disclaimer: I do not own Strike Witches or Mass Effect, if I did why would I would I be putting this on ?

A/N: some people will question me about the plasma weapon effectiveness, well yes plasma may not do damage to ME shields in and of its self, however the massive amount of free electrons in plasma and the magnetic field would short-out KB in a single hit. Particle weapons would be ignored or blow right thru due to shear power. I hope that this explains why the weapons are so powerful. Also this is my first fanfic so please give me advice if necessary

Prologue: fall of the strike witches

January 15th 1947

location unknown

converted basement lab

Yoshika screamed as she felt another knife cut into her skin, the men responsible for her pain not seeming to notice or care. As she lay shackled to the table, she could already feel her skin knitting together.

"Good... good, her body is accepting the core," said an old sickly sounding voice, "soon humanity will fall, as the Dark Gods demand. All hail the Neuroi!"

"All hail the Neuroi!"

As they said this, she turned her head to look at the other members of the 501st JFW the Strike Witches, all having had the same done to them as was done to her. She closed her eyes and silently wept, then she heard the leader speak.

"The lords do not care if they are virgin or not!" he said "you may enjoy their bodies before the lords come to collect them."

In that moment, as one stepped toward Lynette, Yoshika felt pure unbridled rage, blue Neuroi firing plates appeared on the back of her hands and down her spine. With a roar that almost sounded like a Neuroi's screech she fired her beams, killing all 18 men in the room and blew the cuffs off major Mio Sakamoto's wrists and ankles. Not wasting a moment the major leapt up, grabbing an MP40 out of one of the dead guard's hands. As she did this the gun was converted into a Neuroi weapon, she didn't have time to think about that as a pair of guards came through the door. The guards only had enough time for their eyes to widen before blue bolts of energy tore through their bodies. Quickly the major began ripping the restraints off the other witches. Once this was done and the younger witches had finished dry heaving, they armed themselves with the guns from the bodies, they assembled at the door. Mio had retrieved Reppumaru (her katana) from the body of one of the guards who had taken it as a trophy. After making sure that everyone was prepared, Gertrud Barkhorn used her magic enhanced strength to kick the door down.