Due to a drive core malfunction, a human vessel arrives just in time to save the Council Envoy from the yahg. What happens when humanity enters the galactic stage not as the race that got attacked by the turians for breaking a law they weren't aware of, but as the race that saved a turian platoon from certain death? M for wartime violence, pre ME1 - ME3, no OP humanity.

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.

[AU] The Illusive Man said that salvation comes with a cost. When corruption seeps into the galaxy, when centuries of status quo suddenly breaks in a mere decade, when blood's spilled among the stars like never before, when extinction looms over civilization, when morality is merely a shade... salvation can only come with sacrifice. [AU First Contact War & Reaper War; GRAPHIC]

The Citadel Council and the Systems Alliance fight for survival against the Reaper onslaught. However, the UNSC, politically divided and still recovering from the Didact's assault discovers a Mass Relay that will force them into the fight and change the course of galactic history forever. The Reclamation has already begun, and we are hopeless to stop it. ME3/post Halo 4

The United Republic of States after 6000 years ascends to the stars. The Council will have to contend with a nation that is better than them in every way. This is kind of a humanity F* Yeah! story. Well what did you expect from a game that lets you build a nation that makes our countries look like boy scout troops. Rated T for "Just in Case..."

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.

A few minor and realistic changes in the decisions made by the leaders of humanity drastically altered the path of Citadel Space and the Reaper War. This is the story of caution and planning over recklessness, the path of the juggernaut over the glass cannon. This is the story of humanity as it should have been. A power worthy of its Council seat, and one the Reapers can't ignore.

Following the destruction of The Covenant Empire and Truth, The Gravemind had one last trick up it's sleeve for survival fusing it's entire consciousness with a human host ensuring it's survival. Now a lone marine and The Gravemind venture out beyond the galaxy they once knew to a somewhat familiar yet strange galaxy that is brimming with new possibilities. (On Hiatus)

A young Death Korp soldier, in a battle with a follower of Chaos, ends up swallowed by the Warp. By a stroke of luck, he's sent to Earth, to a world without an Emperor, to a world where villains and heroes battle it out across the globe. With no Emperor to serve and no war to fight, this young soldier must struggle to find his own path in a world that challenges all his beliefs.

Darth Sidious, emperor of the Galactic Empire, used his foresight along with his cunning mind to rise to power. His visions allowed him to eliminate any threat to his rule. Now the Dark Side whispers of a weakened yet worthy foe in a neighboring galaxy. The war machine of the Empire is now giving its undivided attention to the UEG and its protector the UNSC. A new war has begun...

Commander Shepard has fought slavers, Geth, Collectors, and Reapers. Now a mysterious faction called the Sith Empire makes itself known. Led by Emperor Revan and the Emperor's Wrath, it attacks and declares war on the Citadel species. Will Shepard be able to save his galaxy from this new threat and still be ready for the coming of the Reapers?

The residents of the Koprulu Sector thought they had finally achieved peace. They were wrong. Now, the Koprulu Alliance is faced with a galaxy that was bigger than they thought. They will meet new friends, and more importantly, new enemies, but all will be forced to put away their hatreds, both old and new, or none will survive the darkness that is to come...

During a Joint Deployment, the UNSC Infinity and Her Sangheili allies are suddenly thrown into a new Galaxy, and end up near Charon before the Systems Alliance discovers the Charon Relay. Alliances are forged and how will the galaxy react to an aggressive humanity that not only doesn't use Mass Effect technology, but will not let anyone stand in their way of expansion? AU PreME1

At the height of the Human Covenant war, another galactic power intervenes to aid the embattled humans. Standing side by side with the Turians, the UNSC prepares for a new phase of the Human Covenant 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.

I decided to try my hand at developing a timeline that would be feasible in the ME universe for a humanity that has been space faring for 50,000 years. So, look inside to see my own take on how a 50,000-year-old space capable humanity would develop and prepare the galaxy for the Reaper onslaught. Serious HFY! story. Complete

Relay 314 has been opened - the first in many hundreds of years, marking the dawn of a new age. The Council hadn't anticipated to find much; dust on the solar wind, or perhaps even a habitable world or two. They expected to find peace - hoped for it, really. But it wasn't to be so. The Council found humanity split. They found a civil war. AU First Contact

A house divided cannot stand. Following an explosive first contact, and the cementation of their place as a galactic superpower, the Systems Alliance must now deal with the consequences of their choices and the aftermath of their wars. Earth is set ablaze, Sparta is torn apart, and below it all simmers an ancient, apocalyptic plot. The finale to the WarVerse Prequel Wars trilogy.

When a research ship finds a anomoly at the edge of Harvests system, a young militiaman and the whole UNSC are thrown into a galaxy much larger than they could have dreamed. Pre-war UNSC, with a mixture of Halo and Mass Effect characters and some OCs, all fighting for humanitys and maybe, if time and money is left over, the Citadels future.

Strength. Discipline. Honor. These are the pillars of Turian Society. And after meeting a race faced with extinction, they will stand by these pillars. No matter what the Asari say.

We thought ourselves powerful, able to conquer a galaxy with nothing but toys. When we overcame every challenge, breached the space between the galaxies themselves, what use were the words of a race ashamed of their own past? Yet we cannot deny that we were warned, for while a challenge to a human is laughable, a challenge to humanity is a death sentence.

It is said that War never Changes; Men do, through the roads they walk, but War does not. The Humans fought The First War, and alongside the Quarians, the Alliance stands tall against the Galaxy in the face of continued adversity. Now Humanity's place is challenged, their power tested, and age-old beliefs are shattered when a beyond-ancient species is forced onto the playing field.

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.)

The cold war never ended it simply spread to the stars. Humans have never been more united but the division is still there. In the face of Galatic politics how will humanity fair? MAD still exists and now the Citadel must deal with a race that preaches it. The powder keg that is humanity is waiting for the spark of war. Who will ignite it? Beta needed

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.

In 2054, NASA experiments with a negative mass warp drive, or alcubierre drive, are successful. The history of humanity, the council and ultimately all sapient species in the galaxy are inextricably changed. Full Cosmic horrror.

Reach is lost. With one final push to survive the dead planet, Noble Six uncovers a forerunner structure buried underneath the glassed surface. But it won't be easy. From one dead planet to one where humanity fights to survive. Noble Six can make a choice: Continue to fight for humanity, or… watch from the sidelines. Discontinued - see AN Ch 19

The Citadel Council is a peaceful conglomerate of races, blissfully unaware of the horrors that lurk beyond their space. Humanity, meanwhile, is a race that has fought against these alien horrors ever since they made contact. What will happen when the two societies meet? Will peace follow war? Or is the Citadel Council doomed to fall to humanity? Rewrite of When Civilizations Meet.

We are humans. We are a naive species who want nothing more than to improve our station. We bickered among ourselves, fought and bled, warred and murdered in the ignorance of a greater existence and calling out there. As we stand here, on the eve of the Covenant annihilation of our species, let us not forget who we are. In this existence or the next, humanity shall be remembered.

They called us the best. Didn't feel like it sometimes. But this, this was a chance. A chance to make the best, to have a true, lasting legacy that will be heard across the whole galaxy. This was my chance to change it all and to truly make the greatest soldiers this galaxy had ever seen. Better than all the rest. Maybe then this new title of mine won't weigh me down so much.

The Council races stumble upon the Sol system and its occupants. Amidst trying to decipher the...unusual technology employed by the humans, they learn that the denizens of Earth are fighting a desperate war against an enemy so powerful, even the combined might of the Council's armies may not be enough to defeat it...

AU: After the first contact war Humans go into hiding before the council can begin peace talks, 200 years later a mysterious mechanical monster shows up in their space, and Shepard wants to know what it is, and if they should fear it.

A Turian patrol makes hostile first contact with the covenant during the height of the human covenant war. Will the council be able to stand up to the might of the covenant war machine? Will the UNSC be able to trust another group of aliens so similar to their hated foe. How will the specters react when they learn their not the best in the galaxy anymore.

What if Humanity's First Contact War had not been fought with the Turian Hierarchy? What if we were discovered first and by a race even more bloodthirsty? In June 2021, the Batarians arrived at Earth and meet a woefully unprepared humanity...

Definitive Edition: It has been three months since first contact between the Third Reich and the Migrant Fleet. New technologies revitalize a beleaguered German war machine as the Admirals take a closer look at their new allies as Joachim Hoch and Hanala'Jarva come to terms with how complicated their relationship is.

In 2554 the UNSC made contact with the Citadel races. But not everyone wants peace. Is cooperation between the UNSC and Citadel possible against the ex-Covenant splinter factions or will it turn into a three way war. ODST Lt Colonel John Shepard and Spartan Fireteam Crimson is right in the middle of it.

Extinct Humanity AU: With the Supreme Prothean Empire broken, and the Combined Systems Alliance about to follow, the legendary Normandy Crew is chosen to be the revenge of their cycle. Fifty thousand years later, Spectre Garrus Vakarian and his rag-tag crew fight a failing battle against the Reapers, and eventually crash on an uncharted planet, unaware of what they will discover.

36 years have passed since the end of the First Contact War after humanity achieved a costly victory against the Citadel Council. Now humanity struggles to maintain control of its status as the sole galactic superpower fighting off Resistance and Internal Struggle. Meanwhile Dark Forces are at work seeking to quicken humanity's downfall and plunge the galaxy into chaos.

[Discontinued] [Rewrite is online] [AU] Humanity, after much hardships and destruction, has finally reached the star. A full century of exploration and progress ends with two First Contact Scenario, one peaceful and friendly while the other is not. How will humanity react? Will they fail? Or will they prevail?

Massively AU. Halo/Mass Effect merged continuity. The galaxy, like much of the universe, is in a constant cycle of birth, destruction and rebirth. No guarantee our civilization is any different. We know others have come before us and perished at their height. What destroyed them? Could it destroy us as well? One human might be our savior, but he needs to grow up a bit first.

2253: The Galaxy is embroiled in a tumultuous war, pitting the Citadel against the Krogan and the Batarians. All hope seems lost for the Council, as they lose more and more territory to their enemies. Yet, everything may change with the discovery of a new race; a light in the dark for the Citadel Council. That is, if the humans choose to help in the first place. Massively AU.

Humanity is a giant that walks the stars, having fought amongst itself. Now they make contact with an alien race. The kicker? This humanity knows about the Reapers and has been preparing for them for decades. I recommend pitying the Turians...

2157: The Turian Hierarchy launches a secretive war against a new species known as 'humanity'. The first major battleground is the outlying colony world of Shanxi, defended by the 3rd Garrison Division of the Systems Alliance Marines. With overwhelming odds against them, the hopes of Shanxi rest with the fledgling Alliance fleet...and unlikely allies within the ranks of their foes.

The Insurrection killed millions, but Humanity recovered. The Human-Flood War killed billions, but Humanity prevailed. Humanity again stands alone in the face of both persistent and threatening rivals. They are outnumbered and outgunned and are against tenacious opposition, but then again, Humanity has always had the ability for surviving the impossible. Heavy AU

After Colony 197. Mankind has once again found peace, thanks to the efforts of the 5 Gundam Pilots and their allies. All Mobile Suits are about to be destroyed, when a chance discovery on Mars halts this decision. This discovery lets Humans finally leave the Solar system and paves a new road, for all mankind. For humanity has found: Mass Effect.

Space is infinite, but under the right conditions even a galaxy can feel too small.

In 2157 a Citadel Council exploratory vessel is tasked with opening a dormant Relay into unknown regions of the galaxy. What they find is something they never expected. What happens when two civilizations centered around different technologies clash?

Thirteen years have passed since the death of Emperor Reinhard the Invincible. Humanity has begin to rebuild, but tensions are high in the realm of the Golden Lion. But as new enemies emerge, and a bigger galaxy is discovered, it seems that the old adage may yet be true: only a common enemy can bring Humanity together.

In 2560, just years after the end of hostilities between the Earth based UNSC and the New Colonial Alliance, the Industrial colony of Falkland is slowly being turned into a Fortress as a defense against the perceived Colonial threat. But within months of his transfer to the colony, Lance Corporal David Campbell will find out first hand whether or not the fortress will hold.

The First Contact War was the first time the Humans met the Citadel race. However, the Incident of Relay 314 was the not first time the Citadel races met humanity. (Up for Adoption)

Humanity discovers the Prothean Ruins soon after the first Mars Colony. Discovery of alien life jumpstarts their space program ... and the saga begins. A series of cameos, covering approximately 50 years worth of various characters. Rated T for safety.

It wasn't until she had spilled the blood did Liara T'Soni realize what she had unleashed upon the galaxy. For better or for worse, Zeus had returned./ Some chapters may be later rated M for gore.

In the year of 2581 the UNSC stumbles across a discovery hidden beneath their noses and now a new gateway to life outside of the Forerunner space is opened and with it comes all new challenges and rewards. Its time for First Contact. OC centric, some world building as needed and war. Lots and lots of war. Rated T for blood, language, violence and gore.

Fifteen years after the Covenant War, ONI discovers the Systems Alliance; decimated by the Reapers six years ago. Faced with insurgency among the Colonies, ONI realizes it must make sure the truth never sees the light of day and begins a radical new plan, in a desperate attempt to buy the UNSC as much time as possible, and for that, it will need a new generation of Spartans...

The Prothean Ruins weren't. They contained little more than mentionings of an Alien Society; as a result, humanity develops on a completely different path than what was intended, and when first contact is made not with the Turians, but a desperate, destitute race viewed as beggars and thieves, how will this dying race change Humanity? And how will Humanity change the Galaxy? *A/U!*

An Asari Deep space exploration craft discovers an unknown wreck in space, meanwhile the UNSC Gorgon is sent out on a scouting mission into the lost outer colonies.

The Era of the Human Covenant War has ended, but the strife of a new age has dawned, now comes the threat from beyond and the chronicles of those who live in these troubled times. Chapter 26, the battle for Eta Halo has begun, the greatest battle since the time of the First Contact war has begun and all will decide the future of the galaxy. Updates have begun, CH22 has been edited.