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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
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Miranda is a loyal Cerberus operative, through and through. Upon first meeting Subject Zero, she notices certain...assets...that she could exploit. It's all according to the assignment parameters. Until it's not.
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Of Friends and Families : A Shepard and Zorah Story by Justin_Time
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
19 Jul 2026
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A chance encounter at a Mass Relay shifts Humanities destiny in a tremendous way. With the Alliance coming in contact with the Quarian Board, the Two Species become fast Allies in a Galaxy betting against their success.
But beyond the grander politics at play, we delve specifically into how this First Contact between Humanity and Pilgrims impact two pivotal Kids that were present for this incredible meeting. Specifically a Young John Shepard and a Young Tali’Zorah as their friendship with the other shifts into a unbreakable relationship as they grow up with each other throughout their adventures.
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- Part 1 of Mass Effect : Shepard
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First it was the fraternization regs. Then it was a stolen ship. Then it was her commission, her clearance, and her name, signed onto a Cerberus contract with her eyes open. Every crime Samantha Traynor has ever committed has been for the same woman, and she'd commit the first one again before all the rest.
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The trilogy, in Samantha's POV.
What if Samantha was on the Normandy from day one and was the LI through the whole trilogy? This is my take.
This fic is slightly inspired by The Spy Who Loved Me by miladydewinter. The only real similarities are that it follows a Renegade Shepard and Samantha is there from day one, but it's enough that I feel I should give some credit since it's been done before. -
In Her Element by saintnoir
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - Various Authors, Mass Effect - All Media Types
18 Jul 2026
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Before the Normandy, before Eden Prime, there was Vancouver. Shepard spent years rebuilding herself and fell in love with the man who she thought she had a future with.
Until heartbreak forced her to walk away.
Now, two years after the end of their engagement, Shepard and Kaidan are reunited aboard the Normandy, and time has done little to heal old wounds. Behind the distance and the years spent apart, neither has forgotten what they once meant to each other. Meanwhile, another man from her past refuses to let her go. As his obsession continues to follow her across the galaxy, Shepard comes across ancient artifacts containing knowledge from the unknown depths of history. The closer she gets to unraveling this mystery, the more she realizes some truths should stay hidden.
A rogue Spectre rises. Ancient entities begin to stir. And a biotic connection threatens to change everything she thought she knew about herself, the galaxy, and the man she never stopped loving. As old feelings reignite and the shadows of the past refuse to be left behind, Shepard and Kaidan must navigate war, betrayal, and secrets.
Some obsessions never die.
And some loves endure. To the stars and beyond.
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Uncharted Frequencies by ezgi_croft
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
18 Jul 2026
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The Reaper War has begun, and Commander Shepard carries the weight of the galaxy on her shoulders. Amid the chaos, a new face aboard the Normandy brings an unexpected spark.
Specialist Samantha Traynor is brilliant, resourceful, and quietly captivated by the woman she now serves under. Shepard, hardened by years of battle, never expected to find comfort—or attraction—in the shy systems specialist who seems to see her not just as the Commander, but as something more.
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X Thousand Steps Towards the Time of your Life by ShortyBefore
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect 2 - Fandom
17 Jul 2026
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An exploration of the relationship between Earth-born/Renegade Quinn Shepard and Garrus Vakarian. Most of the story takes place after the start of Mass Effect 2 with flashbacks to ME1 and before.
Shepard had died.
Garrus had mourned her.
Then she rose from the dead.Maybe it’s a good idea not to ignore those feelings again. Someone should say something.
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- Part 2 of II Hands II Heaven
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The Dead Man's Lament by TheFullmetalLord
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime 2003), Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Treasure Planet (2002)
17 Jul 2026
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After making the ultimate sacrifice to save his brother Edward Elric now has to journey through a brutal and unforgiving galaxy on his mission to destroy the Reapers ever since he recieved his vision from the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime.
Jane Shepard the notorious Butcher of Torfan, raised in the slums of Earth to only lose her entire family before she was mistreated for being a biotic by the BAaT program then by the general human public for their hatred of biotics to then becoming the most despised war criminal in Alliance Military history by massacring millions of innocent slaves unfortunately is determined to make Edward's life alot more complicated.
Edward has to deal with someone who has no issue crossing any moral boundaries in order to complete the mission.
NEW CHAPTERS WILL BE RELEASED EVERY WEEK ON FRIDAYS
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The Lives of Commander Shepard by RexManning
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Jul 2026
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Good news everyone!
I have concocted a story which you all can take part in helping shape. In essence, this is a choose your own adventure style Shakarian fic, with a twist. Here's how it'll go: I will set up the first act so that everyone has a grounding of the base story at play. At the end of each act, you all will be given a choice. These are not in-game choices, but my own. Every choice will determine character arcs, the ending, as well as the epilogue/post war landscape. Why, you may ask, would I do this? Because I'm crazy, that's why.
I left the tags fairly generic because there's a whole host of different directions that this could end up going down, from sweet and fluffy, to angsty as all get out. Y'all will be the ones to determine where this goes. That being said, this is wholly dependent upon engagement. You are welcome to sit back and see where this journey takes us. But if you want to participate, you'll need to drop a comment. I am leaving the comments open for everyone, guests and members alike, so have at it.
Now that the formalities are out of the way, I hope you'll tag along because this should be a ton of fun!Series
- Part 1 of The Jane Shepard Project
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Marathon: Red Shift by CrazyEyedMustafa
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Marathon (Video Games), Mass Effect Trilogy
17 Jul 2026
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Serin Shepard is unwell. Between the stress of her mission and the existential questions raised by her resurrection, this would be understandable in and of itself. But she's been having strange dreams lately. Dreams where she's running from something behind her, and can never quite escape. Dreams where a voice on a computer screen talks to her, and she can never quite remember what it says.
Meanwhile, on Omega, a down-on-his-luck quarian, while digging through the trash for scraps to repurpose and sell, stumbles upon a human buried in the refuse. Horrifically injured, but somehow still alive. Against all his better judgment, the quarian drags the human home and does his best to help him.
Little does he know, this human is far more than he seems.
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After Commander Shepard’s death, Cerberus recovers and reconstructs her body. She has every reason to trust them over the Council and the Alliance—after all, they trust the gravity of the Reaper threat to all galactic life. When the Illusive Man asks her to aid Cerberus in the recovery of data that could be critical to humanity’s survival, she agrees. What’s the worst that could happen?
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Somewhere between resurrection and war, the Illusive Man tried to make one last choice that was entirely his own.
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Love, Reapers & Becoming Shepard: A Memoir by Neurodivergent_Melody (Neurodivergent_Pixels)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
17 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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Mass Effect: Become Legend by TheScarletGrave
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Destiny (Video Games)
17 Jul 2026
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"The Light offers us a fresh start. But if we don't know where we came from, how will we know where to go?"
Five years after the Reaper War, a heartbroken Garrus Vakarian struggles to find meaning in his life after the death of Shepard. One day, Garrus begins to suffer strange and vivid dreams of a voice whispering to him in the dark, tempting him. It isn't long after that they are pulled into another galactic battle, one that has been raging on since the dawn of creation. Will Garrus find the answers he seeks and discover his destiny, or will he succumb to his pain and drown in the darkness?
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- Part 1 of Mass Effect: Become Legend
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Mass Effect 10 Ben Second Chance by Commander_Benguin010
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Ben 10 Series, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
15 Jul 2026
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Hello Everyone. I just want to say that when I write these stories, I write them to the best of my abilities. I have a learning disability, which make it hard to write as well. So don't expect my stories to be top tier.
Ben 10 world is gone and mass effects world exist, with Ben world has gone now he has to survive in this new one in order to find peace. Well he find peace, if there weren't collectors attacking colonies, Reapers invading and Cerberus being scummy. yeah peace. Ben Never gets peace, just never ending Hero time. oh and commander Shepard being the only sane one in the group. barley.
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- Part 1 of The Eon effect
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Living For Another Day by tilehopper
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
15 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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Kore Shepard came back to life. As a way to measure that Cerberus' investment was worthwhile, she is urged to keep a log of her thoughts to make sure she really is back just as she had been before. But dying changes you, and going through Hell leaves its marks.
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Deja Vu \\ Jamais Vu by RogueLioness
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
09 Jul 2026
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Amy Davis leads an uneventful, unremarkable life as a software engineer for NASA - until the inexplicable happens and she finds herself in 2183, right in the middle of a group of familiar - yet incredibly unfamiliar - faces.
Now she finds herself having to navigate a time that isn’t hers while trying to juggle all that she knows is yet to come, without drawing the wrong kind of attention.
She's seen this world - but never like this. Will she be able to survive?
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- Part 1 of Chasing the Light
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Jack's Tale of the Citadel by EllyHayden
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
09 Jul 2026
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In the post-war years, Steven Hackett, Jack Harper, David Anderson, and Oleg Petrovsky have reconciled. Amelia Harper (née Shepard) is off on a mission, so the four decide to have dinner at a sushi restaurant on the Citadel. Shenanigans ensue.
A re-telling of the Citadel DLC in Amelia's universe.