Mass Effect: Deception by William C. Dietz

Author:William C. Dietz [Dietz, William C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novela, Ciencia ficción
Publisher: ePubLibre
Published: 2012-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

NINE

ON OMEGA

Aria T’Loak was furious. She had returned from Thessia only to learn that her bank had been robbed the day before. Though a very small part of her net worth, the loss was irksome and might signal weakness. And that was never a good thing on Omega. The fact that the heist had been carried out by a low-rent gang like the Skulls, and a heretofore unknown group called the Biotic Underground, meant a loss of face. Both of the offending organizations had already been punished with reprisal attacks, but neither had been wiped out. That meant further efforts would be required in order to deal with them.

So as the asari stood across from the bank and looked at the damage, she was angry. But something more as well. T’Loak was worried. Because when she climbed up onto the broken column that led across the street and straight to her bank she realized how elegant the plan had been. Not the sort of thing she expected from the Skulls. Had the idea originated with biotics then? Yes, she thought so. It seemed that there was a new and potentially dangerous player on Omega. One that would have to be watched.

Fortunately her people had been quick to react to the attack. So while the bank robbers had been able to remove the contents of one vault the other two remained untouched. Still, the loss of material worth 2.5 million credits was nothing to sneeze at, and someone would have to pay. Even if T’Loak was partially to blame for failing to anticipate the way in which the column could be used. It was a lesson learned and one that would be applied to all of her other holdings. Anything that could be used as a giant club would be seized or purchased and destroyed.

A very frightened batarian was waiting for T’Loak inside the building. Later, in the wake of the robbery, he had been apprehended trying to board a freighter bound for Khar’shan. That was why a pair of armed turians were positioned behind him. His name was Obo Pol and he’d been in charge of the bank on the day of the attack. T’Loak faced him across two meters of debris-strewn floor. “You’re alive,” she observed. “Why?”

“They attacked without warning,” Pol answered lamely. “I thought they were going to try and enter through the north wall so I sent the quick response team there. That’s when they blew the column. And they had biotics. Lots of them.”

“Excuses won’t cut it,” T’Loak said harshly. “The column was a surprise. I’ll grant you that. But once it hit you should have rushed reinforcements to the control center, yet you failed to do so. Not to mention the fact that you attempted to run rather than remain here and take responsibility. That’s why they’re going to hang you. And right out front too . . . So people can see the connection. Take him away.”

Pol tried to run but the turians were ready.

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