The Engineer nearly fainted at the shock. The three of them; John Del Pilar, Donovan Esone, and her, all three were Spectres now? That was so awesome! Not merely that, but the SpecOps forces of most of the Citadel Races are actually cooperating against the potential Reaper threat? Oh, wow, this was so awesome; especially as the crew's apparently allowed to pursue their own private operations and projects.<br/><br/>Marina knew what to pursue right away; the Mass Enlighenment of Humans and other Sapient Beings. But how did engaging in Black Ops help accomplish that? Simple; by fighting Cerberus and other forces, she can gain access to their research and resources, as well as, more importantly, an excuse to romp around Prothean ruins, searching for more information. She can also just<span style="font-style: italic">talk</span>to scientists and other people whom her operation put in contact; the possibilities were endless!<br/><br/>And of course, there was the larger mission; to gather all the Non-Hostile Exalted in Citadel Space under one banner. While it would be easier if the group had an Eclipse Caste in their ranks, Marina trusted John Del Pilar and his Zenith skills. That said, though, getting in contact with other Exalt scientists was both a blessing and a curse; on the one hand, they can accelerate her plans. On the one hand, they might try to hold on to their power, and obstruct her project because of that.<br/><br/>Anyway, her plan for 'Enlightenment Booths' would need to be scrapped; it's too silly, and too slow. Rather, what she needed was a sattelite or transmitter of some sort, but that ran onto another problem; exposure to Raw Essence causes mutations, like radiation, but worse. How does one refine the 'wavelength' of the sattelite so that the desired results are achieved? Marina did not think her Compassion would take it if there was even one delibitating mutation once her project was done.<br/><br/>Unless of course, it was in the middle of the Reaper Invasion and the only way to ensure the survival of Earth was through Mass Enlightenment, but hopefully, that might not happen. Oh, wait, no, the only way a project to Mass Enlighten people would be accepted, especially if said project was mostly private, is if such danger was imminent. That, and the fact was that the higher levels of the military continued to have their heads in the sand.<br/><br/>Really, the Deathknights served the Illusive Man alone? True, the IM had huge amounts of power, influence, and know-how, especially scientific/biotic/magical know-how. However, if she can't develop/alter her own Exaltations for a thousand years, the Illusive Man couldn't! Also, was that admiral mad? The group just uncovered a Prothean who can confirm the so-called 'Myth' of the Reapers!<br/><br/>Anyway, back to her project, the Mass Enlightenment sattelite. Since bathing a planet in Raw Essence was horrible, one needs to do the thing that she mentioned before, refine the 'wavelength' of the sattelite, aka make a signal that will resonate with living beings and awaken them. She needed a transmission that would affect all beings' biologies, and, well, that was the hardest part of the work...