Disclaimer: I do declare that I do not in any way own the Mass Effect Game Series, including the plot and any of its characters. They are all owned by Bioware sadly, but I do admit to own some of my own created material for the purpose of this story including new characters and items. With this said I do not have any money to give any lawyers and money I have is for my savings. Thank you.

Mass Effect: Revival

Part One of the Lazarus Rising Series

An Alternative Universe Story,

Based in the Mass Effect Universe

Written by,

William R. Woods

"Deathzealot"

"Deathzealotzero"

Foreword

I like to welcome you to my very first Mass Effect Fanfiction story, one that shall hopefully bridge my way into this particular fandom. Basically I never had been a very large fan of the franchise till only recently when I started to read some Mass Effect Fanfiction which saw me looking into starting to get the games. I would then manage to pick the first two games up via Steam when they were having their Summer Discount Sale which saw me playing through both of the games. I would then start coming up with my own ideas for a Mass Effect Fanfiction, which leads us to this story.

Basically this story shall follow an alternative story based around the second game where the Lazarus Cell of Cerberus leaves the organization a lot sooner than they did in the original story. It would be this group of ex-Cerberus personal that support Commander Shepard's mission to take down the Collectors after being revived. However this story is only the first of a set of stories following the new Lazarus Group as they fight against the Collectors as well as going against the main Cerberus Group and dealing with the politics of the Council and the Alliance.

That said I would like mentions some things I am going to be changing or adding to the main story of Mass Effect 2. The first is of course the Cerberus Group splintering into several small groups thanks to what they did during the first game along with a few other incidents that does see the group having some sort of Civil War. Another thing is the introduction of the thermal clips is actually an Alliance invention that is introduced soon after the First Contact War to the rest of Council Space. It is only recently that sees the thermal clip take off and be in use throughout the galaxy. The next thing would be that the majority of the Mass Effect One weapons are replaced with the weapons introduced in the last two games. There are some notable exceptions including the Spectre Weapons, the Geth Pulse Rifle, and a few minor others. As for the armor sets a few of the sets from the first game including the Colossus Armor, and several others are going to be included in the story. One major thing I wished they carried over was giving the rest of the squad in Mass Effect 2 armor as well. One last thing is that the uniforms and markings of Cerberus seen in Mass Effect 2 are actually going to be for the Lazarus Group while Cerberus will get a darker version of said uniforms and markings.

The last major thing I am going to be changing is the SR-2 Normandy itself basically it is no longer going to be known as the SR-2 which is taken by another Normandy Class Frigate constructed by the Alliance since the Battle of the Citadel. Instead the new Normandy will be known as a Tactical Stealth Destroyer thanks to its size therefore carries the hull marking of TSD-01. It also won't be known as Normandy either sad to say instead it would know by another name thanks in part to the Alliance having one of its new Normandy Class Frigates be known by this name, most likely the new SR-2. Also the new ship will sport a new prefix I am adding which the original SR-2 Normandy in game doesn't have unlike the original. The ship's prefix will change a few times during the story, first being known as the ISV, or Independent Space Vessel, before getting a few other prefixes as the story goes on. However that said I am going to change some of the interior spaces of the ship for some of the stuff I didn't really agree with, basically there is actually six decks instead of five, with deck one still being the Captain's Cabin but now includes the XO Cabin along with a few other smaller cabins, deck two still pretty much the same, deck three will be the main crew deck which sports a couple more crew quarters then just the one, deck four is no longer engineering but instead sports some of the secondary rooms including the forward battary and other notable support areas, deck five is now engineering along with the cargo spaces, and finally deck six is the hanger plus a few other small goodies as well including a secondary armory. Finally I am removing the Sleep Pods from the design which I never understood the reasoning having them there when they have regular crew quarters. Instead the space where the pods were along with the old forward battery run are taken up by a new "Marine Country" where the ship's security and secondary troops stay along with their own lounge area which includes a full on gym.

All that said I am going to mention one last item and that is a warning that I am a big fan of the Quarians therefore expect a slightly different Migrant Fleet in this story for some of the stuff I really didn't like about them in the game. I really don't know why I like them, maybe because they are the underdog of the series or something like that. That said I know the Quarians are not all that popular in some circles but I really like them. While they won't be a big thing in this particular story they shall have a larger part in later stories of the set. Like the new Normandy I am going to try to get together a Codex to explain the changes to the Fleet that I am making.

With that done I shall see about getting this story started and I do apologize for the super-long foreword but I don't really expect everyone to read it. Thank you and enjoy the story.

Overview

Basically this little section I have written up to explain Shepard and their needed backstory somewhat since that seems like something the readers like to know while reading Mass Effect Fanfiction. The following is similar to the screen seen at the start of an imported game from Mass Effect One to Mass Effect two. Some of these are taken from my own played game of Mass Effect while others I kind of mixed around.

Sex: Female
Full Name: Alexandra Jane Shepard, goes by Jane or Shepard
Class: Commando – with some stuff from Engineer
Biotic: No
Virmire Survivor: Kaidan Alenko
Wrex: Alive
Morality: Paragade – About 60% Paragon / 40% Renegade
Pre-Service Background: Spacer
Military Background: War Hero
Zhu's Hope: Intact - With Shiala as Colony Leader and ExoGeni Pulling out
Cerberus Cells - Missing Marines: Destroyed
Cerberus Cells - Rachni: Destroyed
Rachni Queen: Alive
Love Interest: None