She answered yes.

Liara answered with a nod.

"Of course, this plan of yours would involve taking Shepard's remains to a Cerberus base." She reminded the brunette. "I doubt Admiral Hackett would approve. We could get in serious trouble if we're caught leaving the Sixth Fleet."

The briefest pang of guilt seemed to flash on Miranda's perfect face. She quickly banished it.

"I know, but it's the only way. Hackett will never agree with this, but all the Alliance can do for Shepard is give her a dignified burial." Miranda retorted. Liara was clearly convinced.

"So, any ideas how we do this?" Liara smiled. Never in her life would she have thought she'd be absconding from the Alliance with it's most revered hero.

"We take the shuttle. After Shepard's on board, we can use the stealth technology and jump out of the system before anyone's the wiser. They may try and follow us, but we'll be at one of Cerberus' facilities before they have a chance." Miranda suggested. It was a risky plan, one that would require expert timing and more than a bit of luck. Of course, Jane would be the first one to point out how charmed her life had been.

With Liara onboard, Miranda put their plan into action. Taking the shuttle out without even Cortez aboard, they tore down to the green world's surface, bagged Shepard's remains and ghosted to the Mass Relay.

The heat trail from the shuttle, ending after the mass effect jump to a different cluster, was the last trace the Alliance ever found of Miranda, Liara and Shepard.

Hades Beta was a large space station, the only thing of note orbiting a remote star. It was also the impromptu headquarters of Miranda's Cerberus remnants.

The fusion of Reaper and cutting-edge Alliance tech used in it's construction made it a safe bet the Alliance would never track them down.

As the shuttle touched down, Cerberus lab personal escorted Shepard's remains to the lab Miranda had prepped, hoping for just such a situation to occur.

Deciding to waste no time, Liara arranged to have quarters allocated to her, a place for her network to be housed. There was no time to waste. Funds to secure, scientists to recruit. She wouldn't rest until {Ffirst_Name} was back with them.