AU: Humanity failed to conquer FTL, having no Eezo in Sol, but they did manage to conquer many other technologies which have allowed them to become the masters of their solar system, but what happens when the Citadel Council stumble across them in the year 3517AD? The Citadel wants their technology, and Humanity wants out of Sol, but can a deal be struck?

The Asari encountered the Humans many years before the Turians did. This will drastically change the mass effect timeline, including one big one, Shepard is born an Asari as a result of a pairing between an Asari survivor and a famous Human War Hero. Join Athena T'Sarr/Shepard as she struggles to prove herself to both the Alliance, Asari and the galaxy as a whole