I AM THE MASK OF THE VOID! REJOICE FOR I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEPTHS OF LIMBO TO BRING YOU THIS STORY! Yeah, not enough Xcom stories. So I made this. I don't own Either Xcom or Mass effect. If I did, things would have turned out a bit different. Enjoy.

2024-2029 CE: Xcom hacks the Advent psionic network, due to this they are able to show shocking proof of the Elders genocide of humans. Not only does this cause humanity to almost entirely rise up and fight advent. But it also disrupts the Psionic chips implanted in every alien and almost every Advent troop. The Skirmishers have suddenly thousands of advent coming to them seeking freedom and somewhere to call home while a few aliens follow them. Most are dazed and confused. Many die during this time from confusion or Apathy on both sides of the field.

Xcom takes a stand for the aliens left behind by the Elders, this causes strife within the resistance. But Evidence showing that they were being controlled by the Elders, along with the Templars and Skirmishers defending this decision for the most part the Resistance grumble and follow along with this. Although at large the aliens are given wary glances and outright cold glares. Most people are used to them being around and don't, for the most part, give them a hard time.

The Templars, Skirmishers, Reapers, Xcom, and the rest of the resistance face off against Chryssalid hives and manage to destroy them all. During this time the Reaper split into two groups: Terraforma Directive and the Umbra Cultro [Shadow Knife is the basic translation]. The latter joining Xcom and the resistance while the other became a terrorist group.

Peace is achieved, well...more like quiet and controlled chaos as Xcom and the resistance settle down and began to talk over government. A basic government is set up. A democratic one meant to make sure that at least the laws were followed. The president of this government was kept in check by a council elected by the people. However this almost collapses as people began vying for power and trampling over their fellow man, another civil war nearly breaks as people start to take sides. Xcom slams an iron fist down to smother the flames of chaos before it spreads.

Xcom has to step in and become the temporary government. This never changes.

All aliens are given rights on par with any human with some exceptions. All Psionic capable humans and aliens must wear inhibitors so that they are no threat to civilians and military personnel; Codexs are not allowed to clone themselves unless it has breeding involved.

Having no culture or technology of their own the former enemies of Xcom become model citizens, some races are killed off as they cannot live on the planet without causing massive problems, such as the chryssalids, and berserkers. Races such as the Vipers, Sectoids, Codexs, Mutons, GateKeepers, Faceless, and Andromedons are allowed to live and breed/clone to get their low and struggling population up, however there are population controls put in place to prevent a possible alien uprising

2030 CE: Since the former advent forces had extensive modifications to their alien DNA with human DNA a large magnitude of people sought to have them classified as "XenoHuman". This caught on quickly and was met with positive feedback, soon all former advent forces were renamed XenoHumans and closer the different beings came closer as a whole.

AI, are given rights as well, provided that they are sentient. Julien is completely shut down, but his code is looked at. AI creation will come in the future due to Dr. Shen and her father's work.

2032 CE: Xcom is split into four branches, that may have their own head of command but still report and will take orders from The Commander. This causes a bit of rivalry within the branches, everyone wants to be on the commander's good side. But that's not an easy thing.

Psionic operations: This branch of Xcom deals with anything psionic, ranging from human to alien. If it uses psionic powers they have de facto control over it. All personal when not in a combat zone must wear psionic inhibitors. Not wearing one is considered grounds for a dishonorable discharge.

Umbra Cultro: The elite of the elite. Shrouded in mystery and secrets this branch is the scalpel of Xcom. Precise and fast. One of the branches that are still mostly human as few aliens make it into the branch.

Xcom operations: The bulk of Xcom's ground troops and vehicle units. This includes any robotic troops or personal. It is also the least exclusive branch as their motto is. "Omnes nos unum sumus" [Roughly translates to 'We are all we are one]." Due to this they are also the largest and require the most supplies and money. But no one is complaining about their presence as Xcom markets them as an "Army of the people, for the people."

Xcom Navy Operations: This branch deals with spacecraft and anything having to do with space Navy Operations also have a hand in colonization operations. While most of the crews are Xeno human and Human alike, Mecs and rudimentary AI are used in certain places.

2034 CE: Seeing as the earth is now starting to strain under the heavy load of its new diverse populace Xcom funnels funding and supplies into a space traveling and terraforming program with Dr. Shen at its helm. Under her guidance and technical expertise, the program blooms into a reality. Mars is the first planet looked at for terraforming as evidence shows that at one point the planet could support life even before humanity had evolved. It would support life once more under Shen's care. Researchers and engineers both alien and human look into the creation of AIs through not only coding, as that seems to make slightly unstable AI. But also through to process of scanning brains and coping them.

Ruins are found on Mars and while most of the technology is seen as inferior and unwieldy some are taken and eventually improved on. Such as barriers and FTL; one of the main reasons that the newfound technology remains largely unused is because little Element Zero is found in the system and it is found to be highly toxic to both humans and aliens, though it seems to positively affect codexs. Scientists are not able to confirm why this happens or what triggers it.. And surprisingly Codexs report to feel slightly "energized" near the toxic element. The Commander's daughter is born.

2039-2041 CE: A breakthrough in the creation of AI happen. The first brain scan created AI comes to life. While not as intelligent as a coded AI they are found to be more stable and emotionally capable than the coded. As such all AIs are to be made from the slow process of brain scans.

Now Xcom had to give them bodies. In the military, they are given mechanical bodies that Advent and the aliens once used. Mecs, Sectopods, Cyberdisks, Seekers, dones all became a part of the Xcom military, boosting their firepower and swelling their ranks.. While simple humanoid androids were built for civilian use.

2045 CE: Several relationships crop up between humans and nonhumans, while met with mixed reactions most turn positive after the Commander announces his support for such relationships with his now famous speech:

"We have long since been divided because of the Elders and their mind games, their slavery and apathetic nature. If we continue to hate each other, to stay divided because of grudges and the actions of those who wished our enslavement. Then we have only come so far to succeed at doing what the Elder's willed. That thing would be ruining Humanity's future. Our children's future and their children's future. I will not silence those who disagree with me. But I plead for you, with tears in my eyes. Do not destroy everything we have built, do not make all those sacrifices those both of human and XenoHuman be in Vain, don't destroy our hope of a better future."

"Now is the chance for us to all come together, now is the time for us to offer each other a hand and take it. I stand here today, to support these relationships. Because I know. Even if we were to ban it, attack it, despise it. Love would still happen. Because Love isn't bound by something as petty as race, by any barrier. Thank you all for listening, and caring to take my words into consideration."

While some terrorist groups target these couples Xcom quickly puts them down before the terrorist cause any true harm with surprising efficiency and speed. However, the Terraforma Directive remains in the Shadows, biding their time.

Mars is fully terraformed and can now support life, several animal species and plants are encouraged to not only live, but thrive there. 1,156,892 Xcom citizens move to Mars to colonize it. This proves a success and Mars becomes another thriving world. 620,120 more Xcom citizens relocate to Mars. More planets are planned to be terraformed, though a shocking discovery is found at Pluto. As scientist discover Pluto's moon, Charon was actually a ball of Ice with strange energy readings coming from within it. It seemed the Elders had small outpost floating around it for study. Those were quickly scrapped and new posts were set up.

2052 CE: Shockingly a large amount of element 115 is found on mars, mines are immediately set up. With the new amount of elerium readily available more and more experiments are able to be performed. A boom in economy and technology is predicted to occur. Mapping of the former advent's brain is finally able to be complete in mere weeks. Due to this the AI population booms and they start to become more commonplace.

2068 CE: After twenty-one years of extended drilling and tests on Charon's surface the ice ball begins to fall apart. Seventeen personnel did not make it off surface before the ice ball collapsed and are presumed to be dead. Along with the loss of life most of the gear brought down to the ice ball's surface is lost. Despite this tragedy a large-scale discovery is found. Underneath the ice was a large object shaped like a tuning fork with a large-scale element zero core.

A ship, the Truth of Freedom somehow activates the massive tuning forkand disappears for a split second before they report through the psionic network that had replaced the ones the elders had used. The big news? That tuning fork like device had flung them farther than Xcom and humanity had ever hoped to travel in their collective lives. Almost immediately Xcom started up four major shipyards dedicated to ships meant for exploration and terraforming planets. The fleet of Humanity's Reach was to be built at a rapid pace not matched at any point in the Earth's history. The Commander passes away in his sleep; his daughter is voted in to replace him. AI have been created and have the three laws of Robotics deep coded into them. They are realized as fully sentient beings. Humanity's government slowly changes into a Monarchy, the change is subtle and quiet. Few notice it, but when they try to make the general public notice this they are called nuts. When an assassination attempt on the Commander is committed by one of these people, the whole idea is considered a sham.

2082 CE: The Fleet of Humanity's Reach is completely built from the largest ship classified as a manufacturing Ship dedicated to acting like a mobile industry jump starter, to the smallest which was classified as a scouting ship able to nearly touch the ground while flying. After this fleet was deployed another fleet began to be built along with ships capable of war. In the fleet were also medical ships and live ships that held the would-be colonist, both human and nonhuman. At this point in time however a shift had occurred in the society. A garden world was found. A planet that was already suitable for most XenoHUman and Human life. The Planet was quickly and rather aggressively colonized by Xcom when they discovered the soil to be extremely fertile. In the following years, this planet would be called Eden Prime and it would grow the most food for Xcom and the worlds under Xcom's care.The current Commander's daughter is born.

2094 CE: MECs are commonly used for AIs to have a body. Research in more humanoid and non-military functional mechanical bodies is increased. Several gene mods are reinstated for volunteers in the military to take. MEC troopers are not however. Standard robotic bodies are created for the AI to help them work and enjoy civilian life.

2100 CE: A second tuning fork is found; these structures are labeled "EZ Slingshots". Sending the freshly built fleet Humanity's Fist which had been bolstered with new war class ships. Thick alien alloys for the armor bolstered with energy shielding and kinetic barriers, with ship class plasma weapons and EMP cannons. Some of the larger Battleship classes can build MECs and Sectopods and deploy them, even if the process is slow, it would be a nasty surprise to anything on the ground. When questioned about this, the current Commander simply offered these words: "First contact bettered humanity, but only after a long bloody path of war. Now Humanity is roaming the stars. It'll be first contact in space and we don't need to be found with our pants around our ankles." Many, especially the XenoHuman, agreed.

2120 CE: Another world ripe to be colonized without terraforming is found. Named Shanxi after a plateau province of North China. Colonization is quick and steady. Soon both Eden Prime and Shanxi were booming in their respective economics and earth was apricating the lessened strain. Instead of continuing their expansion Xcom settled down and became to terraform the planets that resided between the worlds they had found.

Though the colonization was slower on these planets for the reason that both XenoHumans and Humans just could not breed fast enough. The Vipers could, but the restrictions were still in place. However, a few months after the beginning of the year those restrictions were eased up on and some planets quickly gained the Vipers as a majority before restrictions were set back into their previous strictness. The current Commander resigns and for the second time in Xcom's long history, her daughter is voted in to take her place.

2150 CE: Another relay is found, Xcom builds and then sends a scouting fleet: The Eyes of Humanity to scout beyond the relay, unfortunately little to no XenoHumans volunteer for the journey. They are prepared for a long journey but they were not ready for combat. But the fleet gets delayed when a terrorist group bombs the shipyard where they were awaiting to be given the orders to launch. The terrorist group is put down quickly and without mercy due to one member being caught alive and having his mind read. The fleet Eyes of Humanity is grounded until both them and the shipyard is repaired. A hidden avatar facility was found on earth and quickly destroyed, the only thing not destroyed was a lone avatar who had been in stasis. He was taken in for further questioning and whether not he was to be killed.

The Lone avatar was deemed not to be killed but he was heavily incarcerated with several psionic inhibitors on him at all times to prevent him from trying anything funny or jailbreak wise. He would serve 135 years in jail for his crimes against humanity. A "life in prison" for a regular human; seeing as medical technology has expanded the human life quite a bit. He would get out in 2175, possibly 2170 with good behavior. There was an explosion in a plant meant for refining element Zero, the explosion spread element zero half across the colony that the plant had been built near.

2157 CE: Xcom is called in to do what it does best, defend humanity. First contact with the Turians happens and it is violent. Two dozen kids show powers similar to psionic but are fundamentally different, seeming to affect gravity more than minds. Something awakens within the darkness between stars.

Something Evil.

*A/N* Just to tell you guys, the updates are going to be a bit slower. Me and the Beta are working on a book. It's Got aliens, humans, wars of survival, slavery, Councils, 'Gods', the truth to life, romance, action, and pain. It covers a lot, but perhaps I've said too much already. ;) Beta: Damn straight. There's pain. Lots and lot's of pain.

Not self promoting, just excited.

Reeeally excited.

Also yes I deleted the chapters for The story. I'm making improvements and changes. It won't take long. Promise on the Void my followers.

Beta: Anyway, Yeah. We'll be working on this together, as well with the novel we're writing. So I mean, if you guys are perhaps interested in it or something like that, just message me, (Or me the VoidMask) Drewman784. That's my username for both Steam, Discord, and Fanfiction so be free to do that. But…, god I'm turning this all into self promotion. So in conclusion, I hope you enjoy what's to come.