Foreword and notes
* Disclaimer type thing
Although the original characters and scenarios belong to me, this is a fanfic based in the universe of the game series 'Mass Effect', which is most certainly owned by the brilliant developers at Bioware and, to some extent, those publishing guys at Electronic Arts.
* Original concept
I'm one of those that couldn't help coming up with little back-stories and personalities when playing as the various characters in the multiplayer part of Mass Effect 3. This led to me writing a little 'pilot' fanfic based on their adventures that often parodied well-known tropes and situations my friends and I came across while playing.
I ended up writing and re-writing stories to go around it, developing the characters further, and trying to come up with something ME fans would enjoy reading.
* Notes for this story
002: The events of this story occur a little over two weeks after the first story.
As in the previous story, three asterisks ( *** ) indicate the passage of time. If the scene location changes as well, it'll be stated shortly afterwards in some method or another.
Three hash symbols ( ### ) indicate the start or end of a flashback, personally I wanted to use tildes, but they keep getting removed from chapters when trying to use them.
Similar to some TV shows, this particular story will frequently bounce back and forth to different points in the characters' lives. Hopefully this method of storytelling won't confuse any readers but I'll try to make each time-jump as clear as possible anyway.
The asari councillor makes a bit of an appearance in this one, but I haven't named her (Tevos or Irissa) since a player choice in the first game affects which of the two is present during this time. I make little things like this a bit vague (such as identifying comments about Shepard) so that these stories 'fit' with the choices and play-throughs of the readers.
I'm all for having any wording or spelling mistakes pointed out to me in reviews etc, but I'll be purposely putting some subtle and not-so-subtle ones into drunken speech so don't worry about those.
Enjoy!
* Special thanks
Ominous Shadow Erkling – For reviewing my first story and giving me support and suggestions.
N7Kate – my partner in and out of game, who basically introduced me to Mass Effect in the first place and gave me helpful feedback on the original concept story.
Edge – local comrade who has joined us in many online battles against the reapers, getting me hyped to write more.
Nick and Mack – for getting us through platinum difficultly and for being there when the galaxy needed us the most.