Shepard's eyes darted to glare at Miranda, who still spouted insults and threaths to the quarian. A quarian whom he knew very well. In the Alliance, proper behavior for not following the commanding officer's orders, was to berate the offender. But now?
He spun around on his heels and delivered a powerful smack to her left cheek with the back of his hand. Her head snapped instantly and he could see how blood spurted from her mouth with a lone tooth The armored glove and the cybernetic enhancements under his skin and muscle tissue produced so much force in it, that the perfectly engineered woman lost her balance, staggering few steps back, keeping her head to her side and down.
The entire room was silenced, as everyone watched at the woman who now slowly lifted her menacing gaze towards her attacker. As she glared at him, Shepard raised his hand up to the level of his eys and examined it.
"I think this glove fits my hand perfectly."
And... Nope, not going to write more! Ha. Consider this as a teaser, done in few minutes.