History Fanfic / MassEffectInterregnum

* HilariousInHindsight: Leviathan?

--> Erash: Were those actual words he used there? Or did I just hallucinate for a second there?

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mostly [[ShellShockedVeteran Ripper]] and Dead Little Sister Monteague. On a less extreme level, Weaver was a criminal on Earth, Sidonis was part of an amoral black-ops merc squad and Butler [[spoiler:murdered his wife's stalker in cold blood to protect her and has been haunted by it ever since]]. There's also Erash's hang-ups about being a part of Firebreak, the genophage modification project.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5775707/1/Mass_Effect_Interregnum Mass Effect: Interregnum]] is a fanfic written by The Naked Pen and set in the period between Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2. It follows Garrus Vakarian, who is now on Omega trying make a difference.

He has come in possession of codes for a devastating weapon and is being held by Blood Pack mercenaries when two mysterious individuals rescue him. From there on the story follows him as he builds his team and fights Omega's underworld.

Without a doubt one of the best Mass Effect fanfics, with some readers even saying that it's better then the official novels and comics. A must for any fan of Mass Effect and especially of Garrus.

Also features a one-shot in the same universe called [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7205745/1/Omega_Noire Omega Noire]], narrated by Garrus as he investigates a murder.

* ChaseScene: With flying cars, both on Omega and Deinech. Both include a lot of shooting and explosions. Better yet, they were written ''before'' Lair of the Shadow Broker's chase scene!

* OurDoorsAreDifferent: In contrast to the game, regular hinged doors are mentioned several times. Being set mostly in run down and poor areas this is justified.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: Puts in an appearance early on, when [[spoiler: Chirin]] takes out a spaceship by ramming a shuttle into it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mostly [[ShellShockedVeteran Ripper]] and [[DeadLittleSister Monteague]]. On a less extreme level, Weaver was a criminal on Earth, Sidonis was part of an amoral black-ops merc squad and Butler [[spoiler:murdered his wife's stalker in cold blood to protect her and has been haunted by it ever since]]. There's also Erash's hang-ups about being a part of Firebreak, the genophage modification project.

** Weaver's [[RoadHouse "Pain don't hurt."]] Lampshaded by Erash, saying that, by definition, it does.

** "[[SamuelLJackson God damn it!]] [[Film/JurassicPark I hate this hacker crap!]]"

** [[ToyStory "...the car was not so much flying through the glittering permanight of Omega as it was falling with style."]]

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5775707/1/Mass_Effect_Interregnum Mass Effect: Interregnum]] is a fanfic written by The Naked Pen and set in the period between Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2. It follows Garrus Vakarian, who is now on Omega trying make a difference.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: Puts in an appearance early on, when [[spoiler: Chirin]] takes out a spaceship by ramming a shuttle into it.

** Erash quotes BladeRunner at one point.
** One piece of flavor-text about a salarian terrorist called Laeton is a shoutout to Peter F. Hamilton's {{Nights Dawn}}.

** [[spoiler: Golf's]] last few moments are ''very'' [[spoiler: TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey]]

** "[[SamuelLJackson God damn it!]] [[Film/JurassicPark I hate this hacker crap!]]"

* TechnoBabble: A memorable example while Butler is establishing his tech credentials:

* RecycledInSpace: Fanon usually depicts Garrus as [[RecycledInSpace Space Batman]], but in this he's more like [[ThePunisher Space Punisher]]. Except when he's being [[RaymondChandler Space Philip Marlowe]].

** Also, ''Endgame Part Two'', which ends with a succession of several [[WhamLine Wham Lines]].

** "[[SamuelLJackson God damn it!]] [[JurassicPark I hate this hacker crap!]]"

** TheBigGuy: Weaver punched out a krogan on two separate occasions. Also Melanis, despite being a volus.

* Badass Crew: Garrus and his team, of course. They've got...

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mostly [[ShellShockedVeteran Ripper]] and [[DeadLittleSister Monteague]]. On a less extreme level, Weaver was a criminal on Earth, Sidonis was part of an amoral black-ops merc squad and Butler [[spoiler:murdered his wife's stalker in cold blood to protect her and has been haunted by it ever since.]]

** Character names in early chapters were retroactively changed as well, after Lair of the Shadow Broker came out and revealed the full list of names on Garrus' team.

* TheQuietOne: Mierin seems set to be this for the team, although there was already Melenis in more or less the same role.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The ship Garrus posseses codes for is capable of irradicating all life on a planet in a relatively short time. Which is why everyone wants to get their hands on it.

** There are also mentions of a fast-talking salarian doctor working somewhere on Omega.

** "It's a start." Especially prominent in "Alpha and Omega," though it continues to pop up in later story arcs.