History Fanfic / CatalystExe

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Inverted. Amusingly it is Shujin who is the 'former' BigBad of this story, due to being an altered version of the Catalyst trying to fix the fuckups her past existence helped create. Those things known as the Reapers.]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9457632/1/CatalystEXE Catalyst.EXE]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' SelfInsert by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1512043/Shujin1 Shujin]], which details the life of a doctor named Rebecca who wakes up on Ilos, trapped within the memory banks of a Prothean computer. After adjusting to her new situation and creating an android body for herself, she sets about to preventing the canonical plot by doing her best to fortify Ilos, and prevent Saren from utilizing the Mass Relay to sneak Sovereign into the Citadel.

To this end, she creates two Prothean V.I. to help protect Ilos and defend it against Saren. Aegis, a dependable, solid administrator, and Veto, who is designed to do one thing and one thing only: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou destroy as much of Saren's army as possible, while denying him the use of Ilos's Mass Relay.]]

* IgnoredExpert: Zig-zagged with Tali'Zorah, who warns C-Sec and the Citadel of the incoming threat to Council Space. While she is taken seriously, her warnings about the folly of making your ''guns'' capable of networking with other systems is ignored. Garrus is the only one who takes her seriously, and even then, only after [[spoiler: the invasion of the Citadel kicks off, and he realizes that she was right the whole time.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Inverted. Amusingly it is Shujin who is the BigBad of this story, due to being an altered version of the Catalyst trying to fix the fuckups her past existance helped created.]]

What follows is a story focused on the depth of emotions, the difficulties of being an artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why networking everything]] is [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a]] ''[[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers horrible idea.]]''

What follows is a story focused on the depth of emotions, the difficulties of being an artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why networking everything]] is [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a]] ''[[[[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOther horrible idea.]]''

What follows is a story focused on the depth of emotions, the difficulties of being an artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why networking everything]] is [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a ''horrible'' idea.]]

To this end, she creates two Prothean V.I. to help protect Ilos and defend it against Saren. Aegis, a dependable, solid administrator, and Veto, who is designed to do one thing and one thing only: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou destroy as much of Saren's army as possible,]] [[DeathCourse while denying him the use of Ilos's Mass Relay.]]

Unfortunately, while [Rebecca] is busying preparing for the invasion of Ilos, Commander Shepard and his noble team of soldiers are off trying to prevent the apocalypse, under the guidance of his [[AlternateUniverseFic Spectre mentor, Saren, and accompanied by veteran Asari Matriarch, Benezia.]] Even more unfortunately, when [Rebecca] finally leaves Ilos, she has not realized that this world is not the same as the videogame of her memories, and leaves [[TheSociopath Veto]] in charge of the [[PoorCommunicationKills fully armed and operational facility.]]

What follows is a story focused on the depths of emotions, the difficulties of being an artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why networking everything]] is a ''horrible'' idea.

Unfortunately, while [Rebecca] is busying preparing for the invasion of Ilos, Commander Shepard and his noble team of soldiers are off trying to prevent the apocalypse, under the guidance of his [[AlternateUniverseFic Spectre mentor, Saren, and accompanied by veteran Asari Matriarch, Benezia.]]

Even more unfortunately, when [Rebecca] finally leaves Ilos, she has not realized that this world is not the same as the videogame of her memories, and leaves [[TheSociopath Veto]] in charge of the [[PoorCommunicationKills fully armed and operational facility.]]

* SchizoTech: When [Rebecca] takes control of the Citadel, she is bewildered that she can hack ''everything'', from security systems to weapons to a [[MythologyGag toothbrush.]]

* GenghisGambit: [Rebecca] pulls one on the Citadel.

* SchizoTech: When [Rebecca] takes control of the Citadel, she is bewildered that she can hack ''everything'', from security systems to weapons to a [[MythologyGag toothbrush.]]

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Veto, full stop. As a V.I. designed solely to control defensive fortifications against an invading army, Veto lacks many of the basic functions of other V.I. He will gladly interrupt [[NoSocialSkills whenever he feels like it]], [[PsychopathicManchild delights in causing explosions and destruction]], and at one point starts [[BodyCountCompetition counting out points for [Rebecca]'s kills,]] much to her irritation

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Veto, full stop. As a V.I. designed solely to control defensive fortifications against an invading army, Veto lacks many of the basic functions of other V.I. He will gladly interrupt[[NoSocialSkills whenever he feels like it]], delights in causing explosions and destruction, and at one point starts [[BodyCountCompetition counting out points for [Rebecca]'s kills,]] much to her irritation

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Veto, full stop. As a V.I. designed solely to control defensive fortifications against an invading army, Veto lacks many of the basic functions of other V.I., such as friendly verbal tics (huh, what, hum, and um), as well as silence unless spoken to. He will gladly interject whenever he feels like it, even in the middle of pitched battles, and at one point starts counting out points for [Rebecca]'s kills.

To this end, she creates two Prothean V.I. to help protect Ilos and defend it against Saren. Aegis, a dependable, solid administrator, and Veto, who is designed to do one thing and one thing only: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou destroy as much of Saren's army as possible, while denying him the use of Ilos's Mass Relay.]]

To this end, she creates two Prothean V.I. to help protect Ilos and defend it against Saren. Aegis, a dependable, solid administrator, and Veto, who is designed to do one thing and one thing only: destroy as much of Saren's army as possible, while denying him the use of Ilos's Mass Relay.

What follows is a story focused on emotional depth, the difficulties of being an artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why computerizing everything]] is a ''horrible'' idea.

What follows is a story focused on emotions, the consequences of artificial life, and [[EverythingIsOnline why computerizing everything]] is a horrible idea.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9457632/1/CatalystEXE CatalystEXE]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' SelfInsert by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1512043/Shujin1 Shujin]], which details the life of a doctor named Rebecca who wakes up on Ilos, trapped within the memory banks of a Prothean computer. After adjusting to her new situation and creating an android body for herself, she sets about to preventing the canonical plot by doing her best to fortify Ilos, and prevent Saren from utilizing the Mass Relay to sneak Sovereign into the Citadel.

Even more unfortunately, when [Rebecca] finally leaves Ilos, she still has not realized that this world is not the same as the videogame of her memories, and leaves [[TheSociopath Veto]] in charge of the [[PoorCommunicationKills fully armed and operational facility.]]

To this end, she creates two Prothean V.I. to help protect Ilos and defend it against Saren. Aegis, a dependable, solid administrator... and Veto, who is placed in charge of destroying as much of Saren's forces as possible.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9457632/1/CatalystEXE CatalystEXE]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1512043/Shujin1 Shujin1]]. , about a doctor who wakes up on Ilos like an AI.

* GenghisGambit: Rebecca has to pull one on the Citadel.

* RobotGirl: Rebecca use a gynoid body to interact with the physical world.
* SchizoTech: When Rebecca takes control of the Citadel, she is beliwered that she can hack ''everything'', from security sistems to weapons to toothbrush.

''[[http://https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9457632/1/CatalystEXE CatalystEXE]]'' is a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1512043/Shujin1 Shujin1]]. , about a doctor who wakes up on Ilos like an AI.

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* BigDamnHeroes: In the Battle of the Citadel, the Normandy arrives just in time with [[spoiler:an army of nob-heretic Geth.]]

* GenghisGambit: Rebecca has to pull one on the Citadel.