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What Makes a Warrior? by Socially_Inept
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
18 Oct 2025
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Summary
Jane Shepard got out of the Alliance military after losing her platoon on Akuze, and joined the diplomatic corps. She secured the release of hundreds of hostages as an ambassador to the Batarian Hegemony after the Skyllian Blitz, and took part in risky in-person negotiations before, during and after Torfan.
She dedicated herself to ending wars. But when the establishment of a Batarian consulate on the contested colony of Eden Prime is interrupted by a Geth invasion, she finds herself at the centre of a war for all organic life - one which seems to end with annihilation, even in victory.
Which is unfortunate, but she is nothing if not adaptable.
I'm just going to keep adding tags as and when the story gets to them. The Femshep/Ashley relationship is going to be platonic and snarky, but it might turn into romance if I think they vibe. Either way, Ash is bi but doesn't know it. Batarians are assholes, but I'll try to give them more depth than they get in the games.
NOTE: This series now has a beta reader/HTML wiz in the talented Zivqa, who also writes! Check out their fics, they're good, I have some bookmarked. They've kindly gone through and reformatted all existing chapters.