(MS) Of Course

"That's brilliant. VI, hail the Normandy and then you are dismissed."

"Of course Shadow Broker."

Liara made her way to the comm deck where Feron is reviewing reports from Shadow Broker agents.

"Excuse me Feron, I must make a call."

The terminal establishes a connection to the intranet and begins encryption protocols. After several seconds, the words 'Connection Established' are displayed in green and now Liara waits for a response.

The screen before her shifted the display to show the video feed to the Normandy, facing an empty wall for a few moments before a red-headed woman walked onto the screen, whose face was battle-worn and scarred, but with a smile on her face as she saw Liara on the other side of the screen.

"Liara! It's been lifetimes since you called how have you been?" Jane asked excitedly as this is the first time in over three months the two lovers have had a chance to talk.

"I've been well. Honestly, I didn't call to make small talk. I believe I have an object that may or may not help your fight against the Collectors."

"Straight to business," says Jane a bit disappointed, "Well, what is it?"

"Thats the issue. I don't know. It could be Collector, Prothean, or even Reaper tech. I need EDI's help to analyze the tech."

"Well we have just finished up on Horizon and we can use a little R & R at the Citadel. We can swing by Haglaz and pick you up," says Jane excited to see Liara again.

The Normandy SR-2 is the fastest ship in the galaxy and Jane used all of its power to get there as soon as possible.

Feron promised to send daily mission reports of the Shadow Broker's activities while she was gone. Liara was quite nervous to see Commander Shepard because they had spent so little time together since she was resurrected.

"Shadow Broker, this is the Normandy SR-2 requesting permission to dock!"

"Joker! Glad to hear your voice. It has been far too long. How did you get here so fast?"

"Shepard had us move heaven and earth to reunite you two," responded Joker in his sarcastic way.

Liara opened the docking bay of the ship and Joker landed with ease. Liara had butterflies as she saw the cargo bay doors open. Off the ship came Garrus and Shepard, the dynamic duo. Liara's nervousness faded away as she beamed at the sight of her long lost lover.

Shepard was a tall, slender woman with short military cut red hair that gave her the tomboy look in the armor and the sexy redhead in formal wear. She was tan from her various desert and temperate mission but her skin glistened like amber. Her eyes were a piercing blue and her full lips completed her face. Her breasts were quite large, at least a D-cup. Her very active job had forged her body into an athletic form with a tight stomach with slightest bit of abs showing through the skin. To fit her athletic frame, her ass was large in fact it curved perfectly from her back to her thigh giving both her soldiers and her superiors hard-ons for days. Combined with long, slender legs, Liara thought to herself that she must be the luckiest asari in space to have Commander Shepard for her mate.

"Liara!" Jane yells as she scoops up her partner. The hug was tighter than Liara was comfortable with but it didn't seem like Jane was going to let her go anytime soon.

Garrus shook hands with his old C-Sec buddy Feron and discusses old times while watching Liara and Jane whisper affectionately to each other.

"It's good see you Feron but I am sorry my arrival leaves alone," says Jane as she breaks her embrace.

"I cannot thank you enough for saving my life. A few days alone are little compared to that debt," responded Feron.

"We must ready the artifact for transport. Do you have a containment field by any chance?" asks Liara as they headed to the lab.

"Of course, Liara. We also have a spa, a massage parlor and even a sauna," joked Garrus.

"We don't have the spa or the sauna but the massage parlor I can make happen," joked Jane as they entered the lab and got their first look at the disc.

"That's it? I've never heard of a disc stopping the Collectors and much less the Reapers," remarked Garrus who was always a firm believer in large guns. "What will we do with this thing? Throw it like Shepard's ancestors?"

Rolling her eyes, Jane corrects Garrus "My ancestors were British not Greek and lets not even bring up your thousands of ancestors."

"Guys lets stay focused," reminded the ever vigilant Liara, "This artifact is dangerous. It emits some sort of radiation. Garrus could you drive the forklift from the garage here."

"Ok Liara, don't worry, Shepard might not drop it. But who knows," jokes Garrus as he leaves the lab.

"Don't worry so much Liara. You'll always have me to protect you."

"Jane, I can take care of myself, thank you very much."

"Alright, touchy subject. How has the Shadow Broker suited you?"

Liara thinks hard for a few seconds and answers, "It is odd to have so much power over many power people and they cannot tell who you are or if you even exist. Honestly, I am surprised that I can fool these people into thinking that I can control them."

The duo put on hazmat suits and used tongs to put the Disc into the container. Making sure that the container was sealed, they decontaminated the room and removed the suits. Jane had given Liara's response some thought.

"Wow. I was simply expecting a 'Good. How's being alive again.' Well I suppose you are sure of yourself. If you set your mind to something, Liara T'Soni can do anything."

The lab door opened and Garrus drove in the forklift and positioned the tongs to lift the container.

"I hope you all haven't had any deep and meaningful discussions on evolution or politics. I hate to miss humans and asari bicker over who's more just," said Garrus sticking his head out of the window of the forklift as he lifted the container a few inches abovd the ground.

"No, Garrus. You just missed an uplifting speech on how Liara must believe in herself. That and a discussion on warp cores."

They closed up the lab and started walking to the open cargo bay door of the Normandy.

"Conventional is so last year, right. The new Fusion warp cores provide twice the power for half the fuel costs."

"Garrus, shut up and get this thing loaded."

They close in on the cargo bay and get a few crewman to clear some space for the container. Garrus expertly drives the forklift and lowers the container down.

"Garrus, get this forklift back so we can get going. I can feel the crew shifting in their boots ready for some R & R," orders Shepard.

"Yeah, yeah Shepard. Going as fast as I can."

"Come on Liara. I know you got a tour last time but we've got a few fresh faces."

The duo headed to the elevators. Jane selected engineering.

"What no VI? I thought your star ship was state of the art."

"Liara, vintage is in season right now. Besides wouldn't want to make it too easy on the sailors. We already have leather seats and a VI in the elevator? These guys wouldn't work at all."

"Sure we would Shepard. What else would we do? Liara! Welcome back," exclaims Engineer Donnelly.

Engineer Ken Donnelly had the boyish charm with brown hair and brown eyes. His hair was cut in military fashion but he broke protocol and grew a slight beard and mustache combo trying to emulate Admiral Hackett's goatee. He was much shorter than Shepard at about 5' 6" but this allowed him to scurry around in the tight corridors between floors of the Normandy. He had a scrawny build but had skinny man strength forged by years of handling heavy machinery.

"Nice to see you again Liara," chirps Engineer Daniels.

Engineer Gabriella Daniels and Donnelly were polar opposites. With Donnelly being a boyish man with nerdy charm, Daniels was drop dead gorgeous. An average height of 5' 6", Daniels had perky C-cup breasts that made men salivate over them. Daniels backside is not the largest, it was firm and delectable. With red hair and bright blue eyes, Daniels would be the face of the Alliance. But she grew up on a freighter and spent every waking minute tightening bolts and calibrating eezo-cores. This life gave her thick film of dirt and grime blocks her beauty from shining through.

"Good to see you both, Daniels and Donnelly. You still working down here? I'd thought you two would have graduated to the CIC by now," said Liara hugging them both.

"Oh you know us," said Donnelly.

"Always getting our hands dirty," finished Daniels.

"Come on there is a rather interesting character I would like for you to meet."

Jane leads Liara out of engineering and down the stairs.

"Liara, I would like you to meet Subject Zero or as we like to call her Jacqueline."

"Fuck you, Shepard. The names Jack, just Jack," said Jack while shooting **** stares at Jane while she smiles to herself.

Subject Zero or as more commonly known as Jack is a tattooed, vulgar-mouthed biotic who after subjected extensive **** became an abrasive woman who could count her friends on an hanar's tenticle. She had B-cup breasts that were very perky and an slender and firm ass if on the smaller end of the spectrum. She had crew cut hair with brown eyes. She kept a perpetual snarl on her face so she never got any attention from any respectable man.

"Nice to meet you, Jack. Heard a lot about the Psychotic Biotic. Would've recruited you if not for your transient lifestyle," commented Liara whilst taken aback by the sheer amount of tattoos on her skin.

"Wotcha looking at asari? Aint never seen a tattoo before?" growled Jack as she got up from her cot.

"Whoa Jack. She is a friend."

"Just another Cerberus stooge like all the rest. Get her outta here, Shepard."

"Alright, Liara let's go. There is another person I want you to meet on the Engineering deck."

Shepard led Liara up the stairs and to the Port Cargo hold. Liara is shocked to see a full grown, tank bred krogan.

Grunt is a rather large krogan standing at 9' 2" and his bulk weighs in at 450 lbs on a good day. Grunt was a rare krogan with light gray outer shell with bright blue eyes. An aggressive species, krogan are renown for their ruthlessness and toughness on the battlefield.

"Shepard, who's this? Another person to smash?"

"No, Grunt this is Liara, a friend and ally on the battlefield."

"She don't look like much. And she smells funny. Like damp metal."

"I smell just fine thank you very much. You must be the tank bred krogan Okeer finally perfected. Thought you'd be taller."

Grunt growls and huffs away. Jane and Liara head to the elevator. Once in the elevator, Jane leans in close and asks, "Do you want to keep touring the ship or do you want to skip to Captain's Cabin?"

Author's Log 4.0
I stopped here to both give a break to the reader but also as a chance to skip to the erotic parts. These introductions are a necessary component of the story but those of you looking to write some Jane/Liara action can go right ahead.

Author's Log 4.1
Also if you are into futa, feel free to write either or both as futa.