Mass Effect belongs to Bioware and Electronic Arts. Warframe belongs to Digital Extremes.

This is not the story proper, but an introduction of sorts to the merged universe. Posts containing the story itself will be posted as time goes on.

This can also be found at Sufficient Velocity and the Warframe Fan Zone (under my own name), as well as in Spacebattles (under the name of Baechen) forums.

-W+ME-

Shadow Broker Database
Notable Events
Origin System
First Contact (Corpus)

"What we once considered to be a simple expedition into uncharted territory has become something our history records revere."
- Extract from Varris Currian's "The System of Origin"

First Contact with Humanity (more specifically, the Corpus) occurred in the year 2157 CE as the result of the Turian expeditionary ship Argoriae travelling into the Charon Rail (named Hieracon by the Corpus themselves) and encountering the Corpus presence on Pluto and said Rail. This first interaction between one of the Council Races and the human species was mostly peaceful and quite lucrative for both parties: the Corpus possessed a great amount of Orokin artefacts and the rare Argon Crystals (crystallized element zero), which they offered in exchange for mass effect technologies, since, despite their experimentation with eezo, they lacked knowledge of the mineral's particular properties (eg. Biotics). This exchange led to breakthroughs in medicine and proxies, as well as the renewed use of projectile firearms by the Corpus once the mass effect was applied to weaponry.

The emergence of the Corpus into the galactic scene did not go unnoticed: they have quickly replaced the Volus as the galaxy's beacon of capitalism (leading to several allegations, trials and investigations that do not have a satisfying end), though they have accepted the galactic currency (Credit) without much issue. Their use of proxies was no cause of concern, since these do not display sentience. They disagree with the Council's policy of sharing any and all findings on Orokin technologies/artefacts, but have sworn to share with the other Council Races any new discoveries regarding the Orokin. My research has shown that they are now actively hoarding Orokin artefacts in extremely well guarded Aureanavis class ships, not unlike the Asari themselves.

According to the Corpus, humanity as a species is divided in several factions that vie for control: the Grineer Empire, numerous rebel "Syndicates", the Tenno and Lotus, and the Corpus itself. Though they claim that these other factions are malicious and wish to endanger the Council Races and the galaxy at large, my research shows otherwise for the most part. Note to self: consult with Cephalon Suda whenever possible to stay updated on any events occurring in the Origin System.

First Contact (Grineer)

"There is nothing we can do now but show those clones how true warriors fight."
- Translation of Chieftain Chrak's (of the Mad Varren clan) battle cry during the Grineer/Krogan conflict on Tuchanka

Despite the Corpus' attempts at hiding the Hieracon Rail, information about it (and most importantly, of the great expansion it allowed) was leaked by traitors to the Grineer Empire. Using schematics of the Hieracon Rail and an Orokin cache of materials, stable Argon Crystals and other artefacts, the Grineer built their own Solar Rail, which was named Kadesh by Admiral Vor of the Grineer Navy. However, the Kadesh Rail only allows transportation into the Krogan DMZ (specifically, into the Aralakh System), and the Grineer xenophobia and expansionism led to armed conflict with the post-Genophage Krogan in the year 2168 CE.

For now, the Krogan have served as a barrier against the clones, but they are quickly running out of soldiers after a fifteen-yearlong battle. This could mean the near-complete elimination of the Krogan population on Tuchanka and the advance of the Grineer into Council territory. The Council is considering whether this warrants the use of a cure for the Genophage and has not come to a conclusion as of yet, but is providing the Tuchanka forces with supplies and volunteering troops for the war effort. Note to self: the Grineer must be kept away from the galaxy and denied any possibility of advancement. Thanks to my contacts in the Steel Meridian (Grineer rebels) Syndicate, I have been able to leak the locations of most of their bases on Tuchanka to Spectres, though the location of Admiral Vor and Lieutenant Lech Kril remains a closely guarded secret.