Mass Effect: Empire's Resurgence

by The Dark Lord Andros

With the death of Commander Shepard the reaper incident was swept away. What happens when a new threat emerges? Watch as Shepard is brought back by the very species he has fought to destroy. Watch as he struggles with life as a synthetic being. Watch as he forges an empire to protect the galaxy. MA rating, Geth as allies, Maybe reaper ally or two. Shepard/Tali *Shep/T/Jack?*

1. A New Hope

Hello Loyal Readers!

I bring you yet another story from the halls of my twisted mind. I would like to go ahead and state that this will be largely AU. In fact, I would go so far as to say that 93% of the "canon" material is going to be thrown out the airlock.

*Javik pops into hideout*

Javik: Excuse me Author, but did you mention an airlock?

Me: Yes, you see that bin over there containing my notes on the Canon story? Please get rid of it.

Javik: This is beneath me.

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Anyways, I really hope you guys like it. I know this idea has been done before, but this is my take on it. Updates will be sporadic though. Also, sorry for the chapter length, but I really didn't want to keep dragging this chapter out due to it breaking the natural flow.

As Always, Rate and Review!

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ALERT: CONTACT WITH SSV NORMANDY LOST

ALERT: COMMANDER ADRIAN SHEPARD DECLARED KIA IN TERMINUS SYSTEMS

ALERT: DEATH OF COMMANDER SHEPARD:

CALCULATING PROBABLE CAUSE:

KILLED BY HERETICS: 67.5%

KILLED BY TERMINUST SYSTEM PIRATES: 35.48%

KILLED BY BOUNTY HUNTER: 12.25%

KILLED BY OLD MACHINES: 87.52%

ALERT: MORE DATA REQUIRED

GETH NEURAL NETWORK COMM BUOY: 75-5845-5148

ACTIVATING EXTRANET DISGUISE PROTOCOL: HS-01-254

ACCESING HUMAN SYSTEMS ALLIANCE DATABASE:

BYPASSING RESEARCH DIVISION FIREWALLS

ACCESS ACHIEVED, DOWNLOADING DATA PERTAINING TO: SSV NORMANDY

ANALYSIS REQUIRED

SYSTEMS ALLIANCE SPACE VESSEL: NORMANDY

COMMISSIONED: 01-18-2183

DEVELOPED BY: HUMAN SYSTEMS ALLIACNE – TURIAN HIERARCHY

PARAMETERS:

PROTOTYPE STEALTH SYSTEM: HEAT EMMISIONS ABSORBED INTO ADVANCED HEAT SINKS

OVERSIZED TANTALUS DRIVE CORE

STANDARD GARDIAN ARMAMENTS

REQUIRED DATA ACQUIRED

RECALCULATING COMMANDER SHEPARD CAUSE OF DEATH WITH NEW VARIABLES

KILLED BY HERETICS: 12.25%

KILLED BY TERMINUST SYSTEM PIRATES: 5.47%

KILLED BY BOUNTY HUNTER: 2.21%

KILLED BY OLD MACHINES: 92.53%

CONSENSUS ACHIEVED

DISPATCH TRANSPORT SHIP T5-15 TO RETRIEVE REMAINS OF ADRIAN SHEPARD

BEGIN CONSTRUCTING DOSSIERS FOR POTENTIAL TEAM FOR COMMANDER SHEPARD

ALERT: MORE DATA REQUIRED

BYPASSING HUMAN SYSTEM ALLIANCE FIREWALLS

BYPASSING N7 SPECIAL FORCES FIREWALLS

DOWNLOADING ALL DATA

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE

ANALYSIS BEGINNING:

ADRIAN SHEPARD

ALLIANCE SERVICE RECORD: N7-587-1254

BORN: 4-11-2154

ENLISTED: 4-11-2172

NOTABLE SERVICE:

LIBERATION OF EDEN PRIME

DEFENSE OF CITADEL

FIRST HUMAN ACCEPTED INTO SPECIAL TACTICS AND RECONNAISSANCE TASK FORCE

KNOWN ASSOCIATES:

ERROR: ARCHIVES OUTDATED

CROSS REFERENCING WITH GETH NEURAL NETWORK ARCHIVES:

ARCHIVE SYNTHESIS SUCCESSFUL: ANALYSIS NOW PROCEEDING

DAVID ANDERSON

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: CITADEL

OCCUPATION: CITADEL COUNCILOR

EMPLOYED BY: CITADEL COUNCIL

CHARLES PRESSLY

STATUS: DESCEASED

JEFF MOREAU

STATUS: ALIVE

LOCATION: UNKNOWN

OCCUPATION: PILOT

EMPLOYED BY: CERBERUS

ALERT: CERBERUS LIKELIHOOD TO ENDANGER MISSION: 76.95%

JEFF MOREAU: RECORD DELETED

ASHLEY WILLIAMS

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: ERROR, ANALYSIS ABORTED DUE TO EMERGENCY ALERT

ALERT: ASHLEY WILLIAMS LIKELIHOOD TO ENDANGER MISSION: 98.54%

ASHLEY WILLIAMS: RECORD DELETED

KAIDEN ALENKO

STATUS: DESCEASED

LIARA T'SONI

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: ILLIUM

OCCUPATION: INFORMATION BROKER

EMPLOYED BY: SELF

GARRUS VAKARIAN

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: OMEGA SPACE STATION

OCCUPATION: VIGILANTE

EMPLOYED BY: SELF

TALI'ZORAH NAR RAYYYA

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: MFRV NEEMA – MIGRANT CREATOR FLEET

ALERT: CREATOR LIKELIHOOD TO ENDANGER MISSION 67.58%

ALERT: CREATOR TALI'ZORAH GOVERNS MUCH IMPORTANCE TO COMMANDER SHEPARD

CONCENSUS ACHIEVED

TALI'ZORAH: RECRUITMENT PRIORITY ONE

EXTEND OFFER OF RETURN TO RANNOCH IN EXCHANGE FOR CREATOR SUPPORT

URDNOT WREX

STATUS: LIVING

LOCATION: TUNCHANKA

OCCUPATION: CLAN LEADER

ALERT: CURRENT TEAM INSUFFICIENT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED

GETH NEURAL NETWORK COMM BUOY: 75-5845-5148

DOSSIER AQUISITION COMMENCING

5,547,857,512 POTENTIAL DOSSIERS COMPILED

BEGINNING SELECTION

5,547,857 DOSSIERS DISCARDED

ALERT: ACTIVATING QUALITY FILTERS

416 DOSSIERS DISCARDED

ALERT: ACTIVATING ADVANCED QUALITY FILTERS

86 DOSSIERS DISCARDED

SELECTION NOW WITHIN REASONABLE RANGE

DOSSIER ANALYSIS COMMENCING

ANALYSIS COMPLETE

ALL ACCEPTED DOSSIERS TRANSFERRED TO OSD

CONSTRUCTION OF TEAM ALPHA COMPLETE

CONSENSUS ACHIEVED

BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF MEGA CLASS DREADNOUGHT

CONSTRUCT LONG TERM STEALTH RECON MOBILE PLATFORM

DREADNOUGHT ETC: 2 YEARS 4 WEEKS

LTSR PLATFORM ETC: 9 HOURS

CONSENSUS ACHIEVED

UPON COMPLETION DEPLOY LTSR PLATFORM TO LAST KNOWN LOCATION OF NORMANDY

*****ELEVEN DAYS LATER*****

On a barren moon a heavily charred corpse lay at the bottom of a large crater. No sign of life emanates from anywhere on the large chunk of rock, until a large ship enters the orbit. The heavily damaged body of Adrian Shepard lay motionless as a bright searchlight settled upon it. A heavy thump accompanied by a cloud of dust was the only indication that anything had changed.

"Shepard Commander?" Walking towards the corpse a synthetic bends down before running a brief diagnostic. Standing back up to its full height the geth sends a brief message to the transport above. The flash light style optical sensor watched as a small shuttle landed beside the crater. Bending down the geth platform carefully lifted the charred corpse before moving towards the shuttle.

The only sign that anything had changed on the moon's barren surface was the small cloud of dust stirred up by the departing shuttle. As the transport returned to geth space a string of thought ran through the neural network of the platform responsible for the recovery of the Commander's remains.

"Shepard Commander, we will remake you, for you are the best hope we have for survival. You will act as our guide, as our leader, and we shall follow you. You alone are the last hope for all life, synthetic, and organic, within this galaxy. You will, with our help, construct an empire from the remains of this fragile galaxy. You will be the savior, you will be, a new hope."

*****RANNOCH: RETROFITTED QUARIAN WAREHOUSE*****

Lying on a metal slab were the damaged remains of Commander Shepard. Every shattered bone, every patch of charred flesh cast into sharp detail from the bright lights above the table. With a low whir a single geth unit analyzed each and every one of the man's devastating injuries. A low mechanical whir sounded from the unit before a synthesized voice washed over the remains of the Commander.

"Error, Commander Shepard: odds of reconstruction success: 21.923% Parameters not within acceptable range. Linking to geth consensus."

SUBJECT: COMMANDER SHEPARD

STATUS: NON-SALVAGEABLE

ANALYSIS COMMENCING

CONSENSUS ACHIEVED

NEW PROJECT: OSIRIS

OSIRIS PARAMETERS:

CONSTRUCT NEW BODY FOR SUBJECT

ALERT: FOR MAXIMUM DURABILITY BODY WILL BE SYNTHISIS OF ORGANIC AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS

CONSTRUCT SPECIALIZED ARMOR

CONSTRUCT SPECIALIZED WEAPONRY

BEGIN CREATION OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE SUBJECT FURTHER

BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF POSITRONIC BRAIN

STORE SUBJECT''S CONSCIOUSNESS IN GETH MAINFRAME

CONSENSUS ACHIEVED

PROJECT OSIRIS COMMENCING