Mass Effect: The Clone Wars
Star Wars belongs to Disney and Mass Effect to BioWare
I only own the UST forces and the other OCs
This cross-over is the sequel to my fanfic "Star Wars The Clone Wars Special operation Forces.
To sum up: After the happenings of Season 5 Ahsoka was promoted to a jedi knight and was send with a task force to destroy the organization Cerberus which attacked the 327th on Felucia.
Task Force Cobra consists of multiple factions:
The Republic: 3 Venator-Cruisers and 3 Consular-ships under the command of Admiral Yularen and Captain Antilles
The 501st and the 327th with Ahsoka Tano/Rex and Aayla Secura/Bly and Ventress
The UST: The battleships NRW and Red Montana under the command of Admiral Lambach and Catherine Pierce. The 13th Platoon under Lt. Erik Winston
The Cur'val-Dar/ Mandalorians: Commando group "Nightowls" under Bo-Katan
At the same time of this fanfic RotS takes places just missing the Felucian scene.
Notice that while this only covers Mass Effect 3 there will be hints to the other games.
The Mars Archive
John Shepard checked his armor. The infiltrator cloak was working and his engineering gear was where it should be. He wasn't as gifted as his sister Jane but he was good enough to be an Operative. Jane Shepard shook her long blue hair out as she flared her biotics. She was primary a Nemesis. Her biotics were the strongest ever encountered in the alliance navy. Different to her brother she wasn't born on a spaceship, isolated from the radiation. She was born on a colony, days before the radiation was noticed. Both had fought against the Saren invasion and the harbinger. During Virmire they had split up to save their comrades: Kaidan Alenko and Ashley Williams.
They had fought the collectors together and died together. Cerberus had resurrected both of them and send them against the reapers. Now earth was under attack and they were sent to get help. But Hackett had rerouted them to the Mars Archive to get some valuable information.
After discovering the first carcasses they spotted a group of Cerberus soldiers around the corner. Observing them they gasped as the Cerberus soldiers executed the marine. Before Jane could give the order to attack blue bolts flew from a higher ridge and killed the group. Looking for the origin they spotted more soldiers sliding down the hill while keeping firing at Cerberus. Apart from the colors they were all clad in nearly identical armor. Within seconds the newcomers cleared the area of Cerberus. As the marines approached the group one turned around to them.
"Stop right there! Who are you?" A girl asked. She stepped past her group and faced the humans.
"Commander Jane Shepard, Alliance Navy. This is my brother Commander John Shepard. These are Major Kaidan Alenko, Lieutenant Commander Ashley Williams and Lieutenant James Vega."
"General Ahsoka Tano of the Galactic Republic. These are Captain Rex, Lieutenants Echo and Fives. He is First Lieutenant Erik Winston from the United States of Terra."
During the introductions Jane led the group into the freight elevator. While it ascended She and Kaidan had a talk as well as Ashley and John. Both weren't sure if Cerberus had changed the Shepard twins.
The clones observed the station. Gun shots were heard. The three of them automatically aimed at the source. A blue alien jumped down from a ventilation shaft.
Jane recognized her long time friend Liara and stopped the clone troopers. "She's a friend."
While Liara told her friends about her discovery in the prothean archives Rex noticed something off on his scopes. He called Echo and Fives over. Just then Cerberus Operatives cut through the door. The clones immediately opened fire on them. Alerted by that Erik switched his rifle setting to sniper mode and began helping them from across the room. As fast as the assault began it ended again.
Commander Shepard was quick with his orders. "Vega, go out to the shuttle. We need some one to keep an eye out there. Ashley I need your sniping skills out there."
"Got it, Sir." Ashley replied before James could protest.
Fives looked to his captain before stepping forward. "You shuttle is no more. Cerberus attacked us and used it for cover. Our gunship blasted it. I can take you to our larty. If you need fire support, we have it." Jane nodded. Better than nothing. "You two heard him. Move it."
Fives called Hawk. As he and the two marines left the station the gunship hovered in front of them.
They filed into the cargo bay and the doors shut. Leaving the smaller openings open for the snipers Hawk began circling around the station. Overflying a construction site he spotted the team climbing across some catwalks before entering a lock.
John switched his flashlight on. "They were still in here when the lock opened."
"I worked with most of them. Steffani here was about to tell her husband Marc about the child she expected." Liara said sadly.
"Stop. I sense something behind that wall." Ahsoka said.
"Lights off." Echo whispered. He switched over to the private comms. "Full Squad behind the windows. Keep the lights off and pick your targets. Sync-Shot." Erik instructed.
Lights swept over them but they weren't spotted behind the tables. "FIRE!" Rex shouted as they opened fire on the Cerberus-soldiers. Both Jane and Kaidan used a Shockwave to throw the remaining soldiers off their feet. As they entered John began to open the console to check the environmental control while Liara opened the Camera Log.
They were shocked as the doctor Eva Coré was revealed as the infiltrator who shot the marines.
"I knew something was off about her but I didn't think that it was this bad." Liara said.
Jane reassured her. "With the reaper invasion you surely had your mind somewhere else. At least I would have."
Finally John managed to bypass the new firewall Cerberus installed and shut the doors. Air flowed into the room again as it was sealed from the outside. Continuing to the Archive they were met by more Cerberus-soldiers. Erik switched to sniper mode and fired at them. His shots hit them through the slits in the shields of the Cerberus-Guardians. Echo primed a grenade before he threw it among the group. The explosion threw Cerberus around and pulverized the one who stepped on the thermal detonator. Jane used a pull on the last Guardian and charged him with her biotic powers before killing him and his back up with a nova. Kaidan used the Reave on the remaining Centurion.
Keeping the pace they regrouped at a locked bulkhead.
As John unlocked it they were met by enemy fire. Ahsoka ignited her lightswords and blocked the shots. Rex pulled her into cover as the turret targeted her. The bullets bounced off the armor but they had still enough force to give him some bruises. Using the cover of the pillars along the wall the troopers moved forward.
Echo analyzed the turret. "Sir, I might be able to deactivate it." Rex nodded. "Do it, Echo."
The ARC cocked an EMP-Grenade. As he threw it it flew directly below the turret. As soon as it touched the weapon it exploded. It effectively shut down the system, clearing their way to the main station.
Fives watched his brothers using the tram. In the middle something exploded.
"Captain! Are you alright?"
"We're good. Explosion took out the drive. Need a ride out here." Rex replied. Fives was glad his CO was still among the living. A second cable cab came from the archive. He lifted his sniper rifle. Next to him Ashley fired her Black Window sniper rifle. Their shots cut through the glass protecting the rail and hit the first Cerberus troopers. Continuing to fire they cleared the tram.
"Thanks for the assist." Jane radioed in. "All part of the service, Commander." Ashley replied. As the commando team continued Tracker, the gunship's copilot spotted something on his radar. "There's a shuttle." "That's Cerberus." James said as he saw the shuttle, too.
The clone pilot immediately targeted the vessel. "Target locked. Missiles away." Two air-to-air missiles detached from the wings and homed in on the shuttle. Who ever the pilot was didn't expect resistance and the gunship had was nearly invisible against the bright reflections on the station. The gunship exploded in a great fireball.
Hawk radioed Admiral Yularen. "Admiral. We have made contact with a Cerberus Extraction Team. Advise a check for Cerberus Mothership in orbit."
"Message received." Yularen immediately contacted Bo-Katan.
"We have Cerberus on scene. Scan the orbit and capture their ship if possible. Otherwise destroy it."
"My girls are on their way, Admiral."
Bo-Katan cut the line. The ships detached from the Red Montana and began to surround the orbit. Soon they spotted the Cerberus-cruiser. "Admiral, We begin the boarding process now."
The mandalorians opened the locks and used their jetpacks to cross the remaining distance. Landing on the hull they checked the bridge. Placing small bombs on the view screen they prepared to storm the bridge. The explosion shattered the glass. The sudden decompression sucked Cerberus out of the room. The ones who survived the vacuum were killed by the mandos. Bo pulled herself in as she ordered her hacker to extract all the data from the ship while her unit secured the bridge.
Planet side Echo and Rex chased after Dr. Eva Coré. Jane was in front of them. She used her biotic charge to get close but then had to dodge tech-attacks.
"She's getting away!" John shouted. Just as they climbed up a ladder they saw Eva standing there. Apparently she had not expected to be facing a LAAT/i. Hawk opened fire with the main cannons. The lasers cut through the metal as the human disguise was torn away from the robot.
"Reaper Signatures in the orbit!" Joker called through. Jane turned towards Ahsoka.
"Better come with us."
Yularen recalled the mandalorian commando team. His navigator calculated a quick micro jump and programmed it into all ships of the fleet. There was no time to recall all fighters. Luckily the ARC-170s had their own hyperdrive so they could perform the jump on their own to reach a saver place for the landing.
"Good luck, Knight Tano." Aayla said before she ordered the jump.
The larty landed in the Normandy's bay. It barely fit in with all the equipment lying around.
They hurried to bring Kaidan into the medbay. The android had beaten him roughly when he confronted it. It didn't help that he had the old L2-implants in him.
"We have to get him to the Citadel." Jane nodded. "Relay the coordinates to our friends' fleet."
"I don't know their channel." "Ask them."
In the meantime John was talking to Admiral Hackett "Sir, we found this plan. EDI is still anayzing what is left of the robot. Our new allies don't leave things halve done."
"Do we know where they came from?"
"I don't know but I am sure that we have a common enemy in Cerberus." John said.
"I trust your judgement, Commander. Their technology could help us win this war."
Task Force Cobra left the hyperspace. The ships were near a station called the Citadel. Instead of docking the ships remained in distance. It was decided that Ahsoka and her commando team would represent the Republic.
Arriving at dock D24 the medics of the nearby Huerta-hospital took Major Alenko with them.
"Captain Bailey, nice to see you again." John left his sister to greet the man as he spotted a reporter talking to one of his ensigns.
"Ensign Copeland, brief me on this."
"Commander Shepard. This woman is Diana Allers. She belongs to Battlespace and askes for permission to come on board."
"Well, Ms. Allers..."
Jane decided to look after Kaidan first while John would deal with the council. When she entered the reception she was surprised to meet Thane. After a short chat she wished him good luck in recovering. A few steps further she met the second surprise. "Karin?" "Jane. I am glad to see you save and sound. I was worried when I heard of the attacks."
John was annoyed with the council. Instead of keeping the group together they had decided to drop humanity and protect themselves.
As soon as the point about the crucible was off the table they had a great interest in the newcomers.
"So from Commander Shepards report we know that you are new to this galaxy. Who are you?"
Ahsoka began the introductions: "I'm Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano from the Galactic Republic. This are my men Captain Rex and his ARC-Lieutenants Echo and Fives from the 501st Legion."
"I'm Lieutenant First Class Erik Winston, commanding officer of the 13th Legion of the UST Army Rangers." Erik continued. Opening the holographinc transmission he introduced the others.
"This is Jedi Master Aayla Secura and her adjutant Commander Bly of the 327th Star Corps. These are Admiral Wulff Yularen and Captain Deara Antilles from the Republic Navy. This is Bo-Katan. Leader of the Nightowl commando squad."
Jane had a long talk with Kaidan. They settled their relation and enjoyed the wine she got for them.
She was proud of her fiancé when he accepted the new spectre status. Ashley received one, too but she would be told afterwards.
After she left she went to the council room. Entering she listened to the new plan: Task Force Cobra would split up to provide assistance. The Republic cruisers would form the main fleet Kaidan would also be transferred to them as a liaison officer. This team would be commanded by General Secura and the 327th. The Acclamators would stay behind the frontlines and evacuate planets before the reapers could get them. James would go with the UST and the Nightowls to operate from the second fleet consisting of the UST forces and Ventress as a commando team against Cerberus. She and John would do the political work on board the Normandy. General Tano, Lieutenant Winston and the 501st would join them. After the council meeting she left John to talk with Udina. She went to the C-SEC-office next door and talked with Bailey. Ahsoka noticed the enraged reporter who left. Sensing the major turmoil she followed her to the elevators. "Excuse me? I overheard your argument. May I ask what the problem is?"
"The council doesn't answer questions. Rumors say that they want to sacrifice the colonies to protect their homeworld. Also I wonder why Commander Shepard is here. She should be home fighting for our planet."
Ahsoka reached out through the force and tried to calm her down. "She isn't running. She knows that this war is going to end if they are on their own. She tries to unite the Galaxy against this threat.
We need all the help we can get."
Kahlisa began to cry. "Before the feeds blacked-out. There was so much destruction. So many died before we could do anything. I feel so useless."
The togruta shooted her. "It's okay. You feel scared. But don't think that you are useless. You are a reporter. Use that status. Remind the council that they should not forget. Keep asking questions."
"I will. Thank you..." "Call me Ahsoka." "Thank you, Ahsoka."
Erik oversaw the transfer of the equipment. He and John had come to an agreement that the Cobras as they called themselves now could take their own equipment. Aside from the gunship they decided to take a prototype with them. The UT-AT was a small tank based on the AT-TE. Instead of legs it used repulsorlifts to move. Due to the outfitting with a Mk-2 fusion drive it was faster than the standard model. Also it was equipped with a ray-shield and was able to drop out of orbit and land in the ground. In case they needed artillery support an AT-AP was packed into the cargo hold.
Their first mission was to go to Palavan and evacuate the Primarch Fedorian. At the same time Bo-Katan and Ashley would take care of a Cerberus Lab found on Sanctum while the 327th would dispatch ARC-170 units to scan and scout the sectors.
Arriving on Sanctum Bo-Katan in Kom'rk-class ships she prepared her squad for the drop. Ashley would jump down later when the Nightowls had secured the landing area. Deploying from the ship they landed and secured it. Afterwards the ship hovered next to the platform and Ashley jumped out.
"Secure everything you can find." She ordered. Bo nodded and her unit fanned out to fulfill the order. She and Ashley checked a control room. "Medi-gel enhancement only for Hanar." Ashley scoffed. "Only Cerberus would call that a failure."
Then their pilot checked in. "Ma'am. Cerberus coming in. Moving out to evade the fighters. One legion was already deployed. You're on your own until I disable the tails."
She decided that it was best to use the jetpacks and get away. They fired at the Cerberus soldiers and planted bombs. As they ran out the explosion threw them from the platform. Bo used her arms to stabalize her fall and looked for Ashley. The marine fell down fast. The mando woman used her jetpack to get to her nad grabbed her. "Hold on." Stopping their descend they regrouped with the other nightowls. "Let's hope he looses them."
The Normandy dispatched the larty and the shuttle. The larty went in first guns blazing. The husks storming the turian camp were shredded by the constant fire. After the touch down the teams dispersed into the camp. The medical team, consisting of the medics Kix and Coric as well as their escort Hardcase, Jesse and Tup led the new recruits F18, F22 and 66 to the infirmary to deal with the wounded. Behind them Kano Boomer and Slice moved as a recon squad to the main barricade and assisted in its defence. Jane went up to General Corinthus. Meeting his long time friend Garrus John wanted to talk to him when Corinthus told them about the situation. "The Comm relay is down. We need you to take care of it."
John volunteered as an Engineer and an infiltrator he would be able to sneak past the reaper and repair the relay.
"Erik, go with him. You are our only man with a cloak." The Ranger nodded. Together the two snuck out of the base. Just then a call came in. "Commander, EDI is offline."
"What do you mean, offline?" Jane asked back. "She is weird. Weapons are shut down and rebooted, scanners show strange anomalies. And she's not responding." Joker explained.
She cursed the fact that John was currently away. "I can go back and see if I can help." Liara offered. "Do it." Echo joined her claiming that his expertise with hacking would be useful. Then a harvester appeared over the camp, dropping Marauders and Husks. Jane used a biotic charge to hit the first dropping Marauder pinning the reaper to the ground as Garrus and Ahsoka charged behind her. The turian took cover behind a rock as he fired. Next to him Fives switched to sniper mode and began firing. "Oh, a fellow sniper." Garrus muttered.
Erik threw another detonator. They had managed to sneak past the husks but as soon as they began to work on the tower John's cloak deactivated to recharge. Erik engaged the reaper with a widely spread suppressing fire and soon the turian team originally tasked to repair the comms broke through to them. "How long, Commander?"
John shifted through the wires. He opened his omni-tool and entered three codes. The red light on the panel stopped flashing and switched to green. "Finished!" he shouted as he sealed the hatch. Jumping down he fired his shotgun. A husk jumped him but his defender-armor withstood the punch as he reached over, pulled it down and stomped on its head.
Kano fired his carbiner into the husks attacking the barricade. Slice had managed to turn the turret into a sentry which would attack any reaper it saw. The DC weapons punched right through the husks. The turians were impressed. "Whey you mostly fight heavily armed droids you need a lot of fire power" Boomer commented as he threw a thermal detonator.
"In this galaxy independent AIs are forbidden."