What would happen if someone with vast knowledge about the Mass Effect Universe, both official (wiki/Codex) and theoretical (fanfics), decent fighting ability and a plan was dropped into that Universe 13 years before Eden Prime? As it turns out, quite a lot! FemShep. Soft HFY. And a very different kind of self-insert.

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.)

The Reaper War exposed humans to the galactic community at the pinnacle assault on earth. In the aftermath of the Crucible's success, survivors on Earth and stranded galactic races need to work together to survive and thrive. #Alternate First Contact #Slight Canon Manipulation #Post Reapers #Rated M for weight of subjects and occasional mention of smut

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong", the old saying goes. Survivors of a freak accident that took place in 2023, two brilliant scientists are recruited into Alliance Task Force "Cerebellum" to work on cutting-edge technology alongside other talented minds. Little did they know, their work would slowly end up reshaping the galaxy as an ancient enemy emerged from dark space.

Celes S. Shepard has defeated the Reapers during the Battle of the Citadel. Even now, the sapient machine race enacts a plan for revenge against the galaxy's greatest hero, and all of mankind. Shepard must now band together a stronger team than before to face her newest challenge. All must stand United, less they fall dived as more victims of the sapient machines. (F-Shep/Kaidan)

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.

One year after the end of the Reaper War it's finally time for the Galaxy to lay its hero, Commander Shepard, to rest. For her mother it is time to finally grieve all that went wrong with their relationship. For Kaidan Alenko it's a moment of truth about his long denied feelings for her.

This story will feature male Shepard and Miranda Romance however they meet long before the events of mass effect 2, this story will also feature Mass Effect Two and Three. While there will be action this story will mainly focus on the Romance and Friendship of Mass Effect. This will be AU from the main storyline and changes made to Shepard

Commander Cayden Hill, disillusioned former N7 marine and self-proclaimed space Maverick, becomes a skeptical Cerberus operative. His squad is aligned with the objectives of the more-famous Commander Shepard, but they usually end up with missions deemed not important enough to bother the Spectre.

Braith Shepard finds herself in Colorado on Earth in 2192, encounters a brother-in-law of Thane Krios, living a life of isolation in a small town impacted by a comet years before the Reaper War came to pass for their cycle(….)Both become involved with each other, not certain about the other's past, and Braith inexplicably becomes pregnant.

Commander Shepard is well acquainted with death. Her life is full of death. But for Shepard, living is harder. What happens when the fight is over? How do we cope with limitations? What is important now? How do we choose to live? Do we grow, or do we wither? This story takes place in the 10 yrs after the Reaper War. A Mass Effect story; Destroy ending, FemShep x Garrus

Following Shepard's death, the galaxy has only one question: where is the body of the first human spectre? After receiving an anonymous tip, the human alliance has narrowed down a possible location. A grief-stricken Liara is sent to a desolate planet covered in snow to once again collect Shepard's body. However, plans quickly change when Liara finds herself stranded on the planet.

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 6/20

It's not easy to blaze a trail when carefully-crafted plans go out the window. Yet, that is the exact situation the colonists aboard the Nexus find themselves in when their arrival at the Heleus Cluster is marred by unforeseen circumstances, challenging everything they know. The frontier and opportunities that is Andromeda remains open - if they are willing to rise to the occasion.

After firing the Crucible, Commander Shepard's mind is torn apart from the guilt of his actions. Thankfully, his biggest fear of all is fixed by his lover. Explicit Sexual Content (Like, very long smut). - Unrelated to Unexpected Alliances

A prequel of sorts in preparation of a roleplaying segment set in the Premiseverse, combined with expanding on understanding some of the pre-Prothean races and their impact on the current cycle. Warning, this is going to be hard and ugly sci-fi horror mixed with political maneuvering and science babble. Language, imagery and concepts are probably best not left to teens or children

Humans have been on the galactic scene for many years. Viewed down upon by many species, humanity has caught the attention of the quarians who have located and made contact with the Alliance Carrier SSV Einstein orbiting Mindoir. This meeting could create new alliances and will cause an earlier-than-intended meeting. There will be explicit sexual content.

Garrus' thoughts and feelings regarding Commander John Shepard were easy to understand and explain: He respected and admired the human Spectre and would follow him into hell in a heartbeat. His feelings regarding his crewmate and friend, Lieutenant Jane Shepard, however, weren't as clear cut. She'd taken up residence in his head and wouldn't leave. Parallel AU, Part 1 Complete

Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the end of the Reaper War. The massive beings that once tried to destroy life, now help preserve peace. As the rest of the Galaxy moves on with their lives, Miranda Lawson struggles to forget. An ominous new danger reunites old friends and forces Miranda into a life she thought she'd left behind. Unrelated to the Fate series.

It has been 30 years since the fall of the Reapers. But people from the Normandy have been slowly disappearing. Now with the Asari Councillor gone, the only people who can help, are the children from the Normandy.

Ru winds up almost 200 years in the future to join the Normandy crew and their fight to stop the reapers. Will she find her own place among the crew, a place in the galaxy, or even love? His is a story through an OC POV. [OCxGarrus]

What if humanity was diplomatically isolated from the Citadel races, left to fend for itself against the Batarians and other threats? This is an AU story of a humanity forced to struggle and fight for its place in the stars, with many points of divergence and some pretty significant changes made to the background lore. Contains violence and some mature themes.

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.

A very developed being who has the ability to control energy decides to enter the mass effect universe and aid Shepard in his adventure. rated M for swearing (rare)

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.