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1. To Be a Spectre by Aurora_Borealis3406

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
   • Nihlus Kryik & Female Shepard
   • David Anderson & Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Female Shepard & Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Liara T'Soni & Ashley Williams
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Nihlus Kryik
   • David Anderson (Mass Effect)
   • Jeff "Joker" Moreau
   • Kaidan Alenko
   • Ashley Williams (Mass Effect)
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Urdnot Wrex
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Saren Arterius
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Donnel Udina
   • Benezia (Mass Effect)
   • Rachni Queen
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Spectre training
   • Mentor/Protégé
   • what if
   • Nihlus Kryik Lives
   • Shepard and Nihlus are Badasses
   • Infiltrator (Mass Effect)
   • Snipers
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Character Death
   • Major Character Injury
   • Mass Effect 1
   • Paragon Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • War Hero (Mass Effect)
   • Good Mentor Nihlus
   • no beta we die like jenkins
   • Jealousy
   • Jealous Kaidan Alenko
   • Slow Burn
   • Turians (Mass Effect)
   • Alien Cultural Differences
   • Racism
   • Biotics (Mass Effect)
   • Character Development
   • Character Growth
   • Sexual Tension
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Minor Character Death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Redemption
   • Rachni (Mass Effect)
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Kissing
   • Tongues
   • Alien Biology
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • Alien Sex
   • Penis In Vagina Sex

   Summary

   Shepard knew that first shakedown run on the Normandy felt like it was going to be more than she'd signed up for, but when she finds herself encountering an ancient alien relic and barely saving her prospective Spectre mentor from a deadly betrayal, how will the course of her future change?

   This is my Mass Effect: What If?

   What if Nihlus survived Eden Prime? What would change? At first, it might not seem like much at all...

   Series

   • Part 1 of Mass Effect: What If?

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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