No human knew exactly just who or how it had been found out – but Biotics not only made you fat, but usually stronger Biotics were also, on average, fatter. It was perfectly reasonable of course if someone gave it a moment’s thought.
Biotics burned a lot of calories when used, and as such the appetite of a Biotic was… slightly enhanced to say the least after a straining session of Biotic activity. Though slightly was a bit of an understatement, considering how a single one of the living weapons could out-eat a whole squad of hungry marines and ask for the main course after a straining mission. Though since it was only the use of said Biotics that burned calories… there were consequences to stretching out your stomach to the size that of a Krogan’s after every time you saw combat.
Commander Evelyn Shepard was no exception to that rule – being an adept, and an uncommonly powerful one at that – she was on a diet of nearly 15k calories a day to not feel miserable, far more than six times what a human her age should be eating, and that showed its results. An exercise regimen from hell drilled into her during her N7 basic helped somewhat, both with her mobility as well as to keep her weight somewhat in check, but even that could only do so much once a human passed four hundred pounds, and Evelyn had passed that milestone a while ago, approaching a quarter ton at this point at just 5’3.
She was no lightweight even when growing up back on the slums on Earth, and that was before she’d joined the Alliance Navy and found to be Biotic, upping her rations by a factor, rather than a percentage, and when she was selected for N7, that factor was doubled again due to much more intense training in the use of her L2. The best of the best, after all required enough to fuel them.
The wonders of 22nd century medicine kept most woes of wanton obesity at bay, but there were some things that even that couldn’t fix – such as putting on one’s armour that hadn’t been refitted for a few months now..
“C’mon… fit you… damn…” The sounds coming from the XO’s room on the SSV Normandy SR-1 were a mix of curses, creaking of metal, and stretching of fabric as Shepard tried to put her hardsuit on. The emerald eyed redhead was in the stretchy, vacuum proof stretchy undersuit that did nothing to hide her slight pear shape, with only her head being exposed, struggling to get the plate armour in place.
The shins plates were already where they were supposed to be - the same couldn't be said for the rest of her armour - though recently she’d found herself struggling more and more even with those. Not due to them not fitting, thank God, but due to her flexibility flagging out once her belly started covering over two thirds of her lap when sitting. Speaking off, her lap was formed by thighs and hips that had more than once gotten stuck on pre-biotic doorways on some of the older colonies and stations that the Alliance had, easily thrice the width of any human’s onboard and in combination with her rear end that had recently begun to hang over two standard issue chairs… well, she had a lot of ‘junk in the trunk’.
Though above the waistline, she wasn’t exactly skinny either. Her chest was squeezed together by her undersuit, approaching her own head in size, while her arms looked like she stuffed hams into her suit there – a significant amount of soft blubber having accumulated there, eclipsing any other woman’s thighs on the ship in their girth with plenty of lead. Her face was still relatively skinny, though on a woman that weighed nearly five times what someone her height should that meant she still had chubby chipmunk cheeks and a double chin that hid a good portion of her neck while the former brought out her freckles even more.
She was currently getting ready for…
Eden Prime: She’s about to head off to meet Joker in the Cockpit. Though for that she has to get up a few flights of stairs – the Elevator on board is having some problems.
The Citadel: She’s about to report to the council about Saren. Will they believe her? Will her weight cause them to take her any less serious? Or perhaps even more serious – after all, humans aren’t the only species with Biotics around.
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