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Shepard is encouraged to keep a journal while she recovers from her injuries. She decides to create audio letters to her lost pilot instead.
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- Part 7 of Commander Jenna Shepard
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Directive Unknown by The_Sunflower
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect (Video Games)
17 Nov 2025
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Directive Unknown is a collection of standalone one-shots set within the universe of File: REDACTED.
Snapshots, intel fragments, and off-the-record moments orbiting Commander Elara Shepard and the shadows she’s still trying to outrun.
Some entries tie directly into the main fic. Others explore alternate angles, untold moments, or scenes never logged in the official reports. Each piece can be read on its own — but together, they trace the outline of a truth Shepard refuses to stop chasing.
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- Part 2 of File: REDACTED Series
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- English
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- 2,137
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- 2/?
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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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The Bridge Between by Stanic
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Nov 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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Commander Shepard, The Greatest to Ever Live by Samael61
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
16 Nov 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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All You Need is Love... And a High-Powered Sniper Rifle by Hero_Of_Crafts
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
16 Nov 2025
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Part 3 of "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". First two works are "Commander Shepard's Lonely Hearts Club" and "Songs Without Jane". The Reapers have arrived in the galaxy, and nobody is ready. Shepard's officers failed in their task to prepare everyone for a war against extinction. Now they must turn the tide, with or without their leader. Jane Shepard is pulled back into the war after 3 months of incarceration followed by 3 more of house arrest. Everyone looks to her to save them. While she tries to do just that, Garrus's main concern is saving her from herself.
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These are a series of stories about my FemShep, with her own unique background.
At the moment, these are in no particular chronological order. If I write enough, I might try and put it all together, shore up consistency, but that's a long way off.
A word about Elia Shepard : I’ve made her this ambiguous, dark anti-heroine, very different from the way Commander Shepard was written by Bioware. She is not your average hero, she isn’t even all that likable, but she will save the galaxy….probably..
Comments, criticisms, and praise are all much appreciated :)
I'm currently editing all the old chapters and adding some new ones when I can!
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Thane Krios’s sacrifice makes him a martyr to the long-lasting Drell nation that survived post Reaper War victory by the galaxy at large—or what remains of it after the Reapers harvested and destroyed most. The Hanar decimated due to Reaper indoctrination, and planets nearly wiped out by The Harvest, Drell have survived by the main facets of their culture that makes them so unique—memories. Nothing more powerful existed in a species as the ability to recall with such clinging clarity of detail, a people brought through ages of evolution to embrace that which made Thane weak to Braithlynn Shepard’s eyes whenever he was visited by irrepressed memories of his child and wife…Indoctrination…had and has no effect on Drell.
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The 13th Squadmate by SaltyKisses
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
16 Nov 2025
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24 year old Cecelia Durant year 2183 with the announcement of the hero Commander Shepard's death begins to see strange dreams of another life and the future of her world till she's unable to tell herself apart from the who she use to be.
Can she really try for change?
How do you cope with the fact that your entire life is stupid sci-fi video game????
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With the Normandy SR2 impounded, its crew disbanded, and the Commander under investigation for the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Kaidan finds himself lost in life yet again, the same he felt all those months ago when he thought his Commander was dead.
The deep betrayal had ruined his relationship with the man he always loved. Only a short time together was ripped apart when Shepard found out about Kaidan's spying on him for all their time together fighting the Collectors.
Now, investigations are underway, and word is spreading of the Reaper invasion slowly coming upon them. Shepard must team up with those he has fought with before to destroy the Reapers and save the galaxy for a third time. But can he and Kaidan move on from this big strain that ruined the trust they built? Or will even the threat of death and destruction still keep them apart?
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- Part 2 of Kaidan x MaleShep.
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- English
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- 677
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- 1/?
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- 1
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The mass effect core goes bright, brighter than the sun. Energy arcs wildly, spastically, and the first structural contact is made by the asteroid. The structure fragments, energy rippling down its spine, all Shepard can see is the white core. It eats her periphery from edge to edge.
She does not feel the void out.
She does not feel anything at all.
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Under The Illusive Shadow by tilehopper
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
15 Nov 2025
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Jack Harper. Earthborn. Alliance Black Ops. Leader of Cerberus. The Benefactor of Terra Firma. A Womanizer. A Hypocritical Xenophobic. He has been called by many names, but a father was never one of them.
a.k.a what if the Illusive Man is secretly Shepard’s dad?
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Knowing how many lives would be extinguished by her choice was a heavy burden, but it was one she was willing to bear for the remaining moments of her life. Shepard had chosen to destroy the Reapers and leave the woman she loved without ever telling the thief her true feelings. It seemed too late now, but sometimes one journey must end for another to begin.
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This is my version of an Alternate Universe story wherein Kaiden Alenko is Subject Zero. After killing Vyrnus as a teen his life diverted in a very different direction to the original Kaiden Alenko.
Here's a small part taken from the story itself :-)
Kaiden scanned through the last few lines of data on the pad searching for any clue as to how the fuck she was alive and standing. In the last few snippets of information he learned that Cerberus had somehow brought her back to life with the sole purpose of sending her to deal with the Collector threat. It was beginning to look like Kaiden wasn't the only one only ever thought of as a weapon. He was angry, confused even hurt if he had to really admit it even if he wasn't sure why he felt that way. He couldn't explain it his emotions were hitting him all at once and he wasn't sure how to deal with it. One thing he did know for certain though, the Shepard he had met earlier that day, was a very different Shepard to the one he had just spent the last few hours reading about. Very different indeed, far more dangerous and he fucking hated her!
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Zero Parallax by Sky1anders
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Destiny (Video Games)
14 Nov 2025
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The Covenant War, Citadel Galactic Museum of War
In 2169, the Citadel Council turned its attention to the galaxy’s Frontiers—and found a world on fire. Harvest, a small human colony, was gone. Its cities were ash. Its people were dead. The attackers called themselves the Covenant. Their message was simple: humanity was a sin to be purged.At first, the Council regarded the war as distant, a frontier dispute of little consequence. Yet reports of new species, shattered colonies, and desperate resistance could not be ignored. The Frontiers were not just human. They were home to Maians, Nulls and others—diverse peoples who now fought and died together.
It is said the Council acted. Turian warships deployed. Asari commandos landed. Salarian operatives struck Covenant supply lines. Even the Elcor and Volus are remembered as standing beside Earth’s defenders.
The war did not end there. But something greater began—a united stand across species, governments, and ideals. From fire and ruin, the Citadel embraced the future.
The galaxy, we are told, changed forever.
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- Part 1 of Zero Parallax
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A retelling of the last mission in Mass Effect 3 with some additions afterwards (and tweaks to the Destroy ending because yes). Will have multiple chapters, all will likely be quite short, wanted to get something else up here. Teen for violence just in case.
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This follows the second game of Mass Effect and continues where Class.i.fied left off
No longer on the run from her own species, former Operative Erinyes, finds herself trapped on her home planet. Unable to leave, and unable to send or receive transmissions when the Vextra sealed the planet, Erinyes finds herself in her own personal hell away from Garrus. The planet was sealed when she told the Overseers that the Reapers will be arriving soon after she helped defeat Sovereign.
Erinyes must now find a way to get off her home world and back to Garrus. She also needs to get the Reaper weapon schematics back from her abuser, and get the weapons into production. Most importantly she has to convince the Overseers to join the Reaper war of this cycle instead of hide.
A tall order from someone the Overseers see as an object and below them
Garrus exhausts his way through every possible thing he could think of to get her off world, whereas Erinyes decides to show the Overseers what the human phrase 'Fuck around and find out' means. Opting to make their lives as miserable as they made hers.
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The Lives of Commander Shepard by RexManning
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
13 Nov 2025
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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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Mass Effect: Inheritance Rewritten by tibios83
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda
13 Nov 2025
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The war against the Reapers is heating up. Shepard and crew are trying to do everything in their power to keep the casualties to a minium. But petty fights, old grudges and prejudices stand in their way. He knows that Humanity has prepared for this for over a thousand years, but he can't help feel that even with that amount of time behind them, things will not be easy. The Normandy crew are ready to take the fight to the Reapers and stop the endless cycle of death and destruction that has plagued the galaxy for billions of years. Maybe they can keep the galaxy from tearing itself apart.
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- Part 5 of Mass Effect: Echoes of Inheritance
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An Operative from an unknown species is researching places on Earth that are known for strange occurrences in 2025.
Her mission is to find Prothean technology to help her people build weapons to defeat, or protect against, the reapers.
As she scans an area she was ordered to look into she touches something accidentally and is suddenly flung into 2183
Now she needs to keep herself alive against her own people who think she abandoned her mission as well as help save the galaxy when she discovers the reaper threat is now here. That is if she can.
Primarily Garrus/OC
Eventual MaleShep/Tali