History FanFic / ProtocultureEffect

* AdaptationalBadass: Having survived for reasons stated below, Jenkins gets to show off his stuff here.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Suberts this for a lot of sidequests/choices or background details by having another party member take a shot at them.

* StationsOfTheCanon: Often averted where possible. Especially regarding when and where certain characters get introduced.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Handheld laser weapons and laser carbines are available... but at the same time, the story notes that they can be finicky, require a lot of callibration, and that up-armoring soldiers reduces laser weapons' effectivness, despite their ability to ignore Kinetic Barrier shielding.

** The finickyness is only in regards to a particular weapon that is still in use as a marksman rifle because it has good range and power, and amazing accuracy when properly calibrated. So the following line should not come as a surprise:
--> '''Garrus''': "Garrus to all points. I love this gun."

* GameBreaker: Cyclones tend to end up like this for many missions based from the game.

** He then uses it to make a humorous TakeThat to the Asari, because the Invid are ''way'' better at mix-and-matching various races than them.

** Interestingly, some of these events have both been averted and played straight. For example, Nirali Bhatia, a minor character whose only existence was as a minor plot point in a small sidequest in Mass Effect I, not only survives Eden Prime, but joins up with the crew. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she does die later in the timeline, by being ripped apart by the slaves of the Thorian.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Suberts this for a lot of sidequests/choices or background details by having another party member take a shot at them.

* CompositeCharacter[=/=]ThirdOptionAdaptation: Some of the possible background elements for Shepard in the game are given to Kaidan and Ashley. Kaidan, for example is the Sole Survivor from Akuze, while Ashley was Ruthless on Torfan.

* SpaceColdWar: much like ''{{FanFic/Renegade}}'', the Citadel and Sentinels Alliance don't always see eye to eye. The UEF sometimes acts as a Mediator between the two, but even they sometimes engage in acts geared towards wooing certain races over to the Alliance's side.

* ShoutOut: Turians have [[Series/BabylonFive a dish called breen that is just like swedish meatballs]]. Too bad for Garrus that ''wasn't'' breen he found in the fridge...

* HumongousMecha: This being is a ''Robotech'' crossover, the ''Normandy'' also carries a pair of Veritech fighters as well as the Mako.

About a century after the events of ''RobotechTheShadowChronicles'', Mankind discovers ruins around Charon and develops Eezo-based technology. After the Relay War (it's a little late for First Contact, after all), the Citadel Council finds itself with an entire bloc of allied alien races to deal with, with the United Earth Alliance sitting in the middle.

The story from there follows the story of Commander John Shepard, the first Human Spectre, as he tracks down the rogue Spectre Saren.

* AlternateUniverse: The presence of robotechnology and the Sentinels Alliance adds quite a few major and minor background changes, such as the batarians still having an embassy on the Citadel (the Council took their side on the Skyllian Verge this time around), and the quarians having friendlier port options in Sentinel space.

* LoopholeAbuse: The UEA clearly notes that the Treaty of Farixen's restrictions on Dreadnaughts is based on mass accelerator cannon yield. It has nothing to do with the ships' actual size (of their carriers, for example) nor does it mention ''[[WaveMotionGun reflex cannons]]''. The Council lets them get away with it in exchange for getting the rest of the Sentinels to agree with certain other restrictions in the Citadel Conventions.

---> '''Garrus''': "I have reach, but... she has flexibility"

* StationsOfTheCanon: Often Averted where possible. Especially regarding when and where certain characters get introduced.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Lieutenant Commander Jane Hunter (Rick and Lisa's descendant) for Fem!Shep.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Lieutenant Commander Jane Hunter (Rick's descendant) for Fem!Shep.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Lieutenant Commander Jane Hunter for Fem!Shep.

* AlternateUniverse: The presence of Robotechnology and the Sentinels Alliance adds quite a few major and minor background changes, such as the batarians still having an embassy on the Citadel (the Council took their side on the Skyllian Verge this time around), and the quarians having friendlier port options in Sentinel space.

* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:Shepard]] bleeds green after a head injury, revealing [[spoiler: his [[HalfHumanHybrid Quarter-Invid]] heritage (on his Grandmother's side)]].
* AlternateUniverse: The presence of Robotechnology and the Sentinels Alliance adds quite a few major and minor background changes, such as the Batarians still having an embassy on the Citadel (the council took their side on the Skylian Blitz this time around), and the Quarians having friendlier port options in Sentinel space.
* AmicablyDivorced: After an AccidentalMarriage, Shepard and Hunter decided to break it off after four months, (specifically waiting to spoil the betting pool on how long it would last).
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Mako is even more badass with the addition of Robotechnology. No, it doesn't transform (they already have ''two'' Veritechs, so that would be redundant).

* HeelFaceTurn: The Invid are full members of the Sentinels Alliance by the time of the story.
* LoopholeAbuse: The UEA clearly notes that the Treaty of Farixen's restrictions on Dreadnaughts is based on Mass Accelerator Cannon yield. It has nothing to do with the ships' actual size (of their carriers, for example) nor does it mention ''[[WaveMotionGun Reflex Cannons]]''. The Council lets them get away with it in exchange for getting the rest of the Sentinels to agree with certain other restrictions in the Citadel Conventions.
* MythologyGag: Garrus recognizes the female Turian heading security at a facility on one mission:
-> '''Garrus''': "I had reach, she had flexibility"

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Kaidan, in a Veritech, grabs a Geth fighter in midair and ''piledrives'' it.

* AwesomePersonelCarrier: The Mako is even more badass with the addition of Robotechnology. No, it doesn't transform (they already have ''two'' Veritechs, so that would be redundant).

''Protoculture Effect'' by Cyclone is a [[MassEffect]] crossover/fusion with the {{Robotech}} saga:

* AwesomePersonellCarrier: The Mako is even more badass with the addition of Robotechnology. No, it doesn't transform (they already have ''two'' Veritechs, so that would be redundant).