An ancient danger threatens the galaxy, unknown to all. A humanity which never discovered Prothean ruins, expanding through space on their own, emerges. Joined with the machines they created, hardened by war with a terrifying enemy, they read the writing on the wall. But will the galactic community already there listen to these newcomers, stirring up trouble everywhere they go?

A/U- In the 21st century, the Batarian Hegemony discovers a beautifully violent species known as 'Humans'. After deciding to enslave the entire race, and turn them into their own personal slave warriors, the so-called Masters of War must go against the Makers of Slaves. But is it truly possible to combat an alien threat, when your own species can barely even leave its only home?

The scrolls tell that 13 tribes left the birthplace of humanity on Kobol, 12 went one way and the other Earth went another only to lose all contact with their cousins. It is written that one day they would reunite but when they Earth meets their cousins it is not what they expected and it would cost both sides in blood. (Stargate SG1/Battlestar Galactica)

The UNSC dispatches a small task force to investigate an artefact with origins not of the Orion Arm. The Citadel Races, including the Systems Alliance, are in for an eye opener when two new players in galactic prowess are not only technologically superior but also not bound by the Element Zero and its constraints. Rated T for reasons. AU in both Halo and ME events.

A new race was discovered and annihilated. A century passed and Citadel space forgot, but Humanity never did.

For several decades the Spirit of Fire has lumbered through the empty void to find not the UNSC, but something terrible: The destruction of the newly space faring civilization of the Asari by the hands of the Batarian Hegemony, a slaver species. Now, forced into a war that is impossible to win, the crew will face insurmountable odds against a enemy that cannot be beat. One-shot.

Cortana and The Master Chief float aimlessly through space. What happens when a foe turned friend tells Cortana about the world they left behind. A Human/Covenant unity called the Systems Alliance, the wonders of their technology, and the discovery of a Prothean Archive on Mars. This new ally also speaks of another group of races under the banner of the Citadel Council.

Book 1 of 3. As ancient powers and enigmatic figures make their move, the stars will darken and the heavens will tremble as a scarred and battered humanity still reeling from the Combine occupation encounters the rest of the civilized galaxy.