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She did what fate asked of her, she went to Earth and surrendered to lockdown. She prepared and sat waiting for that dreadful day and now it's here. The Reapers have arrived. It's up to Commander Shepard to end this cycle once and for all, both of the harvest and her own personal torment, but will she have the strength to do what must be done?
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- Part 3 of Fated for Control
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Shepard: A Survivor's Saga by twistedwit
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Nov 2025
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Canon-compliant novelization fleshing out the Mass Effect trilogy's relationships and emotional toll. Centered on iconic Lone Survivor/Colonist Engineer Jane Shepard as she appeared in the Legendary Edition. Strong paragon leanings, but with the mouth of a renegade. Includes canon character deaths and detailed alien anatomy. Contains much in-game dialogue courtesy of Bioware.
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Part three of the Chance Effect series (more summary details to come)
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- Part 3 of Chance Effect
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An alternate telling of the events of Mass Effect 1, in which Nihlus doesn't die on Eden Prime, and instead gets to help stop Saren, Sovereign, and the Reaper Invasion. This is Part 1, which will largely follow canon but with new characters and scenes. (Part 2 will completely diverge from canon, but we'll get into that later!)
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The Thrilling sequel in my telling of the Mass Effect trilogy.
jump in to see everyone's favourite cast as they glide their way through the events of Mass Effect Two. new characters, races, and factions dot the twin's journey as they race against the clock in an effort to stop the mysterious collectors from abducting human colonists.
it is highly suggested that one reads the first story, 'The Legend of the Shepards', in order to best understand the changes in the plot. otherwise, sit back relax and enjoy the madness
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- Part 2 of Twin Stars
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Oath of loyalty by etherealend
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
07 Nov 2025
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Loyalty: a notion that had always gravitated around Garrus’ life.
“I am loyal to him, as he is loyal to me. And isn’t this the greatest form of love?” Her mother, as the good turian she was, used to say with regard to Castis.
Loyalty. During childhood, boot camp, military service. Loyalty: a virtue every turian was supposed to possess from birth, to the Hierarchy, first and foremost.
Garrus had always, secretly, disagreed. It was something to be earned.
And with her, such had been.
Commander Shepard had secured his deepest loyalty, and only when he saw her for the last time, before the Normandy SR-1 was taken down, did he understand how right his mother was. -
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Commander Shepard has a secret, one that haunts her day in and day out. She has fought these battles countless times. She has knowledge she shouldn't have. She will fight for the best outcome to come to pass, but can she save herself? She knows what she has to do to break the loop, it's the only option left. Will she be strong enough to do so? Who gave her the right to play god?
A ME2 time loop story
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- Part 1 of Fated for Control
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He Wouldn't Hurt Her (Much) by Distressed_Authoress
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
07 Nov 2025
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“I'm not sure if I find him scary or sexy.”
“A lot of women like bad boys.”
“A lot of women... like you?”A human commander brought back from the dead. A drell assassin who considers himself dead. When the two cross paths, things change between them, feelings get complicated and become powerful. Tensions start to rise and half truths are told. No tactic he knows is off the table for her heart.
A plan set, a target to capture, a lover to claim. That is his goal before the end of this mission. And he will do anything to succeed.
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This is a (some could say partially, others could say fully) darker interpretation of the canon romance, though it does stick to canon, many scenes are expanded upon (a few are rewritten either because they don't seem right in canon, or I needed to find a way to fit them) and new ones are made to fully make this story. Characterization of Thane on the other hand, that's ambiguous if you want to consider it canon compliant. Personally I do.
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- Part 1 of An Ardent Assassin's Alarming Attraction
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Gemini Effect: Stardust & Supernova by Demon_dark_mezzo_sangue
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms
31 Oct 2025
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The Tianzi and the Darkus Archon, sister and brother, aliens from another dimension, each of them created their own Space Kingdom.
On a whim, the two of them started a competition, a speed race between their new, state-of-the-art Starships. A race that ended near Eden Prime, during the Geth attack.
Somehow, Ben and Gwen Shepard ended up caught in the middle of a competition between technologically advanced, magical, psychic, and mutant alien twins.
Normandy's best and worst allies.
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- Part 4 of Legends of the Galaxy
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Commander Shepard is well acquainted with death. Her life is full of death. But for Shepard, living is harder. What happens when the fight is over?This story will crisscross the Milky Way, taking place in the 10 years after the Reaper War. Set against the backdrop of a galaxy in upheaval, Taproot is an exploration of duty, change, love, and most of all, finding home.
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- Part 1 of Taproot
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The Reaper War by EvanKnight
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Voltron: Lion Force (1984), Voltron Force (2011), Voltron: Vehicle Force (1984), Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Andromeda
22 Oct 2025
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Three Years ago, Saren attacked the Citadel with his Geth fleet controlled by Sovereign. Both were stopped by Shepard and Voltron. A later Shepard was killed when the Normandy was shot down. His Ambition was thwarted by the Paladins of Voltron and the remaining crew of the Normandy. Two years ago, Lotor attacked the Citadel to make a weapon of it to destroy the Reapers. One Year Ago, the Collectors under the thrall of a Reaper began the harvest of humans and were destroyed by Voltron and Shepard. In all these events there were three constants, the Reapers, Voltron, and Shepard.
But now the war has come to them, The Reapers begin their harvest and for the first time ever Voltron has been pushed to his limits. A call to arms has been sent it is time for the Galaxy to reclaim what was lost and end this harvest or die trying. Voltron will Reclaim the Universe!
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- Part 5 of The Quintessence Effect
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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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What is broken can be rebuilt and what is lost can be found. The Normandy is stranded on a distant planet with no idea where it is. EDI is 'dead' and Commander Shepard is missing. While Victory Fleet is stuck in the Sol system. But... the universe as they know it survived and the Reaper threat is dead. Commander Shepard is about to found out more about her past that she had no idea about.
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- Part 1 of Mass Effect: Commander Jane Shepard.
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Juliette Has A Gun by chouettetc
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
02 Oct 2025
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She's the Alliance's best spy and secret weapon. He's the one of the Council's newest Spectres and ex-Blackwatch operative. And if they don't manage to cause the next intergalactic incident from this assignment, they should both be showered in accolades from the Council.
But intergalactic cooperation is never that simple, is it?
Steamy, poignant, and full of action, this fic explores the darker and more complex version of female Shepard in a spy AU, and the space boyfriend we all know and love.
This is my first fic, but I've been dreaming of a spy thriller in the Mass Effect world for SO long. Can't wait to share this version of our reluctant, redheaded hero with you <3 .
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The Bells I Hear by Bobthemagiccow
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
03 Oct 2025
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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 its 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 Beginning of the End by bi0_h4zarD
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
26 Sep 2025
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Basically this is just the story of the Mass effect trilogy told with some minor tweaks. Follow Commander Callisto Shepard through this story of tragedy, love, and all thats in between.
This is book 1, which tells the story of Mass Effect 1.
Welcome to The Beginning of the End.
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Even with the purest of intentions, some habits die hard. Garrus attempts a righteous stand against injustice as Archangel— struggling with what feels right and what he has been taught is wrong.
Andy Shepard lives as quietly as she can. Assuming the alias “Jane Doehler”, she works hard to stay a ghost. But when a new arrival disrupts her fragile reality, Andy must face dark secrets she thought long-buried.
(starts at the beginning of Garrus' time as Archangel, projected to end post-ME3.)
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If It Ain't Broke... by Snarkeologist
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
14 Sep 2025
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"“Death is supposed to be the end, right? I mean, that’s what we were always taught. Maybe there’s something beyond it, maybe not, but you’re not supposed to come back from it. Not after being spaced. Not after two years.” Fergus Shepard clawed at his white hair in a vain attempt at settling his churning thoughts. “I feel like I’m bloody going insane.”
A week ago Fergus Shepard woke up in a Cerberus hellscape, and he woke up wrong. Forced to work with the group that has caused him years of grief, he'll make them regret his resurrection.-or-
Shepard attempts to take down both the Collectors and Cerberus at the same time. With a little help from his family, of course.
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- Part 1 of Fergus Shepard: Changes
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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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Taking the fight to the Collectors themselves was by all accounts a suicide mission: There was no guarantee of success, no guarantee of coming out of it alive, and yet, the mission was proceeding as planned as the team advanced deeper into the bowels of the Collectors' base. After a close call, and Miranda sustaining an unexpected injury, all that remains is venturing forth into its very heart, to the main control console, to end the Collector threat once and for all.
During some downtime, Commander John Shepard and Miranda find themselves discussing more than the mission: their very relationship, and what could happen to them if they made it out of there alive. And yet he finds himself faced with one impossible decision: what to do with her. He knows in his heart he wants nothing more than for her to be by his side at the end, but after seeing her hurt, the realisation he could lose her becomes all too real, and almost too much to bear.
Completing the mission and stopping the Collectors, a mission that had been months in the making, had become more to him than just doing his duty, it had become personal - all because of her. They had started it together, would it finish the same way?