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….

Shepard's awake now. She claims to be fully healed as Grunt and Orrin follow her into space. Through thick and thin the three travel as they are forced apart, and together. Ever searching for the rest of the Normandy crew. Of course, death follows soldiers and wounds take time to heal. (This story is a direct sequel to Escaping Death Yet Again.)

Wrex was quick to search and recover Shepard. Now he works to keep her survival a secret as his people looked for the Normandy. There's just a few problems with that. 1. The alliance wants her and Hackett suspects she's alive. 2. The mass relays and most of the technology-based around them are no longer functioning. 3. Keeping her alive. Where's Vakarian when he needs him?

Shepard heads to the crew deck for midnight snack, but finds what she was really looking for all along. An exploration of a Shepard/Legion romance arc. **This femshep's appearance is never described beyond her having hair, I welcome you to imagine her any way you like. :)

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.

Coming to terms with being reborn? Doable. Finding out you're in the Mass Effect universe? Slightly more difficult. I know I'm no soldier material but I want to do what I can to help save the galaxy. To that goal I will become one of the worst beings in human society. A businessman and politician. A SI/OC-story of a different kind.

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.

It's been years since the Reaper War ended. The threat is over and all is well. Right? ...Right? Well here I am again. Couldn't stay away. I reckon a part of me will always dwell with these people and this galaxy and frankly, that ain't so bad. For those who haven't read Resolve this may not make much sense, so I recommend you start there.

This is a project to create a coherent storyline from Andromedas' canon. Meaning I will be using canon as a touchstone, but I will be changing quite a lot. There is now an actual reason for being in Andromeda instead of a wishy-washy 'we wanted to explore'. The Characters will be filled out, given different roles in the story and in some cases, entirely new character arcs.

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.

With the Reapers at the galaxy's edge and Jane Shepard incarcerated, Aria T'loak finds her relationship with Cerberus becoming ever more complicated. Forced to turn to the Illusive Man for help in the face of tragedy, the spiraling politics between the two parties seems to lead to only one conclusion. Violence. Sequel to All Creatures Great and Small. Non-canonish.

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.

As we continue to expand and refine the Premiseverse, I realized that there are a lot of voices and perspectives besides my own that have shaped, changed, and altered it. This is an exploration of those voices, in a series of one-shot stories being done as part of a contest on my Discord Site. This is the second year of the contest.

She understood the purpose behind these visits to the Mako garage. She didn't, however, expect the lessons he taught her to be so universally applicable. An experiment of 1,000 words. Pre-Shepard/Liara

When I bought the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect I'd expected to re-live the wonder of the game, I never expected to actually 'live' it though

The Reapers have been destroyed. Commander John Shepard and the Galactic Alliance stand victorious amidst the ashes of civilization. But the Reapers were never the true threat. Sci-fi horror, mystery and romance. The following is intended for mature audiences and contains Adult Content, Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and Sexual Content. Discretion is advised.

10 years since the war ended. The last mass relay is built and Normandy's crew gather for its activation. But something goes awry and an explosion opens a rift. Sucked through space and time into another universe 3 years before the Reaper Invasion. What will Shepard change? How will it change her? Inspired by Found by Kate Shepard on AO3 Beta edits by Kogarashi: Progress 4/18

All Calliope knew was her name. Not her age. Not her past. Not her life. She awoke in a jungle—alone. Her memory—or lack of one—was lost. Amnesia. Enter Commander Shepard, dealing with wrongdoings of a rogue turian Spectre. Was their incidental meeting fate? If so, would Shepard help? Would she regain the memories? Or was it all apart of the grander scheme of things? [OC/Trilogy]

Tali'Zorah was just looking for a worthy pilgrimage gift, but is sucked into the adventure of her liftime instead. At the helm: Commander Shepard, greatest hero of the Alliance. But with a life of violence and loss behind him and the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders, Tali soon finds that perhaps John Shepard needs her just as much as she needs him... Mostly Tali/Shepard POV

In the Year 2015, Earth was attacked by an unknown Alien Empire. With X-com they fought the alien menace again and again, overcoming the Odds and Forging a new Empire comprised of the former enemies enslaved to the Elder's will. Now forged into an empire the likes of which the galaxy hasn't seen, they take their first steps into the great Unknown. Major Crossovers and OCs.

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?

As the fight against the Reapers races toward a conclusion, Adrienne Shepard receives evidence that her missing father is alive. As Shepard searches for answers, she begins to uncover secrets that are sinister, ancient, and beyond her comprehension. She soon learns that the Reapers could only be the beginning of their galaxy's extermination - Set during ME3 & beyond - Custom Shep

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.

It's the kiss that always does her in. She's floating by the time they make it to the bedroom, clinging to his shoulders like she'll drift away if she even thinks about letting him go. Originally written in 2014. Thane/FShep. Oneshot.

Braith Shepard meets the former brother-in-law of Thane Krios—her lover and mate as far as life for her second and third round of chances has given her—Casnar Soterios-Sousan….A steamy affair develops between the brother of the deceased Irikah Krios-Soterios and the commander of the ever-existing galactic unity that came together in light of the post-reaper era….