Many years have passed since our great victory. But as we rejoice in light of what the future has for us, we also equally weep, shed tears of sorrow, for the dearly departed who have fallen for this victory to be a reality. But what was our suffering to the innocent? What was our morals to the haughty? What was, our efforts, our sacrifices, to the complacent?

In the early 21st Century, Humanity made First Contact. By the end of it, they lost Earth. However, they survived, carving their place in the sea of stars, hoping one day to finally retake back their home world. The void, though, is a dangerous place. Another alien artifact was found near one of their border worlds, which would lead to another conflict.

Sometime after the fall of the Elders at the hands of XCOM, a new government had formed from the combined efforts of the Reapers and the Templars, one that wished to see aliens not just exterminated from the face of the Earth but the eminent domain of human space. Will the might of the Citadel triumph over this new player or will the empires be swept forevermore into the dust bin?

A dark alternative Mass Effect universe with a little bit of XCOM and a little bit of Cthulhu Mythos, along with some short-lived Care Bears. If humanity discovers that, in the right circumstances, petroleum can be used as a superior alternative to element zero, just how far will Earth's increasingly post-human, xenophobic, authoritarian government go to obtain oil?

Shepard ends up on Middle Earth after being caught up in the Crucible explosion. Follow her now as she slowly but surely becomes embroiled in a new war.

Earth was under siege by the Strogg, with no escape in sight. When the Turians find them, they're quick to jump in to the fray. But they just might open up a war none of them saw coming...

Tim could say with certainty that he was having a bad day. Stupid magician, stupid spells. They had a plan to deal with him, they did! That plan did not involved Tim being hit. Or waking up on an alien planet. But he could adapt. But what he really wanted was to go home. Since he couldn't, he'd help them find a way to peace with their creators, they had saved his life after all

Unknown to the Citadel Council, the Human-Covenant war nears its vicious end. Miranda Keyes is seconds too slow. Delta Halo fires, leaving UNSC space as a lifeless snapshot in time. The Citadel must morn the loss of a civilization they never knew.

Omakes, sidestories and Apocrypha written by me and others for Operation ECLIPSE. The Sidestories are canon, the rest just for fun. Feel free to submit content yourselves! (I'll credit you, obviously) NOW WITH A TV TROPES PAGE!

Six months prior to the worst crisis the normal Milky Way would face, Commander Shepard hunts the Collectors abducting human colonists in the Terminus Systems when she comes upon a terrifying new sight:Three Intergalactic fleets arrayed against each-other and her sole Frigate. Three new factions, one seeking a home and two seeking answers, all linked by the Star Roads.

A joint Asari-Turian operation salvaged a "package" from a derelict wreckage in the Terminus Systems, whereupon they release a force of war beyond their reckoning. Hoping to avoid another war, Commander Shepard recruits the "package" into her team. A simple act of kindness, unwittingly paving the way for a clash unlike the galaxy has ever seen. Fate directs the flames of war.

From Halo's ashes, a mismatched Alliance is born. UNSC soldiers now serve alongside both Batarian deserters and shifty Jackal Space Pirates. Now Shepard and Master Chief have to keep these strange bedfellows from killing one another before they can stop an emergent new threat to the galaxy. The Next Swashbuckling Chapter of the Wormhole Chronicles.

Having stopped the Hive incursion on Eden Prime at the expense of being stuck in Commander Shepard's reality, Crow is offered a place on the Normandy. With nowhere to go, he accepts, and finds himself at the front of the fight against the Collectors, while at the same time trying to learn how to trust the ship's residents. In the end, though... maybe he's not 'stuck' after all.

The year is 2583. Humanity stands strong, even twenty-six years after a disastrous first contact. But it seems that wherever they go, war will follow. And this war will grip the galaxy like no other. The first adventure of Mass Effect: The Reclaimer Saga. Rated M for graphic depictions of violence.

Two worlds collide, neither prepared for the other. The Solar Sphere Congress -successor to the long gone Earth Federation- unwittingly starts a galactic crisis when it makes first contact with a very angry, very trigger happy Turian Hierarchy.

On the brink of self destruction, humanity finds an escape forward. With the opening of Mass Relays from Earth, the galaxy faces a new era. The future unfolds as its cyber-enhanced sense of madness is introduced to the Citadel Space. This new chapter in the galaxy's history is written by the seductive power of corporations, ruthless mercenaries and unseen hands of fixers.

Tanya finally winds up in mass effect after having dealt with Being X. Starkiller's son too ends up in mass effect after his own sacrifice to stop the empire. This is something like that. I have no idea what I am going to write. Author note: Guys, I don't know what the hell I am doing. I just decided to write and this is the result. Any help would be appreciated as Eng is 2nd lang.

More than five years after the Reaper War, Jane Shepard had lost her life for her galaxy, while Garrus Vakarian struggles to move on from the loss of the love of his life. But when Garrus begins to suffer strange dreams, the Normandy crew are thrust into a conflict that has lasted since the beginning of time. All the while a strange voice begins to tempt Garrus with… Salvation.

Tali never expected to be swept up into saving the galaxy; she never expected to meet someone like Commander Shepard, Hero of the Citadel; she never expected to be working for Cerberus. But the thing that would end up surprising her the most? The weirdo on the Normandy who carried around radioactive slag in his pocket.

Though divided, the Human Sphere is strong, and few among it stronger than the O-12 Council's own Commander Jonathan Shepard, the Lion of Paradiso. As a potential candidate for the Citadel's Spectre unit, Shepard must first prove his ability by solving the death of one of the Citadel's top agents, uncovering a shadowy conspiracy which will change the galaxy forever...

After the attack on the Collector base failed, the Normandy SR-2 found themselves on Ark a planet roaming with primordial beasts. But as their Commander returns, things become more complex as they learn about Ark and the reason they are there and the purpose of the world.

Stuck in a more peaceful galaxy, the Tau of the Farsight Enclave must still prepare themselves for war against the forces that conspire to destroy it. But as they fight for their existence, elements from their old home come to strengthen their power in said old home.

The Reapers trap was perfect in its design. Their execution refined over billions of years, their technology refined since the dawn of time itself. Right up until Someone Broke the Trap!

Pre-ME1 post-Frontiers Xover, in which the Sonic version of Earth replaces ME Earth. A Batarian planet suddenly turns invisible, and things only get weirder from there. That poor STG agent won't know what hit him, that's for sure. And neither will the rest of the galaxy - once Sonic and Eggman get there. Crossposted on Spacebattles and AO3. Rating may change. NOW ON TV TROPES!

With the Emperor's plot revealed, a new war to stop the rising empire begins... In another galaxy. Rated T for violence, death, and profanity.