Humanity discovered the secret of nuclear fusion long before they discovered Mass Effect technology. Mankind has become an aberration in countless millennia of planning. At the fulcrum of this divergence stands John Shepard 117, A Systems Alliance Spartan II assigned to the SSV Normandy for a shakedown run. John 117 will pull back the veil of an ancient evil made to be forgotten.

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. Maybe this can be my redemption. Completed

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.

Desperate for an end to the exile, now into its 47th year, the quarians decide on a last audacious plan to help them destroy the geth. However, January 1942 in occupied Russia might not be the best place for first contact with humanity.

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'm not an ordinary man. Cliche, I know. Nor was I a guy who had a lot going on in his life. Because... well you'll see. Let's just say that I choose this. Even if that choice is landing me smack dab in the middle of a universe of futuristic everything and genocidal AI.. Mass Effect, here we go. (OC focused story, set before the events of the first game. Characters vary.)

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.

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.

Mass Effect: Otherside follows the perilous odyssey of Jayceon Shields, a former C-Sec Lieutenant, thrust into the remains of the quarian ark, the Keelah Siyah as it reaches the Andromeda. Meanwhile, the kett seek knowledge of ancient technology places the survival of both galaxies at odds in the midst of an intergalactic crisis.

A/U, no reapers Liara T'Soni has never met anyone quite like Jaydan Shepard. The human woman had literally came from nowhere, nearly sweeping her off her feet after a chance meeting. What will come of it? Slow burn, this is literally writing itself so we're all here for the ride.

When the war-torn nations of the Anioa People and the Quelix People encounter the Citadel Council, the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. Prepare for diplomatic intrigue, interstellar tensions, and unexpected alliances as these disparate forces collide

As humanity and other Council races develop along the path set by the Reapers, a different civilization is born. Developing alongside but separately from other species, isolated from the wider galaxy. An Empire with its own FTL technology, independent of Mass Relays. What will happen if a civilization so different from others in almost every way, joins the Galactic community?

There was a time when they both thought all was well in the galaxy. That time has ended. A chance meeting between a soldier and a politician may change everything, but where will it lead them? In a galaxy ablaze, what will rise from the ashes?

Garrus POV through the Mass Effect Trilogy. This will follow Canon, but with it being in another person's POV, there will be variations. Moments that are new. Untold stories and more. - Garrus through Mass Effect 3. Part 3 of 3

(This is a story inspired by the fan fiction Sovereingty of PoofyOhio) What happens when a broken reaper and a coward geek glitch are reunited ? Well, it turns out much can happen that can affect not only the reaper but the entire mass effect galaxy

Tales of the human/allen children.

"About Horizon" revisits the strained reunion between Commander Shepard and Kaidan Alenko following Shepard's miraculous return from the dead and controversial alliance with Cerberus. Set against the backdrop of a fierce battle on Horizon, the story delves into the complexities of trust and betrayal as Shepard and Kaidan confront their past and uncertain future.

Garrus POV through the Mass Effect Trilogy. This will follow Canon, but with it being in another person's POV, there will be variations. Moments that are new. Untold stories and more. - Garrus through Mass Effect 2. Part 2 of 3 COMPLETED. Part 3: If You Never Would Have Lived is a WIP.

Being isekai’d from the real world, into the world of Mass Effect was one thing. But becoming the twin brother of one Jane Shepard? Yeah, that was something no one could ever be prepared for.

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?

After being stranded on a desolate planet, an Asari commando uses her biotic abilities to help her fellow passengers survive.

Four hundred years into the Long Exile, the Migrant Fleet is on the brink of collapse. Every day, the quarian people inch ever closer to extinction, with any dreams of a new home seeming ever more hopeless... Until Captain Rael'Zorah makes a discovery that will shake the foundations of galactic civilization for eons to come. (Takes place in a reimagined Mass Effect universe)

John Shepard has lost everything. His friends, family, home and more. Given a second chance and a mission by a Watcher, he is sent to another world to help another Shepard in her quest and to counter dark forces at work. But nothing is ever simple as more divergence events happen and more Shepards appear. Inspired by a Fistfull of Shepards

Thrown back together when the Reapers attack, Shepard and Kaidan are still very much in love, but they struggle to reconnect and bridge the distance that has grown between them. A romance that follows their journey through ME3 as they try to put their fears and inhibitions behind them and say those three little words to each other. (Femshep/Kaidan)

It was supposed to be a simple shakedown cruise. It was so much more. She was supposed to be his Commanding Officer. She became so much more. How could Kaidan Alenko know this one mission would change his life so completely? How could he know this one woman would alter the course of his future so fully? Shenko from the beginning; ME1-ME3; Cover Image by CocaineJia from DeviantArt