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Mass Effect: Wanted

You know you can find most of the answers you're looking for if you did a little research, Archangel.

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The younger Deku mage nodded as Mr. Teko explained the nuisances of title deeds, finding it somewhat surprising it both surprising and informative it wasn’t just a Deku arrangement with foreign towns and kingdoms. The mystery surrounding this so-called Canyon Title Deed was growing even more urgent, and if the strange man who attacked Treka went after someone else in search of his quarry, they might not be so lucky as the poor injured girl. Today was turning out to be all sorts of eventful, and not necessarily in a good way.

Teruk nodded, accepting his task. “I’ll leave at once, the more of us who are aware of what’s going on, the better.” He glanced at Treka, who appeared to have nodded off. “We can’t let others get hurt if we can help it. I have a feeling Treka was lucky, considering how much worse it could have been. I’ll go get my things and leave at once.” He said, turning to gather his short spear, some potions, and the rest of his travel gear was gathered. He had no idea how long he’d be away from the park district, but he wasn’t one to go about being unprepared. He resolved to do everything in his power to find the crazy old man and the mysterious blue-cloaked swordsman, as it was something that posed a threat to innocent Deku. This was supposed to be a peaceful festival, and years had passed without serious incident. What was happening was almost unthinkable.
For the next several hours, Teruk scoured Clocktown, tracking down the various pockets of Deku that had set up outside of the primarily congestion. Most reacted with the predictable surprise, and seemed to take Teruk’s word for it, and almost none had any idea about a blue cloaked swordsman, which wasn’t surprising. Others remained quite skeptical, either having never witnessed violence against Deku before or wanting to believe that some old man had an Ikana Title Deed, much less would offer it to a young, inexperienced girl like Treka. Teruk didn’t begrudge them overly much; he himself would have likely been quite skeptical himself. He still didn’t quite believe the old bastard had the deed he claimed, but there was no denying the danger he posed.

While it was good he was getting the word out for his kin to be careful, Teruk found himself somewhat discouraged that his search was turning up no leads. It was as if both of his quarry had simply ceased to be. That is, until he met with two brothers from his neighbourhood, Jor and Dury. Teruk quickly explained the situation to them, and instead of the usual excited chatter between them like he had witnessed several times that night, Jor and Dury stared at each other for a few long seconds. “Didn’t we see someone like that, blue cape and all, a couple hours ago?”

Jor nodded. “Yeah, it might not be the guy you’re looking for, but there was a youngish looking guy, human or Hylian, couldn’t tell with the hood. No creepy old guy, but thanks for letting us know.”

“It would have been tempting to say yes to whatever he was offering, I mean an Ikanan Canyon Title Deed?” Dury said, somewhat awestruck.
Teruk interrupted impatiently. “Blue Cloak, where did he go?”

“That way, last we saw of him.” Dury replied, pointing towards the center of town, towards the clock tower. “Not sure if it had anything to do with the Ikanan parade or that announcement, but it’s worth looking into.”

Teruk thanked the two brothers and took off down the street, forcing his way through the busy crowds after his one and only lead. It was anyone’s guess if it would pay off, and he sincerely hoped he wasn’t chasing after a fable. With everything going on at the moment, it was starting to seem like a fool’s errand, and Teruk sincerely hoped he was wrong this one time. Still, the thought of the old man attacking Treka drove him. Whoever he was, he’d be brought to pay for what he’d done.
He just had to be found first.

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AmazinglyVivid said
Thanks for all the info! I'll go ahead and edit out the quarians and Tuchanka. For her Turian friend, she knew him when he was a teenager, having met him when she was in her sixties or so. He aged up, served his entire fifteen years, then got bitter and eventually turned into a criminal, finding a place on the ship that they would eventually serve on together. Sorry for not making that clear! Also, just so you know, she hasn't returned to the Citadel since she left.

Perfecto. :D Thanks for being agreeable.

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Sovi3t said
I'm actually interested in a story arch between us three, if you don't mind..

Don't get ahead of yourself. Keep in mind I'm taking 8 new players, and if there's more than 8 sheets, I'm picking. I do reject people if their character sheets aren't up to standards or grossly out of place.

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Archangel89 said
Oh I understand that much...however would the heavy melee attack drain a great deal

Not as much, omni-tools are evidently very energy efficient, considering the amount of use they see in the series, and if you do things right, you can basically power spam to infinity and there's not much of a delay between various heavy melee attacks.

However, don't really think of it in terms of a game. Going into this, try to think of it more like one of the novels than the games. The moment you start worrying about cooldowns between powers and weights and blah blah blah is when you start shooting yourself in the foot. If I was really worried about equipment and power templates and use in terms of damage values and so on, I'd probably just play the game instead of writing a story based out of that universe. :P

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RainDash said
You know, I'm surprised that more people didn't make Turians. I've also finished my sheet. Let me know if you want more changes or a longer history.

Hank said
More turians, you say?

Sovi3t said
All these Turians, why no love for the Non-Council Races?

I'm sensing a bit of contradiction here.

Also, I'd hardly consider two turians a lot. :P

Archangel89 said
This has piqued my interest but I have a question. Even though this is set before the first ME would the powers from say ME3 work here?

For sure! Although, a lot of the silly multiplayer powers probably are a no go, because I really don't need to see krogan running around with giant electrical hammers and the like.

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AmazinglyVivid said
I went ahead and changed out both weapons! Sorry about the Evicerator thing, that was a silly mistake. I had all of the shotguns open in separate tags when I was trying to figure out which one I wanted her to use, so I guess I just got confused. I originally put down the Blood Pack pistol just because it's always my favorite for asari vanguards in game. But I thought about how much you've emphasized stats not being that important in the RP, anyways, and downgraded a bit!I apologize in advance about lore mistakes! I used wiki to double check a lot of what I put down, but just went with my memory from the games for other aspects. That's probably where most errors in that regard came from, haha. I'll give it another read over myself. There are some bits left over from one of my first drafts that I think I still have to remove, anyways. Also, you should know that I'm heavily considering changing her to have been, primarily, a smuggler. I feel like it might fit with the character concept I was trying to go with -character who wants to be the exciting badass criminal but actually really dislikes killing, among other things- a bit better. So I guess it's still sort of a WIP. But I'd still very much welcome any critiquing on what I already have, so that I don't make any of the same mistakes again!

Alrighty, time to whip out ye olde sheet comb. Dun, dun, duuuun!

The weapon thing was addressed, so rock on! The part where the Eviscerator's date comes from the wiki, The Lieberschaft 2180 shotgun, or "Eviscerator," is of human civilian design and has a unique ammunition generator. Where most modern firearms shave off chips or pellets from an ammunition block, the M-22 shaves off serrated metal edges designed to fly aerodynamically. This dramatically improves its armor-piercing capabilities, and its tight grouping ensures lethality at longer ranges than standard shotguns. This design violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22 is not distributed to militaries.

Sadly, we're two years short of happy fun shotgun times. Sigh. The problems with these prequel games is sometimes the fun toys haven't been invented yet.

First bit of lore wonkiness that stuck out was quarians attending school with other children on the Citadel; this simply would not be the case, if not for the fact that their people are generally seen as pariahs and thieves to the rest of the galactic community and probably wouldn’t want them living in the neighbourhoods (plus, C-Sec harassment. You saw how that one quarian was being treated when the volus accused her of stealing his credit chit in the second game, or when Tali is telling you about that other officer that was basically being a dick to her when she arrived on the Citadel with a bullet wound in the third game), but also because unless a quarian is exiled or voluntarily leaves the Migrant Fleet (not an easy choice, and the vast majority of quarians would never do that), they’re already educated and out on their pilgrimage as young adults where they’re living in various places trying to find something to bring back to the fleet. Imagining quarian children living in the Wards, especially without the proper facilities to really maintain the sanitary environments to keep themselves alive in their suits. There’s probably a handful of quarians who somehow took up residence in the Citadel on their pilgrimage, but they’d be doing their best to be keeping out of trouble so they don’t draw unwanted attention, given the stigma attached to them. Long story short, there’s very little chance that Saseen would have had any quarian friends growing up, let alone met one in her life.

Her turian pirate friends would be very suspect, given that turians are conscripted into civil service for 15 years as demonstrated from the Wiki,

Turians are noted for their strong sense of public service. It is rare to find one who puts his needs ahead of the group. Every citizen from age 15 to 30 serves the state in some capacity, as anything from a soldier to an administrator, from a construction engineer to a sanitation worker. Turians have a strong inclination toward public service and self-sacrifice, so they tend to be poor entrepreneurs. To compensate, they accepted the mercantile volus as a client race, offering protection in exchange for their fiscal expertise.

As you might recall talking to Garrus, turians are “a hard bunch to please”, given how much emphasis on personal responsibility and serving society is placed on the individual. If a turian entered military service, there’s a very real chance that the only way they’re leaving it before their job is done is by being dishonourably discharged and shifted to some menial service job or in jail. If they deserted and became criminals (which obviously they are, being pirates), there’s very little chance that they’d be able to dock at the Citadel without drawing the attention of C-Sec, and keeping in correspondence with Saseen would implicate both of them, especially if their communications were being monitored, which is a real threat for people who might well be known criminals. You might wish to examine this angle or edit it a bit, because turians are rather unforgiving and there’s very little chance Saseen would be able to run off to join a pirate band and then come back without repercussion (if it was implied she ever returned past communicating with her family). So basically, when she leaves to be a pirate, it’s probably meaning she’s not going back home without very convincing fake credentials.
The Tuchanka visit probably wouldn’t have occurred for the simple reason that it’s in the krogan DMZ, which his generally very monitored by Citadel authorities and it’s extremely dangerous for off worlders to go there. She probably wouldn’t have been able to go there outside of a clandestine operation. In ME2, Shepard was only welcome because his/ her ties to Wrex, and the one krogan’s girlfriend was invited there personally, and we all know Wrex is a big old softie. Tuchanka’s a very dangerous place, very few people in the right mind would go there willingly, especially without a good reason.

Other than that, the story’s very good. :) Like I said, just a few silly little lore things I thought should be addressed. The longish explanations are just so my justifications make sense and where I’m coming from. Overall, I quite like Seseen. And they weren't really mistakes so much as little things that you have to read between the lines with sometimes or recall some obscure conversations from the games to get the complete picture, and there's always the possibility I'm grossly wrong about something, which happens from time to time (Shocking, I know!).

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