Ghost in the Machine

What if Nihlus didn’t die on Eden Prime? This is an AU retelling of Mass Effect where the fateful meeting with Saren plays out differently, changing everything.

Table of contents:
  1. Arbiter
  2. Dinner
  3. Warning
  4. Departure
  5. Deflection
  6. Eden Prime
  7. Failure
  8. Bad Dreams
  9. Nine
  10. Obsession
  11. The Hearing
  12. Off With the Gloves
  13. Played
  14. Persuasion
  15. Good Timing
  16. Extraction
  17. Conclave
  18. The Ghost
  19. Small Talk
  20. Sanctum
  21. Heads or Tails
  22. Gates of Hell
  23. Into the Pit
  24. Out of the Frying Pan
  25. Whispers
  26. Just Like Old Times
  27. The Pulse
  28. Knots and Ties
  29. Feros
  30. Rachni
  31. Ruthless
  32. Benezia
  33. The Cipher
  34. Dead Hearts I
  35. Dead Hearts II
  36. Dead Hearts III
  37. The Vault
  38. The Cure
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