Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait, I was on a vacation with my family all these days and I didn't get much time to resume my stories, but I'm back again. This time I present you my second try on fanfics: Mass Effect Irregular Hunters at Space. As you may have seen on my profile, this is going to be Megaman X/Mass Effect X-over with our good and old friend Mister X.
I hope you enjoy it!
"Hey" - Normal Speech
Hey - Thoughts
"Hey" - Inter-comm channels
Chapter 1: The Strange Signal
Travelling among the Armstrong Nebula systems, there was the Normandy SR-1. An Alliance frigate-class vessel, the first human ship with cutting-edge technology developed with the help of the turians. Previously, it was commanded by Captain Anderson, the infamous human who unfairly blew the chance of becoming the first human Spectre at the Galactic Council after coming back from a high risk mission with the top-agent Spectre Saren. Now, the commanding status rests up to Commander John Shepard, who became the first human Spectre after he proved that Saren was working with the Geth and that he was responsible for the Geth attacks on Eden Prime.
Shepard was a well-known human through the galaxy. Everyone heard of his achievements at the Skyllian Blitz. He bravely managed to hold the lines along with a few soldiers under his command against batarian pirates who played a massive invasion on the planet Elysium. Also, he was an N7 soldier, a top-class agent among the Alliance.
Sitting in front of his sofa inside his quarters, he was writing his personal log about his latest events on his OSD.
Personal Log of Cmdr. John Shepard, Commanding Officer SR-1 Normandy. Current Location: Armstrong Nebula, Deep Space.
"Personal Log, Entry 10. It has been three weeks since I became a Spectre. On those three weeks, my crew have been really busy. We managed to save the colonists on Feros by eliminating the Thorian; we disrupted the Geth activity on Noveria without much problem and while there, we saw and freed a rachni queen that was encaged for research purposes; we also managed to find Liara T'Soni, an asari archeologist who has knowledge of Prothean ruins. Until she was decipher a bit of my vision about the Reapers.
Now, we are trying to stop a Geth incursion at the Armstrong Nebula. We've been successful on destroying all Geth outposts, but we still need to destroy their main base at the Grissom system. Currently, we are in FTL speed heading for that system. I hope everything turns out good."
End of Personal Log.
By the time, he finished writing at the OSD. Joker's voice was heard at the inter-comm.
"Commander? We arrived at Grissom system."
"Roger that, did you detect any Geth signals on this system?" Shepard asked.
"We're receiving them now…" There is a pause. "Strange… Commander, come to the bridge. You might wanna see this." Joker said like if he got surprised.
"I'm going." Shepard exit his quarters at the crew deck and proceed to the stairs that led to the CIC and the bridge. Many of his crew members greeted him along the way with continence and he nodded back to them.
When he arrived at the bridge, he saw his pilot and friend Joker. Joker got his nickname from his flight school instructor at the Alliance Navy, due to the fact that he rarely smiled — he was working too hard. By the end of his training, however, Joker surpassed the other students and even his instructors. When the Normandy was commissioned, Joker was chosen as her pilot.
"Yes, Joker? Why did you call me?" Shepard said while looking at the holographic panels that Joker was stirring.
Joker turned to face his commander. "We found the Geth signals at Solcrum, moon to the gas giant Notanban. Looks like that's where their primary base is supposed to be." Joker reported.
"Good, but what is strange about it? We knew it was somewhere at this cluster." Shepard looked confused.
"That is what I'm going to tell you now." He focused at the panels again. "According to this telemetry, we also detect a powerful terran signal."
"It came from Earth? Are you sure?" Shepard look at his pilot surprised.
"No doubt about that. It also says here that it dates from year 2073." Now Shepard was confused.
"How did a pre-Systems Alliance thing came all the way to this side of the galaxy? At 2073, humanity hadn't even invented FTL drives."
"I don't know, Commander. It's better you check this out and quickly, because this signal is coming from inside the Geth base."
Shepard activated the inter-comm channel.
"This is Shepard, all senior staff assemble at the vehicle bay." He headed to the elevator below the CIC deck.
Upon reaching the vehicle bay, Shepard met his former crewmates: Garrus Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, Kaidan Alenko, Ashley Williams and Liara T'Soni. Garrus was the first one to talk.
"Hey Commander. What is this about?"
"We have found the Geth base at Notanban's largest moon Solcrum." Wrex intervined.
"About time, I was eager for some fighting." Everyone ignored the krogan mercenary.
"We also detected a strange signal inside the base which origin dates back from 2073 Anno Dominus at Earth."
"What is a pre-Systems Alliance anomaly doing at this side of the galaxy? I surely know that humans weren't a spacefaring species that time. Tali'Zorah stated.
"That is what we are going to find out. Garrus, Tali and Alenko, you are going with me."
"Yes, sir!" The three replied.
"Joker will drop us with the Mako somewhere near the base. Grab your gear and be ready. Everyone, dismissed…"
Shepard headed to his locker next to the Mess Room where he stored his gear. After all the trouble he managed to fix while being a Spectre, he was able to save some credits to buy upgraded equipment for his team and himself. He had some of the Spectre-class weapons and a N7-class heavy armor. Shepard was an expert on using assault rifles and he managed to salvage one of the Geth Pulse Rifles, his favorite rifle.
Geth know how to build strong firearms, I have to admit. He thought while looking at his prized rifle.
After getting his gear ready, he headed to the vehicle bay. It was empty, except for his team with gears ready to go.
"Joker, we are ready." Shepard said using the inter-comm.
"Okay. Enter the Mako and I'll drop you on a flat terrain just a few miles south of the base." Joker replied.
All four nodded and proceeded to the Mako. After they got to their seats, Shepard at the driver seat, Tali at the engineer next to Shepard and Kaidan and Garrus at the back seats, Joker opened the vehicle bay door.
"We are above the drop zone. Good hunting, guys!" Joker cheered.
Sorry if I didn't have detailed the other crew members. I'll be detailing them along the chapters as Shepard chats with them.
Please review and don't hesitate on criticizing the story. That will help me to write in a more efficient way. :)