Bakara ... It also respects John is no longer for the fact that he is a warrior and commander - it is primarily concerned with what John personality. Kroganka shaman. Svetlana remembered how three o'clock spoke with Bakar. Many things became clear - this is not a video in the Extranet see not read the texts considerably spiced with tables, graphs, diagrams. Live communication.
Priority - Tuchanka. Bomb
Half an hour elapsed. Conveying unit came up krogan-infantry fire control position, Shepard called his teammate, briefed them on the situation and the work plan.
- So, it is necessary to dig? - Said Richard.
- Yes. Bomb pretty deep. - Shepard confirmed. - So little have to do peaceful work. The main thing - to remove all the fuses.
- In such a bomb them very much. Different types. - Noted Saren. - Too expensive it is fun - upgrade to bury the bomb.
All accepted word-Turian Spectre understanding. Upcoming big job. Coming up company officer took normandovtsev shuttles and a few hours later took them to the area of the bomb placement.
- Lieutenant Turians unhappy. - Yavik said, surveying the space area. - I guess that they set out to accompany us everywhere.
- They do not need. - Shepard snapped, bringing to the visor of the helmet eyepiece of the binoculars. - They have their own problems, we have - his own. If they come here - the impact of Rex may not be enough and will start lynching. Our spectra krogan not touch, they are used to them and do not see them as enemies, but the lieutenant with his subordinates - may well be lynched. Lynching in krogan cruel. Even the Ku Klux klanovtsy look compared to their innocent babies.
- Earthmoving equipment delivered. - Reported approached Croghan engineer. - We are ready.
- Dispose of the cordon put up. - Said the captain. - A technique we employ themselves. His forces. Alenka, dispose and start.
- Yes, commander. - Lieutenant-biotic passed by krogan engineer. - Come on with us, will show how and what. But for the management of our people sit down.
- As you say. - Krogan and became very interesting to see how earthlings kroganskimi cope with earthmoving machinery.
Heavy bulldozers and excavators people Alenko not impressed - the world was in vogue even greater monsters capable shoveled in a short time not only thousands of cubic meters of earth and rock.
He waited until the signal comes to fielding cordon Alenko ordered to begin work. Almost simultaneously earned engines powerful excavators - they had to first go to the square and begin to dig a pit, and bulldozers had to remove excavated rock and earth away from the pit - use dump was not necessary, since full digging bomb normandovtsy is not going to - only to open access to its parts where they could hide detonators and activators.
Excavations continued until late at night. Krogan provided dim, but sufficient site lighting around the cordon has gathered a lot of curiosity.
- If they see that we dig ... - with a share of excitement in his voice said Richard, just shift and left the control of the excavator. - Will be bad. - At that moment the corporal was found more accurate words to express all the possible severity of the situation.
- Let them look. - Said the captain. - We did not come here to arrange an explosion. If they see that we are discharged and not activate the bomb, which then themselves and bury already secure, the krogan understand us correctly and we can avoid the aggravation. A warning in advance - no, better to give them the opportunity to see for themselves. - Shepard paused, giving them an opportunity to think out the meaning of what was said Corporal own.
- Perhaps you're right, Captain. - Noncommissioned officer walked away - it was his turn to sit behind the wheel of a bulldozer.
A few hours snarling and spitting clouds of whitish smoke excavation equipment stormed the unyielding soil of the planet. Curious krogan came and went, some sat down on the ground, finding a sitting position more comfortable and even pleasant to observe. Shepard took the papers to correct the work car drivers.
- John, how we are working. - Approached Rex few normandovtsev noticed - most people were in the cockpits of cars, and those who surrounded the captain, for the most part either asleep or absorbed quickly soldering - no waiting, and make on-site had a lot more.
- We started to dig the main pit, Rex. - Not surprised at the appearance of the leader of the clan, Shepard turned to the krogan. - A few more hours. Well, if you'll manage until dawn. But I think that it is not governments. And then two hours ago at least have to carefully clear the body. Pit, of course, extend to the limit. Combining will not - at first disarm the main fuses, then - will try to dig the bomb casing for inspection and disarmament. - Captain showed the alleged leader of the clan stages of work on the screen of instrumentrona.
- Strongly. - Rex rumbled approvingly. - You have not made a krogan for managing the excavation equipment? You do not want to risk it?
- That, too. But the main thing - we will do it better and faster. Now it is important to have time to do it before the Reapers and their supporters will undertake a new offensive.
- And it will be. Necessarily will. - Rex said. - Okay, John. I'll talk to the curious, I will explain the situation to them. To me it would be easier to do.
- We are grateful to Rex. We barely have enough people on the technique. - Spectrum received regular reports on its instrumentron.
The leader of the clan left. The captain went on to work with instrumentronom - it was necessary to clarify the figures, to determine the timing and volume of the work, when the bomb already seems out of the ground.
Rex did not disappoint - from his seat Shepard saw him approach krogan, surround, it explains something and they go, satisfied and reassured. While soothing. While the bomb still in the ground. And when they see her body ... Everything can change very quickly. - Look Shepard went through the liquid chain-krogan warriors standing in the cordon. - As always, it will not keep. Again there will be a stampede, discontent again.
Profit from the shuttle-Explosive experts and sappers. Five people. Normandovtsy. It was nice to see them here, and they ... They see such useful with his own eyes. Current war is that no distinction is made between civilians and soldiers. No difference. Either die - or fight. Another choice for anyone not and can not.
Having discussed with visiting spices details of their part of the work, Shepard returned to the place, which offers the best views of the area. It has been stopped five bulldozers, excavators fade away. Dismounted drivers armed with shovels and begin to dig up the hill.
From above, according to the received from the Synthetic, lokatorschikov and skanerschikov Troop information, closest to the surface of the four-cylinder fuse located. Main - not in the center - there is only a central actuator and the side in one of the supports, fixing "egg" bomb. He still had to find. Putative discharging each leg. There could be more "gifts" and now radars and scanners both Troop ships trying to feel their presence, to determine the characteristics. Specialists on the boards make recommendations, are in constant contact with the ground team of specialists.
There was a black ring - it normandovtsy unearthed the upper mount bomb to the supports. Two specialists were quick-sappers in the pit - is now their time. Their work. No protective suit will not save - the bomb was intended for the liquidation of the planet. Therefore, it was difficult to imagine what is now the responsibility lies on this "two" experts - both military and civilian.
Looking up to the visor of the helmet binoculars, Shepard saw specialists carefully unscrew the central activator. Releasing the cylinder, they slowly carried him away from the bombs, where he was taken on a stretcher, two technicians normandovtsev, delivered to the fuse pre-designated place within the cordon. Both sapper, making sure that the actuator is removed from the bomb at a fair distance, carefully working with shovels, began to release the fastening of a support bomb.
Curious krogan listened to explanations from the next Rex - Shepard saw himself the leader of the clan with interest and particular attention is watching everything that happen
s on the site. Who better than him to understand, which means the success of this work. Tuchanka will be free from the threat of destruction. If, of course, not forged reapers something similar, or at least having a similar effect in the impact. Krogan received explanations calmed down considerably.
Meanwhile, sappers were released from the ground all four legs stand and bombs began to gently open the compartment at the top of poles. In binoculars it was clearly seen that under each lid are cylindrical recess. Military sapper slid his hand into one of these recesses, upper and paused, pulled on the light cylinder fuse. Civil sapper picked up his other hand to help a colleague to carry dangerous goods away from the support.
Two technicians took the fuse on a stretcher, carried him to another site - keep fuses together was considered dangerous - detonated, they would be able to activate the bomb, so it was decided to divide them and store one or two at several sites.
A few hours sappers removed two of the four pillars fuses. None of the krogan did not hurry to demand - on the contrary, almost all looked at the brave actions with an almost religious reverence, and sometimes worship. Shepard knew what was going on with the orbit of the on-site observed many otryadovtsy.
Finally, two technicians have taken on a stretcher last fuse, extracted from the support. Now comes the most difficult time - had to carefully dig the bomb almost entirely, to be sure - no poles or in the body of the bomb is no longer any fuses or other activators.
- Change the sappers. - Ordered the captain. - Let go and get some sleep tight.
To bomb went machinery, armed with shovels. They were led by two other sappers - also civilian and military. Gently releasing the bomb casing from the ground, occasionally interrupted technique to sappers inspected surface for hatches and openings activators. But as long as it was clean.
The whole process was recorded on video. Someday it will be thoroughly studied by him write the thesis, a lot of articles. Unless, of course, reasonable organics and their new friends and partners - Synthetic win Reapers. If the win. And after the war has only just begun - Shepard yelled consciousness - begins only.
A few hours later the bomb and its mount are completely free of soil. Quadruped "tripod" looked ominously - painted black, unable blikovat because of the special additives, varnish, he held high even by the standards of kroganskim cylinder. Both sapper once again examined the surface of the bomb, yet fearing to use devices.
Much time and effort has been expended to ensure that the entire body of the bomb, including the bottom, free from the ground and cleaned of accretions. Sappers finished manual check, now comes the turn of the instrument to check the internal bomb.
Tension has risen sharply among the audience. The krogan are accustomed to the simple and unpretentious methods seemed to feel that the use of modern devices could cause an explosion. Above ground hung concentrated silence, barely broken by the buzz of generators and clicks meters, hidden in instrument decks. Two hours went on instrument verification. Finally, both sapper put aside probes and sensors, switch it off and waved his hands in the negative, showing that no hazards were found, except for the charge itself.
The charge was the main problem - support all four sappers checked thoroughly. The proximity of the supports to the charge they are not confused, on the contrary, there were devices used to the fullest extent. Of course, we tried to shield them from the shell and the inner most bombs, but ... Captain spectrum felt with some experts caution frigate took such a decision. Indeed, the sapper errs only once and paying for this mistake of life. His life. There are truths from repeating that the importance of the sense of truth is not lost.
Both sapper gestures again reported that the charge is safe. Above ground the shuttle dropped four frigates cruisers. They almost simultaneously threw ropes and sappers carefully and very neatly attached hooks for eyelets on the cylinder charge. Operation on stropleniyu took just over quarter of an hour and a military sapper did watch him gesture shuttle drivers, allowing the rise. Sami sappers were left standing on the "tripod", watching the cylinder charge slowly goes up.
Reaching a height of three hundred meters, the shuttle began a gentle flight, gradually gaining height and stepping away from the site. After half an hour they went into orbit, passed it and went deep into the area of the star system, devoid of any large celestial bodies. On the projection screen which has arisen over the area, all reasonable could see how the shuttles detach cables from the charging cylinder as in different directions, increasing the distance between himself and the bomb as a fall in the drift at a sufficient distance.
A minute space lit up a strong flash - the charge was destroyed. Devices like Shepard remembered, tried to write as much as possible a large number of indicators, and video equipment - fix the detail process itself.
Meanwhile, on-site engineering professionals, among which there were also krogan, began to dismantle the "tripod". Lizards led to their site hoists and their transporters involved.
- You did a great job, Captain. - Approached Rex was pleased. - Krogan delighted with the work of your sappers and technicians. We have tried to write down everything that happened here the most detailed and complete.
- It is - part of our work. - Shepard replied, not looking up from instrumentrona - it was necessary to give a lot of orders and check a lot of data.
- A good and impressive part, John. - Rex quickly and easily passed on confidential tone. - The thing is. Krogan want to hear from you, the human, military songs. You won Reaper ...
- Reaper on Tuchanka won Kalros. - Firmly replied the captain. - I just helped.
- I repeat, John. - Without changing the pitch of the voice he said to the leader of the clan. - You won Reaper because among the many thousands of krogan there was no one who would be able to agree to take a chance to run under the legs of the shrimp. Without activation hammers Reaper could not win no Kalros. If she tried ... then we would have something that you saw at the beginning of their struggle - a direct hit on this shrimp would not be able to help. And not hear hammers Kalros was hardly so well further angered - at its disposal all Tuchanka and had no conceivable need to attack the stranger standing quietly.
- I do not know. - Shepard said still firmly. - I like to think so, as I said, Reaper won Kalros.
- And yet, I allow myself to continue, John. You have defeated the main problem of our race - genophage. Only you, as the first mate were able to convince the crew to act as a single organism. Believe me, I, as the leader of the clan, is well aware of your way as a key commander of the detachment. Without you many things would have been done differently and with a different, less real and less useful result. It is possible that it was not possible to do anything. You, John, were able to combine such different reasonable. I do not know who could but you still do it exactly the way you did it. You have helped us, krogan. And we want you to know - you have friends here. Not only soldiers, fortunately. - Rex paused for a moment. - I never thought I'd say this. But now - I say. You forced me to give free rein to the krogan, not wanting to deal only with military affairs, John. You and only you. Not convincing, without drowning in words and conversations, only their activities, their work, their behavior. You have convinced me that we, the krogan - not just stupid warriors, capable of a cut, beat and shoot. I personally felt more alive and more intelligent, stronger not only physically, but spiritually only seeing you, John, live and act. You gave me the old krogan, the ability to love kroganku and believe me it will be healthy, strong, strong children. Reasonable children. Without your work, none of this would neither I nor the other krogan was not without work of your colleagues. I will say this, John. Only thanks to you, your presence, krogan ... calmly reacted to the appearance of Mordina. We really do not like salarians. They rarely linger for a long time on this planet. And rarely survive. And you are prompted many krogan understand the seemingly simple truth: salarians, just like us, krogan - different. I assume that we are now able to feel the people to a greater extent than before. For, as it tur
ned out, the strength - in unity and diversity. And it prompted us to understand very deeply, krogan you, John. You and your normandovtsy. I probably should not tell you this, but the fact that you took a chance and allowed to come to Tuchanka your wife - has revealed many krogan perspective, which is worth considering. Svetlana created a furor in the female clans - me that a lot of interesting and valuable told. Thanks to you, otryadovtsam, believed to a greater extent, much more than before, because it is - the crew commander and the second team of your vehicle. You took a chance and you have opened before us. We krogan, we appreciated the openness, John. I will say this - we followed with great attention for your work on Rannoch and the Migrant Fleet. Of course, as far as our possibilities allow. And we have seen, John, that where there is detachment - there Reapers get a crushing blow. - Rex raised his hand to stop the finished object to the captain. - You did something that did not dare Reapers and their creators - Leviathans. You have proven that it is important to co-existence, a partnership, not a synthesis of organic and synthetic materials. When we arrived and proteanin salarian - it was very valuable, but even more valuable was the appearance of your Synthetic. I know, John, you have once again ventured, because your Synthetic your kiborgessy otryadovtsev for all - a great value. Yes, all krogan noted that they, your kiborgessy, appeared in human form, and the earth do they hide the fact that they are not people, and robots. Although, as I explained to my boss intelligence kiborgessa Olivia - a born agent of profound intelligence, human intelligence. Oh, it-it immediately became clear. And yet, even he was very impressed with its capabilities and capacities. What you otryadovtsy, so long and with such efficiency and effectiveness working with Synthetic, better than all the words proves that we can defeat the Reapers in alliance with artificial intelligence, have all the rights of citizenship, the rights to freedom and its own way of development, John. And showed it to all you and your otryadovtsy. Seeing as you normandovtsy, chivalrous, dare I say it, treat kiborgessam many krogan experienced, so to say, a culture shock. They had much to overestimate in their perception, take other installations for thought and for action. We krogan, know perfectly well your cyborgs and kiborgessy - Legion, Mark, Olivia and Alix - professional soldiers and against any of them, not every soldier of my race will survive at least a few seconds. We are happy to recognize their excellence, John. And we want to live together, to cooperate and communicate both partners and friends, and with you, organics, and with them, synthetics. Now we know that we have, I dare say, all of organic allies appeared. And it helped to be born and to strengthen the knowledge of you, John. You and your otryadovtsy. all were of organic allies. And it helped to be born and to strengthen the knowledge of you, John. You and your otryadovtsy. all were of organic allies. And it helped to be born and to strengthen the knowledge of you, John. You and your otryadovtsy.
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