[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]
Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Suspense - Chapters: 35 - Words: 375,763 - Reviews: 882 - Favs: 1,878 - Follows: 2,246 - Updated: 12/9 - Published: 8/23/2016 - Admiral Hackett, Illusive Man, Shepard, OC