I was wondering something. Now I don't generally read fan fiction - I don't think it sucks, it's just not usually something I'm particularly interested in. So because I don't, I'm not sure if anyone has done this.
Anyway, has anyone explored a different beginning to ME2? Well I guess it would be an alternate universe type thing. Kind of a what if.
My thoughts are: Cerberus is good at hiding what they're doing but they're not the best and they could make mistakes.
1) What if the Alliance found out that Cerberus was resurrecting Shepard? Would they go rescue her?
2) What if the Alliance found out that Cerberus was pouring all of these resources into a "Project Lazarus" - they don't know what that is but they damn well want to find out, right? So they manage to track down the Lazarus Research Station, send in an infiltration team expecting to find some experimental WMD and instead find an unconcious Shepard.
And this is where my imagination fails me. Supposing the Alliance would rescue Shepard, what then? They're unlikely to give her a new ship considering the way they treated her after she died - you know, brushing all of the Reaper business under the rug, tearing apart whatever she had said about the Reapers, splitting up her crew. What would Shepard do? She still wants to stop the Reapers. Would she still end up (reluctantly) working with Cerberus? I don't see either the Alliance or the Council being willing to help her at all.
Insert Kaidan wherever appropriate. And I mean insert him into these scenarios wherever appropriate - I know how some of you think!