A drabble collection of the sort of pokemon world lore you might find in an expanded version of the pokedex.

AU: Humanity failed to conquer FTL, having no Eezo in Sol, but they did manage to overcome many other technologies which have allowed them to become the masters of their solar system, but what happens when the Citadel Council stumble across them in the year 3517AD? The Citadel wants their technology, and Humanity wants out of Sol, but can a deal be struck? Heavy focus on FC aspects

Its a game. Or is it? Turians get to welcome the denizens of a Stellaris based civilization that is hell bent on the extermination of all aliens, well except for some. Of course the Turians fired first, Galactic laws and all that bullshit. In return they are faced with an enemy that doesn't play fair. Warning: HFY. Read at your own peril AU Fic. Edit: On indefinite Hiatus

The Age of Strife has ended and the lost colonies of man reach for the stars once more, most ignorant of their history or each other's existence. In one corner of the Galaxy mankind meets the peaceful Citadel Council and joins a galactic community. In another the Master of Mankind has lost his sons to the warp. One of those sons has been found in Alliance space. On Elysium. preME1

Humanity never developed FTL. The Prothean archives contained no technology, no Element Zero, just a warning. Isolated from the rest of the galaxy for two thousand years, restricted to their only system, how will humanity have changed when they first meet the Turians? AU, alternate history of humanity and First Contact.

Aqua abandons Kazuma and he is forced to survive on his own. There is no stopping him now.

Lieutenant Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff falls in one of the final battles of the Great War, but the gods aren't through with her life just yet. Sent back to her original timeline, but more than 100 years in the future, how will Tanya deal with her new reality where the entire galaxy is open to her.

A crossover between Mass Effect and Cthulhutech. Humanity has won the Aeon War and has since expanded and thrived. How will the galaxy fare with this new power?

A joke of Chaos daemon sent two unlikely allies - an Eldar Farseer and an Imperial Storm trooper, through the Warp and into another Universe. In this place, everything is alien to them. Except for one thing - war. War is something they know very well. (Story adopted by Regina Dea. New author starts from Chapter 21)

Alucard, the most powerful vampire in history, is untested in might. Luke Valentine, Alhambra, Rip Van Winkle, and Alexander Anderson all fought toe-to-toe with this monster, and one by one, they all fell prey to Hellsing's lapdog. Suddenly, Alucard and Seras are transported to a world where monsters attack cities on a daily basis. But Alucard soon discovers a man above monsters...

Shepard chose to destroy Sovereign. The Council then declared war on the SA for that betrayal. The Humans tried to fight but it was a losing battle. Subjugation leading to extinction was not acceptable for making the hard military decision so the Humans chose another path and made a deal with the Reapers. The galaxy and the Cycle would never be the same. AU Eternity beckons.

Extra bits from The Catalyst For Revenge. Could be extra scenes, alternative scenes or things that are just plain weird. These are things that didn't make it into the main story but still might give someone a laugh or a smile or illustrate things in a different way. They were usually given out to readers as a chapter bonus. Enjoy. Some AU, some not AU. All relate to Catalyst.

Can love exist in this dark and nihilistic future?

During a Joint Deployment, the UNSC Infinity and Her Sangheili allies are suddenly thrown into a new Galaxy, and end up near Charon before the Systems Alliance discovers the Charon Relay. Alliances are forged and how will the galaxy react to an aggressive humanity that not only doesn't use Mass Effect technology, but will not let anyone stand in their way of expansion? AU PreME1

Sending Shepard back in time? Inefficient. Unlikely to produce significant changes to timeline. Sending the Illusive Man back in time? Difficulty level has increased. Jack Harper, The Illusive Man, is back where it all started. New Cerberus, New plan, and the Reapers watching, always watching. Sending a Hero back in time does nothing; Sending back this guy? Priceless. AU.

In the future, where there is only war, sometimes desperate measures must be taken to secure the survival of a few. But when that measure leads to a place far different from what they know, can the Eldar adapt to a new reality, where there is more than only war? Also, what is a monkey? Picture by timokujansuu on Deviantart.

I decided to try my hand at developing a timeline that would be feasible in the ME universe for a humanity that has been space faring for 50,000 years. So, look inside to see my own take on how a 50,000-year-old space capable humanity would develop and prepare the galaxy for the Reaper onslaught. Serious HFY! story. Complete

It is said that War never Changes; Men do, through the roads they walk, but War does not. The Humans fought The First War, and alongside the Quarians, the Alliance stands tall against the Galaxy in the face of continued adversity. Now Humanity's place is challenged, their power tested, and age-old beliefs are shattered when a beyond-ancient species is forced onto the playing field.

We've all noticed how things always work out for Ainz. That's because he has a secret weapon. The weapon comes from Yggdrasil and is so secret, he doesn't even know about it! Everyone else in the Guild knew what it was, and now you will too.

With the victory at the Battle of Endor, the Empire stands ready to bring peace to the galaxy through force. Meanwhile it is the Council's inability to act that will cost them in every endeavor they choose to take against the upcoming invasion that Emperor Palpatine has planned for the inhabitants of the Citadel Council. Heavy HFY. Read at your own discretion.

The Citadel Council is a peaceful conglomerate of races, blissfully unaware of the horrors that lurk beyond their space. Humanity, meanwhile, is a race that has fought against these alien horrors ever since they made contact. What will happen when the two societies meet? Will peace follow war? Or is the Citadel Council doomed to fall to humanity? Rewrite of When Civilizations Meet.

They came to Thessia 38,000 years ago to save our ancestors from the demons. We thought they had all disappeared, and yet they remain; beyond relay 314, sleeping under the shadow of the Zone, waiting for the return of their enemies. We call them Sta'kars, creatures of light and wisdom, kindred of the gods, but I know their true name: They call themselves Humans. - Liara T'soni.

A collection spot for side stories taking place in the world of The Human War that I thought would be nice to write up, but don't quite fit into the primary narrative.

(AU) First Contact. In 2157 a Turian patrol encounters a race unlike any other they have before. How will the Council react to a Humanity radically changed and alien to our modern form? Prepare yourself for an extremely AU story, no holds barred, the galaxy will never be the same.

A series of snippits based on the idea that Saitama was considered the number one most powerful villain and a God level threat for years by the entire world... and never knew.

It is rare to find a Space Marine with a sense of Humor, but Sergeant Sigmund isn't just any Ultramarine. Set upon the Eve of Humanities greatest triumph over adversity. Within moments of completion of the Emperors greatest work. Sigmund and his men are cast from the Webway into a strange and new Galaxy. Plans within Plots abound. Set before the Horus Heresy. (Rewriten)

Plastic flesh and metal bones. Steel hearts and electric souls. Humanity is an idea, not a species - and one that has proven to be difficult to accept for the wider galaxy. But Motoko Kusanagi is no stranger to conflict; a legend well before the First Contact War began, in its aftermath she has become something else entirely.

Babylon five is a haven for warriors, idealists, dreamers, and wanderers. How much damage can one more ship of fanatics do in the long run?

As envisioned by Aberron and LogicalPremise. This is a 'canon' write-up of the document, not specific to the Aberronverse or Premiseverse. The manifesto that spells out exactly why human supremacy in a galaxy of aliens is not racism or bigotry, but a survival imperative. There may be AU-specific follow-ups to the original text.

Non-canon 10th volume of Overlord, do NOT read if u don't know how volume 9 ends. Ainz sets his sights on the Slane Theocracy! What kind of battle will the Black Scripture put up? He's hungry for revenge after what happened last time! time for the showdown between Nazarick and humanity's strongest has come at last! Rated T for violence

H.P. Lovecraft was more than just a writer, though he didn't know it. So when humans, decades after his death, find certain artifacts, they look to his work for guidance. But it isn't enough. Forced to flee their home, Humanity stumbles upon a group of races with no knowledge of the Eldritch. To Humanity, the Council is naive and ignorant. To the council, the humans are lunatics.

A new race was discovered and annihilated. A century passed and Citadel space forgot, but Humanity never did.

It somehow missed the attention of the Galaxy that Humanity's giant fighting robots weren't a myth and that the Jaeger Program was, in fact, alive and well.

ABANDONED BECAUSE TERRIBLE. The Turians are old hands at warfare- they know the rules of the game, and are the best players in the galaxy. But what happens when they run into a species that not only plays a completely different game, but breaks the rules to that one, too? M for violence and swearing.

Humanity discovers the Prothean Ruins soon after the first Mars Colony. Discovery of alien life jumpstarts their space program ... and the saga begins. A series of cameos, covering approximately 50 years worth of various characters. Rated T for safety.

A council ship on a routine survey mission comes across a derelict vessel of unknown origin. Upon boarding, they find a single body, curiously asari-like, with its chest burst open as if from the inside. When the ship's owners arrive, first contact has to be made under the worst possible circumstances. (Rated T for violence and some horror)

"To the Sol Alliance and all of Humanity, greetings. I am Harbinger and I have traveled across the galaxy to meet you." Shepard wasn't the first to reach the Catalyst, eons ago, someone else did and they chose synthesis, embedding the desire in the Reapers. They've searched for organics to merge with ever since and now they've found them. AU, First Contact, Humans / Reapers

Unwittingly uplifted beyond expectation by their foes, humanity not only destroyed their aggressors, but surpassed them and made their way to the stars. As Humanity expands from the Earth will they find their place in the galaxy, or will ghosts from the past come back to haunt them? (Co-writer NathanHale2.)

The mass effect universe (more specifically eezo) has a great amount of potential that the writers missed. For one, a device the size of a tissue box could theoretically one-shot harbinger without being a ridiculously advanced piece of incomprehensible transapientech. This is my over analysis of the physics behind mass effect, in an attempt to see what the writers missed.

In this universe, humanity has 2 technologies that they failed to get in canon, but should by all rights be there. The 1st is one humanity has the tech to make RIGHT NOW! The second is the realization that if there are a set of circumstances to make a substance, then you can replicate those circumstances. This fic also won't be a mere rehash of the 1st game like oh-so-many others.

As Humanity continues to survive its own desolation, a probe from its past is found by a lone Quarian scout ship looking for new resources for the Migrant Fleet. They followed it back home, and found only ruins. They didn't expect to find survivors.

First Contact is made with a much younger Humanity, yet it isn't a pleasant one. A death sentence upon Humanity, and the destruction of their home-world But the Council will known, how adaptable and merciless Humanity can be, when the blood starts to flow...ENDED - Taken up by ShokAndAwe - /s/10636239/1/Bloody-Justice

Humanity's reaction to the discovery of the archives on mars was very different from what happened in the games. The militaristic Empire of man is preparing to expand. But how will they react when they discover that they are not alone in the galaxy. And more importantly. How will the galaxy respond to humanity? First contact story. Rated T for language and gore update this week.

The USA and the USSR turned their long-standing animosity to the stars with the launch of Sputnik I in 1957. Two hundred years on, the superpowers and their alien allies find themselves embroiled in the machinations of entities beyond their comprehension. AU first contact.

With the destruction of the Temple Ship humanity knew peace. XCOM never forgot their motto however, 'always vigilant, always reliable'

Inquisitor Nathaniel Clark is a fearsome member of the Ordo Xenos, whose hatred of all things Xenos knows no bounds. His apprentice cannot understand his hatred, and believing herself to be pragmatic, tries to get him to cooperate with some Eldar. Using his fearsome mental powers, Inquisitor Clark intends to show her exactly why the Xenos cannot be trusted, his Xenos nightmare.

They say a single choice can change the course of history. I'm not sure if that is true but I think it can certainly influence it. When I stood at the core of Panchaea all those years ago I had no idea what would come about as a consequence of my actions. So perhaps I did change history. But at the time all I did was what I thought was right. - Adam Jensen, 2078

There are many ancient secrets in the Universe: humanity was lucky enough to run across two of the oldest.

A short-one shot plot bunny I wrote down. What if the God-Emperor of Mankind and Emperor Palpatine switched bodies? EDIT: 11/15/2012, Chapter 5 has been edited and rewritten.

Shanxi becomes the first human world since Earth to be invaded by hostile aliens. Outnumbered and reeling, the GDI troops dig in for war, hoping their trenches will not become their graves. The First Contact War, with GDI replacing the Systems Alliance.

Driven by an intense Warp storm, a Rogue Trader vessel finds itself crippled and stranded above a world no human has ever visited. The natives are friendly; can the visitors say the same? A Warhammer 40k/Friendship is Magic crossover. Yes, really

A different history to Mass Effect in which Human technology develops along different lines than anything the Citadel knows...an Alternative History of Mass Effect.

It's Cullen versus Cullen and Hellsing versus them all in an unprecedented season of Survivor. Just when you think you have the game figured out, it'll take a dark twist that NO ONE will see coming. Reader participation! Hellsing/Twilight/Survivor