History Fanfic / TavisBloodAndFire

!This fanfic contains examples of the following:

* CarFu: [[spoiler: Ashley ramming a Hunter with a hover truck.]]

* ShoutOut:
** Shepard mentions talking to a psychologist named Doyle Resch. Dr. Resch is from ''Fanfic/BruceHasAProblem'', where he's a psychologist working at Arkham Asylum and is better known as "Doc Ironballs."

* GenreSavvy: Garrus, when he sees [[spoiler: Saren standing in the open by himself in the midst of the Eden Prime chaos]], immediately gets suspicious and gets permission to cover Nihlus as the latter moves in.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Overlapping with IKnowYouKnowIKnow, [[spoiler: Saren anticipated where Garrus would be holding a sniper position and had his Brute retainer lying in wait.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: Nihlus looses a hand to [[spoiler: Saren's treacherous attack on Spectre headquarters.]]

Fast forward several decades. When Covenant forces attack the human colony of Eden Prime, a combined team of humans and Citadel races is deployed. Things get more complicated fast when it turns out there's more than meets the eye...

* AnArmAndALeg: Nihlus looses a hand to [[spoiler: Saren's trecherous attack on Spectre headquarters.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Batarians [[spoiler: wanted to be isolated? They got just that.
** To be specific, once they were defeated by the Alliance, the only relays into and out of their space are now blockaded at all times. Anyone who tries to enter or leave is obliterated.]]

* TheCavalry: How humanity is introduced to the Citadel races via the latter doing this.

''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/blood-and-fire-a-mass-effect-halo-fusion.215185/ Blood and Fire]]'' by Tavi is a ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}[=/=]VideoGame/MassEffect'' FusionFic.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Batarians [[spoiler: wanted to be isolated? They got just that.]]

Fast forward several decades. Covenant forces attack the human colony of Eden Prime...

* AnArmAndALeg: Nihlus looses a hand to Saren's techerous attack on Spectre headquarters.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Batarians wanted to be isolated? They got just that.

* FusionFic: The author avoids several problems with the matchup, most obviously the power level gap, by doing this. Rather than using the Covenant wholesale in their original Halo form, the Covenant here are an advanced faction with Geth- or Collector-level grasp of the Mass Effect, enabling them to keep their energy weapons without grossly overpowering the Citadel races. Similarly, the object of their religious worship is changed to the Protheans, who they consider Forerunner, rather than Halo-canon Forerunners.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The Citadel races know the science between Covenant plasma weapons, but they lack the material science and power generation knowledge to make the things work.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The original Spartan programme was just too costly despite the extreme quality products, such as augmentations still unrivaled after 50 years. Its replacement, the N7 Programme, is more economical without losing too much effectiveness.

* AlternateUniverse: Humanity being on much better terms with the Citadel. Garrus already a Spectre trainee. Tali on the Normandy's shakedown. Quarians and Krogan getting a better deal from the Council.

* FusionFic: The author avoids several problems with the matchup, most obviously the power level gap, by doing this. Rather than using the Covenant wholesale in their original Halo form, the Covenant here are an advanced faction with Geth- or Collector-level grasp of the Mass Effect, enabling them to keep their energy weapons without grossing overpowering the Citadel races. Similarly, the object of their religious worship is changed to the Protheans, who they consider Forerunner, rather than Halo-canon Forerunners.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The original Spartan programme was just too costly despite the extreme quality products, such as augmentations still unrivaled after 50 years. Its replacement, the N7 Programme, is more economical but still highly effective.