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Lieutenant Pascale wondered how long before the mass effect relay was reactivated. Pausing their journey for any reason rankled. She wanted to travel forever.
A disturbance caught her eye as an unfamiliar ship entered their flight space. Then another and another.
"Are those… ours?" She asked the Flight Lieutenant, clenching her shaking hands into firm fists. She wouldn't panic.
His answer was lost as the strange ships began firing up on their fleet. Watching the other ships explode, as theirs attempted to flee, she bitterly regretted that their First Contact hadn't been peaceful. She hadn't signed up for a war.