Being a marine runs in her blood; Commander Shepard may as well have been born with a gun in her hands. But the problem about being a soldier is remembering what it's like to be a human. Fortunately, asari have flawless memory. [Slow-burn romance]

Lt. Commander Shepard, White Death of Elysium, borderline pariah, new commander the SSV Normandy. Hackett tasks her with the thankless, redaction-heavy missions N7s train for. Along the way she forms an unlikely band of misfits into a highly effective army, and discovers just how thin the galaxy's veneers of normalcy are. (An AU/"Reaper-free" TV-Show-format series.)

Sai'ira the daughter of commander Shepard, finds herself locked in a deadly game of shadows in which she must help avoid war between the Citadel and the newly formed Terminus Systems federation.

A woman with a dark past, with even darker secrets. Some even unknown to her. Everything begins to unravel once Mercy Shepard herself unravels, allowing herself to remember who she was in a different reality.

With the Collector threat ended, the human colonies in the Terminus are safe - for now - and Emilia Shepard's grudging alliance with Cerberus has ended. But an old friend needs help and Shepard finds herself caught up in the galactic underbelly of information brokering, betrayal and mixed loyalties - including her own.

Shepard finds himself falling in love with the violent, complex woman known only as Jack. This is the story of their relationship from Mass Effect 2 and beyond. Rated M for language, violence and suggestive themes. Mass Effect 3 arc now in progress!

She was a woman with an impossible job. He was a man with impossible skill. She needed perfection. He needed atonement. Sometimes a worthy goal is worth any price. FemShep/Thane

A snippet from my alternative universe where Shepard gets lamed for Nihlus's death and Garrus is ordered by Palaven to execute her in return. thedandiestoflions' amazing cover art. Inspired by/written while listening to "Things We Lost in The Fire" - Bastille. /watch?v MGR4U7W1dZU

Decorated fighter pilot, Logan 'Boomslang' Lorenzen, unwitting makes an enemy of a powerful drug lord after he foils the cartel's attack on an asari colony and killing the drug lord's brother. Due to his actions he is considered for an asari/human initiative. Soon Logan is answering directly to the asari councilor while trying to prevent the cartel from harming his family.

When Mindoir is attacked by slavers, 16-year-old Cara Jane Shepard is saved by mercenary Zaeed Massani, not Alliance. Now, at 28, Shepard is helping Zaeed to lead a mercenary crew. A job with a huge payday comes their way. Millions of credits served to them on a silver platter, and it's just too good to pass up. Plus, Eden Prime is a backwoods paradise colony. What could go wrong?

The Reapers have been destroyed at great cost. And now, it's time to rebuild.

A THIRD set of updates to the original! That's right, I'm so incompetent I had to redo it YET AGAIN. Expanded notes on every aspect of the Systems Alliance, from ships, weapons, and armor to government, complete orders of battle, and more terms. Now updated (May 2021) with tactical considerations, plus the March 2020 updates.

Disgruntled, lost, wandering, a mercenary travels around the galaxy living from job to job, until he gets an offer too hard to pass up on. (Rated M for: Language, violence, future lemons)

The last thing I see is your face, in the waves of desperation, and I still can't swim.

Commander John Shepard hunts down the rouge Spectre Saren. All he has ever cared about was the mission ever since a tragic day in his life. Ever since that day he's been afraid to let anyone get to close to him, afraid to make attachments. That is until a certain quarian engineer joins his crew.

After landing the opportunity of a lifetime to train under a notorious general, Castis Vakarian dreams of political aspirations - but a chance encounter with a bounty hunter makes him question what he really wants.

A collection of ignominious ends for the hero of our favorite video game series. Read, laugh, review! Now taking requests/suggestions.

The world had fundamentally changed in the face of the Quarian arrival on Earth in 1943. Now the day of the return tot eh rest of the galaxy draws near, and the world grows nervous as the Quarians and reformed Kaiserreich finish their preparation of a war unseen in either species history.

Before the events of the Mass Effect trilogy Abigail Shepard was a simple soldier just trying to do a job. Until Torfan. Until she killed every last Batarian she could on the Moon. Putting her on trial for war crimes she is extended one final chance to make amends, to go on another dangerous mission which could determine her fate forever...

Everyone has one habit or one object that makes them feel safe. The members of the SR-2 are a curious mixture of races, classes and expertise. Each one prepares for battle a little differently. A little story about habits the Normandy crew have when leaving for a ground mission, and how it brings them together.

A story told from Kaidan's perspective about his story with Commander Shepard. Spoilers for 1 and 2.

Ten years have passed since the Reaper Invasion and life continues for the galactic community. Catch up to the latest news reports from around the galaxy with the Alliance News Network. Fictionalized background for my main story: Mass Effect/After Earth Chronicles.

In the years since her family was killed, J.R. Shepard has learned to put the personal aside in favor of the professional. But as the galaxy's crises become her responsibility, as she gathers around her the people who will aid her, she finds a new family, and love that she never expected, and will have to learn how to put the two halves of herself back together.

What started as teasing over lunch ended in tragedy. Set in chapter nine of Same Time Last Year from Nihlus' perspective. Warning, character death ME2.

The events of the Citadel DLC- mission and party- set in the Dark Energy version of the Mass Effect universe. Del Shepard returns once again in this left-of-canon, untold chapter of her story, and the war she gave everything of herself to win.