Effecting Fate

Prologue

Many years ago, a prophecy was made. It stated that King Arthur would one day return when she was most needed - to bring back peace to the land. Thus, on her tombstone, it was written "Here lies King Arthur - King Once, and King in the Future", or more commonly known, "The Once and Future King".

However, it is never mentioned what "land" she shall return to, does it? Nor does it state that she will return alone.

And lastly, it never states that she would return when the threat had already arrived...

The Serpent Nebula.

The gas and dust from the Nebula creates a thick cloud that extends across a vast distance. While visually pleasing, it obscures sight, both physical and electronic, making it a nightmare for those without proper coordinates.

With no planetary mass around, there exists only one thing that makes the system of interest: The Citadel.

A colossal space station - 45 kilometers in length, 13 kilometers in diameter, and made out of unknown metals.

Built by the Protheans in years long gone, the Citadel is inhabited by over 13 million people of various species. Though heavily run by the three council races, an incredible amount of diversity could be found throughout the entire station, and many of the more influential races owned an embassy within it.

Inside the human embassy, four men in various uniforms sat inside an office, looking over various files on holo-screens, discussing the contents of them in low tones.

Two men wore blue military dress uniforms and had military styled hair cuts, one with dark hair, the other with gray. The third wore what seemed to be a white, futuristic suit, along with dark hair the same length as the other two. The fourth wore an old fashioned white suit, with a brown scarf that contained a flower design on it. Unlike the other three, he had messy shoulder length hair that was almost iridescent in the light.

Captain David Anderson, one of the Alliance's most decorated special forces operatives.

Admiral Steven Hackett, a top ranking official of the Alliance Navy and commanding officer of the Fifth Fleet.

Ambassador Donnel Udina, humanity's second ambassador to the Council races, and responsible for looking after mankind's interests.

And lastly, Admiral Emerys Myrrdin, another top ranking official that had recently been given a spot on the Advisory Board.

After looking at several different profiles on their holo-screens, the man in the futuristic white suit spoke up.

"Well," Udina said hesitantly, "What about Pendragon? She's a spacer, and has lived aboard starships most of her life."

A 3D image came up on the table, soon they were looking at a blonde woman with short hair, standing at attention in a military uniform. To the side of the image, several symbols popped up, showing rank and various statistics.

"Pendragon is a good choice. She comes from a military family," Anderson said approvingly, leaning back in his chair and smiling a little. "Her father and I are good friends. She's adopted, and has a brother that's serving as well."

Udina looked at him with an arched eyebrow, "Showing favoritism are we?"

Anderson's smile turned into a scowl very quickly, "Of course not." he said sharply, "She proved herself in the Blitz. Even after being taken by surprise while on shore leave, she managed to rally a few others soldiers that were there, as well as the colonists, against the invading forces. Considering the colonists were a mixture of species and people that she had never worked with before, I'd say that that is quite an achievement."