Independence Day/Mass Effect Crossover story
War of 1996
Three day long attempted invasion of Earth by species named "Locusts"
Locust mothership destroyed alongside most ground assault vessels, few vessels survive
Technology harvested and reverse engineered
December 1996, world unified under the banner of United Nations of Earth, a single world government
2001 - Plans to begin exploration on Mars headed by Director of Earth Space Defence, David Levinson, one of the heroes of the War of '96
2002 - First Manned mission to Mars launched from Launch Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center
Mission launched using earliest forms of Fusion Drives
2009 - Terraformation of Mars begins and exploratory missions, designated Ares Missions, are sent out to research sections of the planet
2012 - Ares IV mission discovers ancient alien ruins near the southern pole of Mars
Translated data found their gives Humanity access to a new realm of technology, though it is quickly found that the new "Mass Effect" technology is stagnating after a certain point if followed entirely
2014 - First human vessel equipped with a Locust designed Faster Than Light drive, called a "Wormhole Drive" makes a successful run to the edge of the solar system from Earth
A few weeks later, a second test allows the same vessel to reach the Alpha Centauri system within a few weeks rather than years
2016 - The first colonization vessel departs Earth and settles on a terraformed Alpha Centauri B, better known as Proxima
Proxima settled with a heavier military presence than civilian, due to Xenophobia of Earth, but more civilians arrive to expand the agricultural and infrastructural foundations of the Proxima colony
Continued research of the Prothean ruins on Mars reveals a device hidden beneath the surface of Charon, one of Pluto's moons
2017 - Excavation of Charon Mass Relay is finished because of Relay's sudden activation
Human xenophobia on Earth leads to a fear that the relay could be used against humanity, and many wish for the relay to be destroyed
The idea is shot down by David Levinson as he theorises the Relay's destruction would cause a massive energy burst to lash out and destroy the entire Sol System
2018 - Relay is moved far out of Sol system using most of the few Military warships the UNE has
This practice would become standard for any other relays that are found
Fear of the Mass Relays causes many citizens and political officials to push for an expanded military arm in space
2022 - The Proxima colony has reached the population goal of *5 million citizens to become its own independent government
2023 - United Nations of Earth is replaced by the United Systems Alliance government with the main military branch being the United Systems Military Command
2024 - The United Systems Vessel (USV) Crossroads is launched as the flagship of the USMC Navy
2040 - USMCN consists of well over 250 warships using a mix of both Mass Effect And Locust Technology
2050 - World Mourns the loss of David Levinson and launches a new class of exploratory vessel in his honor, the United Systems Science Vessel (USSV) Levinson
2100 - United Systems Alliance flourishing
USMC boasts a fleet of over 1500 warships spread across a slowly growing Alliance controlled space
2157 - Another Mass Relay is discovered by the Alliance
The Levinson is sent to study it as several military vessels begin towing the relay out of the nearby solar system
A Turian scouting party finds the unknown vessels after a probe is sent through the activated relay, which subsequently destroyed itself in a nuclear fireball upon finding an alien fleet, causing the Turian patrol fleet to travel through the relay
USSV Levinson manages to hide behind the towing/escort fleet as the towing fleet engages the Turian vessels
Only a single Dunkirk class frigate is lost while only a single Turian destroyer and two frigates manage to escape through the Relay and inform their homeworld of Palaven what had occurred
Turian stealth probes that are sent through to the relay find a colony in the system near the towed relay and the Turians begin gathering forces to invade what they believe to be the alien's homeworld
USMCN sends reinforcements as soon as word is passed down that an unknown alien entity attacked the towing force
The Alliance colony of Shanxi receives several Warsaw class battlecruisers as reinforcements as well as several more Dunkirk frigates and Abrams destroyers and twin Iowa class battleships
One Earth week later, a large Turian invasion force arrives in system
Surprised at the quick build-up of forces over the planet, as well as the pure size of some of the alien vessels, the Turians still believe in their numerical superiority and "advanced technology" of their ships
What follows is nothing short of a bloodbath, as the orbiting Pearl Harbor class defensive stations open up with MACs and Plasma lances alongside the USMC vessels,
While the kinetic weapons were slightly less effective than the plasma lances, that wasn't saying much
Turian invasion forces were surrounded by a pincer tactic as ordered by the Human Admiral Dylan Hiller and were quickly destroyed with only several troop transport vessels managing to escape to the Relay
As soon as word gets to Palaven of the massive losses over the alien "Homeworld," Turian leaders begin a buildup of military assets for a large-scale war
The massive buildup of Turian forces, and the mysterious disappearance of a large amount of Turian forces, does not escape the notice of the Citadel Council members
Two weeks after the Turian slaughter at Shanxi, an Asari Diplomatic vessel carrying envoys of all three Council species contacts the USMC vessels near the Relay designated 314 and requests a cease-fire where the events could be explained in detail
After the inevitable language barrier is overcome, the two other council members are shocked at several revelations about what occurred
1. Turian forces fired at the Human vessels without hailing them first
2. Turians tried to hide the operation from the Council
3. Turian forces at both the Relay and Shanxi were easily destroyed
4. The planet wasn't their homeworld, but a colony on the outer edges of their space
And 5. The Humans were far more advanced than the Citadel races in many different fields, from tactics to weapons technologies
Human technologies, including Wormhole Drives, were kept as much a secret as possible as to not give the Council any leeway
Wormhole drives had advanced so much that they theoretically could surpass the FTL speeds a Mass Relay provided though there wasn't much reason to test this up until this point
The three Council diplomats are quick to notice the Xenophobia that is shown by Humanity and they ask about it
Not wanting to give away too much, a heavily redacted version of the War of 1996 is explained to them and the diplomats, bar the Turian express understanding at the Xenophobic species
The Salarian and Asari diplomats could see how unwilling the Humans could be with future relations as the attempted invasion of one of their colonies most likely added to their Xenophobia
Continued negotiations see the payment of reparations from the Turians to the Alliance, a list of laws to be followed in either party's space, smaller trade agreements for the eezo that the Alliance didn't quite need, and borders
The Alliance is permitted to grow in the area of space that the rest of the galaxy tended to avoid, even if some claimed territories in it, the Attican Traverse
The Turians would be ridiculed in the galactic community for their aggressive attack in Human space and their attempt to hide it from the Council and the Citadel species, and their seat upon the Council itself is brought into question
Humanity is feared by the galaxy at large for their ability to decimate what was supposed to be the strongest military in the galaxy
Humanity carries an embassy on the Citadel, but wish to remain independent from the Citadel, which causes many throughout Citadel space to become offended
They believed Humanity believed itself to be above the Council
The United Systems Alliance would grow slowly but surely over the next 20 Earth-Years
Author's Note: This is just a series of points to see if people would actually want to read a story like this. Leave some feedback please!