Day 8
That
damned suit rat! She’s a filthy traitor! I should
have shot her the moment she exposed herself! I don’t know why I didn’t; am I
going soft? The great Terryck Corinthus unable to do his duty and at least
arrest someone guilty of treason? Bosh’tet! That’s the only word appropriate
for her and it’s a damned Quarian word! And the rest of the crew! How could
they so calmly accept what the suit rat did! Does the Alliance have any
standards? Damn them all! What have I been reduced to? And to make matters
worse I’ve been branded a traitor and a wanted criminal, along with
everyone else aboard the Sachsen. Apparently we all have some traitorous
doppelgangers out to ruin us and sabotage our mission. This day just couldn’t
get any better, some days I wonder if it was the right decision leaving the
Turian Military. Then I think of my family, the one’s I’m fighting for, are
always in my mind, and am reminded that I have to be here, as much as I hate
it. Spirits keep them safe.
Once
we got to the bridge the Commander ordered the Salarians to surrender control
of the ship to us, and then proceeded to shoot the poor bastard’s hand off as
he reached for the switch to alert who knows who or what, which quickly cowed
them into listening to our demands and damaging the computer sufficiently to
halt any rebellious notions the Salarians might have had. The LT quickly
bandaged the injured Salarian. After questioning them we quickly realized that
they knew nothing aside from their contract to keep the station in orbit and
all systems running. Lieutenant Joe left for engineering when the barefaced
Quarian indicated that as her next destination.
A few minutes later he contacts me asking to
see if he should follow the suit rat after finding that she and the Geth had
killed the Salarian in the computer core. What is with this guy, can’t he think
for himself? Anyway, from what the Asari say what happened after that was
rather entertaining and the beginning of her betrayal exposed. Lúthien
dominated the two engineers and told them to sleep, and they dutifully went to
their quarters, the suit rat then went to follow, presumably to strip their
omnitool for research data. Instead she killed them! Helpless bystanders if the
Salarians on the bridge are to be believed. Joe then tackled her to the ground.
Apparently he wasn’t concerned about the implications of what the Quarian had
just done and then confessed his love for her! He really needs to go to Invictus…
Once
they all returned to the bridge the Quarian begins by saying that she has
something to tell the Commander in an odd tone. My suspicions began when she
explained that the ship’s computers were wiped and nothing was on them, with no
trace of where they went. Salarians might not be great soldiers, but they know
their tech and even if there was a virus that wiped the local hard drives they
would have a failsafe system in place to transfer the important data off ship,
and if she was as good as she claims to be then she should have been able to
find its location! The gun came out when Lúthien casually stated that she had
killed the engineers in cold blood. The Commander disposed the two Salarians on
the bridge when the Quarian said she wouldn’t discuss such matters in front of
strangers. She then proceeded to tell us that she had wiped the ship’s computer
systems of any trace of the Salarian’s research data as per her orders, which
“recently” came from President Tali’Zorah vas Normandy, to prevent the Alliance
from gathering such intel and to destroy any trace of the research. I should
have shot her right then, barefaced suit rat. I don’t understand how the
Commander accepted such treasonous behaviour so calmly and seemingly without
any worry at all! She was in direct contradiction to the orders of a superior officer
to which she is legally bound! Does she have any honour; does anyone in the
Alliance?
After
that bombshell we were contacted by the Sachsen to return immediately to the
ship, as there was something of great import that we needed to see. As it turns
out we are all traitors and fugitives. Some group, claiming to be us, with
admittedly convincing persons, and a ship incredibly similar to the Sachsen
attacking and destroying Admiral Johnstone’s base and assassinating every
senior officer there. They even had a Geth in the vids! The Council, and nearly
every other galactic government, have deemed us traitors and criminals worthy
of death. What is even more intriguing is all four councillors signed this
declaration; that means the Salarian councillor, after nearly forty years of
warming a council seat has, actually acted in concordance with the rest of the
council. Which elicits some suspicion as to why he would finally take part in
this particular motion. This is something worth looking into.
It
is of great comfort to me that the Hierarchy, even though they have to conform
to the will of the Council, has enough reasonable doubt to clear my name. It is
good to know that, despite my abrupt departure, they haven’t forgotten my
service and everything I have put into my service and for my people. I also
received an email from a certain interested party with the location to a supply
cache and safe house for my now fugitive crew. Good to know that there are
still some people who aren’t crazy in the galaxy.
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