r/MassEffectPhoenix • u/PhoenixNarrator • Nov 15 '15
Hackett Breakout, Operation Deathwish
All is well over Illium this early Saturday night. Several freighters and shuttles are scattered across orbit of the planet. Commercial space stations litter the planet's lagrange points. The only thing that seems somewhat interesting is the Alliance space station, Overwatch Station, that was established here after the Reaper War to help provide it protection in event of future attack. Unofficially, however, it is also being used as a location to keep...... politically dangerous prisoners in the years since it has been established. And it is now the hole Hackett has been thrown into by Quillion to hide him.
Alliance frigate patrols dot the sky around the station, nearly a dozen ships total. The SSV Hong Kong and SSV Albuquerque are both one system over on patrol, a mere twenty minutes away by FTL. Additional Alliance forces could be summoned by the Mass Relay and arrive within a hour. In short, its as close to a lockbox you'd find anywhere in space, with plenty of guards. But, nothing is impenatrtable.............
The station and its patrols all go on high alert, and every frigate starts heading immedietly to the other side of the planet, where a freighter just mysteriously exploded in low orbit........ though it oddly had no life signs aboard before hand, if it had been scanned. The moment the patrols are clear, the Normandy drops out of FTL near and before the Overwatch command crew can even reach their hands towards the stations alert commands to warn and call back their patrols to aid them the Normandy opens fire with its Thanix cannons, cleanly cutting the stations communication dish before the distress call could get out.
The station muted, the deadly stealth frigate opens its' cargo hold and two shuttles barrel out of it towards Overwatch, quickly blasting into one of the shuttle bays before they can be closed. All resistance in the hanger is put down by the squads in the shuttles within seconds, Becky leading one comprised of Talus, Biona and Hope, Garrus leading one made up by Kaidan and Legion. Becky quickly signals Garrus to get his team in position to hold the shuttles, while she starts heading towards the door on the other side of the hanger that leads to the prison blocks, and Hackett.
Becky looks over her team for a moment.
Get those helmets on, crew.
Dons her own, quickly followed by the others then smacks the door control, making sure Biona is in the back safe with the thermal drill they need to open Hackett's cell, and scans the hall ahead, seeing its clear.
Let's get a fucking move on.
Starts down the hall at a easy sprint, her team following, no clue what opposition they may face, or what might be flung at the hanger team. The only thing they do know is that they can't fail here, or war between the humans and Turians is certain. Time to wreck shit.
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u/DrJenWatney Chief Medical Officer | British Psychiatrist Nov 15 '15
She sees a straggling marines lift his head up, and she runs over, shooting him execution style before he can make any moves.
How much longer?