You wake up in a hospital. The doctors believe you are a famous soldier. They insist you are the famous soldier. You are not. Inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Poems by Wilfred Owen, and YouTuber Paragon7's theory that ME5 will bring Shepard back via Angara reincarnation.

What if... Shepard was actually a tactician, not just a combatant? Shep isn't known for sitting back and watching. How would this change the series? How would the crews react? Starts in Mass Effect 2. No holds barred.

Long and short one-shots. Excerpts taken from both the Fall of Normandy & End of Dawn. Each chapter is a standalone within the same universe. Tali/Shepard. Love & romance. Fluff & friendship. Adventure & war.

John Shepard is gone. The Normandy destroyed. Her pilgrimage, a journey of self-discovery, hope, and love, comes to an end. Left to wander back to her origins, she finds her home now estranged, haunted by a specter of what was and could've been. It is the end of dawn, but amidst the echoes, heralds light on the horizon. The sequel to The Fall of Normandy. Mature content.

Dani Pryde is a genius, a polymath and a helpless clutch when it comes to social interactions. Trauma and insecurity holds her back but Anderson figures even an oddball like her can fit it on the Normandy. Dani learns about who she is, grows to be her own person and even learns a thing or two about a little thing called love. The newer, BETTER version!

Born the heir of Kama Sousan and Cuillean Kiross (unbeknownst to the father), Cassius Sousan is driven to unite and conquer. He starts in Umay. With the blessing of his queen—a rachni queen—Cassius reaches…On Earth, Cuillean Kiross begins a new life both foreign and strange to him. His family is with him. Melanctha, Cagney, and Hannah, his daughter… [Summary continued…]

Lt. Commander Shepard, White Death of Elysium, borderline pariah, new commander the SSV Normandy. Hackett tasks her with the thankless, redaction-heavy missions N7s train for. Along the way she forms an unlikely band of misfits into a highly effective army, and discovers just how thin the galaxy's veneers of normalcy are. (An AU/"Reaper-free" TV-Show-format series.)

I think we can all agree waking up as a guy in a woman's body would be jarring to say the least. Waking up as an asari? Horrifying. But waking up as what I had the incredible misfortune to be... Let's just say I wouldn't bet on me surviving long enough to see the Reapers make their grand debut. Asari SI, starts just before ME1.

Here are some episodic Star Trek esc adventures following fem Shepard and her crew. Follow the morally ambiguous Commander as she foolishly gets in over her head when she decides to indulge her curiosity about her Turian colleague.

In an effort to establish relations with the rest of the galaxy, humanity proposes a cultural exchange with the Asari. Alaya, a somewhat reluctant participant of this venture, goes to Earth with her mother to experience human culture. But, how will she react to the strange wand sometimes weird culture of humans?

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

Shepard is stolen out from under Cerberus's nose before they can wake her. The warring factions who still want her body lead her right to Omega… and Garrus. Shepard/Garrus.

After the events of Mass Effect 1, certain events start to happen to start collecting information and start making alliances so don't have another ship like Sovereign doesn't have a chance to attack anywhere in the galaxy. All the while femshep is taking charge of new alliance organization as a spectre to not only prove the reapers are real but galaxy have a fighting chance.

Humans are a bunch of overly paranoid war apes. What happens when you give these war-loving apes the keys to the universe? They cause mayhem. This is my take on a more realistic progress path for Humanity, specifically based on modern prediction models. Reviews and criticisms are welcome.

All things considered, it's probably for the best. Jane got to be the Hero. I got to be the Villain. And I can live with that.

The Citadel News Network provides only the best reports on events across the galaxy, from the gleaming cities of Thessia, to the darkest corners of the Terminus Systems, to the presidium of the Citadel itself; we are there, and we bring the stories to you every day.

The galaxy struggles to heal from the unimaginable sacrifices that stopped the Reapers. Its many peoples look to the future with hope, yet some seek to capitalize on chaos. As new choices and battles loom on the horizon, two bound souls and the crew that fought alongside them struggle to move forward and keep the galaxy they saved from sliding back into conflicts of the past.

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.

The Reaper War may have ended twenty-five years ago but the scars that it has left behind on the galaxy still run deep and red. Aboard the SSV Hippocrates, flagship of the Systems Alliance Research and Development, three Spectres find themselves up against a new horror. Come bear witness to a humble bromance, badly-timed flashbacks, and the re-imagined fates of old friends.

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

What if, during the Project Overlord mission, the VI infected the omni-tool of one of Shepard's squadmates instead? Follow them as they explore David Archer's memories

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.

They survived Sovereign, Saren, and an army of geth. When the Normandy returns to the far reaches of the galaxy, they come across a nightmare best lived in tales. Stranded and against the Collectors, they fight for life. And each other. Tali/Shepard Pairing. AU. Intro to Dark Matter Theory. New approach to Collectors. Prequel to The End of Dawn.

You've seen the original story and probably know the story of the legendary Blade Squad. But have you been told everything? Now, the previously untold 10 year story of Blade Squad is uncovered and a new adventure begins, starting from the birth of a leader right to the ending that started it all. As with my previous works, Rated MA for Violence, Language & Sex.

Lieutenant Commander Shepard didn't know that she was never supposed to be on the Normandy, much less receive visions from the beacon on Eden Prime. But Fate, it seems, is a fickle mistress, and now she finds herself chasing a rogue Spectre across the galaxy.