Follow the strange pull on my horn, my gut has never proven me wrong before. 59%
Shining grunted as he turned to look at where his horn wanted to pull him. A look wouldn't matter, right? Following the strange pull, Shining walked deeper into the embassy. The section he entered in particular was dedicated to the Alliance command.
Why in Tartarus would it try to point me to a communications room?
Shining felt a very strong urge just to turn around and sprint towards the exit, possibly still making the transport, but the way his stomach churned and horn throbbed made him think this would be a grave mistake.
“Ah buck it.” The door opened without any issue which surprised the captain, apparently the permissions of access granted to him by councilor Anderson covered a few too many doors.
“Why was I not infor-” councilor Anderson stopped mid-sentence as he heard the door open. “Captain Armor?”
Shining was slightly caught off guard with finding the ambassador here and then dread that he'd interrupted something important. “Apologies councilor, I'm having trouble with my new biotic implant. For some reason it compelled me to visit this room, I'll be out of your mane right away.”
“Wait!” a hologram of a man in a military dress with the rank of Admiral called out before Shining could get the hell out of dodge. “Would you please join us Captain, you might be the solution to a problem of ours if you want to help.”
“Hacket you can't be serious,” Anderson said baffled, Shining hesitantly having walked up to the councilor's side.
“The batarians have instated a policy of executing every human who enters the system, Anderson. We need non-human help or ask Shepard to infiltrate with the Normandy but the commander has enough on his plate as it is with the collectors.” Hacket argued to Anderson who reluctantly gave him a nod.
“Executing humans? What's going on sir and what do you need my help with?” Shining asked, his curiosity now piqued.
“We had a deep cover science team operating within a batarian colony system. A couple of hours ago they reported that a member of their team was captured and after that, they failed to send further reports. The batarians simultaneously moved a small fleet contingent to guard the relay, ordering them to attack any human carrying vessel.” Hacket sighed deeply, “Those scientists had discovered something that related back to the reapers and indicated that it might be instrumental in the fight against them. They also reported finding deeper and unknown ruins inside of the asteroid where they hid their base.”
“And since you can't send humans you want to ask me to go, that's quite the favor to ask,” Shining surmised.
“I must inform you though that the Alliance will not be there to support you if something happens,” Anderson warned. “You'll effectively be on your own the moment you set off.”
“I understand, but that leaves the question of what I get out of it. I'm already going to miss the transport to Illium which was going to lead me to an informant that has information on Fluttershy's location so it better be good,” Shining said looking straight into the eyes of Hacket's hologram.
The Admiral took a couple of seconds to come up with a good compensation. “When the reapers arrive they'll be looking for your homeworld as well. If the weapons with which you arrived on the Citadel are any indication then your species doesn't stand a chance. I can have a large shipment of firearms stashed away until they can be distributed to your homeworld.”
Shining stayed silent for a moment as he mulled this over. He'd be able to arm and retrain the guard with the projectile weapons immediately which would be invaluable to Equis' defense… but weapons alone wouldn't do the job. “I also want at least a company's worth of armor along with that. Same specifications as the stuff I'm wearing right now, I can provide the schematics so fabrication should be relatively easy,” The tone of Shining's voice made it very clear that this was non-negotiable.
“You drive a hard bargain captain, I'll pull some strings to get you your gear. Go find and break out the captured scientist, after that I'll make sure your gear is being put aside for later. Hacket out.” The hologram turned off again as the admiral disconnected on his end.
Anderson looked down at Shining in concern. “You don't owe us anything. You know that, right?”
“That's just the thing about ponies Councilor, when we're your friend there's precious little we won't do for you. And it isn't like I'm not getting anything out of this either,” Shining replied with a grin. “I'm going to need a weapon.”
After having sent a message to Garrus, Dash, and T'Soni, vaguely describing that councilor Anderson was in dire need of his assistance and that he wouldn't be joining them on Illium, Shining had boarded a shuttle and left for the Bahak system.
Passage through the relay was tense for a moment but luckily the batarians didn't ask too many questions when he'd come through. His shuttle was registered to a trading company that did business on the colony so they didn't want to hold him up for too long. So after passing Shining activated the pre-programmed autopilot that would take him to the batarian prison, he had plenty of time to prepare. His armor was fully stocked with thermal clips and some grenades if there was a dire need for them. His weapon, an M-76 Anderson had stored in his office for some reason, had been upgraded to allow disruptor rounds so the weapon would shred any shielded opponents.
The Shuttle rapidly entered atmosphere and came to a halt over an entrance that had been identified by the alliance in some scouting ops that had occurred some time ago. The shuttle doors opened to let Shining jump out before the autopilot had it fly off again to not draw any attention.
Right. Now to get that scientist… Celestia be with me, I
Shining realized that there were two ways to go about this, one where he avoided as much contact as possible, the other…
1. Stealth
2. Guns blazing
So, Shining is doing the Arrival DLC. Cool.
You hold onto the element of surprise for as long as possible.
Also, this won't reflect well on ponies. One of only three of them in out in the galaxy, about to commit an act of stellar vandalism that rates at Super War Crime.
Anderson. You gave a pony a Revenant? Welp, good luck hitting anything, Shining. Hope you pack plenty of Thermal Clips.
Stealth. Best to have the element of surprise
Sweet Harmony! You're sending Shining Armor on the Arrival DLC?!? The Mass Effect equivalent to the No Win Scenario?!? There is no saving this, only hoping he comes back sane.
i dont know if shining could handle going guns blazing solo, i feel like theres alot that could go wrong with that option, especially with him being a pony that people are interested in capturing.
Stealth. Guns blazing just seems incredibly moronic.
1. Stealth
I think that the decision should be quite obvious, don't you?
It worked for the Reapers.
Be unknown for as long as possible, then theres no such thing as too much overkill.
Reaper, meet X Class Solar Flare Plasma Maser.
Or Singularities. Im sure Starlight wont be too picky.
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*Replaces thermal clip his own M-76 Revenant, and proceeds to laugh maniacally*
FILL EM’ FULL OF HOLES!!!
Edit: *Sees the voting results, and dejectedly sets gun down* Welp, so much for that. I also seem to have completely misread that situation... in my defense I’m way too tired to be thinking rationally at the moment.
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Then he realize that, while it has a lot of capacity, it's accuracy leaves a lot to be desired as well it's stability.
I would say stealth fits better with Shinings special talent.
Shields are a defensive weapon.
You know what I am going to choose (or perhaps not) waste those mother buckers
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Not always, stealth missions are incredibly boring.
wait.... thinking ahead to ME3 if it gets that far, if there about to fail or as there gathering armies, couldn't they ask Starlight to just time travel or heck find away to modify the time travel spell so they can bring races of years past to the present modifying it in such away where there time is not altered?
Jeez, that escalated really really quickly. He hasn’t even had the opportunity to adjust to his new biotics when he goes out to volunteer for what is pretty much be a suicide mission? And worst, this is pretty much his first mission in an alien universe? I can believe that he might have done stuff off-screen while we have been following RD over the past couple chapters, but I think what he did should have been explained and ironed out explicitly to the readers before he goes on to make such a big decision; it’s hard to understand Shining’s rationale for volunteering without the context. Stuff like his relationship to the Shadow Broker and his knowledge of the reapers are incredibly huge plot points that I can’t help but feel has been skipped.
Especially since the entire reason he’s here in the first place (out of the 3 choices) is to be a friend and bodyguard to Rainbow Dash - him straight up abandoning his duty to be at Rainbow Dash’s side seems really out of character for him.
I get that going through the Arrival DLC through Shining’s perspective is fun and all, but I can’t escape the feeling that this chapter is really really rushed, and not to mention that the cliffhanger of what happened to Fluttershy has been left dangling a little too long... I would have preferred finishing that whole arc first before gallivanting into another adventure.
Now we have two stories happening concurrently with each other that seem so entirely unrelated: one’s about the arriving Reapers and the other’s a much more personal story about RD finding her lost friend. Honestly the second one is waaay more engaging and I hope that you jump into it sooner rather than later; that thread can only be left dangling for so long.
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I read it for 2 days ago.I wanna ask for 3 question + bonus for author.
1.What happen with Fluttershy before the chapter research log #590?
2.Why the rest of mane 6 dont go?
3.Is this weird if Fluttershy with Garrus and have kids?(Just ask for sure about love couple)
And Bonus:Are you think about draw for Fluttershy when she is Archagle?(i wanna know how is she look like)
That all and hope you are good and well or make a complete story for not waiting and exciting too much.
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1: Spoilers!
2: The relay shut down after the Shy went through and the relay isn't exactly stable after Twilight got it working again along with the princess' position on the matter described in #research log 590
3: I just explored the concept a bit, leave it open as an option to create awkward conversations you know :3
Bonus: I need to find the heckin' time to do that. Currently trying to figure out plush making (Looking at an embroidery machine go is satisfying as heck) as well along with a whole list of other things I'm doing.
Thanks and sure make more chapter
“Shining stayed silent for a moment as he mulled this over. He'd be able to arm and retrain the guard with the projectile weapons immediately which would be invaluable to Equis' defense… but weapons alone wouldn't do the job. “I also want at least a company's worth of armor along with that. Same specifications as the stuff I'm wearing right now, I can provide the schematics so fabrication should be relatively easy,” The tone of Shining's voice made it very clear that this was non-negotiable.”
Is Equestria about to dip it’s toes into modern warfare? This could be interesting
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First pic: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! (running in circles panic)
Second pic: (brakes squealing) Awwww.
...Why do I feel like I just got off a rollercoaster?
1. Stealth, because it always ends in 2...
MLP Metal Gear Solid:
Yesss send in the Pony to a slavery race system. The send any ship the have to capture and sell him
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Yep, Shining get played very hard...
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It's a massiv attack and defende multipler...
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Yep, fuck Batarians in general, but they probably aim for Ponys especially after that one...
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Plus it's gun blazing the moment stealth is failing...
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Why would you go in guns blazing?
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Filling something with holes is as fun as filling holes with others...
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Plus, one can only carry that mutch ammunition...
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Twilight is a Unicorn. Ergo the story never reached that point...
Stealth is showing skill and restraint, consequences in failure is what resulted in violence usually.