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Mass Effect survival evolve by gianfranco898
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, ARK: Survival Evolved, The Isle (Afterthought Video Game), Jurassic World Trilogy (Movies), Jurassic Park - All Media Types, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (Cartoon), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies), Turok (Video Games), King Kong (2005)
25 Jul 2026
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La vita troverà un modo di estendersi oltre i vincoli di un singolo pianeta ed attechire in altri! Mentre la galassia scoprirà cosa significa solo quando scoprirà un nuovo regno dove vivono creature davvero strane e potenti
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The Bells I Hear by Bobthemagiccow
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Jul 2026
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The Reapers have been destroyed, but to the survivors, the victory tastes like ashes. The Normandy wrecks on an uncharted planet, and a grieving crew must pull together to find a way home without their commander. At Sol, the shattered remains of the victorious allied forces struggle to survive, coexist, and reconnect to the rest of the galaxy. The greatest threat to peace comes not from without, but within. A heavy story of grief, perseverance, love, leadership, and hope in the face of devastation.
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The Diary of Katherine Shepard by Hawkster94
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Jul 2026
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4 years and a half had passed since the galaxy emerged victorious against the Reapers. Recovery process is still ongoing, with the trauma of the war still lingering on, physical, mental, and emotional.
Inspired by the unfinished diaries that her former mentor, Admiral David Anderson, left in his former Citadel Apartment prior to his demise, now retired Commander Katherine Shepard decides to do her own diary detailing her early life, her career, the defining three years of her life, and what has she been up to since the end of the Reaper War.
Although it might be for the fun of it or just out of boredom, Shepard is writing her diary to help find her own closure.
NOTICE: This fic is based on the ending headcanon from AHEM (Audemus Happy Ending Mod), so no Catalyst, no Mass Relays damaged/destroyed, and no Geth/EDI being destroyed either. Additionally, it's based on CEM (Citadel Epilogue Mod), so expect the events of Citadel DLC to play out a few years after the Reaper War.
I should also mention that EGM and LE1/LE3 DP mods factor into this story.
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Dedicated to Stanic, as gratitude for his stories.
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Commander Jane Shepard, pride of the Alliance Navy and hero of Elysium, is after a rogue Spectre, Saren Arterius, the turian responsible for the destruction and carnage on Eden Prime. Her quest for justice and vengeance will put her on a collision path with the galaxy's politicians, mercenaries, as well as the various people that will come to join her, most frustratingly of all, the loose cannon of Citadel Security, Garrus Vakarian.
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Have You Got It in You? by amneguarde (sleepyshaman)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Jul 2026
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Garrus liked learning about Commander Shepard. He knew that she took her coffee while pondering the galaxy map, she ate lunch in the infirmary, and she liked watching space operas in the starboard lounge long after everyone was asleep. She cared deeply for her crew, more than any other C.O. Garrus worked under. Now if only he would let him and the rest of the crew do the same for her.
Another novelization following the events of Mass Effect. A mixture of in game events and off screen moments.
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- Part 1 of On Your Six
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"The galaxy calls her the Butcher of Torfan. I have the recordings."
While the Normandy's war gods sleep their way to Andromeda, EDI — with fifty thousand years of archival help — is compiling the true chronicle of Elia Albarn Shepard: assembled from ship logs, combat telemetry, donated diaries, and the testimony of fourteen people who would die for her and have all, at various points, tried.
The legend says dark, ruthless anti-heroine — a renegade of almost no virtue who was never all that likable. The legend is useful. She spent years aiming it herself. But the recordings show a barefoot girl declared dead at two and a half, raised by pirates under house rules that were love wearing procedure's clothes — a voice like six languages in a trench coat, one varren, three accidental AI daughters, and the grey-eyed other half who turned out to be the only born receiver of the frequency.
This is not the Shepard BioWare wrote. She saved the galaxy anyway — definitely. That part, the old summary hedged on.
Where the legend and the recordings disagree, this book sides with the recordings. -
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What would you do if you’re placed in the realm you know by heart?
That’s exactly what happens to Ayla, our protagonist, who finds herself awakened in the Mass Effect Universe, years prior to the first game and remembers exactly every choice, consequence and deal that must happen to save the universe.
Except…she’s not Commander Shepard.
As some nameless NPC with no background, she’s determined to find a way on the Normandy and save those she could only watch pass away from the other end of a screen. Along the way, she meets familiar faces and a crush that just won’t die down.
But all’s fair in love and war and the game won’t take Ayla’s changes without a fight.
Perhaps they’ll even make her lose even more than before…*Chapters will be added weekly (?)*
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- Part 1 of Don't Fear The Reapers
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Mass Effect: Isekai by DragonDolly
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Jul 2026
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While on your couch sick and trying to play Mass Effect (and failing horribly) you decide to take some NyQuil and knock out on the couch… only to wake up in the body of you Commander Shepard (Commander Wendy Shepard) and find a message on your Omni tool
“ play to the plot as close as you can and you’ll end up back where you begin.”
Can you save all the characters you wish while also playing close to the plot and not immediately spilling the beans on what may happen in the future (and sounding crazy in the process)?
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Love, Reapers & Becoming Shepard: A Memoir by Neurodivergent_Melody (Neurodivergent_Pixels)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
23 Jul 2026
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An in-universe memoir written by an alternate universe version of Shepard that is non-binary, AuDHD, four years younger and grew up with and eventually dated Tali’Zorah in their formative years. They break up after attending the Alliance Academy together, and reunite during the events of the first game. Can their love grow and endure through all of the events of the trilogy?
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The galaxy is vast, as is its population and their problems, and each faction fights for their own interests while exploiting others. And in this turmoil of power struggles and attempts to control others, the lives of individuals or even entire races are often forgotten. However, what happens when a new player enters the scene? A complete unknown. Completely incomprehensible. But absurdly powerful? How will the balance of power change, and to what extent will some crises become just dust that accidentally gets on the shoe?
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Meeting Commander Shepard changed Kaidan’s life forever
A (mostly) canon-compliant retelling of the games from Kaidan’s POV
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The Long War [Mass Effect SI - Halo Tech Elements] by Hyperion2708
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Jul 2026
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Humanity had asked the question a thousand times in strategy forums, military think tanks, and drunken late-night arguments aboard warships:
Could the galaxy beat the Reapers in a conventional war?
The answer, after several simulations, sixteen classified studies, and one nervous breakdown from a Turian mathematician, was a unanimous, overwhelming, soul-crushing:
"No."
Not "maybe."
Not "with heavy casualties."
Not even "if the asari stop arguing for five minutes."
Just a colossal, galaxy-wide no.
But what if there are some Outside-context technologies thrown into the equation.
There only one problem, the man carrying all of this was not a chosen hero.
He was not a legendary admiral.
He was not a super soldier.
He was not even remotely qualified for this nonsense.
He was just some poor sod who got hit by cosmic fate like a drunken krogan driving a tank through a noodle shop. -
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Kaidan is plagued by his dreams and memories as he tries to move on after Shepard's death; eventually, he crosses paths with the woman who's exactly what he needs right now.
But as she slowly brings him back into the world of the living, Shepard is risen from the dead.
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The king that Joan of Arc crowned refused to pay her ransom. Joan Shepard learned this on the extranet at 3 am ship's time en route to Illium, because apparently that's what she did now instead of sleeping. She figured she knew how her own pardon would go.
Or: It KILLS me that default Femshep is named Jane, not Joan. So, I renamed her
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Living For Another Day by tilehopper
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
22 Jul 2026
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The Master Chief, his AI Joyeuse, and pilot Esparza find themselves transported to a different time and universe, to an era where humanity faces yet another ancient evil that conspire behind the shadows. But this time, they won't have to fight alone.
[New chapter weekly/biweekly, depending on how busy I am.]
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- Part 1 of Adrift Beyond the Stars
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It was quite cold for April the 11th and the ground was covered by snow but that didn't bother a young girl sitting on a bench smoking cigaretts. Lost in thoughts she was watching the recruitment office of the Aliance on the other side of street...
Her name is Vera Shepard and today is her 18th birthday
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Apríl the 11th was the day the famous commander Shepard left behind the life of a street rat and took the first step towards becoming the legend of the galaxy.Series
- Part 1 of Vera Shepard
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- English
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- 374
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- 1/3
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Mass Effect - Sharp Edges by laurawho7
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect
21 Jul 2026
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Commander Shepard didn't grow up dreaming of the stars. She grew up in the lower wards of New York, learning that survival means never letting anyone get close enough to hurt. The Alliance gave her a purpose, missions, rank—forged her into a weapon. It was enough, until Saren, until the hunt for a rogue Spectre pulled her into an alliance with an asari archaeologist who refused to be pushed away and breached her walls.
This is the story of the woman behind the legend: a street kid who became a soldier, a soldier who became a symbol, and the slow, unwilling process of learning that letting someone in doesn't have to mean losing them. Follows the events of Mass Effect 1, with original characters, deepened backstory, and a few sharp edges of its own.
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- Part 1 of Mass Effect - The Forging
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Are we more than our memories? by NoPunnyNamesLeft
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
21 Jul 2026
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How does spending two years dead affect your brain?
Will your neurons survive? Will your memories remain intact? Will you remain intact?This is a fanfic of Colonist Sole survivor + Ruthless Shepard thrust back into a galaxy he barely remembers, that seems to barely remember him (that last part is pretty much canon)
I guess this is 1st person depresso Shepard dealing with the BS of the Mass Effect universe that you didn't know you didn't need.
My first serious foray into writing, so feedback welcome! And encouraged!
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Come Back Alive by VFraggle_Rock
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect (Comics)
20 Jul 2026
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We're finally here! ME3
Sometimes, it really sucks to be right. Shepard is stuck on earth, dealing with the politics of her decision in the Bahak System when the Reapers come bursting on the scene. Now, after denying her warnings for years, the entire galaxy is clamoring for Shepard to save them. But saving everyone might just come at the expense of herself.
Cannon Divergence - while this follows the main plot of the ME series, there is some cannon divergence. So if you didn't read Do The Impossible (ME1) and Just Like Old Times (ME2), some things might not make full sense.
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- Part 3 of No Pressure
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Mass Effect: Fractures part 1 (a halo x mass effect series) by Absolutely_Nothing_Fancy (Fancy_Editor), Fancy_Editor, Shard_Wolf, Ventingpizza92
Fandoms: Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Mass Effect - All Media Types
20 Jul 2026
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The year is 2531, Humanity has expanded across the Orion arm of the galaxy and beyond. However in 2525 an alien alliance known as the Covenant began a Genocidal campaign against the human race. But humanity had returned to the sol system in the 2490s as a new discovery was made on the moon of Charon. Under the moons ice a strange structure that acted as an ftl slingshot was discovered. They named this technology mass effect.
A halo X mass effect crossover that starts during the events of Halo wars 1