The Migrant Fleet traders came to Mindoir hoping for a chance to open overtures with the new people called 'humans'. A rare opportunity to build connections untouched by the cold hand of the geth war and the blame other races placed on the quarians. Instead they found ruin and death. And a little girl. Who, like them, now had nowhere to call home. (AU: Shepard Raised by Quarians)

The Protheans eliminated the Reapers but their population has dwindled to hundreds and unable to continue their empire. How the story would go without the Reapers. FemShep.

Evfra is stricken with the Angaran flu and is forced to stay at home under quarantine. Per Angaran culture, he would have been taken care of by his family and very close friends. Without either, Evfra decides to suffer alone. What he had not expected was for Sara Ryder, Pathfinder extraordinaire, to show up at his doorstep as his self proclaimed caretaker. {Full summary inside}

There were many things that I thought possible but finding myself in the Mass Effect universe was not one of them, so now I have to help protect the galaxy from the Reapers. What could go wrong? SI Fic

This is just my attempt at Novelizing the Mass effect series. I'm doing this because I have nothing else to do and I want try and flesh out the story and space combat a little bit and make my favorite video game franchise a bit more accurate to its own lore. This is Mass Effect 1.

A series of fics spanning the end of ME1 to post ME3. Inspired by song titles/lyrics. Femshep/Liara

From the beginning of ME2 onward, Shepard is tasked with the impossible. Resistance against all odds, both external and those whom call themselves 'allies'. Unlike the story of ME in the games, I will attempt to go through a few situations in a more logical way. Mostly canon, though with clear AU concepts in the future! Enjoy and review if you like my interpretation!

I'm not a good person. I've killed, and will continue to. However, here and now I have a chance to be better. To make the galaxy better and I'm going to take it. No matter what I have to go through, what I have to endure. I will help Shepard create a better galaxy, even at the cost of my life I will help create a better galaxy. Updates every Saturday.

Goddess of mind, goddess of heart - closed-off without consent, She cannot flourish; unlocked to the universe in trust and control, She protects from all outside influences. Only one sits atop the throne of Shepard's subjectivity. Ashley/FemShep, Liara/FemShep. Miranda/FemShep, Aria/FemShep. Power plays, intense loves. Renegon Infiltrator FemShep. Spans the Mass Effect Trilogy.

What if it would have been possible to rescue Hilary Moreau from Tiptree? Post ME3 ending (contains a small bit of Fem Shenko lemon)

In the final hours before the Suicide Mission, Shepard struggles to reconcile her past and present lives, and makes a phone call that could make or break her future with the one person she never imagined being on the wrong side of.

After all that Shepard has been through, normal is something far off and every night is pain. How can she move on when every night, all of that hurt and fear comes rushing back? : A story of PTSD and learning to cope. F/Shep-Garrus

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.

A Mass Effect AU in which there's one other species that can still interact with Quarians on an intimate level. It's not a good thing. WARNING: Mature Themes Abound!

Total war demands victory at any cost. After the destruction of the Bahak System, Emilia Shepard returns home just in time for the Reaper invasion. The galaxy finds itself in a race against time: win the war before there's no one left to fight. ME3, canon-divergent with a focus on the milscifi and off-screen moments, multiple POVs, paragade Shepard.

Commander Shepard is the sole survivor with a synthetic sole, among other augmentations due to the Akuze incident. She's suppressed her emotions and ignored persuasions to retire in her willingness to continue her tour of duty, relying on medication to help with her nightmares and the phantom pains that have persisted. People think it's determination. It's just a distraction.

Deployed to patrol the Turian Fringe Systems the HNV Invictus is badly damaged and is forced to blind-jump with a damaged FTL drive, it's crew survived the ordeal, landing on 'humanity's doorstep the crew is rescued and the Invictus is scuttled, Humanity learning of the Hierarchy moves to put its best foot forward by bringing their wayward sons and daughters home. Alternate FC Fic.

MORE flashbacks, interstitial scenes, and backdoor dealings. An AU retelling of ME3 focusing on characters and worlds, big and small.

We don't get to choose where our story begins, where it takes us, and most certainly where it ends. The Reaper War may have ended twenty-five years ago, but aboard the SSV Hippocrates a Spectre takes his first steps on a journey that will decide the fate of a trillion souls.

In 2170 Mindoir was raided by batarian slavers, killing or enslaving the entire colony. It was thought that the first human spectre, Commander Shepard, was the sole survivor of the brutal attack. But when evidence that his sister is alive comes to light, his world is turned upside down. Profile has full description.

HMS Isaac Newton and HMS Alexander Fleming open the Shanxi Relay. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. The following course of events would lead to Humanity's first hot war in over a century, a war which could have exploded into full on Interspecies Total War, assuming of course the various human nations could even agree on anything.

Alex Ramon Shepard is your typical N7 operative. That is until the data from a lost race is implanted in his mind. Now he must find a way to understand his new destiny while attempting to stop a race of machines from eliminating all known organic life. Note: will contain mature themes and some lemons. ShepardxTali

A continuation of ME: Book II - The Spectre Chronicles. After waking up in a Cerberus space station, Shepard demands answers and finds out that she had died two years prior with the destruction of the Normandy. With two years of her absence, how will the galaxy react to her returning, and how will she react to what the galaxy has become?

With friends and family at her side, Dr Liara T'Soni travels the galaxy, digging up the long-lost trail of the Protheans. Setting aside her life as an active Spectre, Shepard settles into domestic life (of sorts) to accompany Liara on her journey. Finally, a life full of peace, love and happiness becomes reality… and the long-awaited little blues get to make their appearance.

This is the prelude to the Continuation Trilogy of Mass Effect. A version of the ME universe where Commander Shepard never died in the second game. This story derives from the original spirit of the original game: the optimistic vision of the future against all odds. Female Shepard. General & Sci-Fi. Depictions of violence and coarse language.