A single spark can ignite a flame that will consume the lives of many. From a battle over a lonely relay, to a treaty signed on a space station that has acted as the crypt for a thousand civilizations, this is the first contact war

When a mysterious vessel ambushes and obliterates the Normandy SR1, Ashley and a band of survivors find themselves fighting for their lives, embracing faith, and clinging to hope, on the edge of habitable space...

AU:(No reapers, Humanity lost first contact war) John Shepard is abducted from his home and sold as a slave. When a strange power awakens within him, he sees this as the chance to destroy "the alien oppressor". However he learns that the galaxy isn't so black and white. Meanwhile forces conspire in the shadows of the galaxy, and he must decide if freedom is the right of all beings.

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.

The Crucible has been fired. The crew of the Normandy, having crash landed on an uncharted world, scramble to repair their ship and reestablish communication with the Alliance Fleet. Uncertainty weighs heavily on the crew, especially its quarian engineer, who wonders if she will ever see her home, or the man she loved, ever again.

Shepard, Zaeed, Wrex, Garrus and Grunt were maybe a little too harsh in their reaction to a prank on Kasumi. Now they're locked out of the Normandy without a single penny to their name. Just when tempers were flaring Grunt came up with the idea to get some food. Read in suspense, horror, and awe, as our brave hero's commit the great Citadel chicken heist.

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 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.

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? Do we grow, or do we wither? This story takes place in the 10 years after the Reaper War. This is a character driven story, with some larger plot elements at play. Updated weekly.

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.

After James tells Shepard what it'll take for him to forget she's his Commander, she goes to bed alone, but she doesn't stay that way for long. Re-write of the Citadel DLC 'romance' with James Vega, fluffy fic featuring Shega. Possible spoilers!

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

Un an s'est écoulé depuis l'écroulement du réseaux cosmodésique. Le capitaine Novarre et son équipage haut en couleur tentent de survivre dans le nuage du Pendulum, louvoyant entre les intrigues de la pègre, le plus fin limier du cluster, une cambuse vide et un vaisseau capricieux. Mais ils ne l'auraient pas autrement! Format épisodique.

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.

The Protheans eliminated the Reapers but their population has dwindled to hundreds and unable to continue their empire. How the story would go without the Reapers. FemShep.

Scott and Tali have earned the peaceful life they fought so hard for. While the galaxy slowly heals from the onslaught of the Reapers, the various species work together to rebuild, and exceed, what was lost. However, a series of terrorist attacks committed by an unknown group threatens to hurt that stability. Are they just a band of malcontents? Or is there more to uncover?

The spur of the moment decision to spare her male clone on the Normandy was a bit out of character for the usually ruthless Shepard. Nobody but her knows why she did it nor why she insists on having him move in with her after the war. Least of all poor John who now has to navigate a new world of unspoken rules.

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.

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

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)

The essence that is Commander Shepard has fought the battle against the Reapers more times than she can count, only to find herself right back where it all started. Never the exact same body, never the same first name or history. The disembodied voice struggles to break her way through to the consciousness of her current incarnation, trying to find a way to break her own cycle.

All life in the galaxy is being threatened with absolute extinction from ancient monsters from dark space. It is up to one ship and one mismatched crew to solve the mystery and stop the end of all life. This is an alternate retelling of the mass effect universe.

Second part 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.

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