The worst has happened. Winter Contingency was declared on Earth when the Covenant attacked in force after the short lived victory of Installation 04. The survivors arrived in a new galaxy after their desperate retreat, unburdened now by old problems and considerations. Now they must navigate the complex web of a more fractured humanity in this new time and place.

As if shifting between the real world and Elite-verse when I had just graduated from Senior High for a few months wasn't enough, now they're telling me that it was a goddamned Beta THE WHOLE TIME, after FIVE FUCKING YEARS of God knows what in the actual fuck and ONLY NOW I get the full release! Fuck it. Let's just roll with this crap... Gamer, OC, SI. Current World: Mass Effect.

Sure, we all have dreams about flying the stars as kids. We wanted to be the next Neil Armstrong. Instead I get to be the next contestant of "Naked and Afraid" with less naked and even less air.

On the Citadel, heart of the galaxy, power begets power. The weak are weak, the strong are strong, and the universe makes sense. But when a new species stumbles onto the galactic scene bringing mysterious technology, the delicate balance is toppled. Now all, from the meek to the near-omnipotent, are called upon to fight and struggle for their beliefs.

This is the story of Julia, the AI assistant of the last clean pilot of a dying human race. For the most part, this will follow her perspective as she tells her story. She, and her human master are on a mission to restart the human race, when they collide with an asteroid in a small star system. She and her human master need to adapt to life on a planet full of colorful ponies.