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The Rules of a Supernova by chailottie
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2021
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“She smiled at him and her aura was blinding — significant and full of life, burning with the power of a thousand suns. He leaned into it. His hands circled her waist and pulled her close, reveling in the warmth of her body. She was the brightest star in the sky, and he could only watch in awe as she became a supernova.”
Garrus Vakarian is a disillusioned C-Sec officer who just wants to do the right thing. At the perfect time, Elle Shepard, a defense attorney who has dedicated her life to fighting for the innocent, walks into his life and turns his whole world upside down.
A Shakarian romance/Mass Effect AU.
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Spectre Ishtarte by AzureLightningEmeraldCloud
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2021
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An Ardat-Yakshi Spectre joins the chaos of Mass Effect 2 on the side of the good guys. A story through the perspective of one of the most powerful and oldest biotics in the galaxy as she joins the fight against the Reapers.
Mass Effect and associated characters, plots, and other things are owned by BioWare and EA.
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Captain Jane Shepard, former Alliance N7 who left the military after the events on Akuze, is our justice seeking C-Sec agent. Commander Garrus Vakarian is our Commander and next in line to be the Council’s next Spectre. We are flopping the story backwards folks, let's see how this plays out.
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It started with a routine mission to Eden Prime, but exploded into so much more. Faced with the prospect of needing to save the galaxy from a dangerous synthetic race called the Reapers, and having to deal with a galaxy that doesn't want to believe in them, Commander John Shepard will need more than a well-organized team to stop Saren Arterius and his geth warband from summoning the Reapers from dark space. He'll need something... Miraculous.
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- Part 1 of Miraculous Mass Effect Trilogy
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They’re inching towards the final battle and Shepard and Garrus are making arrangements in the likely event they do not survive. Even if they can’t save themselves, they may be able to save Garrus’ family…
Then, seriously wounded during the battle, they’re separated by light years, unsure if the other has survived. They fight to survive, not knowing whether their partner lives or is waiting for them at the bar.
A story spanning from the final weeks before London to the first years after the end of the war.
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- Part 16 of No Shepard without Vakarian
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Mass Effect: A Hero Rises by ordinarywriter29
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2021
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A Mass Effect Trilogy Novelisation.
John Shepard was born on Earth, experiencing life on the streets before joining the Alliance Navy and becoming a hero of humanity. But it is only after nearly being killed by a Prothean beacon does he rise to become the only man that can stop the annihilation of the galaxy.
This story will cover Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, while touching on comics and books.
Uploads: Hopefully every Friday.
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With the crew milling about the Starboard Observation Lounge, Shepard took a moment to stand back in the shadows. It was good to see them all finally meshing as a team, though it didn't take long for someone to seek her out. Smirking slightly, Kasumi handed her a distinctive looking glass, prompting Shepard to raise an eyebrow. She knew exactly what was in that drink, and didn't need the plucky thief's assertion that the cocktail was to help her 'acclimatise'... she was also certain that Thane had been close enough to hear the woman's comments. However she wasn't the type of person to back down from a challenge, so catching Thane's eye, Shepard raised the drell-venom infused drink in a silent toast before taking a sip; from the way his onyx eyes followed the movement, she was confident it was only the beginning.
*A major re-working/updating of a story I originally wrote between 2014 - 2017*
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- Part 12 of Mass Mayhem
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Pirate Queen by MirrorsOfParanoia
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2021
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An AU in which Jane Shepard, former Hero of the Skyllian Blitz, is forced into the life of piracy. Taking on the alias of "Archangel" she flies around the galaxy on a stolen ship with a ragtag crew of dumbasses and annoys the living hell out of mercenary gangs, slavers, other pirates and a certain Major Garrus Vakarian who is tasked to hunt her down. And when the circumstances force them to work together, things go out of control very quickly.
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A newly promoted Commander Shepard is ready to prove herself to Alliance Brass and is waiting for her first command. Little does she know her proving ground isn’t a walk in the park like everyone expected, but rather the kind of hell few survive and even fewer remain sane enough to tell their tale. Swearing to conquer this cursed world and come back stronger she becomes the sole survivor the galaxy needs as their time of need draws closer. You can take Shepard out of Akuze but you can’t take Akuze out of Shepard.
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Mass Effect: Shattered Cycle by Nax2056
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2021
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Commander Jane Shepard has one goal in mind, stop the Reapers. When the Alliance comes knocking to take her to trial, she has one simple thing to say.
“No.”
Now she’s rogue with the crew she trusts, trying to do one thing and rally the galaxy.
Shatter the cycle.
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In Plain Sight by Androgene
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect - Various Authors
22 Jul 2021
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In a different reality, the batarians' home systems did not fall to the Reaper invasion on 21 September 2186. It is the day Kaidan Alenko, Alliance Intelligence Specialist, stumbles upon a silent, insidious threat creeping across the galaxy.
He reluctantly follows orders to team up with Commander John Shepard and stop the threat. Used to working on his own, Kaidan isn't prepared for the mutual attraction igniting between them and quite unexpectedly, he doesn't just have a threat to deal with, he has to grapple with his attraction to Shepard.
As if matters are not complicated enough, Kaidan has a secret that he does not want anyone, including Shepard, to know. Both weapon and burden, his secret set him apart from the rest of humanity. But when work and attraction collide, he finds himself right in the centre of the storm and his secret exposed.
26 May 2021:
After reviewing my posted chapters, I've decided to break them up into smaller chunks. They are pretty dense, so hopefully by doing so, they are easier to read.Series
- Part 2 of Sight
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Fifteen Minutes; Five To Get There, Five To Argue, Five To Not Be Arrested by The_Drowsy_Captain
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
22 Jul 2021
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Shepard finally reaches the launch point of the crucible and sees their entire life flash before them. They're ready to join their friends on the far-off beach, to wait at the bar for Garrus, but orders are orders. They still have a life to lead, people to see, and worlds to help. As well as a turian they love too much to leave.
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Shepard is once again too stubborn to die, and the events that follow.Series
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Madeline Shepard spent the first 16 years of her life living peacefully on her family farm and she assumed that's what she would do for most of her life and she was happy with that... but the galaxy rarely cares about what we assume or want and Madeline was left with nothing but sorrow and grief as she walked away from the smouldering ruins of her life in the protective custody of the Alliance.
David Anderson was slowly rebuilding the brass's trust in him after his failure to join the specters when his patrol frigate stumbled upon a Batarian slave raid, in the aftermath he helps escort the few survivors to earth for proper treatment and is assigned to start prodding the various pirate groups strength.Follows Shepard and Anderson from the day of the Mindior attack up into Shepard's enlistment Pov swaps between the two regularly.
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- Part 1 of Heir of Grief
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There Is No Shepard Without Vakarian by Mysti_Fogg
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect - Various Authors, Mass Effect (Comics)
21 Jul 2021
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All life was synthesized to create a perfect eternal peace. The lie of ignorance from a Machine Child.
Commander Shepard was a badass hero who unflinchingly saved the galaxy with her sacrifice. The lie of propaganda from those who profit from her loss.
A truth: Garrus Vakarian is a bad turian who fell in love with a flawed human who died for the cause. And now he will rewrite fate to save her.
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- Part 12 of Madelaine Shepard
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A re-upload of a finished project. Story originally posted on HF starting in 2011 and will span the entire trilogy which wasn't quite according the the original plan. Was persuaded by a few ppl to post on here aswell to find a bigger audience. Fixed the formatting in the earlier chapters to hopefully make it better to read. English is not my native language so expect grammer issues here and there. Alot of dialog is used from a game's playthrough as it heavily tied to and around the game's plot points. I hope you will all enjoy it.
Original description: Jarod; A guy who has the hots for asari. So we'll follow selective parts of his story and see how well he does in life.
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Blood Of The Stars by Danypooh80, Rosebud1773
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
21 Jul 2021
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The First Contact War didn't have to happen. That was the consensus of the Citadel Council. The Alliance agreed, for the most part. This is the story of those who were there. It's their account of the events surrounding that conflict and beyond.
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Seven years after the Skyllian Blitz turned her world upside down, Dr. Maggie Shepard has finally put her life back together, finding happiness and peace on Eden Prime. But when the colony is attacked over a recently-discovered Prothean beacon, she is reunited with the one person she's spent the last seven years trying to forget.
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Garrus & Elle continue their adventure into Mass Effect 3! This one is a lot exciting and a lot heartbreaking, but it won't be exactly what you expect. Yes, I'm saying that the ending won't be canon because screw that. There's a lot more to come.
**Not a standalone!** You'll probably be lost if you don't read the rest of the Rewrite the Stars series first.
CW/TW: dark themes, tons of angst, graphic descriptions of violence/war, very graphic sex
It's Bioware's sandbox!
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- Part 5 of Rewrite the Stars
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A routine salvage mission on a derelict freighter uncovers a cult conducting sinister genetic experiments. The crew of the Normandy struggles to deal with the threat from Saren and the Reapers, the Collectors and Cerberus, as well as from this mysterious cult. Commander Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian develop a relationship, but can it survive Shepard's death? How will they move forward?
I've tried to write this work like a DLC, in that the timeline and events of the games are mostly unchanged, but additional content has been added. However, as the effects of earlier changes ripple outward, the world will become more AU.
Status update (March 21, 2021): I'm still working on editing older chapters (chapter 23 was updated today), as well as writing new ones.
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The Stars that Stop Shining by Ocreata
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect
21 Jul 2021
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**This Mostly Follows the Plotline of ME2**
Faith Shepard has been dead for two years, and Garrus Vakarian has carved out something like a life for himself on Omega.
It isn't legal, and it certainly isn't by the books, but he's doing his best to remember what's left of the things Faith saw in him- and herself. Everything's a struggle. He's starting to believe there isn't any hope left for justice in a place like this, but then she shows up again. She saves more than his life.
Shepard saves...everything.
He'll follow her, even if the people she's answering to are what he thought were their enemies- the terrorist organization Cerberus. But she's strange. Faith is wrong, but he's never going to leave her behind again. He belongs at her back, as long as it's her.
It is her, isn't it?
Spirits...what if it isn't?
-- This is the second work in a series. --
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- Part 2 of Faith Shepard