(Joker flies the Normandy near the Sol system, and he rendezvous with the alliance fleet. When he connects the airlock tube, he gets a beep on his console)
Joker: Commander, you've got a priority message from Admiral Hackett, requesting to come aboard
Shepard: Permission granted
Joker: Aye aye, Commander
(Joker presses a button, and Admiral Hackett walks aboard with some alliance soldiers. Everyone salutes as they walk aboard the bridge)
Hackett: Commander (Salutes)
Shepard: Admiral (Salutes)
Hackett: Are you ready to bring the might of the galaxy to bear on the reapers?
Shepard: Yes sir
(Shepard and Hackett shake hands)
Hackett: Then lets make sure the fleets are ready
Traynor: All fleets reporting in, sir
Hackett: Never before have so many come together, from all quarters of the galaxy. But never before have we faced an enemy such as this. The reapers will show us no mercy. We must give them no quarter. The will terrorize our populations. We must stand in the face of that terror. They will advance until our last city falls. But WE must not fall. We WILL prevail. Each of us will be defined by our actions in the coming battle. Stand fast. Stand strong. Stand together. Hackett out
Group: (Indistinct war cries)
Hackett: Shepard. The sword fleets are ready to strike at the reapers surrounding Earth. While they keep the enemy engaged, you and hammer ground forces can retake London
Shepard: What? London? Why aren't we just hitting the citadel directly?
Hackett: Anderson can brief you on that
(Shepard and Hackett walk into the comms room, and they see a holographic projection of Anderson)
Hackett: Admiral. How are you holding up?
Anderson: We're ready to end this. But as you can see, the station's closed itself off since it appeared over London
Shepard: Dammit. We've got to get the arms open to dock the crucible
Anderson: The reapers use this beam to transport humans, alive and dead, to the citadel. But London is surrounded by hades cannons. Hammer transports can't land while they're active. Shepard, your mission will be twofold. First, lead the advance forces on an attack on London. Take out all their anti air units so hammer can land in force. Once they've landed, hammer will convene at a FOB. From there, hammer will launch an all out assault on the citadel beam. Everyone who makes it that far will take the beam to the citadel, then locate and activate the citadel arm controls
Hackett: Once we see those arms, shield fleet will escort the crucible to the citadel. But timing will be critical. We don't have enough firepower to keep the crucible safe for long
Shepard: Nothing's ever easy. No reason it should start now
Anderson: Come on, Commander. You wouldn't want me to take all the glory back here on Earth, would you?
Shepard: No, that wouldn't do, sir
Hackett: We're all eager to go back, but we can't do it unprepared. We only get one shot at this. Get the citadel arms open, Commander. Whatever the cost. We'll do the rest
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Just a Mass Effect 3 fanfic
FanfictionThis is a sequel to my previous 2 Mass Effect fanfics
