A month has passed since the mission with Sera Madreth. Matteo returned to the Alliance and carried out tasks for Grand Admiral Jane Shepard with his team. They visited many places in the galaxy and defeated a mass of enemies. Shepard considered these as tests before a full-scale attack by the Alliance. He felt in his bones , that soon Jane would give them a bigger task-bigger and more dangerous than the ones he had done. Fortunately, the Grand Admiral has given them time off from combat , so the team will get a decent rest.

New York.

Matteo was in the 'City That Never Sleeps' and drank coffee in a place where today's young people of different political views and looks meet, namely Starbuck. Shep sipped Cappucino and read a newspaper. Nothing interesting in this world - only politics , politics and politics all the time. BOORING. Only something about Gaza , but Matt didn't care. Fuck politics and the whole world. You need to focus solely on yourself. He looked up at the Empire State Building. This world is stupid. Everyone is as sensitive as glass - one bad or racist insult and already cry. It used to not be like that. Stupid Internet.

Matt sipped his coffee and left the building. He went to his vehicle - a 1977 Porsche 911. It was silver in color - it was so silver that the sunlight reflected off it. The interior was dark green in color. Inside, in addition to the basics, there was a threat detection system , anti-radar , a ground-to-air launcher , extendable machine guns on the sides , a signal jammer , headlights with UV light , a registration change system , an on-board computer , a police radio , a trunk full of weapons and a tank full of gasoline. Matteo sold all the cars in his collection leaving only a few cars including this beautiful Porsche. He opened the door and stepped inside. He closed it and looked ahead. The famous yellow cabs, N.Y.P.D. police cars and various cars such as Tesla and Toyota Yaris drove by.

Matt put the keys in the ignition and turned. The roar of the engine came from the exhaust pipes. He then lowered the manual and left his parking spot. When , he drove the radio set to a Los Angeles Rock Radio station.

"Hey , it's me Captain Loggins. This song grabbed fans , at many concerts , years later it appeared in Guitar Hero , to then now in the age of the Internet appear as Jesus riding a skateboard. No kidding! Check it out on Youtube! My Dear listeners. Pearl Jam - Even Flow." After a while the song started to fly. Matt accelerated breaking the speed limit. Memories began to return to Shepard's head , so that he began to sing his own version of the song.

War crimes! I committed many of them in my life!

The blood of the people I killed flows on the ground.

My guns can not stop shooting to defenseless civilians

Defenseless civilians

Defenseless civilians.

I don't care about your ideas

Who are you?

I don't care.

You can get the fuck out of here

YEAH!

Matteo drove as fast as he could. He overtook every vehicle he encountered , while listening to his favorite song. His 'dangerous' driving caught the interest of the police. One of the N.Y.P.D. police cars decided to give chase after him. Shepard saw Crown Victoria in the mirror and turned up the music more.

"This is where fun begins!" he said, adding more power to the Porsche's engine. The old 911 could barely keep up with this supercharging. Police officers could barely keep up with Shepard's vehicle. Matty , as he drove agreed with himself - it was the best choice he made. Now his dream is to make his Porsche as famous and recognizable as the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo , Etco-1 from Ghostbusters or the '67 Impala from Supernatural. Time to write yourself into history baby!

The police didn't give up. They kept trying to catch up with the Canadian but were still a few meters short. Then came a turn - and a rather sharp one at that. Matt, with a smile on his lips, raised the handbrake and, using the Japanese art of drifting, turned hard to the right, performing a drift. The police, unfortunately, were not so lucky - they hit the railing so that he began to roof. The police were eliminated from the game. BOOM!

Matteo went to the underground parking lot , to hide. He found a place and parked his vehicle. He turned off the engine and picked up the police radio.

"Dispatch. Porsche flees toward Times Square. Repeats Porsche is fleeing toward Times Square. Over!" He hung up , only to hear a woman's voice redirecting all the police cars toward Times Square. Shepard began to laugh - he couldn't believe they had fallen for it! He started to laugh , but his joy was quickly interrupted by the vibration on his phone. Shep took his phone out of its mug spot and turned it on. A message from Aunt Jane appeared on the home screen.

"Where are you?"

Matteo entered the PIN code on his phone and went into SMS. He wrote to Jane.

"In New York."

After a moment, Jane wrote back.

"Exactly?"

"In the underground garage under the Airport."

"I'll be there soon."

An hour later, three Cadiliacs in navy blue and the Alliance symbol on the bells drove into the underground parkign and pulled up in front of Shepard's Porsche. Out of the middle Cadiliac stepped Jane dressed in Alliance uniform and approached Matteo leaning against his vehicle. When , she got close enough, she removed her sunglasses.

"I have an assignment for you and your team," she said.

"I guessed," Matteo said being obvious. Probably another attack on an Imperial base or convoy. But Matt sensed something different in Jane. Something strange. Jane blinked her eyes.

"Today I had to embrace your mess that is war crimes , which you did during the wars on Earth and during the Clone Wars. It wasn't easy. The military court and the Alliance council counted a lot of the crimes you committed. You have more than a typical Nazi officer. But , rest assured , you have been cleared - your bad things are gone. None of your war crimes will surface to the world. All records have been burned. You're welcome." Jane explained. Matteo was surprised - he didn't know that someone would clear his file. He decided to find out more.

"Why did you do it, Auntie? No one told you to do it," Matteo began. Jane crossed her arms.

"Because you were threatened not only with expulsion from the army , but also with the death penalty. And I don't want to lose a valuable military resource and my nephew." Jane explained. Okay first thing out of the way. Time for the next answers.

"What crimes I had ? You know , I don't remember everything." Shepard admitted.

"Attacking independent planets , genocide of an ethnic minority , burning villages , attacking fleeing enemies , numerous surprise attacks , Mass invasions of worlds that did not belong to the Republic , crimes committed in North Korea during Operation Peacekeeper , illegal actions in the Islamic Countries , crimes against civilization , use of weapons of mass destruction. There is a lot of it , and I don't have time to list it" Jane presented the crimes Matteo committed. The memories came flooding back. Damn!

"Okay , I admit, I committed it. But , I had no choice. I wanted to show the enemy real strength and fear. And you know what, I succeeded! I showed them all , what is the power , what is the power of humanity. You know , where I have the whole pussy community , which is getting dumber and dumber? IN THE DUMP! Sometimes I feel like taking a machine gun and slaughtering this whole community. But , I can't. There is a problem everywhere , and the only solution is me!" Matteo exclaimed. Jane swallowed her saliva and snapped her fingers. A security guard approached her with a holo-disk. He handed it over and returned to his position. Jane turned on the holo-disk showing the planet.

"There is a civil war happening on the planet Isi. The kingdom of this planet is using slaves to extract resources. Years ago a Rebellion was formed , which is still fighting the Kingdom today. Recently, King Aramir has teamed up with a guild of bounty hunters. Because of this, the Rebellion has lost its best commanders. Our task will be to help overthrow Aramir and end the civil war once and for all. I give you a fleet of cruisers and one Alliance star destroyer. I know , you will commit war crimes once again , but don't worry - no one will know about it." Jane outlined the plan. Matteo nodded.

"When should I start?

"Now." Jane walked to the door of the Cadilac. The bodyguard opened the door. The Grand Admiral took one last look at her nephew "Get a team together. You won't do it alone" After these words she got into the vehicle. The bodyguard closed the door and entered the car from the other side. Then the cars drove away leaving Matteo alone.

A few light years away.

Matteo was aboard the SSV Normandy -SR-3. He was reviewing (once again) the plan to attack King Aramir's castle. He discussed it with his team. The team was not in a good mood - they could not believe , that Jane interrupted their vacation. And they had many plans. Shepard looked at the plan of attack - he still wondered if it was a good plan. Did it make any sense? It was known that he would come out of all the participation in the civil war unscathed , but would his team survive. He knew that he would throw his team into the middle of hell, and he knew that they would barely come out of it, but he wondered if he was doing the right thing? Is he not making any mistake. From these thoughts his head heated up like a radiator or an oven in an Italian pizzeria. He sighed and turned off the hologram. After a moment from the communicator , Joker's voice could be heard.

"Commander , we are about to exit hyperspace." The pilot informed. Matteo took his helmet under his arm and left his room.

Matt and his team were in the hangar bay. The Normandy, along with the other ships, was approaching the atmosphere of the planet Isi. Matteo felt in his bones , that this invasion would be one of the best of his life. A mass of cruisers , thinkers , soldiers and most importantly commanders and the best in the entire fleet. They moved on the Castle as if it was the last boss in the Video game. One big horde , ready to kill all the soldiers of evil and inflict at a bit of war crimes.

"I'm approaching the throwing point. Get ready!" Joker informed. Matteo took with him a Valkyria N7 blaster , two Berreta pistols , a crossguard lightsaber and an RPG. He was ready for a total massacre. He was ready to raise hell on this planet. Then Normandy was above the throwing zone. "Jump! Good luck and May the Force be with you!" Moreau said. Shepard's team jumped off the ship. Matt used the engines in his boots , to accelerate the flight to the ground. As he approached, he turned off the engines and landed on the ground like Iron Man. He then took out his lightsaber and ignited it. He moved on the enemies without waiting for his team.

The Alliance soldiers fought King Aramir's army as best they could. They dug in , so they could protect themselves from enemy fire. Now , they were not doing well. They were losing not only ammunition , grenades but also the strength to continue fighting. Many of them managed to die. The enemy forces were winning until . . . .

Until Sigma Male appeared , known as Matteo Lorien Shepard De Arienze , who jumped over the trench and moved towards the kingdom's soldiers. When , already there he threw a grenade causing an explosion and the death of several soldiers of the kingdom. Matt began to kill the soldiers of the listlessness - he deflected bullets in their direction. Enemies fell like flies. They tried to kill him , but to no avail - his beskar armor reflected the bullets and directed them in different directions. Shepard felt himself an invincible Champion. He was like an exile of God , a Doomslayer , a destroyer of worlds who killed everything that stood in the way. Matteo killed all the soldiers of the kingdom. He came out of the trenches.

"Follow me my brothers! For the Alliance!" he shouted. The soldiers came out of the trenches and moved behind the commander. Matteo moved forward with his soldiers deflecting bullets from the enemies. Every soldier of the kingdom fell from blaster fire or retreated. When , an enemy soldier retreated. Matteo drew him with the Force and impaled him on his lightsaber. No one had a chance to survive.

Matt walked across the battlefield killing kingdom soldiers along the way. No one came out alive from their encounter with him. His lightsaber was like an instrument of destruction - it had a powerful force. Shepard formed a strong bond with this weapon. The blade obeyed him and craved enemy blood as much as he did. His companions , could not keep up with him - they fell behind. Then the enemy called for reinforcements - time for a demonstration.

Matt linked up with the star destroyer 'Cassidy'. "Fire baradium missiles at these coordinates!" he ordered. He then threw a flare at the enemy. The star destroyer extended its cannons and aimed them at Shepard's coordinates.

"Sir , but that's where our forces are!" The captain remarked. Shepard came to.

"They will die , in the name of freedom." He muttered. After a moment, the star destroyer fired baradium missiles at Shepard's coordinates. After two minutes, the missiles hit the ground, creating a wave of fire that swallowed everything in its path. The soldiers of the Alliance , as well as the kingdom, died in pain. Matteo watched it happen. This was the beginning of the Alliance's show of force.