“That’s… insane,” Garus said, looking at the hologram of the planet in front of him. One side of it was blazing hot from the light of the sun while the other was frozen over completely.
“Thank you for helping me again Shepard, I couldn’t wait for this opportunity to slip out of my hands,” Liara thanked Shepard as she, the commander, Fluttershy, Garrus, and Dash walked through the Normandy’s CIC. They’d dropped off Vasir at one of Liara’s contacts to make sure they’d be able to pick her up at a later date and return her to the Citadel.
“Well, of course. It also helps that if you’re right we might be able to get a massive hurdle out of our ways by taking out the broker,” Shepard replied with a smile. “I’m glad to see you’re alright, Liara.”
“You’re telling me that?” Liara smirked, “You were dead for almost two years, I’m pretty sure you had it much worse.”
“Just a scratch,” Shepard smirked back, stopping at the elevator and looking at the others who were following. “Mind giving her a tour while I get us on our way?”
“We’ll show her this baby’s new features,” Garrus smirked as he pushed into the elevator while Shepard stepped onto his platform on the CIC to get the Normandy on its way.
“She looks much roomier than the old one already,” Liara mentioned as the elevator went down into the crew quarters of the ship, Garrus chuckled and nodded.
“Definitely. The main cannon is also a sight to behold on this baby, though I’ve got some ideas on how to improve her somewhat,” Garrus deviously said, glancing at the front of the ship where the cannon’s controls were located.
“I’m sure you do, Garrus,” Liara chuckled in response to Garrus’ enthusiasm, before looking around and swiftly but thoroughly examined all the crew members that were roaming around. “Are they trustworthy?”
“They’re not familiar with Cerberus’ other activities,” Fluttershy answered, “They only know about the collectors, except the black-haired ice queen of course,” Fluttershy said, nodding at Miranda as she made her way back into her office.
“Good to know.”
“Garrus would you mind leading Liara around? I want to check up on Gabby,” Fluttershy asked, Rainbow standing behind her and nodding as she was interested in seeing the young griffin too.
“Go ahead, we’ll catch up later,” Garrus agreed.
“I’ll message you later too, I want to give you all some intel on what we’re getting into before we get there,” Liara added.
“Sounds good, see you two in a bit then,” Fluttershy smiled, heading back into the elevator along with Dash and walking into engineering as they arrived on the right floor. Fluttershy and Dash found Gabriella, Ken, and Gabby standing at the various consoles in the main area of engineering.
“...Did ya calibrate the attenuators, Gab?” Ken asked the little griffin who was sitting on a box that allowed her to easily reach the console that was more made for creatures that walk on two legs.
“Eeyup, everything running at peak efficiency again. We even might be able to increase the efficiency is we were to- Oh hey Fluttershy, Dash!” Gabby’s train of thought was immediately cut off as she noticed the two ponies. The little griffin was wearing a black and white work outfit and had all sorts of tools strapped to her torso and legs, a set of goggles placed on her head.
“You seem to be adjusting very well to the Normandy,” Fluttershy smiled as Gabby jumped over and hugged.
“Much better than adjusting actually, she’s been a tremendous help around here,” Gabriella said, turning away from her own work.
“A bloody genius that lass is what Gabriella means,” Ken laughed, nudging the other human on the arm. “Her size makes her the perfect candidate to walk through the Normandy’s maintenance tunnels and check up on systems.”
“And improve them!” Gabby pointed out smugly.
“Aye, and improve them indeed.”
“So what’s up with the outfit?” Rainbow asked, fist-bumping the young griffin.
“Oh, it helps protect me while working and gives me pockets to store stuff in,” Gabby chuckled, jumping back onto her box. “So what have you two been up to?”
“Oh you know, tracking down data, shooting shuttles from the sky, fighting Spectre’s, that kind of stuff,” Rainbow said with a massive smirk on her face, pushing against Fluttershy with a wing. “Generally being awesome.”
“That sounds amazing! Want to tell me about it later? We kinda have to get this done to make sure the Normandy keeps running.” Gabby pointed at the console she’d been working at.
“Of course, well come by again when we find some time,” Fluttershy smiled.
“Ha, we should play a game of poker when you do, it’ll be fun,” Ken smirked turning back to his work as well.
“We’ll keep you to that,” Rainbow replied cockily before her and Fluttershy’s omni-tools buzzed. “Well, I guess we’ll see you later. Liara is going to brief us upstairs.”
“That’s… insane,” Garus said, looking at the hologram of the planet in front of him. One side of it was blazing hot from the light of the sun while the other was frozen over completely.
“The Shadowbroker’s ship flies exactly in the region between the two sides of the planet where a thunderstorm permanently rages,” Liara explained, zooming in on the spot that supposedly held the ship.
“We should be able to land somewhere on the top of the ship and find a way inside form there,” Shepard said, bringing up the blurry hologram of the ship that Cerberus had provided.
“Indeed, once inside we’ll look for the broker and a friend of mine he has,” Liara confirmed.
“We can’t all fit into the shuttle, Shepard, you’ll have to pick out a strike team of five for this one,” Miranda pointed out, getting a nod from Shepard.
“Obviously Liara comes. Grunt, I want you there for the close quarters of the ship.” The krogan pounded its chest and gave a huff of approval. “You too, Jack.” Shepard picked as he looked at the human biotic before briefly falling silent and looking over the other assembled team members.
“You were part of a ‘weather team’ back on your home, right Rainbow Dash?” Shepard asked, “Ever had to deal with lightning?”
“Pretty much every time the Everfree would act up, all of Ponyville’s weather team is lightning proficient actually,” Dash said with a slight glimmer in her eyes.
“Good, I want someone with who can stop us from doing stupid things in that thunderstorm. You’re my number five,” the Commander stated. “Let’s get ready for this raid.”