Everyone gets sick sometimes. Including Commander Shepard.

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.

This starts pre ME1. Alivia is sent to Akuze and Krysta Shepard deals with Torfan.

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

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.

La guerra è finita! Shepard è sepolta viva, viene recuperata in uno strano stato di incoscienza. Dovrà intraprendere un lungo viaggio, ripercorrendo i suoi ultimi quattro anni attraverso i ricordi di Liara, a volte meravigliosi altre volte terribili. Il suo amore, il loro legame invincibile, sarà l'unica cosa capace di tenerla aggrappata a quella promessa ... "Io, ritorno sempre"!

Commander Shepard is well acquainted with death. Her life is full of death. But for Shepard, living is harder. After the end of the Reaper War, fleets of the galaxy are stuck in Sol. There are significant consequences for the galaxy and the Normandy crew. Once the relays reopen, more complications await. What happens when the fight is over? Do we grow, do we wither? Updated weekly.

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 that is Andromeda remains open - if they are able to rise to the occasion.

Making more Sara Ryder/Suvi Anwar time since they're totally the OTP of ME: Andromeda, but they don't get nearly enough airtime. Ryder isn't a stranger to running into trouble. Sometimes head first, over and over. Today ... is that day. Ryder hurt/comfort/whump; Suvi adoration (because obviously); the team being the team; and general fluff alert for the touchy feely stuff.

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.

The year is 2196. Former Alliance Marine, Theodore "Theo" Thompson-Ramos leads a team of "security consultants" against the old scourge of batarian slave gangs raiding human colonies. But in the shadow of galactic politics, an old enemy waits for a chance to strike back. Pirates, slavers and criminals are just beginning. The war against the ancient enemy is far from over.

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.

Lt. Commander Shepard, White Death of Elysium, borderline pariah, new commander the SSV Normandy. Hackett tasks her with the thankless, redaction-heavy missions N7s train for. Along the way she forms an unlikely band of misfits into a highly effective army, and discovers just how thin the galaxy's veneers of normalcy are. (An AU/"Reaper-free" TV-Show-format series.)

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.

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.

The war is over! Shepard was buried alive and recovered in a strange state of unconsciousness. She will have to take a long trip, retracing her last four years, through the memories of Liara, sometimes wonderful sometimes frightening. Her unlimited love, their invincible bond, will be the only things can keep her holding on that irrevocable promise ... "I'm always coming back"!

Commander Shepard has saved the galaxy. Activating the Crucible and ending the Reaper War. However this has lead him to sacrifice his life for the good of all. Yet a peculiar being offers to bring him back as a means for Shepard to obtain the life that he deserves. With uncertain outcomes coming to mind however

In 2166, the asari/human barbershop act The Citadel Quartet gave its last performance. Follow Teyi T'Sera as she catches up with her former quartet members sixteen years later - and gets them ensnared in a sticky situation!

When a mysterious malfunction in humanity's home-built Mass Relay, throws the Ad Astra Flotilla to an unknown location in the universe. They are forced to survive in the harsh wilderness of alien worlds without any help or the hope of rescue. Centuries later humanity has now begun the long journey of looking for a way home.

After stopping the coup attempt on the Citadel, Kaiden rejoins the crew on Normandy, with a lot of questions for Commader Kacey Shepard about her time with Cerberus. It's about time he got an explanation! A causal retelling of Mass Effect 2 and a slight AU for Mass Effect 3. KaidenXFemShepard

Commander Christian Shepard must navigate through a galaxy of lies when he is tasked with spying on the crew of the SSV Normandy. However, circumstances beyond his control are turning a simple intelligence gathering mission into a quest to save the galaxy. Alternate take on Mass Effect 1, part one of an ongoing series. Everything belongs to EA and BioWare.

Samantha was led to believe the deal included a couple of children, but Shepard is dilly-dallying. There's only so many years one can wait for something to happen before getting ready to give up, and Shepard must find closure regarding her own childhood before she can start her own family.

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.

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.