Dr. Edwin von Braun
Ark Leusinia
Edwin listened carefully to the details laid out during the briefing, and was glad to hear that the Asari had thought to bring a frigate with them; if he'd been on the Hyperion all they'd have had in an emergency like this was a few shuttles and fighters. He certainly hoped that they hadn't run into any such trouble. When the briefing concluded, Edwin followed his team to the Periophona's hanger deck and gazed out the viewport to get a good look at his new galaxy. Unfortunately, that view was shrouded by that strange Dark Energy Cloud. "That's certainly no protomatter nebula..." the doctor thought to himself. What was even worse, when he finally got sight of the planet, it looked to be covered in snow and ice; which unfortunately implied it was likely cold, and there were few things the good doctor hated more than the cold. After Ceiah pointed out that it looked too frozen to be their world Edwin nodded in agreement, and after Sarissa finished her reply, he asked: "Do you think something might've gone wrong with the Ark's navigational computer, and we ended up in the wrong system? Because I certainly don't remember reading anything about Dark Energy clouds or..." he shuddered abit while saying "snow in the brochure."
When the unknown starship suddenly came into view, and the call went out to prepare for First Contact Protocol, the son of a First Contact War veteran immediately starting preparing for the worst, putting on his armored helmet and checking over his weapons to double-check they were fully-loaded and fully-functional. Unfortunately, his worries proved to be justified as the unknown vessel opened fire on them. When they were ordered to launch a boarding action against the now enemy ship, Martius climbed aboard the dropship without a word. He remained quiet on the journey over, focusing on the mission and trying to recall every detail he could of the boarding action training he'd received while on the Yorktown and during his Pathfinder team training. He was brought back to reality when Ceiah asked if he was ready for this. He smiled abit before realizing she wouldn't be able to see that through his helmet, and replied:
"Don't worry about me. The Geth weren't exactly pushovers either and I managed to make it through that war; and in those days I didn't even have a team of badass Commandos with AI implants around to fight alongside me!"
As the dropship neared its destination, Edwin grabbed the X5 Ghost off his back and steeled himself for the coming fight. While he would've preferred to use his sniper rifle, the close quarters fighting inherent in boarding actions rendered it less effective in such fights than an assault rifle. At least he'd get the chance to see how the X5 performed in actual combat; as far as he knew this would be the first time one was used in an actual fight, which in retrospect wasn't really the most comforting thought either. At least he had his Scorpion to fall back on, worst case scenario; as his old former STG friend who'd helped him acquire the weapon had put it: "I've learned there are very few problems which cannot be solved by the proper application of sticky grenades." Hopefully that would prove to be as true in Andromeda as it was in the Milky Way...
