History Fanfic / RenegadePeptuck

** The Batarian Hegemony did this when they [[BullyingADragon kept supporting raids on human space.]]

-->“That big walker,” she ordered. “We’re going to [[{{Firefly}} kill it with our brains.]]”

** A more villainous example (and its not clear yet what's caused it) is [[spoiler: the Collectors starting the harvest a few years earlier than expected]].

* RammingAlwaysWorks: ''Udina,'' surprisingly. He manages to take out the Battlemind by ramming an aircar into it, sending both twenty feet until they hit a wall and causes the Battlemind to stain everything in a twenty-foot radius to be covered in silvery gore.

* ContinuityNod: There are a number of references to ''Fanfic/EaglesFall'', such as a turian naval officer who was the son of the turian admiral in charge of the battle at Shanxi, as well as Locke, alive and well and apparently working for Phoenix. Also, WordOfGod confirms that Anastacia Telfair is the descendant of Sandra Telfair from ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars''. Later on, there is also Captain Aldis Rawne, a descendant of Commander Rawne from the same story, as well as several references to the omnipresent mist in Nod facilities (itself a RunningGag).

* ContinuityNod: There are a number of references to ''Fanfic/EaglesFall'', such as a turian naval officer who was the son of the turian admiral in charge of the battle at Shanxi, as well as Locke, alive and well and apparently working for Phoenix. Also, WordOfGod confirms that [[spoiler: Anastacia Telfair is the descendant of Sandra Telfair and Commander Karrde from ''Tiberium Wars'']].

Take Earth from the ''CommandAndConquer [[CommandAndConquerTiberium Tiberium]]'' setting, as of the end of ''Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'', and put it in the ''MassEffect'' setting, following the same timeline. The result? ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5851454/1/Renegade Renegade]],'' an AlternateHistory[=/=]AlternateUniverse fanfic that loosely follows the plot of the first ''[[MassEffect1 Mass Effect]]'' game.

* ContinuityDrift: The original version of the story specifies that the turian Councilor's name is Velarn, but it wasn't until ''MassEffect3'' came out that we learned that Velarn is the ''salarian'' Councilor's name.

* GambitPileup: The Reapers are plotting something. Kane is ''also'' plotting something. The Shadow Broker got involved when sending Zaeed after the mercenaries, and there's also Phoenix, the Renegade-incarnation of Cerberus. The quarian Migrant Fleet is hiding something. At the moment, GDI is just scrambling to keep up.

** Throughout Chapter Thirteen, many characters surviving near death experiences echo [[CallOfDutyBlackOps Frank Woods]]' catchphrase: "Can't kill me."

* IdenticalGrandson: Lieutenant Anastasia Telfair's description almost exactly matches that of Lieutenant Sandra Telfair, her ancestor from the ''Tiberium'' games, save for having some blonde streaks in her hair and blue eyes. Captain Aldis rawne, a Nod ship captain, also closely resembles Commander Rawne from ''Fanic/TiberiumWars.''

* IdenticalGrandson: Lieutenant Anastasia Telfair's description almost exactly matches that of Lieutenant Sandra Telfair, her ancestor from the ''Tiberium'' games, save for having some blonde streaks in her hair and blue eyes.

** Captain [[VideoGame/JaggedAlliance Ivan Dolvich]]. There's also a [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Private Wallcroft]].

** Peptuck has stated that GDI and Nod forces will throw down with a Reaper however.

* DynamicEntry: Garrus and Zaeed are both fans of this kind of entry. Locke's Phoenix team uses this as well when they ambush Miranda's squad. Pops up so often in Chapter 12 that the chapter is even titled "Dynamic Entry."

* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Ship]]: When [[spoiler: Sovereign]] attacks Eden Prime, [[spoiler: it takes a direct broadside from a GDI orbital defense platform, which has six dreadnought-grade ion cannons on it, without blinking.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Kane]]. When you're [[spoiler: the head of an infamous terrorist/criminal/fanatical religious organization]] who manages to steal [[spoiler: the Tacitus]], one of the most valuable artifacts to both the Citadel and GDI, then turn around and negotiate a compromise between the two to make yourself look like the reasonable and level-headed one, you're a definite case of this.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: GDI does ''not'' take the Batarian Hegemony's funding of pirates and slavers lightly.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Nod and Phoenix are violently hostile to one another, but in Chapter 12, [[spoiler: both Miranda and Locke are trying to assist the GDI Embassy against the Scrin. Miranda is killing Masterminds to keep them from teleporting in reinforcements, while Locke is trying to analyze the Masterminds so that the Illusive Man can hack them and do the Scrin equivalent of a [[=DDoS=]] attack.]]

** When Jacob and Zaeed are talking in Chapter 9, mention is made of a "maxim" that "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy." Which is [[SchlockMercenary Maxim Twenty-Nine]].

* OneManArmy: The first chapter has Shepard eliminate 500 Batarians by herself, and it just gets better from there.

** Tali is her canon self mixed with the stealth skills of [[SplinterCell Sam Fisher]] and [[MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], with a [[VideoGame/{{Crysis}} Nanosuit]].