Knowhere IC

Right... so... another new dimension. Dog in a space suit that does some weird mind meld crap. And a giant ass dead space head that people live on.

Sam, you better be here and you better not be Polish.

Cosmo has bad news, very bad news. Continuum Cortext registered large scale fissure in open space. It is far from Knowhere, but things we identify as Reapers have come through the portal. These Reapers come from Cmdr. Shepard's universe. We don't know how this happen, only that it is.

I will allow Shepard to explain these Reapers, but we provide information about them to your tablets. The Guardians and myself are scramblink first response team. The Reapers attack planet with no self defense, we must evacuate and hold off Reapers. You are not required to fight. Cosmo does not tell you want to do, but if you want to help, meet at docks. We will take RIV to planet.

(OOC: You can assume that all the information outlined here has been sent to each character's tablets)

Now that I'm truly terrified

I'm packing up materials to set up a triage station planet-side. I'll be taking it over in the RIV with Cosmo and co, but I could use some help getting everything from Med Bay to the docks. We'll be in need of someone to run it with me as well. Sam? Bruce? Anyone else? I believe Caitlin is going to hold down Med Bay here on Knowhere.

Please, everyone, be safe out there. It would be my sincerest wish that no-one gets hurt at all and I am deemed completely useless in the field, but I don't think that will be the case this time.

I have a box full of biotic injections that I will make available to you at the RIV planet-side. Take one, inject yourself if you get hurt and call for help. I will be there as soon as I can.

(OOC: Delivered before departing from Knowhere. Shepard likes her pre-Reaper speeches and I've never gotten to give one of these before.)

Alright everybody, so it seems like the things coming through here aren't just going to be limited to interesting people. Today it seems we're getting one of the worst threats my entire galaxy has ever faced. I don't know how, I don't know why, but I'll say this:

These are Reapers. Where I'm from, they had the advantage. They were a mystery, a legend, a ghost story nobody wanted to believe in until it was too late. They don't have that advantage this time. This time they're going to see we're not having it. That nobody in this Universe is going to give them even an inch of ground. No footholds. Not even a single world -- Not here. Not now. Not ever. There's no negotiating. There's no trying to appeal to their better natures. They don't have them and what's at stake here, what's on the line?

It's every last man, woman, child, of every species that's dared touch the stars. This isn't just one planet, this is the start, the first domino. I want you all of heading out today to remember that. You're not just fighting for one peoples, you're fighting for everyone. You're putting a hard stop to this before it even has a chance to get rolling.

You've all been forwarded the relevant information I have on the types and kinds of enemies you're likely to encounter down there. I know it'll only prepare you so far for what you're about to see. Fight smart. Fight safe. Stick in groups, call out dangers and, if there's something you don't think you can handle, don't. Fall back, regroup, get reinforcements, and come back to the fight.

Beyond that, you get the wounded clear and off the field as quickly as you can and, above all else?

You give these bastards all the hell you can. Don't give 'em an inch without making 'em pay for it with everything you've got -- and then you come home safe.

Good luck.

Shepard, out.

There's got to be a way to deal with these Reapers without violence.

I'm working on something now, a force field that'll prevent them from breaking through. But I don't have enough time!

I go to battle these Reapers. When there is no hope to be found, one must summon the strength to create it. I have seen gods rise and fall. I have seen mortal men and women endure what they thought must surely be the end of the world. There is courage in this strange place. I am honored to fight beside those who wield it.

[ooc: Cue theme music.]