A/N
The idea for this ficlet popped into my mind minutes after watching the trailer for Mass Effect 2 and is obviously based on it. Nothing major, just kind of a method of getting over the 'wow factor' and the...interesting revelations it presented. And if this site hadn't had the login glitch, it would have been posted much earlier as well. A minor note though, in that the trailer was viewed at Joystiq rather than BioWare's site, which seems to imply that the information on Shepard is being accessed from a Cerberus database rather than an Alliance one. All things considered, I wouldn't be surprised.
Edit: It's worth mentioning that the wording was loosely based on a section in the novelization of Revenge of the Sith. However, I feel there's enough difference to warrant posting in the sense of slightly different themes. And given BioWare's history and Karpyshyn's writing for Star Wars, it's probably fair to say that a few similarities exist between the two universes.
Darkness
The dark is everywhere.
Login...accepted.
Access to Arcturus Station database granted.
Begin search (Y/N)
The dark's first aspect is concealment. It protects the innocent from what they do not know, maintains comforting illusions...
Search: Shepard, John, Commander, SSV Normandy, Alliance Service Record 5923-AC-2826
Searching...
Searching...
Access denied.
The dark covers all. It permeates everything. It hides the truth, smothers the distinction between truth and lies. The lies not only of yourself...
Override code...accepted.
...
Access granted.
But of that of others as well.
Retrieving data...
The dark's second aspect is comforting illusion. The belief in the beauty of the imagination, of the belief that the stars will always illuminate creation's entropy...
Born: 4.11.2154
Enlisted: 4.11.2172
...that anything is possible. It lets the belief that it is only temporary foster, that night will always give way into day...
Notable Service
Liberation of Eden Prime
Siege of the Citadel
First human Spectre
That the deeds of individuals will always be remembered. That the brief sparks of life will never truly fade, even as their brief lives are swallowed by eternity.
Known Alien Associates
Liara T'Soni
Garrus Varkarian
Tali'Zorah Nar Rayya
Urdnot Wrex
The third aspect of the dark is light itself. A belief in what is considered "good," as opposed to what is considered "evil." A fostering of the belief of unity, that life can aspire to higher ideals...of unity, of compassion, of love. It is these beliefs that stand against the dark...
Status: Killed In Action
And lose. They always lose.
They lose because the victories of light are irrelevant. They lose because the greatest light casts the darkest shadow. They lose because the dark is eternal, has always existed, is always waiting for the light when it reaches creation's dark corners and to smother it upon the light's arrival.
Current Affiliation: Geth/Reapers
In the end, the dark always wins.