Now, this is a mere, spur of the moment, pre-alpha fanfiction that I've written because- well, why not?
To put it short, I'd make it happen 150 years after the ending of Mass Effect 3 with the following actions locked in as Canon:
1. Wrex survived Virmire.
2. The Genophage was cured.
3. Peace was achieved between Quarians and The Geth.
4. Destroy ending locked in, with EDI and The Geth being erased from existence.
5. Shepard died in the explosion.
6. Garrus, Tali, Wrex, Miranda, Liara all survived the Trilogy.
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150 years away from the destruction of the Reapers, the Galaxy is in a peaceful time, for the most part.
The Terminus systems are more ''independent'' than ever, with The Citadel having been slowly rebuilt and reestablished as the seat of power among the Council Races.
Due to the chaotic state of the Terminus Systems and the hit the Council races have taken 150 years ago, the colonists inhabiting them are in a greater risk than ever.
With the three great mercenary companies ( Blue Suns, Eclipse, Blood Pack ) having taken great losses in the war against the reapers, the Systems had become a heaven for pirates and slavers, who now have the freedom to pillage and plunder unhindered.
In recent years, however, a shady organization has began taking form: '' Tartarus ''. The name doesn't mean much to the alien races, though the humans recognise the term as belonging to Greek Mythology.
Not having any apparent ties to The Council, Tartarus' sole ( known ) activity is to be there when the various piracy groups strike and perform counter maneuvers against them: in one sentence, Tartarus ( apparently ) funds itself by stealing from the thieves.
They take whatever equipment and credits they can from those they target and hit with worrying accuracy, as if knowing where the criminals of Terminus will hit before even they do.
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In a symbol of good will and gratitude towards both Shepard and the Geth, whom have redeemed themselves in the eyes of many, Tali'Zorah, with the help of whatever Reaper tech was salvaged, attempted to design a module that could implant artificial memories into the hardware of AIs.
Simply put, she was en route to creating the piece of technology that would not only allow The Geth, as a race, to be revived, but to give them the memories their former ''kinsmen'' had.
However, the limited lifespan of quarians did not allow her to finish her research.
Years later after Tali died, a scientific prodigy, Urdnot Mordin, firstborn of Urdnot Wrex and Urdnot Bakara, would take upon the subject, wanting to prove to himself and the whole universe that the Krogan could be known for more than war and brutality.
He managed to finish what Tali started and created a way to restore The Geth to their former glory and strength. Once the geth were all connected to a main server, the memories would be implanted to it: all geth would have access to every memory known to the council races.
Once made public to the Council, this discovery started a ''civil war'' within the parliaments of the races.
Some vehemently opposed the re-creation of the geth species in fear of the power they would hold, were they to have access to such a massive amount of information, whereas others supported it as a gesture of gratitude towards the geth, which were destroyed so that the other races could live.
Although the voting was close, it was finally decided that Urdnot Mordin's research would be screened on The Citadel.
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The game starts with the main character ( who can choose between being part of N7 ( human ), Aralakh ( Krogan ), Legionary ( Turian ) or Assari Commando ) being sent on a mission to guard the VIP ( Urdnot Mordin ) on his journey to the Citadel, as a sign of unity and friendship between the Council Races and the Krogan.
Naturally, things go bad.
The main character's superiors are part of the people that vehemently oppose the re-creation of the geth race and as such formed a massive coalition that works behind the Council's back. ( it's later revealed the Council fully knew about this and used the ''Rebels'' as an excuse to dispose of Mordin without inciting open war from the massively numerous Krogan race )
The main character is betrayed by their superiors, shot and left for dead atop a pile of bodies in a cell aboard one of their ships.
He/She wakes up to the krogan he was supposed to protect, Urdnot Mordin ( who used his extensive knowledge of biology and tech to keep him alive by cauterising his/her wound ) and his deeply shamed bodyguards, Okeer ( firstborn of Urdnot Grunt ) and Shiagur ( his clutch sister ), disarmed and chained to the bars, en route to God knows where.
Before they can reach the destination where Mordin would probably be kept for the rest of his long, long life for the benefit of the Rebels and the main character would surely lose his life, the ship is intercepted by none other than the Tartarus organisation, which uses a familiar device that completely shuts down the Rebel ship, then proceeds to board it.
The four are saved from their cells by a group of soldiers dressed in white, golden and black armor that quickly dispatch whatever guards were there.
In the time it takes to escape, the rest of the Rebel ships fly off, the threat of their coalition still intact.
The Council is made aware of this coup, though due to Tartarus' shady nature and the fact that the anti-geth coalition is part of the Council Races' top tier military, the blame is thrown on Tartarus, with the whole galaxy now seeing them as a terrorist organisation.
On the Tartarus main ship, suggestively named Hades Station and hidden from just about any patrol or map, the main character finds out that Tartarus has been monitoring the conspiracy via information supplied by the Shadow Broker, whose identity is unknown to most members of the group- though most assume He or She is either an Asari or a Krogan, as The Shadow Broker has been in activity for 2 centuries now.
The leader of Tartarus is eventually revealed to be an old Miranda Lawson that has been slowly gathering funds in the past 150 years, for when the galaxy will in inevitably fall into war again.
The plot would revolve around the main character slowly ascending in Tartarus' ranks with the endgame consisting of revealing the betrayal of the Council and redeeming Tartarus' name to the galaxy, as well as the characters that consist it.
I'd like it to function similar to Dragon Age 2, with acts that split the story into parts in which you can perform secondary quests that will help your faction survive the main plot missions it will go through ( a much more hardcore version of how doing ship upgrades and loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2 results in your whole team surviving ).
Instead of using a pre-chosen class system ( such as Sentinel, Infiltrator, Soldier ), it would make use of 3 suggestively named perk trees:
- Weaponry
- Biotics
- Tech
that have Active abilities ( ex. Pull, Concussive Shot, Defense Matrix ) as well as Passive abilities, gained as ''milestones'' ( X points spent in a tree grants you certain abilities- ex. spending 10 points in Weaponry allows usage of Medium Armor, 20 allow the usage of Heavy Armor, 40 - Massive Armor ).
Weaponry's passives improve weapon damage/cooldowns and Armor, Tech improves Tech damage/cooldowns and Shields, Biotics improves Biotic Damage/Cooldowns and Barriers.
Each race gets bonuses based on their culture:
Asari get extra points in Biotics, Turians get a mix of Weaponry and Tech, Krogan get Weaponry and Humans get a small part in all 3.
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Companions ( party of 4, including Main Character ):
- Urdnot Mordin ( krogan scientist, Tech expert )
- Urdnot Okeer
- Urdnot Shiagur ( both soldier/tank archetypes, with Okeer using Rifles/Shotguns and Shiagur using Rifles/Snipers )
- Quintus Victus, nicknamed ''Warhead'' - Turian military veteran that joined Tartarus to avenge his brother, who was killed in the coup. ( Tech/Weaponry character that uses Snipers and Rifles )
- Aleera T'soni - former Assari Commando ( Weaponry/Biotics specialist, uses snipers and SMGs ), revealed to be the daughter of long deceased Shepard if a Liara romance is imported.
- Dilios - Drell Assassin ( Weaponry/Biotics ).
- Rael'Reegar - Quarian Marine - ( Weaponry/Tech ) - has the unique ability of firing a rocket launcher ( long cooldown ).
and.. a lot others I can't think of right now.
That's about it, for now.
Opinions?
edit: mandatory awesome music
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