(Credit to Adrasos on Archive and his story, Prepare to Drop, for the idea.) On the way down to New Mombasa, Rookie falls into the Slipspace Rupture and ends up crashing down on Menae, high above Palaven, while Shepard tries to find and rescue the new Primarch. From there, the war itself will shift and the fighting persists, but who knows what an ODST will add to the mix.

100 years after the end of the Human-Covenant War, when an ill-fated UNSC expedition opens Relay 314, it reveals a civilization unprepared for their arrival, and relics from a terrible past.

Humanity, left to its own devices for centuries, comes into contact with the Citadel Council. A misunderstanding leads to hostile first contact, and the UNSC is drawn into war with the Council shortly after the Insurrection's height. The Council finds itself face-to-face with a species that has broken the shackles of Mass Effect Technology. The Era of Humanity has only just begun.

A down-on-her-luck quarian on her Pilgrimage becomes desperate enough to sell herself into indentured servitude and is taken aboard the MSV Sulaco.

I didn't know how I ended up on the Citadel. What I did know, was that my chances of survival were higher if I could find refuge aboard the NORMANDY. So I took a gamble, and joined the hunt for Saren. Unfortunately, real life is not as easy as a game - but still, I wouldn't have missed it for anything. / Mass Effect 1, Self-Insertion, logic/realistic approach, close to canon.

Post Human-Covenant War AU. After the Great War, all the UNSC wants to do is rebuild and live in the peace. A peace that so many died for. What happens when they learn that no matter what, war will always find them. Chapters Updated - Chapter 11 uploaded (07/08/2019) Any criticism and/or tips welcome.

After the Normandy's destruction, Tali'Zorah goes out to traverse the lesser explored places in the galaxy in search of rare materials for the Migrant Fleet. While on her adventures she finds something that shouldn't belong... she finds a Wreck... The Galaxy will never be the same.

After discovering an ancient artifact, the UNSC's most advanced warship and a Sangheili Assault Carrier are transported to a universe unlike anything they have ever seen, and forced into a war against a foe they never could have imagined.

A mixed story/documentation piece describing much of the technology of the ME universe, including that which is only found in the Premiseverse. Some light language and a few morally questionable research descriptions. As with all my documentation type stories, this one is free to use by anyone who needs is.

Fate played as much a role in Shepard's defeat of the Reapers as did his skill. What if fate had different plans? Did you know that the Shepard on Mindoir was born as a twin? What if both had survived the raid? How would the Reapers have dealt with TWO great heroes instead of one? It's time to find out just how much better and worse things get with TWO Shepards fighting a war.

When we started to expand past the Orin Arm of the Milkyway, we didn't know what to expect. Once we were out there though, things changed big time. For those brief 30 years we were the top dogs of the galaxy in all powers but like always when humanity reaches a higher seat of power, something always comes to make us fall... This time however the fall will cost our entire race.

A freak accident above Chi Ceti IV leaves John-117 and Kelly-087 stranded in the Mass Effect universe, where they team up with Commander Shepard in hopes of finding a way home. Will the Spartans be able to return? Or could they find something worth fighting for alongside the crew of the Normandy? Will contain some John/Kelly and MShep/Tali in later chapters.

While Shepard is closing in on Saren. Stories begin to spread among the pirates and slavers of the galaxy. Rumors of a nameless fear, of a creature, a demon wreathed in green armor. It and its allies appear from nowhere slughtering all who oppose them, then vanish without a trace. What is the purpose of this unknown faction... and what will they do next?

The obligatory Mass Effect-XCOM crossover, just set a little earlier than most. The Migrant Fleet is looking for new worlds, new tech, new allies. Humanity would very much like to not be exterminated by aliens from beyond the stars. SYNERGY!

An AU fic in which the Halo and ME universes share the same galaxy. After a well deserved rest in Cryo-Sleep, Master Chief finally awakens...to a whole new galaxy.

The First Contact War brought untold destruction to Earth, reducing Humanity to a shell of its former self. For 900 years, Humanity has been working tirelessly to lay claim to its own slice of the Milky Way Galaxy, and they are prepared to bring the Council to its knees to accomplish their goals. (Massive AU, New Technologies, and a far different humanity.)

In a hunt for raw materials for their people, Quarian explorers open a new mass relay. What awaits them on the other side is nothing they could have ever expected. Pre-Mass Effect 1, Post-Halo 4; AU only where necessary to mash two universes together and create something resembling a coherent storyline.

Reach has fallen and Noble Six is all that remains on the planet. In a valiant last stand Six mysteriously finds himself in the world of another. How will he come to terms with it? What will he do? Can he overcome his loss and find peace at last? Six pairing is yet to be decided. Plan to span over whole mass effect series and possibly beyond. (Alternate Universe)

Mass Effect 2 centric story with Spartan B312 as a main character. While struggling to forgive himself and find peace, a certain Quarian may be the only one capable of showing it to him