A THIRD set of updates to the original! That's right, I'm so incompetent I had to redo it YET AGAIN. Expanded notes on every aspect of the Systems Alliance, from ships, weapons, and armor to government, complete orders of battle, and more terms. Now updated (May 2021) with tactical considerations, plus the March 2020 updates.

My AU retelling of the events in ME2, with a completely new take on Cerberus, the Shadow Broker, and the Collectors. Examines the themes of what exactly constitutes death and life, the line between revenge and self-hatred, and how small amounts of light can shine in every darkness. Not a happy ending. Includes my takes on Overlord and LotSB. Rated M for language and violence.

"Space... a place so massive and full of mysteries, that it's impossible to think that we are the only ones inside it... but I wish it were that way... I wish it had been that way and that we didn't have to deal with this new crawling nightmare... this fear, that eats away at you and leaves you empty, to allow death to enter. the destroyer of worlds" (Matias AEU Apex Warrior)

Companion piece to Chronicles of Samantha Shepard. We will use this work to publish 'our canon' side stories, including our numerous OCs, that do not pertain directly to the main storyline. If we come up with something not our normal canon, you will find them in 'Random Bits.' Please note chapters (unless a multi-chapter arc) will not be chronological.

Events depicted here take place during an extended time period, from just after the conclusion of the Reaper War. There are time jumps—these will be listed behind the date posted at the beginning of each chapter. The first mention of Xiùlán and Sammy's dealings with Joesiar happens on Monday, 15 August 2225-CE, in chapter 36, A Special Celebration, of Transformation, Part IV, RotSB

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 3 in progress.

Now that the Reaper cycle had been ended, another begins, but this time it has more to do with an organic race that had lived in either servitude to another species, or in the private isolation of a planet once thought drained of all life and sustenance for a people used to beauty and privilege…

The continuation of Mass energy

Tensions are at an all-time high after the events of Relay 314 between the High Council and humanity. With rumbles of war brewing and the increasingly violent protests from radical human groups, it's up to The Systems Alliance, the representative body of Earth and all human colonies within Citadel space, to offer an olive branch.

The Systems Alliance launches multiple programs as an effort to mend humanity's image to the galactic community as a whole, as well as expose the marines to other species to facilitate proactive collaboration. Ensign Shepard signs up for research patrol duty as her first assignment. [Slight AU: Jane and Liara meet 10 years earlier than the events of ME1. Co-author: HappyMistake].

Originally titled A Quarian's Liberation. Tali'Zorah has been indoctrinated by the Reapers. After a failed assassination attempt against her boyfriend, a distraught Shepard and the crew of the Normandy are left to pick up the pieces and figure out how to bring her back. But how are they do to that, and if they succeed, how will Tali come to grips with what she has done?

The year is 2251, the 35th anniversary of the Corporate Insurrection, but there is no time to mourn. Right behind one of the relays that humanity intends to open, lays an entire galaxy of alien societies and species that they have yet to uncover, and not all of them are friendly. My take on human civilization in the space age meets Mass Effect, essentially.

After saving the galaxy from the threat of the Reapers, Commander Jane Shepard finds her life taken from her by those she once trusted. With her only goal being to reform the galaxy she fought so hard to save, Shepard is willing to do whatever it takes, even if it means destroying the very galaxy she once protected. Determined to save the galaxy from itself once more.

Characters: John Shepard, Sha'ira. Location: Citadel, Consort's quarters.

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 continuation of ME: Book II - The Spectre Chronicles. After waking up in a Cerberus space station, Shepard demands answers and finds out that she had died two years prior with the destruction of the Normandy. With two years of her absence, how will the galaxy react to her returning, and how will she react to what the galaxy has become?

Due to a drive core malfunction, a human vessel arrives just in time to save the Council Envoy from the yahg. What happens when humanity enters the galactic stage not as the race that got attacked by the turians for breaking a law they weren't aware of, but as the race that saved a turian platoon from certain death? M for wartime violence, pre ME1 - ME3, no OP humanity.

What if Citadel have War Games in 2170? Just some tournamet with Mass Effect fleets, couse I thought it would be fun. Battles beetween races choisen by readers. Rules in story. Have fun reading it!

The Batarians found the humans first before they went into space. How will the humans behave now?

[AU] Jasmine Shepard joined the Alliance but instead of following the path that would lead her to save the galaxy, she became a Phantom. Working as an assassin for the Alliance's unofficial program, Jasmine encounters Thane Krios when they are both assigned the same target. Bested by the drell assassin, Jasmine pushes herself to surpass Thane but gets more than she bargained for.

Five times James Vega got set up on a date ... and one time he didn't.

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

[SYOC - OPEN] With Shepard gone, the Council has quickly forgotten about the Reapers, and the Alliance has lost much support from the Citadel. Deciding to work around the problem, Anderson activates a new project to protect humanity: a special team, whose missions will take them far beyond enemy lines, into the depths of hell. They are not good nor bad, they are the Helldivers!

My interpretation of Alliance ground vehicles and aircraft bases on existing lore and my own ideas

Has your sense of direction ever gotten you into trouble? Mine's so bad that it's capable of breaking the laws of physics. Once, I went for a walk in New Zealand in 2014, and ended up on Mindoir during a batarian raid in 2170. Where I met someone. Self-insert (SI), cover by Pretend Fiction.