Feet first into Galactic Hell

Dr. T'soni, I presume?

Standing next to the Mako was Garrus as he appeared to be running calibrations on the vehicle with Wrex watching while Ashley was standing next to a set of equipment lockers. Some having names on them while others were still blank for now as they all hadn't been claimed by a crew member 

Walking over to the lockers, Garrus took notice of the new arrival to the Storage Bay first, turning his attention to Y/n, causing Wrex to follow suit and look while Ashley still hadn't noticed until she heard the light sound of Y/n's footsteps and the clanking of the crates in his hands. Turning around and seeing him, she quickly gave him a salute due to the higher status he had over her

Ashley: "Sir!" 

Seeing this got Y/n to stop for a moment and look at her, before he then placed his crates down on the ground in front of an empty locker, Ashley not stopping her Salute until he spoke up a few seconds later 

Y/n: "You don't need to salute me, Miss Williams, just think of me as a fellow soldier, if anything, I should be saluting you, you're a higher rank than me after all" 

Ashley then stopped saluting, but kept her usual serious look on her face, not wanting to be disrespectful to the ODST as Garrus started to walk over to the two 

Ashley: "My rank may be higher, Sir. But you're special forces" 

Y/n: "Still, all I ask of you is to not act like I'm a superior officer"

Ashley: "Yes, sir" 

Y/n just sighed before he took a deep breath and then removed his helmet, finally letting them see what he looked like underneath. He had slightly messy H/c hair that reached his shoulders were it not restrained with a hair net that was still on his head while his skin was pale thanks to spending almost an entire lifetime aboard ships in an Envirosuit and with no access to direct sunlight and mesmerizing E/c eyes that got Ashley looking at him, analyzing every detail of his face that she could

This sight didn't last forever though as Y/n then grabbed his ODST helmet and put it on before it could be heard sealing to his suit and then after a few seconds, a hissing noise could be heard before Y/n breathed out again before he got to work on placing the rest of his armor on over his Envirosuit 

Y/n: "So, Ashley, mind telling me a bit about yourselves?"

Ashley: "H-Huh?" 

Hearing her name get called out, Ashley had snapped out of her little examination of Y/n, moving as Y/n picked up the crate containing his SMG and Magnum and placed it on the workbench that Ashley was previously using to tend to her rifle, opening it and placing the weapons onto the workbench before looking to the Gunnery Chief standing besides him

Y/n: "I'd like to know more about you since we're going to be working together for the foreseeable future. Feel free to ask questions about me too" 

Ashley: "As much as I'd like that, I've got to make sure everything's squared away for when we receive our next mission, maybe another time?" 

Y/n: "Of course" 

Y/n then went back to focusing on his weapons, placing the Magnum on the magnetic holster on his thigh while the SMG went into the locker along with his MA2B. But when he placed the case that held the Stanchion on the bench and opened it, he now noticed Garrus was looking over his shoulder and at the weapon 

Garrus: "Is that an M99 Stanchion Gauss Rifle?"

Y/n: "Yeah, sure is" 

Garrus: "How'd you get your hands on one? With how powerful these things are, these aren't just handed out to anyone"