History Fanfic / TheMiracleAtPalaven

** A turian soldier gets his mandibles torn off, leading him to be called [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Halo2 Half-Jaw]].

->“I think HDI wants to blow up a Reaper from the inside.”

''The Miracle at Palaven'', writen by Sudentor, is a Mass Effect fanfic that expands upon one of the Codex Entries: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Miracle at Palaven]], the first successful counterattack by turian and krogan forces.

* XMeetsY: ''MassEffect'' meets ''BlackHawkDown'' written in the style of ''BandOfBrothers''.

** A turian soldier gets his mandibles torn off, leading him to be called [[Videogame/Halo2 Half-Jaw]].

** As soon as Kal'Reegar's name is seen, the readers ''know'' what is going to happen to him. That doesn't make it any less painful, however. Or [[DyingMomentOfAwesome awesome]].

** Another tried to help brace a 1-ton krogan in full battle armor when he was using what was erroneously dubbed by them a "nuclear shotgun". She realises that anything that could knock a krogan on his back probably won't be

** Another tried to help brace a 1-ton krogan in full battle armor when he was using what was erroneously dubbed by them a "nuclear shotgun".

* OperationBlank: There are several operations referred to in the document: earlier, there is the Fifteen Minute Plan, OPERATION: IRON HAMMER, and OPERATION: WHISKEY CORRIDOR, an ambitions and failed Navy plan to secure logistics lines. The fic itself focuses on two major missions: OPERATION: FORWARD FLAME, the orbital drop of turian and krogan forces onto Palaven, and OPERATION: SLENDER SCALPEL, the plan to destroy Reapers from the inside with warp bombs and then hit them with everything the turians have.

Currently a work in progress [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-effect-3-the-miracle-at-palaven.239502/ hosted here]] on Spacebattles, and the author has started to release it on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9205200/1/ Fanfiction.net]].

* ForegoneConclusion: As with BandOfBrothers or BlackHawkDown, anyone mentioned in the interviews by name is going to survive the Miracle.
** As soon as Kal'Reegar's name is seen, the readers ''know'' what is going to happen to him. That doesn't make it any less painful, however. Or awesome.

* OperationBlank: There are several operations referred to in the document: earlier, there is OPERATION: WHISKEY CORRIDOR, an ambitions and failed Navy plan to secure logistics lines. The fic itself focuses on two major missions: OPERATION: FORWARD FLAME, the orbital drop of turian and krogan forces onto Palaven, and OPERATION: SLENDER SCALPEL, the plan to destroy Reapers from the inside with warp bombs and then hit them with everything the turians have.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Despite being ordered to keep the true objective of SLENDER SCALPEL from the krogan commando, Demetrius Risithi tells them anyways to make sure the krogan know the stakes. [[spoiler:He ends up being arrested, court-martialed, and found guilty, and although he was acquitted in the end, he never receives formal recognition of his major role in the Miracle at Palaven until years after he died.]]

* ElitesAreMoreGlamarous: Discussed in-universe; the general public only remembers the turian special forces, krogan commandos, and resistance, and are unaware of the roles played by the Navy and the Bosh'tet Express, and support staff.

* ElitesAreMoreGlamarous: Discussed in-universe; many people remember the turian troops, Blackwatch and krogan commandos, and are unaware of the roles played by the Navy and the Bosh'tet Express.

** [[spoiler: Commander Ravakian, one of of the Blackwatch viewpoint characters, survives the Miracle, but dies two days later.]]

** [[spoiler: Captain Ixius of the carrier ''Example'' orders her bridge crew into escape pods, and gets as many of her crew off before she drives her dying ship into a Reaper.]]

* CurbStombCushion: The Battle Of Palaven itself, but the Miracle was the highlight.

** [[spoiler: Captain Ixius tops them all; when the carrier ''Example'' is crippled, she gets as many of her crew off as she can, and then points her dying ship at a Reaper and [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams into it at flank speed]].]]