[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: 36 - Words: 383,611 - Reviews: 906 - Favs: 1,941 - Follows: 2,311 - Updated: 3/29 - Published: 8/23/2016 - Admiral Hackett, Illusive Man, Shepard, OC