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Duncan Shepard has won and survived the Reaper War, and is giving his first post victory speech after recovery when something from his past comes to haunt him
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- Part 4 of Sacrifice and Redemption
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The Bridge Between by Stanic
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
29 Sep 2025
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The red wave of the Crucible changed everything. It destroyed the Reapers, disabled the mass relays, and apparently claimed the life of Commander Shepard. But nothing in this new galaxy is quite what it seems. As humanity tears itself apart and new threats gain power in the shadows of conflict, an impossible discovery will reunite the legendary crew of the Normandy for a mission beyond hope itself.
A post-ME3 psychological thriller exploring identity beyond sacrifice, featuring established Shepard/Garrus relationship.
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- Part 1 of The Bridge Between
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The Weight of Survival by Plumppig
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
28 Sep 2025
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The Weight of Survival begins in the aftermath of the Reaper War, when the Normandy crash-lands following the detonation of the Crucible. Commander Jane Shepard, gravely wounded and presumed dead, disappears in the chaos. What follows is a sweeping, character-driven narrative of grief, survival, and the fragile hope of rebuilding, not only for Shepard, but for her crew, her family, and the galaxy itself.
At its heart, the story explores Shepard’s struggle to reclaim her identity after immense sacrifice, while grappling with her pregnancy—made possible through Leviathan-altered biology and the crushing symbolic weight placed on her by allies and leaders alike.
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Commander Shepard, The Greatest to Ever Live by Samael61
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
28 Sep 2025
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Commander Shepard, the singular greatest soldier the alliance and the humanity as a whole ever had and ever will.
One man army whose mere name envokes fear in the hearts of the enemies of the Systems Alliance.
A force of nature protecting the humanity against the galaxy.
Or: A crack fic where Commander Shepard is greater than ever.
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The Reapers have begun their cycle of extinction upon a galaxy unprepared for them. The fate of Earth, and all life, rests in the hands of one man. Shepard must unite everyone to create a galactic armada to fight a war unprecedented in scale against a foe that has never been beaten. However, the Illusive Man, and his rogue organization, Cerberus, have other goals in mind...
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Mass Effect: Inheritance Rewritten by tibios83
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda
28 Sep 2025
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The war against the Reapers is approaching, and Shepard and company need to do everything in their power to stop it. Join the crew of the Normandy as they face challenges they have yet to face before.
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- Part 5 of Mass Effect: Echoes of Inheritance
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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
28 Sep 2025
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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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The Mindior Alteration by Paula_Garrison
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
27 Sep 2025
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Mindior was hell. How could anyone survive that with all of their mental faculties straight? Follow Jess Shepard, a.k.a. Black Wolf, as not only does she puts her life back together and starts anew.
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The Reclaimer Wars:The Reaper Crisis by Johnnieboy11
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Star Wars - All Media Types
27 Sep 2025
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Six months prior to the worst crisis the normal Milky Way would face, Commander Shepard hunts the Collectors abducting human colonists in the Terminus Systems when she comes upon a terrifying new sight:Three Intergalactic fleets arrayed against each-other and her sole Frigate. Three new factions, one seeking a home and two seeking answers, all linked by the Star Roads.
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The Terran Calamity by F15E_Strike_Eagle
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
27 Sep 2025
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After another First Contact gone awry, the UTF and UTSC is unwillingly introduced to another portion of the galaxy under the rule of the Citadel Council. Tensions between the 2 factions are high, but diplomacy keeps cooler heads. However it is clear that 26 years later that ice is melting. Fast. But one question remains... Who will crack first?
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The Bells I Hear by Bobthemagiccow
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
25 Sep 2025
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The Reapers have been destroyed. Why does the victory taste like ashes? The Normandy wrecks on an uncharted planet, and a grieving crew must pull together to find a way home. 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, leadership, love, and hope in the face of devastation.
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Mother Knows Best by TheLivingMyth
Fandoms: (Brief) Mythology, Mass Effect/Invincible, Invincible (Cartoon 2021), Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
25 Sep 2025
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Long before the Citadel Council, before the Protheans, even before the mysterious Inusannon... the galaxy was not silent.
An ancient, ferocious race emerged - not by chance, but by necessity. Born from the will of nature itself, they were forged to challenge an enemy that had disrupted the natural cycle of life. For over 100,000 years, these apex beings - predators perfected by extinction - waged a war of attrition against the Reapers. Their story was lost, buried beneath the ruins of forgotten empires. This is the chronicle of that war. Of evolution weaponized. Of a species born to break the cycle. This is the rise of the Viltrumites. They were not created to preserve life.
They were born to fight for it.
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An unlikely rescue makes an even more unlikely hero. Isaiah Shepard might not want to save the day, but engineers always get left to fix things.
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- Part 1 of EBIDTA
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It is the year 2169 when an impending diplomatic incident draws the attention of the System Alliance to one of the slums of the greatest north american megatropolise on Earth - and thus to a young girl, who suddenly dares to dig up a dream that has long been abandoned.
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Fall Again For Us by sewerpigeon
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
23 Sep 2025
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They had something once. Something real. But a lot changes about your life when you come back from death, and a lot changes about love when you’re not sure just who it is that’s standing in front of you. Wren Shepard and Kaidan Alenko went through hell together facing Saren and Sovereign, but then they turned around and put each other through hell on Horizon. But now that the Reaper threat has made its way to Earth, they’re back in each other’s orbit, and they realize some things don’t change at all. His heart still stutters when she walks into the room. Her eyes never stray from him for long. Will this war allow them to remember who they really are, to remember what they are together, or will one of them end up being lost before either of them is found?
Part One of This War is Our Dawning takes place during the events of Mass Effect 3 with occasional references to ME1 and ME2.
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- Part 1 of This War is Our Dawning
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Just Like Old Times by VFraggle_Rock
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect (Comics)
22 Sep 2025
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Back from the dead, Shepard is thrust back into the driver's seat, leading the charge against the Collectors and the Reapers while the rest of the galaxy questions her sanity and the validity of the threats against them - just like old times.
ME2 Novelization - I started going AU in part one, Do The Impossible, so if you're just jumping in, some things won't make sense unless you've read the first installment.
Former Kaiden/Fem Shep romance although it didn't get quite that far in Do The Impossible.
Colony background, both the war hero profile as well as the ruthless profile
Shep was a soldier through and through for Do The Impossible - but all that is about to change.
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- Part 2 of No Pressure
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The Citadel of Dreams by KSMoss
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
21 Sep 2025
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AU. First Contact War. The galaxy where Shepard never enlists, and Vakarian remains a faithful Hierarchy officer.
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"In the quiet moments between battles, he would catch himself going into those forbidden if-onlys. If only they hadn't been on opposite sides of a conflict that seemed to grow more insurmountable with each passing year. If only he could forget the feel of her skin, the sound of her laughter, the way her eyes would light up when she spoke about her blue skies.
But he couldn't forget, just as he could never see her again. He had no choice but to press on, because that's what a good turian would do. And he clung to the hope that somehow, someday, he might find his way back to that turian…"
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This is Part 2 of the Violet Oceans series. It features a lighter tone and more familiar setting—expect hurt/comfort, drama, political intrigue, action sequences, and occasional smut. Fan-favorite villains and beloved characters from the canon will be tagged as they appear.Series
- Part 2 of Violet Oceans and Blue Skies
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Commander/Cadaver/Constellation by ssv_normandy (liminally_challenged)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
20 Sep 2025
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Grace Shepard has been promoted to Commander of the SSV Normandy, serving under Captain David Anderson. While on the ship’s Shakedown mission, she and her squad (comprised of Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko and Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams) uncover a plot by a turian Spectre, Saren, to destroy free will and enslave the entirety of organic life to a race of Artificial Intelligence known as the Reapers. In light of this discovery, Shepard must build a crew and race against time to stop Saren from achieving his goal. Standing in her way are armies of geth, an AI collective working for Saren. Can Shepard and her crew stop the machine overlords? Or will she die on the precipice of humanity’s fall?
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Igniting Destiny by SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
19 Sep 2025
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Over ten years have passed since the Reaper War, and life is very different for Faith Shepard-Alenko and her husband, Kaidan.
A trip to the Phoenix System throws their perfect life into upheaval, and Kaidan is sent on a journey he is ill-prepared for.
Set ten years after the events of
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An Unwritten Galaxy by AsterHowl
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
19 Sep 2025
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Liara never becomes an information broker. Tali never returns to the Flotilla. Garrus never leaves C-Sec. Wrex never returns to Tuchanka. Joker never leaves the Alliance. Ashley never recovers from survivor's guilt.
Jack never escapes Cerberus. Miranda never escapes her father. Jacob never leaves the Corsairs. Mordin never works on the modified genophage. Samara never settles down. Thane never abandons his son. Zaeed never stands up to Vido Santiago. Kasumi never crosses Donovan Hock. Grunt never receives the mental imprint. Legion is never assigned to find Shepard.
The galaxy is a cold, cruel place. Much more than Commander Shepard ever knew.