Mass Effect 3: Requiem for Male Shepard

by Seracen Beta

Did Mass Effect 3's ending leave you feeling...hollow? I will attempt to account for various gameplay choices made throughout the game, hopefully bringing the story to a more personal & intimate conclusion! This is a branching path story, adjusting for a myriad of in-game decisions! How did Shepard's story end? Find out!

4. Chapter 4a

CHAPTER 4-A

Shepard stared into the burning reaches of space, as he prepared a gambit that would determine the lives of countless souls…

"Tali, are you there?"

"Here Shepard," answered the Quarian, "what are you thinking?"

"Coordinate with the Geth Consensus," replied Shepard, "we need to help EDI hack the Reaper signal, buy time for the Fleets."

At her terminal, Tali nodded, "acknowledged Shepard...Geth Unit Revenant, I need assistance hacking the Reaper codes."

"Acknowledged Creator Zorah," answered the synthetic, "Geth processes are synchronizing with Normandy's systems."

"Admiral Xen," continued Tali.

"I heard everything," came the reply, "I am already prioritizing our scientists' encryption hardware to make way for the Geth initiative. Alright people, we won't get another chance for this!"

Shepard collapsed at his terminal, his muscles straining beyond capacity, "uploading...Cerberus disruption codes...the rest is yours EDI..."

The ringing in his ears hadn't stopped, muffling any reply he may have heard. At least the damn Reapers weren't screaming in his head anymore. With any luck...

Shepard's vision was slowly going dark. He rubbed his eyes, straining to see the battle raging outside. He laughed, glancing had Anderson, "heh, still have the best seats...in the house sir...I wouldn't have had it any other way..."

He must have blacked out before it happened, but at some point, the halls of the Citadel reverberated around him. A blinding light coalesced outside the control room of the Citadel, shooting out a signal into the space around Earth...

He heard chatter on the radio, but it made little sense to him. It slowly dawned on Shepard that the Reapers weren't fighting back. Or at least, their shots kept missing, more often than not. And their hulls were breached more often by the fleet's barrage of fire.

He didn't know if it would be enough, but they had given the Victory Fleet a fighting chance against the Reapers.

"Admiral Hackett...?"

"Commander, the signal seems to be working...all Fleets! Concentrate firepower. Take out the Reapers, starting with those closest to the Crucible!"

Shepard nodded to himself, his part was done, all he could do was look on, and hope it was enough...

BRANCH: IF WAR ASSETS OVER 5000, GO TO CHAPTER 5-A, MUST BE OVER 6000 IF COLLECTOR BASE WAS LEFT INTACT.

OTHERWISE, GO TO CHAPTER 5-B