John and Jane Shepard joined the Alliance at age of 18 after surviving the attack of Mindior. Both Shepards rose quickly through the alliance ranks reaching Lt Commander. Jane became regarded as a War Hero after her heroic actions holding the line during the Skyllian Blits; While John garnered the reputation of Ruthless after his Command decision during the Torfan Massacre.

Cora expected many things when she came to Andromeda- hostile aliens, banditry, lethal storms while exploring worlds for settlement, and . She had prepared, though, She had readied herself for all of it...except for developing an attraction to Scott Ryder. The Pathfinder himself ! Lexi, fortunately, is available to help her out.

***Request*** Shepard needs to get over his past. Colonist, sole survivor MShep x Tali

The defeat of Sovereign brought reprieve, not victory, and an all too short one as new threats emerge. Amongst their victims is the Normandy, heroine of the hunt for Saren, and with the ship's destruction comes the loss of not just friends but also family. For Shepard, the mission is now one for vengeance, at any cost. Sequel to A Call to Duty.

How do the crew of the Normandy pass time when they are alone? I am using an AI to answer this question.

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

Commander Shepard wakes up after being killed in a surprise attack by a mysterious alien ship two years earlier to discover she's not the real Shepard, but a clone created to house spare parts in the event something happened to her true self. Jane has to wrestle with the circumstances of her creation and forge a new identity beyond the shadow of the galaxy's biggest hero.

In 1958, NATO and the Warsaw Pact come into contact with a hostile UFO. It seemed to defy the laws of physics with the way it moved and the way it's mass seemed to almost...fluctuate. In a joint effort, the two powers defeated the aliens, but only just. Now, the aliens have returned, and only one organization has any hope of stopping them: the Xenonauts.

For better or for worse, the end to the Reaper War is drawing nigh, and the scars it stands to leave instill fear in all who will fight in its last stand, Tali and Shepard included.

Our story takes place after Humanity narrowly avoids destroying itself and despite all odds manages to learn from its mistakes. Being a better, kinder species when they encounter another race in need they pull out all the stops to lend assistance.

A rouge spectre and an ancient sentient spaceship threaten all life in the galaxy with extinction. The only ones who can stop them are a misfit crew of soldiers, a mercenary, a disgraced cop, a scientist, and a quarian engineer. This is an AU retelling of Mass Effect; it will cover all four games and more. As always Mass Effect is a property of BioWare.

A rouge spectre and an ancient sentient spaceship threaten all life in the galaxy with extinction. The only ones who can stop it are a misfit crew of soldiers, mercenaries, a disgraced cop, a prothean scientist, and a quarian engineer. This is an AU retelling of Mass Effect; it will span all four games and more. As always Mass Effect is a property of BioWare.

Bruce "Ace" MacKinnon was a damn good fighter pilot. Earning a reputation for crazy piloting skill and tactical genius, traits that pilots rarely have both of, he enters the Normandy crew as a secondary pilot to stop Saren and his Geth. (Tali/OC) (M for violence, sexual themes, profainity, dark themes) My first fanfic, please critique as required! Some plot alteration

What's a man to do when he wakes up as a Quarian in Mass Effect? Pull up his bootstraps and backpack his people to victory.

Dying in the line of duty was expected of him, what he didn't expect was to have some otherworldly being grab his soul and toss him into another world, to do it all over again

Braith Shepard survives the fall of the Citadel and her ill-fated victory over the reapers. Five years later she is discovered alive in the isolated town of Cherry Lake, Colorado, alone but for the protection of a drell with an unknown connection to her past that she is not aware of yet…. (More) [A/N: Headcanon, Non-Canon Drell, Soterios Fandom, "Prelude" Sequel]

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 continuation of Mass energy

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)

After Sara’s Pathfinder team back from the Meridian, whole Andromeda Initiative was in the endgame. And all it took to finish this game was love. (Mature theme included, CoraRyder)

After stopping the coup attempt on the Citadel, Kaidan re-joins the crew on Normandy, with a lot of questions for Commander 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. KaidanXFemShepard

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.

New version posted Dec. 30, 2022. In this war, there's no where safe to flee to — just one very fast ship, her (in)famous commander, her ace pilot, and all the people they collect. A Star to Steer Her By sequel.

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.

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