Outside Context

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Series Begun:
2022-12-27
Series Updated:
2026-01-02
Description:

The greatest threat to any organized system is an Outside Context Problem.
-Ignatio Mobius, PHD, in an address to the UN general Assembly

In 2689 of the Council Era, 2157 of the Terran Common Era, a Turian patrol encountered a heavily armed patrol fleet of an unknown species activating a mass relay. The patrol fired upon the aliens, in contravention of Citadel first contact convention, sparking a war that would at least for a short while, severely damage the Turian Hierarchy’s ability to wage war.

The 314 war came to a stalemate well within Turian territory, and it became abundantly clear that the Turian Hierarchy had sparked a conflict with another alien nation with military and industrial capacity almost on par with the Citadel Council in its entirety, backed by an entirely distinct technological paradigm.

The People of the Systems Alliance call it Tiberium.

For the Citadel Council, it was a sobering rebuke of institutional inertia.

For the builders of the relay network though, it was

Outside Context

Notes:

Inspired by a long list of ME crossovers and AUs, chief among them Peptuck's Renegade and its prequels, James Golen's Avatar of Victory, and LogicalPremise's
Of Sheep and Battle Chicken
and its sequel.
Also inspired by Nazara's little monologue about technology.
AnthropicScholar Presents,
Mass Effect x Command and Conquer
Outside Context

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