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Heroism

Deviation Actions

Published: Jul 20, 2013

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Literature Text

I stood before a beacon of an ancient civilization and lived.

Yet that did not stop me.

I fought bandits, pirates, criminals, and mercenaries.

Yet that did not stop me.

You pitted me against an entire race of deadly synthetics.

Yet you did not stop me.

You wielded a fellow Spectre like a blade to the heart of our civilization.

Yet you did not stop me.

I faced one of your own on equal grounds. And -won-.

And you did not stop me.

I stared death in the eye, thrown into its clutches by you.

Yet you did not stop me.

I battled against the harvesting of my species at every turn.

And you did not stop me.

You threw the twisted remnants of an ancient race at me.

Yet you did not stop me.

I was betrayed by the very people who brought me back.

Yet that did not stop me.

You brought war to our doorstep. Threatened us with extermination.

Yet you did not stop me.

You came through the dark void yourself to destroy.

Yet you did not stop me.

You manipulated, controlled, tricked, and threw countless dangers at my crew and I.

Yet you did not stop me.

I slew more of your kind single-handed than any had in all of existence.

Yet you did not stop me.

You arrived at the final battlefield, and we met face to face.

Yet you could not stop me.

I AM COMMANDER JANE SHEPARD, AND I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING UNTIL THE WAR IS WON! YOU CANNOT STOP ME!