History Fanfic / MassEffectEndOfDays

* HumansAreWarriors: The Citadel races regards humanity and their partner-race, the synthetic Vision as this. Despite the heavy presence of A.I, the Council realizes humanity is [[HumanityIsInsane dangerous in other ways]], just by virtue of getting along with synthetics. Since First Contact was peaceful this time around, the galaxy has no real idea of what to expect in a war, leaving them at a disadvantage. The Alliance never discovered eezo or relays, they have vastly differing technologies and weapons, coupled with a tenacious attitude and the industrial capabilities a friendly A.I brings with it. [[OutsideContextProblem This in turn means that no-one is really sure how to handle them]]. [[spoiler: The Council in particular is very concerned with the Alliance's unprecedented rise in power in the galaxy and wants to do something about it, but acknowledge the fact that the Alliance is a bad opponent.]]

** The first examples of warfare the rest of the galaxy sees is a garrison fending off a combined assault by [[spoiler: Collectors and Batarian pirates, being relieved by the ''[[TheDreaded Geth]]''. The Alliance then proceeds to pick the Hegemony apart, while simultaneously launching an assault at the Collector base.]] Only when all this is over and done with, does the [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Council]] realize just how dangerous the Alliance can be. [[spoiler: Valern]] in particular seems to believe it is worth knowing their [[HistoryRepeats history]], and is none too pleased with the findings.

* TooDumbToLive: As usual, the Batarian Hegemony. Attacking a brand new species possessing unknown technology, ''after'' having left the Citadel, giving the Alliance a rather clear run at them.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: The Alliance can use portals to spam missiles, and redirect incoming fire - a technique it kept secret for as long as possible.

** The first examples of warfare the rest of the galaxy sees is a garrison fending off a combined assault by [[spoiler: Collectors and batarian pirates, being relieved by the ''[[TheDreaded Geth]]''. The Alliance then proceeds to pick the Hegemony apart, while simultaneously launching an assault at the Collector base.]] Only when all this is over and done with, does the [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Council]] realize just how dangerous the Alliance can be. [[spoiler: Valern]] in particular seems to believe it is worth knowing their [[HistoryRepeats history]], and is none too pleased with the findings.

* RoboSexual: Throughout the Alliance, it is not rare to find a Vision and Human in a romantic relationship. These types of couples can have children, depending if the Vision has a special 'Organic' Sentinel-type body, these being about fifty percent organic. Organic, as in high-quality epidermis and internal parts. The rest is synthetic, a mechanical endoskeleton. Vision who use these, are more likely to never leave their body, enjoying the organic experience, or having close relationships with humans. This helps in a stable physical-world relationship.
* SelfDestructingSecurity: The Trishulas go with a ''big'' boom when someone tries to dismantle them.

-->[[spoiler: He did not dare to sleep, for then the [[HellIsThatNoise whispers]] would grow louder, stealing his thoughts and dreams. The whispers were already in his head, taking his thoughts away. He felt it before, when he had finally managed to shut his eyes, when the whispers had entered his dreams, obscuring them with shadows and screams. It was as if... as if a [[NightmareFuel graveyard had become an entity]], which held him down and... ...and... screamed... ''screamed'' into his soul.]]
* NeckSnap: During the final confrontation with the leader of the Batarian attack, Shepard is out of bullets.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Chekira, once he realizes he's held by a former slave. [[{{Understatement}} One with a grudge.]]

* SplashDamage: The Trishula defense cannons, based on the SHIVA main gun. They turn out to be very effective against [[spoiler:Collector Seeker Swarms]]

--> '''The Hegemony denied everything as propaganda. No one was even remotely fooled any more.\\

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: Saren and Anderson discusses how the Geth saved a colony, and Anderson remarks that there's worse first impressions. In the games, the turians ''occupy'' a colony, and Saren loses his brother.]]

* HumansAreWarriors: The Citadel races regards humanity and their partner-race, the synthetic Vision as this. Despite the heavy presence of A.I, the Council realizes humanity is [[HumanityIsInsane dangerous in other ways]], just by virtue of getting along with synthetics. Since First Contact was peaceful this time around, the galaxy has no real idea of what to expect in a war, leaving them at a disadvantage. The Alliance never discovered eezo or relays, they have vastly differing technologies and weapons, coupled with a tenacious attitude and the industrial capabilities a friendly A.I brings with it. This in turn means that no-one is really sure how to handle them. [[spoiler: The Council in particular is very concerned with the Alliance's unprecedented rise in power in the galaxy and wants to do something about it, but acknowledge the fact that the Alliance is a bad opponent.]]

* HumanityIsInsane: is regarded as insane by pretty much every Citadel race, for one very simple reason; they have created a synthetic partner-race, similar to the Quarians and Geth. However, unlike the [[RobotWar Quarians and the Geth]], the humans and their A.I's, the Vision, learned to [[FireForgedFriends fight together]], and are quite comfortable with the other. Naturally, the Citadel (which has always regarded A.I's to be [[AIIsACrapshoot crapshots]]) finds it insane that the Vision are even allowed to aid humans in matters of technology and genetic engineering.

* BenignAI: The Vision. Despite outnumbering the humans, they remain friendly.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExcistence: The Reapers, like in the games, are made up of countless sentients. We get to observe the process behind [[spoiler: the mind of the Reaper-larvae from the Collector base. We follow a prisoner as more people gets indoctrinated and assimilated, until the larvae gains consciousness]].

* EldritchAbomination: The Reapers.. While the Reapers have yet to make a ''proper'' appearance, they are shaping up to becoming fullblown Eldritch.

* HumanityIsSuperior: [[PlayingWith Played with]]. It ''is'' a different-tech fic, where humanity created a synthetic partner-race, and developed technologically and sociologically independent from [[ImportedAlienPlebotium eezo and the relays]]. When they finally do make contact with the Citadel, humanity's tech is in an order of magnitude above the Citadel's. However, it is pointed out that humanity is only on that level thanks to the Vision, which lessens the impact of "organic variables" - like costs and pay - while all the Vision needs is materials and time. The "superior"-part is the fact that humanity managed to achieve peace and understanding with their creations, and their civilization as a whole is presented as superior to the Council. But as individuals, the aliens are just as good.

* PlanetKiller: The SHIVA's gun.

* GodzillaThreshold: Nalas was taken out by melting its planet 20 km deep.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098732/1/Mass-Effect-End-of-Days Mass Effect: End of Days]]'' is an AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6589407/Postmeat Postmeat]]. The basic premise: no Prothean cache on Mars, no relay in Sol. Humanity develops its own tech, slowly expanding away from the Solar System. Finally, almost a thousand years later, Humanity no longer just consists of humans (see last paragraph); humans made a synthetic partner race, which they dubbed Vision. Eventually, Humanity discovers a Mass Relay and makes contact with the Citadel races.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098732/1/Mass-Effect-End-of-Days Mass Effect: End of Days]]'' is an AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6589407/Postmeat Postmeat]]. The basic premise: no Prothean cache on Mars, no relay in Sol. Humanity develops its own tech, slowly expanding away from the Solar System. Finally, almost a thousand years later, Humanity no longer just consists of humans; they have made a synthetic partner race. Eventually, they discover a Mass Relay and make contact with the Citadel races.

From the Citadel's perspective, the Alliance makes extensive use of {{AI}}, which the Alliance dubbed [[BenevolentAI Vision]], which is against the Citadel laws. But, from the perspective of humans, the Vision are their equals and friends, both mostly united under the Alliance. They see the Vision as not just tools to exploit, which the Citadel assumes. Both Humans and Vision trust each other and are willing to let the other take part in their lives.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098732/1/Mass-Effect-End-of-Days Mass Effect: End of Days]]'' is an AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6589407/Postmeat Postmeat]]. The basic premise: no Prothean cache on Mars. Humanity develops its own tech, slowly expanding away from the Solar System. Finally, almost a thousand years later, Humanity no longer just consists of humans; they discover a Mass Relay and make contact with the Citadel races.

From the Citadel's perspective, the Alliance makes extensive use of AIs, which the Alliance call Vision, which is against their laws. But, from the Humans' perpesecrive, the Vision are their equals and friends, both mostly united under the Alliance. They see the Vision as not just tools to exploit, of which the Citadel assumes. Both Humans and Vision trust each other and are willingly to let the other take the wheel once in a while.

The Citadel also sees that they have a powerful military and advanced technology, and see no point in making them enemies. As a result, the Alliance has an embassy on the Citadel, but is effectively a sovereign nation largely left to itself.

The Quarians, as the ones who know the most about AI, finally get a colony – as a bribe from the Council, which they are fully aware of. The Batarians, as in the original timeline, leave the Citadel. The Geth make peaceful contact with the Alliance right away. There you have the basic political layout. More or less calm, but then the Batarians attack the Alliance... backed up by [[spoiler:the Galaxy's bogeymen. Collectors, that is]].

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Emily and Elwynn, the two captured N7s, wreck half the Collector Station at the cost of their lifes.]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Emily, the captured N7, wrecks half the Collector Station at the cost of her life.]]

* RoboSexual: Throughout the Alliance, it is not rare to find a Vision and Human in a romantic relationship. These types of couples can have children, depending if the Vision has a special 'Organic' Sentinel, these being about fifty percent organic. Organic, as in high-quality epidermis and internal parts. The rest is synthetic, a mechanical exoskeleton. Vision who use these, are more likely to never leave their body so to enjoy the organic experience. This helps in a stable physical-world relationship.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Vision use a lot of these, usually partly organic.

* Robosexual: Throughout the Alliance, it is not rare to find a Vision and Human in a romantic relationship. These types of couples can have children, depending if the Vision has a special 'Organic' Sentinel, these being about fifty percent organic. Organic, as in high-quality epidermis and internal parts. The rest is synthetic, a mechanical exoskeleton. Vision who use these, are more likely to never leave their body so to enjoy the organic experience. This helps in a stable physical-world relationship.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098732/1/Mass-Effect-End-of-Days Mass Effect: End of Days]]'' is an AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6589407/Postmeat Postmeat]]. The basic premise: no Prothean cache on Mars. Humanity develops its own tech, slowly expanding away from the Solar System. Finally, almost a thousand years later, they discover a Mass Relay and make contact with the Citadel races.

** The introduction of the N7 and their Power Armor has a lot of ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' references.

Now, the Citadel sees the Alliance makes extensive use of AIs, which is against their laws. But they also see that they have a powerful military and advanced technology, and see no point in making them enemies. As a result, the Alliance has an embassy on the Citadel, but is effectively a sovereign nation largely left to itself. The Quarians, as the ones who know the most about AI, finally get a colony – as a bribe from the Council, which they are fully aware of. The Batarians, as in the original timeline, leave the Citadel. The Geth make peaceful contact with the Alliance right away. There you have the basic political layout. More or less calm, but then the Batarians attack the Alliance... backed up by [[spoiler:the Galaxy's bogeymen. Collectors, that is]].

* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Saren addresses who he believes to be Shepard... actually, it's Shepard's empty, AI driven PowerArmor. The real Shepard is walking alongside it.

Now, the Citadel sees the Alliance uses AIs, which is against their laws. But they also see that it has a powerful military and advanced technology, so there is no point in making them enemies. As a result, the Alliance has an embassy on the Citadel, but is a sovereign nation largely left to itself. The Quarians, as the ones who know the most about AI, finally get a colony – as a bribe from the Council, which they are fully aware of. The Batarians, as in the original timeline, leave the Citadel. The Geth make peaceful contact with the Alliance right away. There you have the basic political layout. More or less calm, but then the Batarians attack the Alliance... backed up by [[spoiler:the Galaxy's bogeymen. Collectors, that is]].

* ArtificialLimbs: Shepard has a prosthetic right arm. After the battle of Elysium, it gets upgraded.

* ExactWords: A Hegemony officer promises to a former slave that he'll be ''his'' slave? Fine, that means the former slave can kill him.

* ParentalSexualitySquick: When a boy born to Artemas hears his mother discussing sexuality with Legion.

* SenseFreak: Legion, upon being given a near-human Vision body, has a lot of it with all the related tropes. HilarityEnsues.

* WeaponizedTeleportation: The Alliance can use portals to spam missiles - a technique it kept secret for as long as possible.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: The Batarian [[spoiler:(backed up by the Collectors)]] attack on Elysium is beaten off by the Alliance, Shepard, and [[spoiler:a Geth force playing BigDamnHeroes]]. Another attack on another colony... not so much.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11098732/1/Mass-Effect-End-of-Days Mass Effect: End of Days]]'' is an AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6589407/Postmeat Postmeat]]. The basic premise: no Prothean cache of Mars. Humanity develops its own tech, slowly expanding away from the Solar System. Finally, about a thousand years later, they discover a Mass Relay and make contact with the Citadel races.

* SchmuckBait:

* ProperlyParanoid: Someone calls Batarians that after learning they keep their classified documents on a completely separate network. Another person notes that the Alliance ''did'' try to access the documents after all...