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Anabasis (v2) by SomethingProfound
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
22 Oct 2025
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Emilia Shepard is dead. Ashley Williams is not.
(expanded, plot-ified version of Anabasis)
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- Part 5 of A Sea of Stars
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What Makes a Warrior? by Socially_Inept
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
19 Oct 2025
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Jane Shepard got out of the Alliance military after losing her platoon on Akuze, and joined the diplomatic corps. She secured the release of hundreds of hostages as an ambassador to the Batarian Hegemony after the Skyllian Blitz, and took part in risky in-person negotiations before, during and after Torfan.
She dedicated herself to ending wars. But when the establishment of a Batarian consulate on the contested colony of Eden Prime is interrupted by a Geth invasion, she finds herself at the centre of a war for all organic life - one which seems to end with annihilation, even in victory.
Which is unfortunate, but she is nothing if not adaptable.
I'm just going to keep adding tags as and when the story gets to them. The Femshep/Ashley relationship is going to be platonic and snarky, but it might turn into romance if I think they vibe. Either way, Ash is bi but doesn't know it. Batarians are assholes, but I'll try to give them more depth than they get in the games.
NOTE: This series now has a beta reader/HTML wiz in the talented Zivqa, who also writes! Check out their fics, they're good, I have some bookmarked. They've kindly gone through and reformatted all existing chapters.
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Bad Things Come in Twos by bullethead
Fandoms: 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ | Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Oct 2025
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50,000 years ago, the Protheans & Reapers annihilated each other. Now, in 323 Post Disaster, a group of alien explorers cross paths with Tekkadan at Saisei. Now Tekkadan and Teiwaz are playing a high stakes game, with the fate of humanity in the balance. AU for Mass Effect, AU for IBO after Episode 9. Crossposted from FFN/SB/The Sietch.
Disclaimer: Mass Effect belongs to EA and Bioware. Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans belongs to Bandai and Sunrise.
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Dive for Dreams by CrimsonShield75
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
12 Oct 2025
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Elizabeth Shepard is about to have a day that's going to change her life forever...
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My take on the Mindoir attack from the Colonist background
Rating for canon-typical violence and language
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- Part 2 of Though the Stars Walk Backward
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- English
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- 14,962
- Chapters:
- 3/4
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- 39
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First Contact - A Mass Effect Origin by Jaymiddle
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
08 Sep 2025
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Adrift in the far reaches of the Skyllian Verge, executive officer David Anderson of the christened Alliance vessel known as the SSV Hastings - receives an alert originating from a small, human settlement on the peaceful farming world of Mindoir. Little does he know, that David is about to uncover humanity's - if not, the galaxy's greatest solider and symbol of hope from within the ruins of a scoured town.
This is the origin of Jason Shepard.
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Definition: The Spark of Hope by Calamity_J
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
25 Aug 2025
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A single decision. A selfish, desperate desire for a change. The moment, where the entire galactic history stood at a dangerous crossroads. One path leading into the darkness of destruction, the other towards the light of salvation.
A story expanding creatively on the background of the Earthborn Joyce Shepard.
🔸 How did a gray soul, with no ID or official record, gain her trademark name?
🔸 Why would a gang-raised, authority distrusting teen from the streets even want to enlist in the first place?
🔸 How could the close relationship between her and David Anderson start out and grow into what we know from the canon and why?
🔸 And what role did Adrien Victus play so early on in this story, to earn himself a nickname "Pajama guy"?Read to find out 😉 because we all have our own version of canon to tell 🥰
Set roughly 15 years after the First Contact War.
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- Part 1 of Definition: The Last Cycle
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Batarian Mercy by ScribblesandBabbles
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
13 Aug 2025
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Cartira gives Braith Shepard an ultimatum: deter her vengeful fiancé from starting a war with his people, or expect the consequences…Armed with batarian tech, Cartira uses his own knowledge to create unsurpassed weaponry to fend off the efforts by the Council, Alliance, and hanar interests who wish to supplant him with his exiled brother…Spectres are let loose as Rakhana comes closer to galactic conflict that will threaten the stability of the system…N’ynnyaw is supposedly dead, with no queen to replace her born.
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- Part 4 of A New Fate
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- English
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- 14,163
- Chapters:
- 7/?
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Removed from Rakhana at the expense of being banned from the world, Casnar is brought to Kahje to live alone and wonder what has happened to his sister, her future child…His relationship continues to strengthen with the firebrand commander, Braithlynn Shepard, of the Normandy—who returns to her crew with Kaidan Alenko and Richard Jenkins. A high challenge for the rights to Rakhana becomes central focus among the forepolitics of the Citadel and the Illuminated Primacy, the Batarian Hegemony intervening…The durril that was given to the batarians in exchange for tactical fighting ships is at the heart of a conspiracy, as the powerful dust is to be contained from driving non-biotic men and women mad, and from giving greater power to biotic activists seeking war against the Council races and their young allies, Humanity, among others.
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- Part 3 of A New Fate
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Mass Effect: Widowmaker by whimperkingwhimper
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 May 2025
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Stopping a meteor from crashing into Terra Nova is complicated enough without a furious batarian woman ending up as your prisoner.
For the Butcher of Torfan, batarians are a common enemy. However, this one may prove to be much, much more.
Ruthless Paragon Shepard x Original Batarian Girl
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In 2170 Mindoir was raided by batarian slavers, killing or enslaving the entire colony. It was thought that the first human spectre, Commander Shepard, was the sole survivor of the brutal attack. But when evidence that his sister is alive comes to light, his world is turned upside down.
Yet, survival comes at a cost. After all, heroes aren't born from happiness. And this tale delves into a dark, brutal world as we come to know the siblings who had the courage to endure and stand against the tide.
A story of resiliency, determination, and hope in a galaxy of disrepair. This fic will follow our young heroes through the conclusion of the Reaper War. Yet, this is not a simple retelling of the trilogy. The entire war will be rewritten in order to give our galactic villains, the Reapers, the respect they deserve.
* I do NOT consent to this fic being reposted on any site, by human or bot. It is exclusive to AO3. Please let me know if you find it anywhere else.
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Fem Shepard, held at gunpoint by Ka'hairal Balak, enter into a deal. She reluctantly gives up her body, and in exchange, the Batarians joins with the humans against the Reapers.
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In which Ranov Kaeptis, a male batarian envies their group's most skilled merc, a ruthless, no nonsense, down to earth male turian named Septius Duvilinus. What is he going to do about it?
Be an ass, that's what.
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A new story following a new cast of characters in the Mass Effect universe. This story focuses on the events from Mass Effect 3 and looks to create a new adventure from the fall of the Reapers and the survival of John Shepard. This series will take place in the future of the Milky Way Galaxy and a new Galaxy along with a string of new Aliens.
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- Part 1 of Mass Effect: New Age
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,900
- Chapters:
- 2/?
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I Only Want You (Gone) by femefatality
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
04 Jul 2024
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In 2157, humanity discovered they were not alone in the galaxy; it was a shocking, brutal truth for many as news of the incident broke out. Thirty years later, nothing has changed. In the throes of war, Shepard finds herself the last survivor of her unit, forced to make a final stand against the Turians, who are vying for control of the territory.
Things couldn't get worse than this- that's what she'd always tell herself when stuck in impossible situations. Little did she know, that was a lie. Things would get much worse, especially now that she was stuck with an enemy-turned-temporary-ally who'd surely stab her in the back.
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A human and a batarian talk after escaping from the reaper attack.
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- Part 2 of Love on the Citadel
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A hot bath and a soft bed [FSHEP] by Power_Guido
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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After retaking Omega, Jane Shepard accepts Bray's invitation to shower and sleep at his place before returning to Normandy.
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- Part 2 of A hot bath and soft bed
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A hot bath and a soft bed [MSHEP] by Power_Guido
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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After retaking Omega, John Shepard accepts Bray's invitation to shower and sleep at his place before returning to Normandy.
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- Part 1 of A hot bath and soft bed
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Um banho quente e uma cama macia [MSHEP] by Power_Guido
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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Após a retomada de Omega, John Shepard aceita o convite do Bray para tomar um banho e dormir no apartamento dele antes de voltar a Normandy.
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- Part 1 of Um banho quente e uma cama macia
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The Reapers have come. Harvesting and slaughtering all sentient life as the galaxy knows it without mercy. Forced to leave their home planets to save the entire galaxy, Saren and Shepard must find a way to unite all the species. But how can they when everyone is more concerned about the Reapers invading their own homes? Even the Normandy is feeling the strain and are starting to lose not only their own extended family members, but their hope. Still, Aura is undeterred for she reminds Saren and her crew, that within the darkness a light still shines and the Reapers with soon realize that this galaxy is still shining bright and still standing strong.
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- Part 3 of Light Within Darkness