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Coming back from a meeting with Councillor Tervos, John and Jane are ambushed by Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani of Westerlund News. Jane immediately stood proud waving to the amassing crowd obviously proud to introduce her brother to the galaxy. John wasn't so enthusiastic recalling the amount of times in his own reality that he had butted heads with Khalisah al-Jilani.

"Commander Shepard, Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani of Westerlund News." Khalisah introduced herself to the pair. "So this must be your brother, is it true that you originate from a parallel reality?"

John saw the question was directed at him. "Yes it is." He remarked, a man of few words.

"Rumour has it that you lost the war with the Reapers and you never intended to cross into our universe. Is there any truth to that?" Khalisah remarked.

John grunted at the reporter, clearly not impressed by her words.

Jane noticing John's anguish spoke up: "Khalisah, the thing you must understand is the Reapers are a powerful foe, they have been wiping out civilizations for billions of years. With that in mind and the fact that John and his crew came from a reality similar but also very different to our own, you must understand that just because one universe fails to win the war doesn't mean another can't."

Khalisah looked from one Shepard to another sizing them up, clearly considering her next words. "Are you saying Commander that we have a chance against the Reapers?"

Jane smiled. "Of course, as long as we continue to unite and help one another. The Prothean's failed because for one they didn't have the advanced warning we had, but more significantly was the fact that their strength became their failing. They all thought the same, all their subject species eventually adapted to the Prothean way of thinking. Our cycle is different, we embrace our differences and together it has made us strong. It's because our differences and our cooperation with one another that we can defeat the Reapers."

"Is that much the same in your universe Commander?" Khalisah asked John. "Why didn't you succeed?"

John sighed. "The problem with my universe was our leaders, I had warned them for years about the Reapers and yet they did nothing. I brought them evidence and they still failed to act, I was convicted as a war criminal trying to slow the Reapers down and still they continued to do nothing. If it wasn't for my allies, both in the Alliance and among the other races who continued the effort of unification and preparation against the Reapers we would have never made it as far as we did. It was our leaders that failed us, the heroes were the men and women who faced the Reapers on the battlefield, fought such an overwhelming adversary and never surrendered, never retreated they fought with every ounce of strength they had."

Jane could see the anger in his eyes. He was pissed, both at Khalisah for asking the questions and the Citadel council who had done no better in this reality as they had in John's. "Khalisah, what you should take away from this, is John and his crew are here to help us, they have brought with them advanced technology they are sharing with us but more importantly foresight, they know what lies ahead and while they might not be able to stop every Reaper invasion on every planet, they are giving us valuable intelligence that might just give us a more favorable outcome."

Khalisah remained silent for a moment processing what both Shepard's had said. It was a bit to take in, the interview she had sprung on the pair hadn't gone as she had expected. It never did when Commander Jane Shepard was involved. Finally she spoke:

"There has been rumours of a secret project designed to defeat the Reapers, do you have any knowledge on the topic?"

Jane put on a friendly expression. "I have been given the mission to unite the galaxy, ready to drive the Reapers out of the galaxy. I can't say what others are doing with the resources they have available. My main concern is to make sure we're ready and have as many dedicated and focused on the goal ahead of us."

"I see." Khalisah replied, somewhat not believing that Jane knew nothing of that subject. "One last question Commander, how does it feel to have your brother back, who you lost all those years ago on Mindoir?"

Jane beamed. "It's been great, to get a second chance at something is a rare thing in this universe. Together we will stand united like the galaxy and face the Reaper threat head on. I take it as a sign that better things are ahead and all of us will get that chance once we defeat the Reapers once and for all."

They walked away from Khalisah and the crowd and John remarked on the interview. "You should have let me hit her."

Jane laughed. "Don't tempt me, but we need her. We need the media to spread the word and help to unite the galaxy. It's the only way we'll win." She paused and looked at John. "Don't tell me you..."

"No." John answered rather quickly. "Though in my reality there were times I was tempted."

----

Those damn reporters, play a renegade and you can hit her in ME2 and ME3, or hit her anyway and get renegade points for it.

This is a remake of my older render, not really that old as I only did it yesterday. In fact my original intention was to have the pair in fatigues rather than armour. Something I wasn't able to do first time around until Padme4000 directed me to one of her awesome mesh mod packs. Many thanks for that.

The original can be found here:

This is a sneak peak or teaser for my Mass Effect - Parallels fan fiction I am writing. You might notice Jane's uniform is red, I decided to show some more changes between the two universes. After all minor changes are possible between alternative realities and this I thought was a subtle way of having one.

John extracted by
Jane extracted by minor texture edits by me.
Background by
Thanks to for directing me to the XNALara/XPS software that I used to position the models in.
Thanks to for his Daz3D tutorial that I used to render this in.

As always fav's and comments are appreciated.

Description
Coming back from a meeting with Councillor Tervos, John and Jane are ambushed by Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani of Westerlund News. Jane immediately stood proud waving to the amassing crowd obviously proud to introduce her brother to the galaxy. John wasn't so enthusiastic recalling the amount of times in his own reality that he had butted heads with Khalisah al-Jilani.

"Commander Shepard, Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani of Westerlund News." Khalisah introduced herself to the pair. "So this must be your brother, is it true that you originate from a parallel reality?"

John saw the question was directed at him. "Yes it is." He remarked, a man of few words.

"Rumour has it that you lost the war with the Reapers and you never intended to cross into our universe. Is there any truth to that?" Khalisah remarked.

John grunted at the reporter, clearly not impressed by her words.

Jane noticing John's anguish spoke up: "Khalisah, the thing you must understand is the Reapers are a powerful foe, they have been wiping out civilizations for billions of years. With that in mind and the fact that John and his crew came from a reality similar but also very different to our own, you must understand that just because one universe fails to win the war doesn't mean another can't."

Khalisah looked from one Shepard to another sizing them up, clearly considering her next words. "Are you saying Commander that we have a chance against the Reapers?"

Jane smiled. "Of course, as long as we continue to unite and help one another. The Prothean's failed because for one they didn't have the advanced warning we had, but more significantly was the fact that their strength became their failing. They all thought the same, all their subject species eventually adapted to the Prothean way of thinking. Our cycle is different, we embrace our differences and together it has made us strong. It's because our differences and our cooperation with one another that we can defeat the Reapers."

"Is that much the same in your universe Commander?" Khalisah asked John. "Why didn't you succeed?"

John sighed. "The problem with my universe was our leaders, I had warned them for years about the Reapers and yet they did nothing. I brought them evidence and they still failed to act, I was convicted as a war criminal trying to slow the Reapers down and still they continued to do nothing. If it wasn't for my allies, both in the Alliance and among the other races who continued the effort of unification and preparation against the Reapers we would have never made it as far as we did. It was our leaders that failed us, the heroes were the men and women who faced the Reapers on the battlefield, fought such an overwhelming adversary and never surrendered, never retreated they fought with every ounce of strength they had."

Jane could see the anger in his eyes. He was pissed, both at Khalisah for asking the questions and the Citadel council who had done no better in this reality as they had in John's. "Khalisah, what you should take away from this, is John and his crew are here to help us, they have brought with them advanced technology they are sharing with us but more importantly foresight, they know what lies ahead and while they might not be able to stop every Reaper invasion on every planet, they are giving us valuable intelligence that might just give us a more favorable outcome."

Khalisah remained silent for a moment processing what both Shepard's had said. It was a bit to take in, the interview she had sprung on the pair hadn't gone as she had expected. It never did when Commander Jane Shepard was involved. Finally she spoke:

"There has been rumours of a secret project designed to defeat the Reapers, do you have any knowledge on the topic?"

Jane put on a friendly expression. "I have been given the mission to unite the galaxy, ready to drive the Reapers out of the galaxy. I can't say what others are doing with the resources they have available. My main concern is to make sure we're ready and have as many dedicated and focused on the goal ahead of us."

"I see." Khalisah replied, somewhat not believing that Jane knew nothing of that subject. "One last question Commander, how does it feel to have your brother back, who you lost all those years ago on Mindoir?"

Jane beamed. "It's been great, to get a second chance at something is a rare thing in this universe. Together we will stand united like the galaxy and face the Reaper threat head on. I take it as a sign that better things are ahead and all of us will get that chance once we defeat the Reapers once and for all."

They walked away from Khalisah and the crowd and John remarked on the interview. "You should have let me hit her."

Jane laughed. "Don't tempt me, but we need her. We need the media to spread the word and help to unite the galaxy. It's the only way we'll win." She paused and looked at John. "Don't tell me you..."

"No." John answered rather quickly. "Though in my reality there were times I was tempted."

----

Those damn reporters, play a renegade and you can hit her in ME2 and ME3, or hit her anyway and get renegade points for it.

This is a remake of my older render, not really that old as I only did it yesterday. In fact my original intention was to have the pair in fatigues rather than armour. Something I wasn't able to do first time around until Padme4000 directed me to one of her awesome mesh mod packs. Many thanks for that.

The original can be found here:

This is a sneak peak or teaser for my Mass Effect - Parallels fan fiction I am writing. You might notice Jane's uniform is red, I decided to show some more changes between the two universes. After all minor changes are possible between alternative realities and this I thought was a subtle way of having one.

John extracted by
Jane extracted by minor texture edits by me.
Background by
Thanks to for directing me to the XNALara/XPS software that I used to position the models in.
Thanks to for his Daz3D tutorial that I used to render this in.

As always fav's and comments are appreciated.