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.

The galaxy is a vast, wonderous place, filled with life and connected by science and something just a shade beyond. But what is old watches and waits in the darkness, biding its time as the garden before it blooms. The year of that final flowering is 2183. And for one Commander Nathaniel Shepard, it's about to become a busy year indeed.

Jane Shepard receives a note to meet a man at a bar. Hoping to find family, what she finds instead is a friend.

Cerberus has spent billions of credits trying to bring Shepard back from the dead, and despite the odds it seems to be working. Then a saboteur makes his move and Shepard's resurrection takes a horrific turn, leaving both the Alliance and Cerberus scrambling to control the situation...all while the Collectors begin their harvest of humanity [PREFERRED EDITION ON AO3]

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.

Tali carries a dangerous secret that could spark rebellion. She feels trapped and alone, but now isn't the time to reveal it. Torn between loyalty and exposing Shepard's betrayal, she stands alone in the battle for truth and justice. Her actions will have far-reaching consequences, altering her destiny and the galaxy's fate.

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

After the Collector attack on the SSV Normandy, Commander Shepard is brought back by Project Lazarus. However, the commander has ideas on how to get on Cerberus's nerves.

An intelligence / story format report, this time on the Traverse, including corporations, groups, and people.Ties in somewhat to the ongoing Discord RPG set in the PV as well as setting up story elements for TWCD. Nothing in terms of bad language, violence, etc, although a little dry to read. As the format is borrowed from IRL intel reports, feel free to use it for your own work.

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?

A Mass Effect fan is reincarnated into the universe a little over a century and a half before all the goes down. So they do their part, helping the best they can to prepare the Galaxy for what is to come. But remember, the question is not 'if there will be butterflies', but 'how thunderous will their flapping be' (Asari OC/SI)

Sequel to my Mine Effect story, Shepards back and about to kick some Collector ass

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. Slow burn. Updated every Friday.

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.

One would think being reborn as a Krogan would ease the process of planning for galactic annihilation significantly. He even had a 100-year head start. But nothing is ever so simple for an Omega-born whelp with cripplingly human inclinations. It is a long road ahead to ensure a joint Krogan-Vorcha-Quarian-Geth-Human alliance is no longer wishful thinking.

The feeling of being safe, Jack had never felt it before, but now, at this moment, in the arms of Shepard, the tormented woman actually begins to feel something new, something which feels just like how she's heard feeling safe as being described, secretly, she decides she quite likes it and would like to feel it again.

Liara was lost until she met Shepard, then finally, she found acceptance, happiness, only to be lost again when it was snatched away from her, she swore when she was found again, that she would not let it slip away again.

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

Commander Circe 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? Set against the backdrop of a galaxy in upheaval, 'Taproot' is an exploration of duty, change, love, and most of all, finding home. This story takes place in the 10 years after the Reaper War.

I was chosen because I had thought it through and because I knew what pain and suffering was. Now I have the chance to see if my ideas can help Shepard save the galaxy. SI.

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"!

A young marine joins the halls of Valhalla and is presented with a choice, enjoy eternity or become the first and only Timeline Hopper to save and stabilize other worlds. Will this backfire as a mortal is given quasi immortality like a bad SLAP round or will he be the one true protector of the multiverse?

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.

Rediscover the world of Mass Effect through the eyes of "Commander" Gorman, as he finds himself many light years and regular years away from home. His mind is shattered by horrific visions and the odds are against him – but determination and luck will see him assemble a ragtag crew and take the fight to this strange new galaxy. This week: Gorman's party grows larger.

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.