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41,297 BCE

Widow System, Serpent Nebula

This was it.

The thought sent shivers down Jarek's spine and he let himself indulge in the feeling of relief. His burden was almost over. For 17 years the remnants of the Prothean Empire had labored in secret, creating these precious few ships he commanded to strike back at the Reapers.

The Empire was lost and every Prothean knew it, now all that was left was to avenge it. Unfortunately, the Paragon of Vengeance had long since entered the long sleep, so perhaps the Paragon of Deception would have to do.

He smiled to himself as his ship, the Everlasting Night, made the transition from the Mass Relay, quickly followed by the dozen other ships in the small taskforce. Before them laid the Reaper armada, thousands of ships against the tiny force.

"All ships, execute the plan. May the Cosmic Imperative raise an new species to the top."

The Protheans, like every civilization before them, had chosen the Citadel as their capital because it lay at the largest Mass Relay hub in the Galaxy. 3 Primary Relays and 4 Secondary Relays orbited the massive station, Element Zero cores sparking in each one.

However, the fallout from destroying even an Secondary Relay could at times destroy the entire host system. To counteract this, each Relay was nearly indestructible, requiring an collision from an massive asteroid to destroy them.

Or an sufficiently large Anti-Matter reaction.

The Reapers were charging his fleet now, led by the massive being known as Harbinger.

"Engineering, disable safeties on the reactor, push all power to shields and engines."

The engines glowed brightly as power flowed into them, an massive heat cloud expanding behind them even in the cold of space.

Destroying any of the 7 Relays would strike an heavy blow to the Reapers but they were not the fleet's target. Rocketing through the Reaper line, 5 ships fell while 8 did not to collide with their target.

The Citadel.

An howl of victory left Jarek's lips as his ship collided with the Citadel, followed quickly by the rest of the fleet. Matter annihilation happened in an single, beautiful instant. An explosion, the likes of which had never been seen, began to consume the Citadel, the Relays and the Reapers around them.

The Protheans had avenged themselves.

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Hi guys, it's me again. I know I should probably update the ideas I already have, but this wouldn't get out of my head and I'm interested in where it can go. This is just the barebones right now but it will get longer. After I update The Coming Storm, hopefully soon.

Let me say it now. There will be no Reaper-pocalypse. Whether the Reapers and Leviathans make an appearance or not, I've yet to decide but I doubt they will.

This is an universe where the Citadel Council never existed, where the Galactic peace is gone. This is an galaxy at war.

-Edited 9/27/15-

It's me again. I removed the timeline as it messed up the flow of the chapter as Hoplite39 pointed out. I may publish it in stages as an accompaniment piece but no promises.