

Kallic only smirked at his last remark as he proceeded to detach her from the medical equipment, helping her from the cot. "Will get to meet the rest of the crew, you'll love our pilot."

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Naut'aun floated in from the cockpit of the ship, moving over to the two already in the general quarters.

 

"This one says hello Captain, Tom; we're pleased to be having a gathering of friends for once, but would really appreciate more warning next time, flying this ship is hard enough with it's design without being pulled from the controls on such short notice!" The Hanar complained - as far as complaining Hanar go, that is - his tone and demeanor were still quite polite. He tried fitting in by acting out normal ship behavior, but tended to lack the same...Oomph, but he tried and that's what counted.

 

"Was this one too harsh? It is sorry if it offended you two," Naut'aun apologized almost immediately, not realizing he lacked any real offending nature in the first place; though compared to other Hanar he was quite a 'hick', at least to other Hanar he would be considered quite hickish, to other species one would have to be around him enough to tell the difference.

 

((Er, hello! You guys there? You gonna post? Did I do or make my character(s) say something wrong? I really don't want this RP to die. Anyone? Tysy, PK, Cyborg...Guys!?))

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Will get to meet the rest of the crew, you'll love our pilot."

 

"Ah yes, he's quite the character," Chiron said as he walked into the medbay.

 

Chiron had come to check on the asari, and it his surprise he found her sitting up already. That was quite impressive, she must truly be part krogan.

 

"Its good to see you're awake."

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Rogue walked to the conference room at the designated time. It had just been deemed a crew member, and if the crew was having a meeting than it was only logical to attend. Rogue looked over at Tuhrop and saluted the turian. It believed that organics did this to show rank.

 

"Captain Tuhrop, Human, Hanar," it said addressing everyone it saw in the room.

 

((Its all your fault MA...you took the last cookie in the cookie jar!!!...and I've been busy, sorry everyone))

[DrPhil2501]

((ok, what the hell just happened? Why is it that we are missing a few days worth posting/replies? I refreshed the webpage a few times to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. Are any of yous seeing the same thing as I am, because I swear we had more replies on this thread. Now they vanished!))

[Alkonium]

((ok, what the hell just happened? Why is it that we are missing a few days worth posting/replies? I refreshed the webpage a few times to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. Are any of yous seeing the same thing as I am, because I swear we had more replies on this thread. Now they vanished!))

 

(There was an announcement on that. Everything from the past week was irretrievably lost. You could just do what I did in A Glimmer of Hope: Sum it up and carry on.)

[Master_Archon]

((Well, since all our efforts are lost and dead, I say we move forward and do a slight time skip to our group traveling into the Traverse. That way it will give our crew time to interact - i.e. Captain and Quirinius talking about stuff/recruitment, or Kallic interacting with Rogue, or continuing studies of the syringe, and Naut'aun deciding which colony to visit since he's the pilot and navigator - But will also shorten the time it'll take us to actually get their both figuratively and literally.))

[DrPhil2501]

((oh very well then we'll do a slight time skip. We've already planned what we were doing anyway ))

 

Ulrich keyed in the galaxy map the coordinates to the Helix Nebula: their chosen destination. There an Alliance Research facility was situated on a human colony world labelled Osiris, within the Harding System.

 

Hopefully they wont be tailed by Cerberus Opperatives on their way, or to the most of their worries: already be waiting for them.

 

Ulrich walked into the cockpit where the Hanar floated amongst the ships controls. "I've keyed in the coordinates to the Helix Nebula. We ought to arive their within a few hours." he informed Nau'tuan, or "Ghost" as some of the crew members refered to him. ( )

 

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As everyone was dismissed, Tuhrop approached their Asari guest. "Quirinius, right?" he greeted. "May I simply call you Quiri? Its much easier..."

 

He crossed his arms. "Anyway, back to the point. Given under these circumstances of bringing you aboard my ship to patch you up, theres the question of what we do with you. As you are undoubtly aware, we are heading for Osiris, within the Helix Nebula. Do you have someplace to go?"

[Cyborg Ninja]

Rogue was impressed by the plan. To go to the Alliance for help was a smart move indeed. It was also impressed by the variety in species within the crew. There were humans, turians, salarians, krogan, a hanar pilot, a drell, and an asari passenger. A perfect opportunity to learn more about each species.

 

It was also curious as to what it had witnessed earlier. It recalled the way the asari stared at the salarian. It didn't look like a look of infatuation, more like a look of distrust. It was curious if was a particular trait of one or the other or of the races themselves. It would seem Rogue might get a chance to find out as it saw the salarian.

 

"Salarian, we have not met yet. I am Rogue," it said sticking its arm out.

[Master_Archon]

"I've keyed in the coordinates to the Helix Nebula. We ought to arrive their within a few hours." Tom told Naut'aun, or 'Ghost' ( ) as the crew was prone to calling him.

 

His long tendrils glided seamlessly across the control panel of the ship - designed for armed and legged sapient beings, and not the long tentacles of a Hanar; but he had learned to integrate with the controls almost perfectly, on top of having a special hanar-made interface jury-rigged where the pilot's seat would normally be - currently he wasn't hooked up to the device and was floating freely amongst the controls.

 

"This One thanks you Tom, your assistance is most welcome. It was a bit of a hassle turning around mid-jump to return to the Sahrabarik System from going to the Farther System, but we encountered no hostility, which It counts as fortunate. It only hopes our journey into the Traverse is just as uneventful," Naut'aun hummed out in his wisping cryptic voice.

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Kallic had been waiting nearby as the Captain spoke to Quirinius, when he suddenly heard someone speak to him.

 

"Salarian, we have not met yet. I am Rogue," The Geth offered it's name and hand.

 

Kallic didn't even pause to think, he simply smiled and reached out in return, shaking the synthetic's offered appendage; he seemed to hold no reservations about the A.I.

 

"Call me Kallic," he responded.

[Tysyacha]

Quirinius nodded crisply toward Captain Tuhrop. "Of course," she replied with a slight smile, "although, for obvious reasons, I prefer if you would pronounce it KEER-ee." She hoped that none of the others on board the ship would laugh at this little explanation, but the young asari had nothing to worry about on that particular point! With a barely-audible sigh of relief, she decided to reveal where her unusual moniker came from. Relaxing, she began:

 

"My--father as you might call him, although we asari have no real such term, was a krogan. His name was also Quirinius, and he was a lieutenant warlord with a...fondness for exotic dancers." The color of her smooth cheeks deepened to a slightly darker shade of blue. "My mother did not want me to follow the same path she did, especially in my Maiden stage. She wanted to instill strength and power in me, and so she named me after her partner. Not that I mind, of course, except most people I encounter expect to meet a male once they hear my name. Once they see my face, though..."

 

She laughed. "It's quite amusing to observe the confusion and shock in their eyes! Uh--to return to the matter at hand, Captain Tuhrop," she continued with a slight clearing of her throat, "I have no place to go except back to Omega. That would be...inadvisable. Once you have a large group of people try to kill you back on that world, it's almost impossible to erase the bounty on your head. I made an utter fool of the salarian organizer of the chess tournament, and if I return to Omega, he's sure to make me pay for it."

 

Quirinus folded her hands in her lap. "I don't want to spend the rest of my life running and hiding--or, at least the remainder of my Maiden years."

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Call me Kallic," The Salarian responded.

 

Rogue stored the name into its memory banks. It was odd, Kallic seemed to have no issue with the geth. The captain hadn't either, but it appeared Kallic was perfectly fine with Rogue being on board. Its head shifted a little, giving Rogue a look of curiosity.

 

"It is a pleasure to meet you Salarian:Kallic. I wished to know why that asari was staring at you back at the meeting. Also I noticed you seemed to have no issue with me...I am also curious about this," Rogue said.

 

Unlike an organic, Rogue was direct about what it wanted in a conversation. It wouldn't waste time with small talk, it went right to the issue at hand.