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The air is warm from the sunshine and he hears the waves washing up onto the shore as he slowly shuffles along the path. By now, Kaidan's used to the walking stick he needs to get around but he still hasn't come to the point where he likes being old. A silhouette peels from the shadows of the large palmtrees and saunters slowly towards him. "Hey, Kaidan." Her voice's mischieveous and warm at the same time. Just like he remembers it over all those years. "Hey, Shepard." He smiles. She hasn't changed a bit. Copper-coloured hair, a crease on her cheek that's almost a dimple when she smiles that lopsided grin that shows she's up to no good. F

Blurry shapes flashed into existence out of nowhere. “Something’s wrong”, a female voice sounded muffled somewhere outside Eliana Shepard’s field of vision. A male voice, tinged with worry and a touch of excitement replied: “She’s reacting to outside stimuli, showing an awareness of her surroundings.” Things went black for a fraction of a second but then the shapes became a little clearer – though not by much - and turned into what appeared to be bits of ceiling and medical equipment. “Oh, my God, Miranda”, the male voice blurted just as the shape of a woman came into Shepard&rsq

With a visible air of irritation Commander Eliana Shepard headed out of the lab and stomped past the three dimensional galaxy map that occupied the centre of the CIC on board the Normandy, straight towards the bridge. The Cerberus crew on duty did their best to stay out of her way, some saluting, others preferring to seek refuge in obscurity, hoping to remain invisible. The door to the cockpit swished open and shut again after she had entered. “Alright, EDI, talk to me.” The Commander stood, facing the glowing orb, ignoring the ship’s helmsman who appeared to be returning the favour. Normally, she would have picked up on t

A Hunter's Tale Chapter 16 – Meetings (Part 1) Torihn leaned over the table in the roomy tent, supporting his weight on the knuckles of both his fists as he studied the map that was spread out before him with intense focus. "I see where you are coming from", he said slowly, "and I have to admit, I'd also rather be on our way somewhat sooner than later but the Queen's reasoning is sound. Among all the others leaving the summit, one extra servant girl and the rest of us won't draw attention. Still, I like to have my bases covered, so let's get a good look at those maps so we have a rough idea of what's in store for us and give us room t

The door shut behind her with the usual swooshing sound as Commander Shepard entered the tiny quarters on Arcturus Station. "Hello?" she called out and waited for a few seconds for a reply. However, when the apartment remained in its silent state, she shook her head and checked her omni-tool for messages but apart from the one that had prompted her to check back to these lodgings there were no further notifications. With a sigh, she decided to take a look around. The main bedroom was perfectly tidy, everything military style in its place as it should be. The second room looked much the same apart from some posters of different rock bands th

"What the hell, Shepard? What just happened? I mean, I was there but …" Kaidan looked up from his datapad as Commander Shepard entered the Starboard Observation room but then added a quick: "Actually, don't tell me. I've got work to do and I … I can't be distracted." Stopping a few steps in front of him, a mischievous grin spread over Eliana Shepard's lips. "I was plugged into the virtual world of the Geth consensus", she let the last word all but melt on her tongue with a smile that reminded him of the cat having gotten the cream, "saw their history, purged a Reaper infection …" "Crap!" he exclaimed. "Now I'll be obsessing a

The former Tech Lab on board the Normandy was a flurry of voices. Some angry, some excited and most heavily pregnant with a note of utter disbelief. Whilst most of the squad and some of the relevant crew stood around the large table discussing what she had just told them, Eliana Shepard was leaning against the wall and looked on silently. After the mission's ordeals she was exhausted. And yet, instead of resting, she had spent the time Dr Chakwas had her confined to Med Bay to sort out the host of injuries she had brought back with her, writing up her report for the Admiralty Board and had been off that bed the very second the doctor had perm

"Naw, the new TX322 has nothing on the good old VT-X41", Kenneth Donnelly said shaking his head. "Not enough 'umph' in the drive core and too weighty with the armoured plating they slapped on it. That'll make her really heavy to manoeuvre in close quarters and slow her down like there's no tomorrow." Steve Cortez nodded slowly, considering what the engineer had just said. They were both down in the Shuttle Bay, leaning against one of the work benches off to one side and enjoying their downtime by discussing fighter models, a subject he had not known the other man was clued up on the way he was. "You'll have to admit though, that the TX322 ha