After playing Megaman Starforce and Mass Effect for the last couple months, this idea of mixing the two franchises came to mind. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I think it has potential. I'll not be exploring most of the original Mass Effect content since I'll taking a different route (besides, it's tiring to see crossovers where the Turians get stomped at the First Contact). However, if lots of people suggest that I should do it at a later time, I'll think about the possibilities of adding the Reapers (though, I have another villain in mind here).
For those who aren't familiar with Megaman Starforce, I recommend reading a summarized plot or playing the three games since I left out most unimportant facts about them. Still, if you have any doubts, you're more than welcome to write them on the reviews or PMs. I'll answer to the best of my ability...
This prologue is just an attempt to situate the human race after the events of Megaman Starforce 3...
February 9th, 2203 – Contact is lost with the space station Peace which was responsible for forming a BrotherBand with a recently-discovered alien race. The lead engineer Kelvin Stelar, the owner of this idea, oversaw the whole operation until communications with Peace was suddenly lost, which later worsened into its loss of orbit resulting in its disappearance. NAZA (National Aerospace and Z-Ray Administration) has no explanations to solve this mystery…
September 20th, 2203 – Relics of the Ancient Civilization of Mu are discovered throughout the Earth.
March 26th, 2206 – Fifth-grade student Geo Stelar, son of Kelvin Stelar and Hope Stelar, meets Aaron Boreal, Kelvin's coworker at the AMAKEN Space Agency, who gives him a Visualizer saying that it belonged to his father. Young Geo uses it for the first time at Vista Point, his favorite observation deck in his hometown Echo Ridge, and suddenly an alien life form comes to him. It identifies itself as Omega-Xis, an Electromagnetic Wave being who came from Planet FM, and he offers the boy the answers to what happened to Kelvin in exchange for asylum inside Geo's Transer, a personal terminal device worn on the arm. Soon later, both discover that viruses have infiltrated a nearby train's comp space setting it to destroy the city. To prevent that from happening, Geo and Omega-Xis utilize the Electromagnetic Wave Change. MegaMan is born.
March 28th, 2206 – NAZA sends its scout vessel to the last frontier to investigate the Peace Incident thoroughly. However, the astronauts were unsuccessful yet again to locate the space station, even with constant checks on radars and attempts to open a comm channel. The high-rank officers feel necessary to abandon the efforts to search for the space station. Peace is deemed lost forever.
March 29th, 2206 – FMians soon begin their attack around Echo Ridge and several other locations around Electopia. This starts MegaMan's secret war to repel the invaders in the Wave World.
March 30th, 2206 – Satella Police and NAZA discovers the existence of Z waves, which are frequencies identical to the aliens they wanted to BrotherBand with, on the planet. Counter devices are constructed to defend against them. Satella Police agents are sent to investigate and deal with the threat.
April 4th, 2206 – As a boy who is afraid of being near friends after his father's disappearance, Geo finds himself surprised when he asked the famous singer, Sonia Strumm, to be his Brother. The girl was used by the FMian named Lyra when Sonia was in grief after she finds out that her manager is solely using her music to his own financial benefit. She wave changes into Harp Note and battles against MegaMan, discovering his identity later on. After her performance on Echo Ridge, she says to her fans that she is retiring temporarily to rethink about her life and set her eyes on studies again. However, she cries in front of Geo when she states that she will have to deal with her new way of life alone. This results on a BrotherBand between the two, their first in their lives. This signifies Geo's return to society and his school.
April 6th, 2206 – Two days after the boy returns to his school, the place becomes a target for the FMians. MegaMan is put into action again but barely survives the encounter against a Jammer, a human turned into EM waves, and is forced to use the Star Force, a power acquired from the satellites admins Leo, Pegasus and Dragon. A battle against the FMian Libra soon comes next.
April 11th, 2206 – Two days after making a BrotherBand with his class president Luna Platz, Geo is betrayed by his other classmate Patrick Sprigs, who houses the FMian Gemini and can wave change into Gemini Spark. Geo returns to the sulking life he had before meeting Omega-Xis. This event results into the separation between the boy and FMian and the deletion of his BrotherBand with Luna and Sonia.
April 12th, 2206 – Omega-Xis faces the FMians alone with Harp Note but they are utterly defeated. The Andromeda Key, a device required to wake Planet FM's ultimate weapon of mass destruction, is retrieved from Omega-Xis's possession and is returned the FM King Cepheus. Realizing his mistake, Geo hurries to the scene and asks for Omega-Xis's forgiveness which leads to their union once again as MegaMan and the restoration of his BrotherBands.
April 13th, 2206 – MegaMan's identity becomes known to the rest of his friends, Bud Bison and Zack Temple, after another attack on Echo Ridge. Bud Bison asks Geo to be his Brother.
April 14th, 2206 – MegaMan takes the fight to the space station Peace when Geo and Aaron Boreal discover a derelict of the station hidden in a junkyard on Dream Island. After destroying the FMian generals, he fights the FM King and Andromeda. MegaMan is victorious after the every power he could muster from the BrotherBand and convinces Cepheus to abort his war against humanity. However, in his way to return to Earth, Geo gets stuck on an escape pod that loses its course back to the planet.
April 16th, 2206 – A miracle happens as Geo's friends call him back through their BrotherBand, including Patrick. Their bonds are so strong that they send a signal to the escape pod which restores its flight path back to Earth. From then on, Geo leads a happy life until his summer holidays arrive.
May 2nd, 2206 – NAZA sends its third expedition to colonize Mars. Bio-domes are constructed on the surface as a way to sustain the lives of the colonists until the agency can send ships with the necessary supplies to import hydrocarbons into the atmosphere which will react with the ferric oxide to produce water and carbon dioxide that are essential to the introduction of massive amount of plants throughout the planet. NAZA expects that Project Martian Neighborhood, nicknamed for this terraforming attempt, is due to completion in 76 years with current technology.
June 17th, 2206 – Former scientist Dr. Vega seizes control of Mu technology and sends ancient EM wave beings to several parts of the world, including Echo Ridge. MegaMan is called upon action once again. In order to travel the world to fight this new menace, he utilizes the Sky Wave, which is several ramifications of EM comm channels that link the countries.
August 1st, 2206 – Despite MegaMan's efforts, Dr. Vega finds the Floating Continent of Mu hidden beneath the Bermuda Triangle with the assistance of her underlings and the EM device, OoPart (Out of Place Artifact), and manages to resurrect it although fairly damaged. Armies of ancient EM beings are sent to the world to place fear in the population. NAZA and Satella Police actions prove insufficient to stop their growing numbers.
August 3rd, 2206 – MegaMan finds a way to Mu and fights through the battlements of Mu warriors and EM beings. Upon reaching to throne room, Le Mu, the master of all EM waves on Earth, Dr. Vega and Hollow are the last ones to defeat. MegaMan summons the power of the Three Lost Tribes to transform into the Tribe King, an EM warlord capable of summoning the elemental powers, to destroy Le Mu thick structure. The whole fight is seen by everyone on Earth as Luna and her friends summons the global press to record the event through Geo's Star Carrier, successor of the Transer. Once it is crippled, Le Mu goes out of control and attempts to destroy the continent by dropping it back into the ocean. Dr. Vega is long gone before that happens after being persuaded by MegaMan to give up on her false assumption as true ruler of the world. Geo collapses after using his last reserves of power to destroy Le Mu while the continent falls apart around him. However, his rival Solo, and last descendant of Mu, saves him and brings him back to Echo Ridge, although Solo isn't very fond of the idea of saving someone as "worthless" as him. By the end of month, MegaMan becomes a worldwide celebrity despite his identity is still hidden.
August 19th, 2206 – After the Mu Incident, all NAZA agencies around the world decides to unify and redub as WAZA (World Aerospace and Z-Ray Administration).
September 1st, 2206 – With advancements on EM wave technology, EM beings can be fully materialized as if they have solid tissue. The Real Waves becomes a mass panic as every single person push their way to buy their own Wizards, a sentient, or semi-sentient, EM wave with artificial intelligence designed to be an assistant for the operator. Wizards are given a unique personality that often reflects upon their operator's personality and usually develop a strong friendship with their operators and can easily reside inside the new personal terminal device, the Hunter-VG. Omega-Xis becomes officially Geo's Wizard. At the same time, first signs of Noise become apparent.
September 3rd, 2206 – Scientists around the world assemble to study the effects of Noise on the new technology. After weeks of studying, they find out that Noise is a byproduct of the creation and use of Wizards. They can gather as Noise Cluster and while they are not harmful in small amounts, they pose a significant threat if left to accumulate. The consequences of the latter can result in the formation of a more tangible Noise which is a deep red in color, hence why it is named Crimson. WAZA begins efforts to further deal with this nuisance.
September 10th, 2206 – Mr. King, owner of King Foundation, creates the renegade organization Dealer with the objective to control the growing Noise meteor several kilometers away from Earth's orbit. Employment of rescued children from the Foundation is commonly used to achieve his goals while their lives are lost by the dozens. Only three kids are assigned as his elite squad: Arthur and the siblings Tia and Jack. They, along King's Wizards Acid and Joker, roam around the globe to collect Crimson in order to control the Noise meteor, dubbed as Meteor G. Later, Arthur defects with Acid and the two becomes Satella Police Commandoes. With vital information on Dealer, Satella Police sets its eyes on stopping their plans.
November 7th, 2206 – Feeling that their forces alone won't suffice, Arthur personally contacts Geo Stelar inside of his school and, knowing EM Wave form, instructs MegaMan to attend to a tournament at Spica Mall in order to prove his powers. However, before they can battle, a Noise outbreak cancels the fight and both are sent to neutralize it. Once the problem is dealt with, Arthur gives Megaman the Ace Program, a Wave Program capable of controlling Noise, in case MegaMan finds troubling amounts up ahead.
November 8th, 2206 – Tia and Jack are assigned to infiltrate Echo Ridge Elementary School to gather data on MegaMan. Soon, they discover that Omega-Xis holds the key to his strength and sends the data to King to be analyzed.
November 11th, 2206 – WAZA scientists devise the first fusion drive engine to be equipped on space vessels. Due its chain reaction initiative and sheer output power compared to the now obsolete ion engines, their usage becomes a priority to speed Project Martian Neighborhood. At the same time, in Alohaha, Geo discovers Tia's and Jack's true purpose as members of Dealer and transforms into Queen Virgo and Jack Corvus, respectively. After fighting the latter, MegaMan is unable to protect Luna Platz in time against Joker's sudden arrival. Consequently, her existence becomes scattered in data packs throughout Alohaha's Wave World. Geo and company grieves, especially Bud Bison and Zack Temple. However, Arthur offers a way to return her to her former self.
November 12th, 2206 – Geo and company are invited to WAZA by Arthur to meet Dr. Goodall. She presents a way to revive Luna, but the risks of getting her back are slim considering that is impossible to reconstruct human data as it is normally done to Wizards. Still, everyone agree to take the shot and go forward with the plan.
November 13th, 2206 – While Geo is away with Omega-Xis and Acid to search for Luna's fragments, WAZA is attacked by copies of Omega-Xis resulted from intensive research from King. Tia leads the incursion but WAZA survives, although badly damaged, with the timely intervention of MegaMan. Arthur battles Queen Virgo as Acid Ace, the first man-made EM Wave Change, but his body can't put up with the strain for long. This leaves MegaMan as the only capable of defeating her which happens later. At the same day, Luna is successfully revived without problems whatsoever.
November 16th, 2206 – With Tia captured at WAZA, Jack's hasty behavior begins to deteriorate and sets his way towards Echo Ridge Elementary to avenge his sister. King sends Joker to supervise the attack, but does not interfere. MegaMan overthrows Jack Corvus with the help of Rogue, Solo's EM form, against the waves of Noise Jack had unleashed. The young Dealer operative is captured and sent to WAZA.
November 18th, 2206 – Now that two Dealer elite operatives off the count, Satella Police strikes Dealer's base of operations with the help of Acid Ace, MegaMan and Harp Note. They successfully destroy the Noise Machine which solely responsible to process and store Crimson. However, due its defense systems, a great deal of Satella Police's agents and Battle Wizards suffers heavy damage and are incapable to provide further assistance. Only MegaMan, Harp Note and Acid Ace are left to accomplish the mission. Upon reaching the conference room, Joker confronts both Acid Ace and Harp Note but in vain as the former is unbelievably strong. However, thanks to the Ace Program and the power to Noise Change, MegaMan strikes a severe blow on Joker which temporarily cripples him. King orders Joker's self-destruct but Acid Ace sacrifices himself to absorb the explosion, ultimately saving MegaMan and Harp Note. Seeing this chance, King escapes to his orbital space station.
November 19th, 2206 – The next day, MegaMan pursue his target through the Astro Wave until he finds the link to the space station. However, when he arrives, King is long gone aside from his second-in-command Heartless. She tells the boy that she's only spy with the objective to rescue Kelvin Stelar who is trapped inside Meteor G in his EM form at the same time fighting it to give time for MegaMan. To make matters worse, she said that Tia and Jack came before him and are already on their way to Meteor G. They plan to hit the Earth with it to destroy all kinds of technology. If this happens, humanity won't survive for long since it grew dependent on such luxuries. Without a way to go to the Noise meteor, MegaMan returns to WAZA.
November 21th, 2206 – Resting 34 hours before Meteor G collides with Earth, WAZA personnel, with outside help, constructs a Dynamic Wave Station which is capable of sending MegaMan towards a rocket comp space and then proceed his way towards the falling star. Upon reaching it, he fights his way against a massive wave of Crimson, viruses and out of control Wizards before finding Tia and Jack. The siblings explain they can't take full of control because someone is protecting the central core from them, which means Kelvin, and soon they battle MegaMan. When they are defeated, they second-guess their goal which makes their FMian Wizards go against them but only to be utterly deleted by Solo. Tia and Jack take this chance to be escorted back to Earth with Solo. Pressing on his original objective, Geo finds his dad struggling against Meteor G's core as it consumes more of his power. Then, King suddenly appears and merges with the core, turning himself into Crimson Dragon. MegaMan fights to the best of his ability but he is unable to defeat it. However, he gains access to the Meteor Server powers and finalize Noise Change to Black Ace. Using this new-found power, he destroys Meteor G although he is left drifting in space only protected by an EM barrier which prevents him from dying. Kelvin delivers a message to Earth begging them to save his son, to which every single one on the planet later reacts by providing every kind of help to WAZA. Geo is brought safely to Earth, though his identity as MegaMan is quickly covered up.
December 12th, 2206 – It has been three weeks since Geo and Omega-Xis defeated Crimson Dragon, but neither he nor his dad showed signs of returning to Earth. That's until when he spotted a shooting star heading towards his school's roof, where he was actually. Rather than colliding and making some damage, it transformed into Omega-Xis upon impact. After a joyful reunion between the two friends, a second shooting star came down which revealed to be Kelvin. Later on, the Stelar family is finally reunited after three years of incompletion.
February 2nd, 2207 – Feeling his "holidays" are over, Kelvin Stelar returns to AMAKEN and begins his work again as an astronaut. Sonia Strumm retires once again from her career and joins the Echo Ridge Elementary School as a sixth-grade student at class room 6-A, exactly where Geo, Luna, Bud, Zack and Jack are attending. Turmoil reigns at the school since Sonia is a super famous star, only to die down three months later. The group continues together until high school.
July 14th, 2210 – WAZA devises a project to construct another space station to replace Peace. With the world united, the schedule takes 2 years for completion. They dub it Echo Star as homage to the rumors of MegaMan living in Echo Ridge.
December 16th, 2213 – Geo and company finish high school and each apply to the respective courses in college, except Sonia who decides to get back to her musics. Following his father's footsteps, Geo applies for Astronautics. Two weeks later, Geo, Kelvin and Omega-Xis are requested to be present in a conference between humanity and FMians at Echo Star. The AMians, from Planet AM which is cousin of Planet FM, also takes part of the meeting. The trial representing humanity, King Cepheus representing the FMians and the old satellites admins (Leo, Pegasus and Dragon), who are actually AMians and leaders of their society, they reach an agreement for mutual friendship and alliance. In secret, the aliens thank MegaMan and Kelvin personally for their actions a few years ago.
March 31st, 2214 – Due to the alliance made months ago, the amount of Z wave signals is increased around the entire planet. Since FMians and AMians are gradually becoming part of their society, humanity, more precisely WAZA, begins analyzing the technology behind Geo's Visualizer in order to make humans able to interact with the Wave World. This also shall help on the hunt for potential viruses.
October 9th, 2216 – Geo and Sonia engage together in a promising relationship, although the same can't be said between Omega-Xis and Lyra since the former always states that he and women don't get along very well.
December 10th, 2218 – Geo graduates in Astronautics and quickly plans to get his Master's degree and Ph.D. degree. In the meantime, MegaMan's and Harp Note's services are required here and there to stop occasional virus outbreaks.
January 1st, 2220 – WAZA officially contracts Geo to be part of their science team along his old friend from school, Woody, and to be their last resort as a Satella Police Commando. Here he discovers that Arthur and Acid had actually been revived same way as Luna did by Dr. Goodall. Tia has been the one caring for him the whole time he has been on rehabilitation. However, his previous issue about his body's weakness still persists and he is forced to retire from his original position as a Commando, but he is given command of their force with high merits for his brave sacrifice to save MegaMan and Harp Note back at Dealer HQ. He celebrates this with a ton of Mega Snacks, much to Acid's protest.
April 13th, 2225 – Project Martian Neighborhood continues towards its completion in smooth patterns. Supply and transport ships now concentrate on sending materials and personnel to populate the planet. Oxygen estimated increase in Martian atmosphere by the end of the year is promising: about 2.5%. Climate changes are already apparent in several parts of the planet.
May 25th, 2228 – Sonia Stelar gives birth to Cosmo Stelar. The name was actually Geo's idea as homage to the very Universe he strives to know as a scientist. Omega-Xis cast a gift to show his own way to welcome the boy: he used the same process he did to save Kelvin when they were aboard Peace years ago. He turned the boy into a hybrid between a human and an EM being. While he will develop the same physical traits as a normal human does, he can safely interact with the Wave World without use of accessories. Also, Omega-Xis volunteers himself to take care of the child while he grows, stating that Geo's life became too boring although he meant no disrespect.
January 29th, 2246 – Present day… Eighteen years since then. Humanity has grown strong alongside his FMians and AMians friends while Mars is still in its process of slow colonization. But humanity has already plans for the building colonies on the Moon, Europa and Ganymede thanks to the development of the FTL drives based on hyperspace technology. However, WAZA detects disturbing signals coming from the edge of the solar system and a probe is dispatched to investigate.
Well, since we're still in the beginning here, I'll ask the audience this: which Mass Effect race do you want to make First Contact with Humanity and the EM beings
My original plan was to have the quarians make it since they have expelled from their planet by the Geth, which would explain why they would explore uncharted territory to colonize a planet outside the Citadel's and Terminus's zones of influence. The less likely race I can think of are the Turians, as they are more self-centered in Citadel defense than the other races, and the Batarians, for obvious reasons.
I leave the choice to you, readers! So long!