Joker: Commander Shepard, there's an urgent message coming in from The Illusive Man. Patching him through to the comms room
Shepard: Thanks Joker. I'll be right there
(Shepard walks into the comms room and patches The Illusive Man through. He's met by his holographic projection)
TIM: Shepard. We've caught a break. I've intercepted a distress call from a turian patrol. They've stumbled upon a collector ship beyond the Korlus System. The turians were wiped out, but not before they managed to cripple the collector vessel. I need you and your team to board that ship and get some hard data on the collectors. Find us a way to get to their homeworld. I'm not saying it won't be dangerous, but we can't let an opportunity like this slip by
Shepard: Send me the coordinates, and we'll take care of it
TIM: Already sent. Once you're aboard the ship, establish an uplink with EDI. She'll mine for data regarding the Omega 4 relay. Good luck, Shepard
Joker: The coordinates are punched in, Commander. Lets go find us a collector ship
(Joker punches in the coordinates and hits a nearby relay, launching the Normandy into hyperspace)
(The Normandy comes out of hyperspace through another relay close to the team's destination, and Joker starts piloting it manually)
Joker: We have a visual on the collector ship, Commander
EDI: Very low emissions. Passive infrared temperatures suggest most systems are offline. Thrusters cold
Joker: That thing is massive. How the hell did the turians take it down?
EDI: Ladar scans do not detect any hull breaches on the side facing us. I detect no mass effect field distortions. It appears the drive core is offline
Thorne: Something about this feels off to me. Like we're walking right into a trap
Shepard: Be on your guard
Joker: Rendezvous in 30 seconds, Commander. Good luck
Thorne: Lets do this
(Shepard and Thorne fist bump)
Shepard: Attention ground team, this is Commander Shepard. Report to the shuttle bay in 5 minutes
(Shepard, Thorne, Miranda, Jacob, Mordin, Garrus, Galahad, Jack, Grunt, Tali, Samara, Thane, Kasumi, and Zaeed all hop into the shuttle and fly to the collector ship)
(Everyone steps off after the shuttle is parked near an entrance to the collector ship)
Tali: I've never seen a ship like this before
Miranda: It looks like a giant insect hive
Grunt: Everything about this ship feels wrong
Garrus: It gives me the creeps
Galahad: Guns up, everyone
Thane: The knight is correct. There could be an ambush anywhere
EDI: Penetrating scans have detected an access node to uplink with the collector database. Marking location to your hardsuit computer
Zaeed: That AI's voice gets annoying after a while
Samara: Just ignore it
Kasumi: I think it sounds soothing
Thorne: Exactly. I want it to read me a bedtime story or something
