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The Cycle has ended.
Commander Jane Shepard and Admiral David Anderson sacrificed everything to activate the Crucible and destroy the Catalyst, the creator of the Reapers and the ancient intelligence created by the Leviathans. The Crucible did its work, destroying both the Catalyst and the Reapers but severely damaging the mass relays and devastating the Citadel. It took over a week for what was left of C-Sec and the Alliance to find Shepard and Anderson and when they found Anderson's body they feared that Shepard had also died. But just as they were about to turn back Shepard found them, naked, starving and crawling on her hands and knees. After all they had been through, she was alive.
The entire Citadel and all of Earth celebrated in what was known as "The Party heard 'round the galaxy." Shepard made a full recovery on the Citadel and the millions who survived began to rebuild even as they celebrated. It was discovered that the Crucible operated on similar principals to the mass relays, making it possible to rebuild them. With the help of the Keepers, the Citadel was restored to basic working order in a matter of months and the relays to the major homeworlds of the galaxy were restored in less than a year. Those were desperate months but now they galaxy could begin to rebuild.
But the damage done by the Reapers was catastrophic. They had destroyed in weeks civilizations and empires that took thousands of years to build. Some worlds were completely destroyed and others were so damaged that they could never recover. The greatest cities of the age were in ruins and many worlds were cut off as they waited for their relays to be rebuilt. Even now, thirty years after the Reaper War, the galaxy struggles to rebuild. Even worlds that are once again prosperous and lively have significant rebuilding to do and attacks by the now leaderless Reaper soldiers and indoctrination at the corpses of the Reapers themselves remains ever present.
Several unanswered questions also remain. Are the Reapers truly dead? Are there more out there in dark space waiting to strike? Will the Leviathans seek to enslave a weakened galaxy as they did so many million years ago? After so much destruction and with so many worlds still unaccounted for can the Council races ever regain their former glory? Only time will tell.
What happened after Mass Effect 3?
-Commander Jane Shepard survived and initiated the Destroy ending
-Before initiating the Destroy ending, Shepard executed the Catalyst. It screamed like the little bosh'tet it was.
-The Mass Relays were only damaged, not destroyed
-The Crucible did no collateral damage to the galaxy, sparing all non-Reaper synthetic life
-Kaiden Alenko sacrificed himself on Virmire. The rest of the squadmates survived
-Shepard spared the Rachni Queen on Novaria and again on Utukku. The Rachni have spread across Utukku and its surrounding systems and have rebuilt their own Mass Relays, connecting them to the Citadel Network
-Shepard cured the Genophage and the Krogan have expanded across all of Tuchunka. They have also settled Pragia after the Batarians made a bet that they "didn't have the quads to settle that weed garden."
-Shepard made peace with both the Geth and the Quarians and both races now live in harmony on Rannoch. They rebuilt their Mass Relay and integrated it into the Citadel Network.
-Kar'Shan was damaged so badly by the Reapers that it is now uninhabitable. With significant aid from the Alliance the Batarians have settled Virmire and have expanded into the Terminus Systems. They were also granted several worlds in the Skyllian Verge as an olive branch from the Alliance.
-Aria T'Loak has expanded her rule beyond Omega and now rules and empire across much of the Terminus System. This has brought relative peace and order to the region but Aria rules with an iron fist and conflict with the expanding Batarians is inevitable.
What happened to all my squadmates?
-Commander Shepard was promoted to Admiral and became head of the Alliance fleet. She married Garrus Vakarian and they adopted a human baby. Shepard still serves as the head of the Alliance on the Citadel, which still orbits Earth. Garrus now runs all of C-Sec with Commander Bailey. The David Anderson War Memorial was erected on the Presidium and bears the names of every ship, human and otherwise, lost in the Liberation of Earth. A statue of Anderson in his combat fatigues crowns the granite monument and the ship names etched into the monument's side.
-Admiral Tali'Zorah vas Rannoch now runs the Rannoch Heavy Fleet since Han'Garrel's retirement ten years ago.
-General Ashley Williams is now head of the Alliance Marine Corp and personally leads her troops into battle against Reaper Leftovers, Pirates and Slavers. She is still a Council Spectre.
-General James Vega is the head of the N7 program and created the N8 program. A pan-galactic cross species branch of the N7 program that carries out special ops across the galaxy.
-Liara T'Soni still serves as the Shadow Broker and works tirelessly to keep the galaxy together through her information networks, resources and contacts.
-Javik decided to settle on Khaje and now rules the planet. The Hanar worship him as a living god and he has directed bot them and their Drell partners to reclaim their lost worlds and build their fleets, stressing the need to always be strong and ready.
-EDI was officially enlisted into the Alliance as an officer and is now a Captain. She commands the SSV Normandy with Joker as her first officer. He still flies the ship. The planet they landed on at the end of Mass Effect 3 was named Hope and is now a thriving human colony. The largest human colony in existence with cities covering over a third of the planet and over fifteen million people of all races calling it home. Specialist Traynor and Dr. Karin Chakwas still serve.
-Urdnot Wrex and Urdnot Bakara rule Tuckanka as a mated pair. Under their leadership a strong but restrained Krogan Empire is taking shape and the Krogan are rediscovering their ancient culture from before they ruined their own planet.
- The Kaiden Alenko War Memorial was erected on Virmire and attracts thousands of human pilgrims every month. The Batarians have set aside land for the humans to build a new biotic school around the memorial to replace Grissom Academy.
-The Mordin Solus War Memorial was erected in Tuchanka at the shroud site and draws both Salarian and Krogan pilgrims.
-The Legion War Memorial was erected on Rannoch and draws Geth and Quarian pilgrims. Consensus Station, a massive orbital space station that can house all Geth, was built in geosynchronous orbit above this memorial. The project was a joint Geth-Quarian effort.
-Miranda and Oriana Lawson both live happily on Earth and hunt the remains of Cerberus to this day.
-Jacob Taylor settled down on the Citadel to help rebuild and raise a family.
-Thane Krios was taken home to Khaje, cremated and his ashes spread across the sea. Kolyat returned to the Citadel to live a quiet, peaceful life of comfort to honor his father.
-Samara continues her duties as a Justicar, righting wrongs and helping innocents wherever she finds them
-Jack is a teacher at Alenko Academy on Virmire, administrated by Khalee Sanders
-Urdnot Grunt still leads Aralakh Company and serves as the big gun at Wrex's left side
-Zaeed Massani, now over ninety years old, has retired from mercenary life and taken over the Blue Suns, reforming them into a real protection and security group.
-Kasumi Goto serves as a "procurement specialist" for the Alliance, stealing and infiltrating anything of galactic security.
Who's on the Council?
-Counselor Tevos still represents the Asari and still serves as the diplomatic face of the Council.
-Counselor Valern died of natural causes ten years after the Reaper War. Captain Kirrahe, now thirty five years old, serves in his place.
-Counselor Speratus, now over sixty, still serves as Turian Counselor.
-Admiral Steven Hackett serves as Humanity's counselor at over eighty years old.
-Due to single-handedly holding the galactic economy together in the first chaotic years after the Reaper War, the Volus have finally been given a seat on the Council. Barla Von represents them
-The Geth and the Quarians share and embassy on the Citadel with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Rannoch representing them. He no longer needs to wear an environment suit, nor does any Quarian.
Commander Jane Shepard and Admiral David Anderson sacrificed everything to activate the Crucible and destroy the Catalyst, the creator of the Reapers and the ancient intelligence created by the Leviathans. The Crucible did its work, destroying both the Catalyst and the Reapers but severely damaging the mass relays and devastating the Citadel. It took over a week for what was left of C-Sec and the Alliance to find Shepard and Anderson and when they found Anderson's body they feared that Shepard had also died. But just as they were about to turn back Shepard found them, naked, starving and crawling on her hands and knees. After all they had been through, she was alive.
The entire Citadel and all of Earth celebrated in what was known as "The Party heard 'round the galaxy." Shepard made a full recovery on the Citadel and the millions who survived began to rebuild even as they celebrated. It was discovered that the Crucible operated on similar principals to the mass relays, making it possible to rebuild them. With the help of the Keepers, the Citadel was restored to basic working order in a matter of months and the relays to the major homeworlds of the galaxy were restored in less than a year. Those were desperate months but now they galaxy could begin to rebuild.
But the damage done by the Reapers was catastrophic. They had destroyed in weeks civilizations and empires that took thousands of years to build. Some worlds were completely destroyed and others were so damaged that they could never recover. The greatest cities of the age were in ruins and many worlds were cut off as they waited for their relays to be rebuilt. Even now, thirty years after the Reaper War, the galaxy struggles to rebuild. Even worlds that are once again prosperous and lively have significant rebuilding to do and attacks by the now leaderless Reaper soldiers and indoctrination at the corpses of the Reapers themselves remains ever present.
Several unanswered questions also remain. Are the Reapers truly dead? Are there more out there in dark space waiting to strike? Will the Leviathans seek to enslave a weakened galaxy as they did so many million years ago? After so much destruction and with so many worlds still unaccounted for can the Council races ever regain their former glory? Only time will tell.
What happened after Mass Effect 3?
-Commander Jane Shepard survived and initiated the Destroy ending
-Before initiating the Destroy ending, Shepard executed the Catalyst. It screamed like the little bosh'tet it was.
-The Mass Relays were only damaged, not destroyed
-The Crucible did no collateral damage to the galaxy, sparing all non-Reaper synthetic life
-Kaiden Alenko sacrificed himself on Virmire. The rest of the squadmates survived
-Shepard spared the Rachni Queen on Novaria and again on Utukku. The Rachni have spread across Utukku and its surrounding systems and have rebuilt their own Mass Relays, connecting them to the Citadel Network
-Shepard cured the Genophage and the Krogan have expanded across all of Tuchunka. They have also settled Pragia after the Batarians made a bet that they "didn't have the quads to settle that weed garden."
-Shepard made peace with both the Geth and the Quarians and both races now live in harmony on Rannoch. They rebuilt their Mass Relay and integrated it into the Citadel Network.
-Kar'Shan was damaged so badly by the Reapers that it is now uninhabitable. With significant aid from the Alliance the Batarians have settled Virmire and have expanded into the Terminus Systems. They were also granted several worlds in the Skyllian Verge as an olive branch from the Alliance.
-Aria T'Loak has expanded her rule beyond Omega and now rules and empire across much of the Terminus System. This has brought relative peace and order to the region but Aria rules with an iron fist and conflict with the expanding Batarians is inevitable.
What happened to all my squadmates?
-Commander Shepard was promoted to Admiral and became head of the Alliance fleet. She married Garrus Vakarian and they adopted a human baby. Shepard still serves as the head of the Alliance on the Citadel, which still orbits Earth. Garrus now runs all of C-Sec with Commander Bailey. The David Anderson War Memorial was erected on the Presidium and bears the names of every ship, human and otherwise, lost in the Liberation of Earth. A statue of Anderson in his combat fatigues crowns the granite monument and the ship names etched into the monument's side.
-Admiral Tali'Zorah vas Rannoch now runs the Rannoch Heavy Fleet since Han'Garrel's retirement ten years ago.
-General Ashley Williams is now head of the Alliance Marine Corp and personally leads her troops into battle against Reaper Leftovers, Pirates and Slavers. She is still a Council Spectre.
-General James Vega is the head of the N7 program and created the N8 program. A pan-galactic cross species branch of the N7 program that carries out special ops across the galaxy.
-Liara T'Soni still serves as the Shadow Broker and works tirelessly to keep the galaxy together through her information networks, resources and contacts.
-Javik decided to settle on Khaje and now rules the planet. The Hanar worship him as a living god and he has directed bot them and their Drell partners to reclaim their lost worlds and build their fleets, stressing the need to always be strong and ready.
-EDI was officially enlisted into the Alliance as an officer and is now a Captain. She commands the SSV Normandy with Joker as her first officer. He still flies the ship. The planet they landed on at the end of Mass Effect 3 was named Hope and is now a thriving human colony. The largest human colony in existence with cities covering over a third of the planet and over fifteen million people of all races calling it home. Specialist Traynor and Dr. Karin Chakwas still serve.
-Urdnot Wrex and Urdnot Bakara rule Tuckanka as a mated pair. Under their leadership a strong but restrained Krogan Empire is taking shape and the Krogan are rediscovering their ancient culture from before they ruined their own planet.
- The Kaiden Alenko War Memorial was erected on Virmire and attracts thousands of human pilgrims every month. The Batarians have set aside land for the humans to build a new biotic school around the memorial to replace Grissom Academy.
-The Mordin Solus War Memorial was erected in Tuchanka at the shroud site and draws both Salarian and Krogan pilgrims.
-The Legion War Memorial was erected on Rannoch and draws Geth and Quarian pilgrims. Consensus Station, a massive orbital space station that can house all Geth, was built in geosynchronous orbit above this memorial. The project was a joint Geth-Quarian effort.
-Miranda and Oriana Lawson both live happily on Earth and hunt the remains of Cerberus to this day.
-Jacob Taylor settled down on the Citadel to help rebuild and raise a family.
-Thane Krios was taken home to Khaje, cremated and his ashes spread across the sea. Kolyat returned to the Citadel to live a quiet, peaceful life of comfort to honor his father.
-Samara continues her duties as a Justicar, righting wrongs and helping innocents wherever she finds them
-Jack is a teacher at Alenko Academy on Virmire, administrated by Khalee Sanders
-Urdnot Grunt still leads Aralakh Company and serves as the big gun at Wrex's left side
-Zaeed Massani, now over ninety years old, has retired from mercenary life and taken over the Blue Suns, reforming them into a real protection and security group.
-Kasumi Goto serves as a "procurement specialist" for the Alliance, stealing and infiltrating anything of galactic security.
Who's on the Council?
-Counselor Tevos still represents the Asari and still serves as the diplomatic face of the Council.
-Counselor Valern died of natural causes ten years after the Reaper War. Captain Kirrahe, now thirty five years old, serves in his place.
-Counselor Speratus, now over sixty, still serves as Turian Counselor.
-Admiral Steven Hackett serves as Humanity's counselor at over eighty years old.
-Due to single-handedly holding the galactic economy together in the first chaotic years after the Reaper War, the Volus have finally been given a seat on the Council. Barla Von represents them
-The Geth and the Quarians share and embassy on the Citadel with Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Rannoch representing them. He no longer needs to wear an environment suit, nor does any Quarian.