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Take Earth from the ''[[Command and& Conquer]] [[Command and& Conquer: Tiberium|Tiberium]]'' setting, as of the end of ''Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'', and put it in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' setting, following the same timeline. The result? '''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5851454/1/Renegade Renegade],''''', an [[Alternate History]]/[[Alternate Universe]] fanfic that loosely follows the plot of the first ''[[Mass Effect 1|Mass Effect]]'' game.

The story opens with then-Lieutenant Shepard, a biotic GDI Commando who finds herself forced to accept the assistance of the Brotherhood of Nod when slavers attack Elysium, and as a result is catapulted into heroism and fame. Seven years later, on the way to the GDI colony world of Eden Prime alongside a Council Spectre, she discovers an old enemy has emerged and attacked the human colony: the alien Scrin, working alongside the synthetic geth and a mysterious alien dreadnought.

Written by the same author behind ''[[Tiberium Wars (Fanfic)|Tiberium Wars]]'' and ''[[Forward (Fanfic)|Forward]].'' Notable for the level of depth involved in depicting the effect that a GDI-led humanity would have on the galaxy. It is indicated that this universe's Earth is set after the "good" ending to ''Tiberium Wars'' where the Liquid Tiberium Bomb was not used. The story also draws a great deal of inspiration from the canceled ''Tiberium'' game, using various designs, weapons, and uniforms from the game, such as the Integrated Combat Suit and a variant of the GD-10 weapon.

Not to be confused forwith the [[Renegade (TV series)|television series.]]

* [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]:

* [[Badass Army]]: GDI and Nod. The former fought the Turian Hierarchy almost to a standstill on Shanxi, without much understanding of mass effect technology. The latter is implied to have some incredibly badass troops (if lacking in the raw numbers and sheer firepower of GDI). When asked what Nod's troops were like, [[Word of God|Peptuck's response]] was to put up pictures of [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Video Game)|Adam Jensen]], [[FEARF.E.A.R.|the Point Man]], and a [[Halo|Spartan]].

* [[Badass Minds Think Alike]]: In Chapter 8, Admiral Havoc & Garrus plan to assault a warehouse full of mercs by [[Stuff Blowing Up|blasting open the door]] and [[Dynamic Entry|charging in]] with [[Mini -Mecha|Wolverines]] and [[No Kill Like Overkill|sixty soldiers]], [[More Dakka|guns blazing]]. Shepherd manages to convince them to [[Stealth -Based Mission|sneak in with a small team]]. {{spoiler|Zaeed's plan for assaulting the warehouse is the ''exact same plan'', adjusted for being a [[One-Man Army]]}}.

* [[Death World]]: The general perception of Earth is that it's an even deadlier world then Tuchancka with one of the key differences being that when presented with the possibility of getting off the planet like the krogan a large portion of the human population chose to stay put. Which of course lends itself to the perception of humanity as a species of crazy BAMFs by the rest of the galaxy.

* [[Doomed Byby Canon]]: Subverted - {{spoiler|Nihlus}} is still alive.

* [[For Want of a Nail]]:

** Garrus' shift from a somewhat impetuous [[Cowboy Cop]] to "[[Twenty Four24|Jack Bauer]] meets the [[There Was a Door|Kool-Aid Man]]" appears to be a direct result of GDI's presence in the timeline. Thanks to GDI aggressiveness, the Council expanded the number of Spectres, and he was given an opportunity to join. He made the choice to become a Spectre, and as a result never got the instilled restraint he would have otherwise received as a police officer. The result is a Spectre who is overly aggressive.

** To a much lesser degree, there's Jacob Taylor. In the traditional ME timeline, he joined the Corsairs because he thought it would cut down on the red tape that the SA puts on its military, and left to join Cerberus when even Corsairs proved little better than the Marines. In the ''Renegade'' timeline, the GDI's time honored tradition of "Step 1: identify problem. Step 2: apply military force. Step 3: repeat Step 2 until problem ceases to be problematic," seems to have prevented Jacob from ever wanting to leave the standard military.

** Zaeed's presence on the Citadel is apparently as a result of this. Due to GDI's friendliness with the krogan, Wrex got a job on Eden Prime as a bodyguard. As a result, Zaeed was the one hired by the Shadow Broker to deal with Fist.

** {{spoiler|Tali has already completed her pilgrimage when the story starts, which means rather than a sole Quarian on the run from Saren, she had a team of Migrant Fleet Marines with her, of which Kal'Reegar is the only survivor. This also explains the larger merc presence.}}

* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: The author has made it quite clear that neither GDI nor Nod are complete good guys or villains. In fact, Nod seems to get more positive points than negative ones in this timeline, though in [[Word of God|his commentary]] the author notes that both the Brotherhood and GDI are different entities than they were in the ''[[Command and& Conquer]]'' games, being separated by more than a hundred years.

** In one of the author's own comments, he said that (paraphrased) "Neither side is right. However, both sides are wrong on certain points."

* [[Jerkass]]: Councilor Velarn.

{{quote| '''Velarn''': ''No Citadel species has been so incompetently self-destructive as to let its homeworld be consumed by a mindless crystal.''}}

{{quote| '''Garrus''': "Fist, we're all adults here. Let's not lie to each other. It'll just lead to tragedy for your limbs. I know you're working for Saren. Now tell me ''why''."}}

** Shepard is implied to be one of these. She is very good at manipulating others and knowing how to keep negative personality traits (such as Garrus' and Admiral Parker's tendency for overkill) under control.

* [[Mini -Mecha]]: The REV12 Wolverine and the Turian Hierarchy's Steelclaw knockoff.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: GDI does ''not'' take the Batarian Hegemony's funding of pirates and slavers lightly.

* [[Shout -Out]]:

{{quote| “That big walker,” she ordered. “We’re going to [[Firefly|kill it with our brains.]]”}}

** [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|"Smug: I am on a rachni."]]

** Three in Chapter 8: {{spoiler|Tali}}'s stealth systems have a certain [[Crysis (Video Gameseries)|mechanical voice announcing when they activate]], there's a [[FEARF.E.A.R.|REV]] [[Mini -Mecha]], and one of the mercenaries mentions getting [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|"biology lessons" on a quarian prisoner]] from a guy named [[Battle: Los Angeles|Nantz]].

* [[Space Cold War]]: Between GDI and the Citadel. There ''was'' a cold war between GDI and the Batarian Hegemony, but GDI didn't take those slaver raids very well....

* [[Standard Sci -Fi Fleet]]: [[Word of God]] has laid out that the different navies of both GDI and Nod have distinct compositions and doctrines. GDI's fleet primarily consists of carriers and lighter ships, with an emphasis on base-hopping and resource and convoy interdiction, with enormous, heavily-armed fleets for destroying hardened targets and "super-heavy carriers" based on MCV technology that are designed to supply cluster-wide operations. Nod, on the other hand, uses larger numbers of lighter cruisers, complete with long-range fighters and light carriers, with an emphasis on destroying enemy supplies and support and avoiding a decisive engagement, causing the enemy to waste resources and spread himself thin defending against constant attacks. Both navies make use of MCV/Crawler technology to let them operate deep in enemy territory.

** [[[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]] “You hit him with the cargo hauler while he was airborne?” she guessed, and he scoffed.<br />“Of course not,” he said.]]

* [[Tank Goodness]]:

* [[Teasing Creator]]: Peptuck seems to take an inordinate amount of pleasure in doing this in the discussion thread. One of his favorite non-answers is to post a picture of [[Gargoyles (Animation)|David Xanatos]] with a smile on his face and [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive|his hands clasped before him.]]

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: GDI's approach to warfare is pure, unrelenting firepower coupled with [[Disproportionate Retribution]]. For comparison to the original timeline, the assault on Torfan was a costly ground attack through the pirates' tunnels. In this timeline, Torfan's base was orbitally obliterated by an ion cannon barrage that destroyed the complex and everything within fifty kilometers of the base. GDI, furthermore, has ''twenty'' defense platforms surrounding the Charon relay, each with six dreadnought-grade ion cannons on it. They're very serious about possible invasion.

* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|You can't kill the Messiah.}}

{{quote| "I said there was no Kane in this chapter, and look. [[Exact Words|Not one instance of the word "Kane" anywhere in this chapter]]."}}

** When asked if units and tech from the Red Alert series would make an appearance (He had already confirmed that the first Red Alert game exists in this continuity, post Allied victory) he simply responded with a picture of [[Gargoyles (Animation)|David Xanatos]]. [[Teasing Creator|Its since become his favorite response to certain questions or comments.]]

** Peptuck has confirmed that {{spoiler|Kal'Reegar will join Shepherd's crew alongside Tali.}}

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Nod taking the Tacitus from Eden Prime}}, causing conflict between GDI and the Citadel that allows {{spoiler|Kane to walk in and negotiate a compromise}}, thereby coming off as the reasonable and diplomatic one to interstellar politics. {{spoiler|Kane}} even outright admits this to Shepard, who is forced to acknowledge that she can't act on the information because it make her look bad or ruin the compromise.

* [[X Meets Y]]:

** The story is essentially ''[[Tiberium Wars (Fanfic)|Tiberium Wars]]'' meeting ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5453047/1/Graveyard_Shift Graveyard Shift]''.

** Garrus is, per [[Word of God]], "the fusion of [[Twenty Four24|Jack Bauer]] and the [[There Was a Door|Kool-Aid Man.]]"

** Tali is her canon self mixed with the stealth skills of [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher]] and [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]], with a [[Crysis (Video Gameseries)|Nanosuit]].