AU, ME1. Main changes are to humanities biology. Same universe as 'Bloody Path to the Stars'. After coming onto the galactic scene in a short but bloody war, Humanity has a meteoric rise. Now another hurdle is being jumped. A human is being seriously considered as a possible spectre, but this human will be more important than anyone realizes.

Our story takes place after Humanity narrowly avoids destroying itself and despite all odds manages to learn from its mistakes. Being a better, kinder species when they encounter another race in need they pull out all the stops to lend assistance.

Were you ever so disappointed in something that the laws of space and time literally fractured? Four years after dealing with Mass Effect 3's horrible ending, I found myself on a plane to Vancouver. All I wanted was to see a concert and enjoy the sights. What I got was a life I never expected would be mine. (SI)(AU)

Miranda Lawson was used to being in control, whether it was of her life, her sister's safety, or her work with Cerberus. From the moment she had returned from the dead, Evan Shepard had challenged that on every front. With their goal in sight, can Miranda trust Evan enough to let go? A Miranda/FShep romance covering ME2, ME3, and maybe beyond.

Reincarnated into an Alternate Universe of Mass Effect, I was given a chance to go on a new adventure. To explore and help protect a vast and powerful Human Empire that was millennia old. With new and old foe's appearing around every corner, I could only hope I would be strong enough to not only live, but flourish. SI story. Pairings Undecided. Slight Destiny cross over elements.

The war is nearly at its end, but what could happen after? 2 Updates to go until completion! If you enjoyed this story, there will be several intermission short chapters (on their own story) followed by a book 2! Cover Art Credit: deviantart . com/jennifer-manzanera/art/Commander-Shepard-624130725

This story revolves mainly around John Shepard and Miranda Lawson. The story of their separation and reunion... and of course the Reapers are coming. Only John and his friends believes the legend of the Reapers. Can they stop the cycle of extinction which happens every 50000 years?

Join Miranda Lawson and her unlikely band of allies as she lurches around the Terminus trying to avoid the Reapers, Cerberus, the Citadel authorities, and a long list of aliens she ever harmed during her long terrorist employment, long enough to save her sister from her father's evil clutches. Miranda - ME3 setting - written as if in canon universe

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.

Cat Smyth was of the few preparatory xenobiologists sent to explore the outskirts of colonized space, alone with an expeditionary force intent on finding new homes for overcrowded Earth-dwellers. They found Faultoth. On this earthworld, a species known as the Banton…

The Pulse is what the Quarians call the destructive wave sent out by the Citadel that destroyed the Reapers. It has affected their planet more than anywhere else. Desperate for answers, Tali is tasked - who is still on Earth helping Shepard recover - with finding those answers. What she finds could change everything - for her, for her people, and for those that have been lost.

What really hears you in the void of space besides atoms in your body ceasing to spin? Commander Shepard of the Mass Effect universe is brought to life in this author's telling of an alternate universe—or six. Races of intelligence, good will and the sour, involve themselves in the affairs of this woman. Krogans are honorable—salarians hold power. Turians lay the foundations….

Les aventures explosives de l'Inspecteur Harrius Kallaghian, un flic turien de la Citadelle aux méthodes expéditives, qui ne jure que par trois choses: la Loi, l'Ordre... et la puissance balistique de son Carnifex! Toute ressemblance avec le légendaire Inspecteur Harry Callahan n'aurait rien d'une coïncidence.

Commander Jane Shepard is known as the best of the best from her fighting to N7 training. Thane Krios is known as the best Assassin in the entire galaxy. Can two people who are so different find love between fights, war and the disappearances of entire human colonies?

Liara T'Soni is a very determined archaeologist who isn't worried to do a little tomb raiding to discover ancient knowledge. Cam Shepard is an ex-Alliance mercenary with a thing for people much smarter than she is. There's no way they'll get up to anything dangerous together, right?

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.

This is an in-universe document story covering the history and the major players of the Terminus systems. This includes Omega and Aria as well as new cultures, people and forces alongside the context of the region and how it relates to the Citadel. Written by the mighty Xabiar, with inputs from several members of the Editing Gang. Some of the concepts will be mature.

The wing of a butterfly is made of numerous filaments, scales, cells of color and flexible material, but at the instant of a finger brush can be smeared and weakened. Peace is a metamorphosis such as a chrysalis that must be formed by a single unit interacting with many. And time takes it through the proper changes before it can form into its calling….

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.

Part of her was still convinced that it was some sort of ruse or prank on the krogan's part; it was simply too good to be true. Commander Shepard, alive and in Andromeda? She refused to believe it. (partial re-write of my last fic 'star-crossed', significantly expanded, cross-posted on Ao3 under the same name)

FemShep's investigation of Cerberus' nefarious activities, while she struggles with questions about her own identity. This story is not super canon compliant, but it fits with the story, especially if you aren't too personally attached to your own version of Shepard. It aims to fill in the gaps and is told from Ash's point of view. Rated T for swears. FemShep/Ashley (but not yet).

A divided Earth. As the 20th century progressed, humanity found itself deep into another Cold War. The discovery of Prothean Ruins on Mars propelled the conflict into the stars. An overzealous Turian patrol dragged the rest of the galaxy into the political quagmire of Great Power competition.

Set in the Mass Effect universe with slight alterations. I do not own anything about Mass Effect. *Spoilers are included.*

Five years after the defeat of the Reapers, Commander Jack Shepard has put his days of violence behind him, choosing to retire quietly in the tropics of Earth. Commander Ashley Williams-Shepard continues her service in the Alliance while her husband maintains a passive, anonymous life. When the Normandy vanishes without a trace, Jack is forced to don his N7 armor once again...

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