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.

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.

They thought themselves invulnerable, invincible, and infallible. They thought themselves the apex of all life, they thought of themselves gods. But in their arrogance, the reapers would make a fatal mistake. They would not notice some Prothean refugees discreetly moved both nearby mass relays away form the primitive humanity, thus cutting them off from all reaper influence.

Follow the path of the Wanderer and journey through three galactic cycles of life and death against the Reapers - an epic of lost stories spanning the distant reaches of time to the Normandy and her crew. Updated every Friday.

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?

In the days soon after the events of Mass Effect 2, Commander Emily Shepard, Joker and Tali are handed a mystery by Aria T'Loak. With Cerberus involved, Shepard takes it up.

"Director's Cut" of the ME epic, fleshing out who our heroes are and how they got that way. Slowly veering off to an AU: The Savior of Elysium IS the Butcher of Torfan, medevac Jenkins, Liara returns to Ilos to reboot Vigil, Shepard rescues Kenson w/ Thane & Kasumi, Aria gets executed, Legion knows TIM is indoctrinated, the Collectors have directed TIM to scuttle Normandy...

Everyone knows Shepard's story, but who were the soldiers who also fought in the Reaper War? This story revolves around five women who have pledged their service to the Alliance together. Time span: starts before ME1, ends after ME 3. In the later chapters encounters with well-known characters!

In 2170 Mindoir was raided by batarian slavers, killing or enslaving the entire colony. It was thought that the first human spectre, Commander Shepard, was the sole survivor of the brutal attack. But when evidence that his sister is alive comes to light, his world is turned upside down. Profile has full description.

The Compact brought THEM together, but the Alliance brought HER.

Jared enjoys his life, he's been going to college, has a healthy lifestyle, and plenty of friends. Everything is changed when mysterious forces come to Earth and make the populace into their entertainment; using peoples minds, they create microverses, force them to live there and be broadcasted for their race. Jared is thrust into a universe of his creation but he has to get back.

Far before the Tower System was applied over the Birutise'aha upon those willing (and unwilling), the origin of the code of social organization, soldiery, specialized Drells and Drellahnas was brought forth from the lands of Rakka, where Pilar Sousan onerously made his way out of war and famine to find Thorolf, and in the woods, an enemy as well as a symbol of his future forward.

After a dispensary robbery, Teyi T'Sera finds herself on the run from notorious Volus business magnate Dervok Gon. How will this young maiden survive the rough and tumble galaxy? [Set in the Envirosuits & Doobies universe]

This story occurs in the time period of Irikah's life, having married Thane and permitted him to return to his usual skill work(….)She interacts with Kolyat in Thane's absence as well as within the context of this author's "Drellverse". Story is somewhat canon-"compliant", but surprises do exist.

The "wings of a butterfly" are about to bring great change.

Tali Zorah is being distant towards Commander Shepard. For an incident that she caused. Happy N7 Day

With Sovereign defeated, the galaxy can rest, but only for a moment, as the Reapers still lurk on the outskirts. During this whole ordeal of events, among the SSV Normandy, two souls grew close with each other, but before they could join as one, an unknown enemy separated them, claiming the life of one, leaving the other sunk in grief... or so they thought.

Here find the backstory for the AUs that make up the DrellVerse and its character, world, and concept lore-building. Drells are credited to the creators within the Mass Effect universe.

Javik isn't pleased to wake up in his pod again, this time entirely alone. Less so that he finds himself fighting alongside a mouthy Gunnery Chief soon after. But the real kicker? He's three years early. Shepard chose Yellow, and instead of a responsible Time Traveler with noble intentions, the galaxy gets Javik, who might rather die at this point. He hates this Cycle.

The Citadel council learns about the multiverse and just how scary or friendly the new species they’re about to meet can get. (Rated M to be safe due to games such as Halo, Cyberpunk, Dead Space, Dune, and really just anything related like that)

Now that the Reaper War is over and the clone has been defeated, Shepard and his loyal crew can finally, finally enjoy some well-earned and long-overdue leave. A collection of one-shots based on Mass Effect 3: Citadel.

Braith Shepard meets Casnar Soterios on the eve of her return to Lothiraxl after touring the galaxy with the Alliance post-Reaper War(….)She learns who he is, simultaneously discovering that Thane's Kepral's has returned(….)and Thane has asked something of Braith to keep her involved with his family—as well as Casnar's.

Every great once in a while you stumble upon something that changes your world and makes you fall in love with it. For me, that was Mass Effect; but that love affair only existed for the series to break my heart with a lackluster ending. Little did I know, the universe of Mass Effect needed me - and as it turned out, I needed it, too. (SI)(AU)