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''I'm Commander Shepard, and [[Memetic Mutation|these are my favorite fan fics on the internet.]]''

Proof that [[~~Sturgeons~~ Law|the remaining 10% is worth dying for]] here.

Proof that [[Sturgeon's Law|the remaining 10% is worth dying for]] here.

These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Fan Fic Recommendations|here]].

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* '' Comments'': Words cannot describe the fic. It just has to be read to be believed. It's dark, and will toss your already conceived viewpoints out the window. It's obvious that the author did a LOT of thinking about consequences, and how they will affect the universe in general.

** YMMV - be warned this isn't a traditional fic but more like a history book of an alternate universe, with no real dialogue or characterizations.

** It also has a very interesting re-imagining of the [[Suicide Mission]]. Here, it's [[Do Well ~~but~~ Not Perfect|not possible to]] [[No One Left Behind|save everyone]] like it is in the real ME2, but each character has more opportunities to show off their badassery.

** It also has a very interesting re-imagining of the [[Suicide Mission]]. Here, it's [[Do Well, But Not Perfect|not possible to]] [[No One Left Behind|save everyone]] like it is in the real ME2, but each character has more opportunities to show off their badassery.

** A curious thought experiment, with realistic reactions and details that makes humanity truly terrifying in a galaxy that is increasingly insane and brutal. Imagine a bit of [[Warhammer 40 K]], [[Mass Effect]], [[Star Wars]], and give all of those an underdog mentality and you'd gave something not unlike this story.

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* Recommended by owlbot

* ''Synopsis'': The publication of the Precipice Archives Report for the Third Citadel detailing the events since five billion years ago, how the attempt to save life led to its cyclic destruction, and how this affected the galaxy five billion years later.

* ''Comments'': Written in the form of salvaged transcripts, documents, and messages recovered almost a millennium after the events of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''Order Upon Chaos'' chronicles the origin of the Reapers, explaining how they went from [[Disaster Democracy|a democratic body]] [[Messianic Archetype|trying to save one civilization after another]], to [[Well Intentioned Extremist|Well-Intentioned Extremists]], to [[Cosmic Horror|Cosmic Horrors]]. The story is difficult to pick up at first, for the transcripts can be dense, confusing, and not immediately obvious, but it rolls elegantly along once it truly picks up speed, and gracefully shows how the initial, desperate attempt to ensure life goes on in the galaxy slowly transforms into the horrifying cycles of extinction we associate with the Reapers today, as well as the beginnings of the enigmatic characters {{spoiler|Harbinger and the Catalyst}}.

* ''Comments'': Written in the form of salvaged transcripts, documents, and messages recovered almost a millennium after the events of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''Order Upon Chaos'' chronicles the origin of the Reapers, explaining how they went from [[Disaster Democracy|a democratic body]] [[Messianic Archetype|trying to save one civilization after another]], to [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well-Intentioned Extremists]], to [[Cosmic Horror|Cosmic Horrors]]. The story is difficult to pick up at first, for the transcripts can be dense, confusing, and not immediately obvious, but it rolls elegantly along once it truly picks up speed, and gracefully shows how the initial, desperate attempt to ensure life goes on in the galaxy slowly transforms into the horrifying cycles of extinction we associate with the Reapers today, as well as the beginnings of the enigmatic characters {{spoiler|Harbinger and the Catalyst}}.

''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5639538/1/Accidental_Hero_of_the_Galaxy Accidental Hero of the Galaxy]'' by Random Equinox

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* ''Synopsis'': Shepard's revival is necessarily much earlier than canon, and the only way it can be done is by putting his functional brain into a YMIR mech chassis, with all the baggage that implies.

* ''Comments'': You know, when I recommend a fic, the highest praise I can give it is that even though I may not be a fan of what it's based of of, I still enjoyed the fic. This is one of those. I have never played either of the Mass Effect games and have only a passing knowledge of the universe, but still found this to be a great read. The writing is competent, the dialogue well written, the key ploy point intriguing, and the storyline well done. I highly recommend this.

** Hnn. I felt like this got off to a very promising start - I'm a sucker for [[~~Brainina~~ Jar]] - but as the chapters went on the grammatical mistakes, overuse of names in conversations, and run-on sentences started to get to me. Besides, the recurring talk of this permanence started annoying me - what, is it so hard to put fingers on these mechs? I'll look for further chapters, but I have a sense of wasted potential here.

** Hnn. I felt like this got off to a very promising start - I'm a sucker for [[Brain In A Jar]] - but as the chapters went on the grammatical mistakes, overuse of names in conversations, and run-on sentences started to get to me. Besides, the recurring talk of this permanence started annoying me - what, is it so hard to put fingers on these mechs? I'll look for further chapters, but I have a sense of wasted potential here.

[[Mock Effect (Fanfic)|Mock Effect]] by Mister Buch

* Recommended by [[User:Tillian]], [[User:Firebert]]

* ''Synopsis'': Jane Shepard was being promoted as a 'Sub-Spectre' much to her humiliation as her psychotic brother John Shepard was promoted as a Spectre. She have to save the galaxy from not only the incompetent, unoriginal villains like Saren and Unicron... sorry Sovereign, but also from her crazy ass brother from trashing up the galaxy with his try hard [[Jerkass|Renegade]] attitude.

* ''Comments'': A nice parody that digs deep into plot-holes, cliche, spotlighting the flaws like how the renegade options are blatantly childish and bad textured load ups. This parody was so popular there's a 10 page dedication to this fan fiction on the [http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=633141&forum=123&sp=0 official Mass Effect] forums before the moderators shut it down due to bad server technology. Sadly it's in script format so the webmasters of the [[~~Fan Fiction Dot Net~~|ff.net]] had to take it down much to the fans annoyance. Fortunately one of the fans [[Big Damn Heroes|jumped in to save the day]] by creating a another Mass Effect fan fiction site for Mr. Buch to host it. You can still check it out by clicking on the above link.

* ''Comments'': A nice parody that digs deep into plot-holes, cliche, spotlighting the flaws like how the renegade options are blatantly childish and bad textured load ups. This parody was so popular there's a 10 page dedication to this fan fiction on the [http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=633141&forum=123&sp=0 official Mass Effect] forums before the moderators shut it down due to bad server technology. Sadly it's in script format so the webmasters of the [[Fanfiction.net|ff.net]] had to take it down much to the fans annoyance. Fortunately one of the fans [[Big Damn Heroes|jumped in to save the day]] by creating a another Mass Effect fan fiction site for Mr. Buch to host it. You can still check it out by clicking on the above link.

** Not a good idea to read it if you like... any of the characters, really. The author seems to hate them all.

*** Except for [[Mr. Fanservice|Kaidan]].

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* ''Synopsis'': Snooping through the ''Normandy'''s computer systems, Miranda discovers Shepard's hobby of writing explicit [[Slash Fic|slash fiction]] about her colleagues. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

** Read it, it's hilarious.

** Between Jacob's astonishment and horror, the revelation of Garrus' big secret, and Jack's ''[[Cluster F Bomb|constant swearing]]''... what's not to love?

** Between Jacob's astonishment and horror, the revelation of Garrus' big secret, and Jack's ''[[Cluster F-Bomb|constant swearing]]''... what's not to love?

** Don't forget Tali's talking about "revolutionizing quarian sex lives".

** Even funnier after the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC: {{spoiler|Kasumi writes haikus about Jacob. No, really!}}

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* Recommended by Wild Goose, Tropulastic, [[User:USA Bobcat]], Chris54325

* ''Synopsis'': Forget Commander Shepard and Admiral Anderson; being responsible for organizing the construction of a doomsday device with that many zany races and organizations, Admiral Steven Hackett is clearly the true, most long-suffering hero of Mass Effect 3.

* ''Comments'': A ''very'' crackfic take on the trials of Admiral Hackett as he supervises the construction of the Crucible, deals with being the [[Only Sane Man]] in a fleet of [[Crazy Awesome]] scientists (and just plain crazy) and tries to keep everyone focused on getting the job done. Highlights include challenging Kasumi to a Touhou duel to [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|keep her from stealing Jacob from Bryn Cole]].

* ''Comments'': A ''very'' crackfic take on the trials of Admiral Hackett as he supervises the construction of the Crucible, deals with being the [[Only Sane Man]] in a fleet of [[Crazy Awesome]] scientists (and just plain crazy) and tries to keep everyone focused on getting the job done. Highlights include challenging Kasumi to a Touhou duel to [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|keep her from stealing Jacob from Bryn Cole]].

** Ahahahaha. I found this to be a very hilarious read. Definitely recommend it.

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** My favorite fanfic of all time. And even if you don't know [[Command and Conquer]], I have three words for you: Spectre Garrus Vakarian.

** Definitely seconded. This isn't Mass Effect with GDI in place of the Alliance, it is a true mixture. Basic example: With the aggressiveness of GDI Foreign Policy, the Council expands the number of Spectres, leading to [[Crazy Awesome|Spectre Garrus Vakarian,]] [[Word of God|who the Author himself described]] as [[Twenty Four|"Turian Jack Bauer]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[There Was a Door|the Kool-Aid Man.]]"

** Good fics are already hard to find, [[~~Sturgeons~~ Law|that much is well-documented]]. Good ''crossover'' fics is a contest of finding a minority group within a minority group, but ''Renegade'' is one of those wonderful few. There is a minor change in tone for readers going from chapter one to seven in one sitting (as this troper did), from rather dark 'n gritty to downright funny, but when the comedy is genuinely entertaining (good comedy fics being another minority among minorities), it's more than excusable. Well-worth the read. --Deep Recon

** Good fics are already hard to find, [[Sturgeon's Law|that much is well-documented]]. Good ''crossover'' fics is a contest of finding a minority group within a minority group, but ''Renegade'' is one of those wonderful few. There is a minor change in tone for readers going from chapter one to seven in one sitting (as this troper did), from rather dark 'n gritty to downright funny, but when the comedy is genuinely entertaining (good comedy fics being another minority among minorities), it's more than excusable. Well-worth the read. --Deep Recon

''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6965762/1/Eagles_Fall Eagle's Fall]'' by CharNobyl

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