History Roleplay / MassEffectAlteredHumanity

* EliteArmy: Due to player choice the Terran Dominion's entire military ''is'' this. The Dominion's military isn't as small as other examples of this trope.

* QuantityVsQuality: : Played with. Initially it was believed that the Krogan were Quantity while the Dominion and Turians were Quality. As the Terran Dominion painfully learns, the Krogan Clans are actually ''both''.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Dominion's "Goblin" Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a MightyGlacier in the same vein as the Mako from canon, and like the Mako and Hammerhead its name is derived from a shark (a Goblin shark in this case).

* PoweredArmor: The Dominion's "Gorilla" Heavy Exosuit, which allows infantry to use heavy weapons that would normally be restricted to vehicle mounts while still having allowing Dominion soldiers mobility.

* QuantityVsQuality: :Krogan are Quantity, the Dominion and Turians are Quality.
** QualityOverQuantity: [[spoiler:While the Krogan are superior in terms of ground combat and in numbers, they lack the training, tactics, resources and production of the Dominion and the Turians. After several decades of fighting the Krogan start to sustain too many losses to the point the demand for equipment to fuel their ever fighting war machine far exceeds the supply their purely warrior race can produce, and are steadily grinded down by the Dominion and Turians.]]

* DeathWorld: ''[[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Earth]]'' has become this prior to the game's start after it suffered total ecosystem collapse and nuclear war.

* ForWantOfANail: Many details of the Mass Effect canon have changed in this continuity as a result of player actions. From Humanity arriving on the galactic scene around the same time as the Asari, Salarians, and Turians, to the Reapers having never existed and the Protheans were wiped out by something else, [[spoiler:to the Krogan achieving space flight on their own...]]

* DestructiveSavior: [[spoiler: Deconstructed. During the Foundation War when The Dominion and Turians were battling Krogan on the Batarian worlds they took over, the Humans and Turians tried to liberate the Batarians from their occupiers but found that it was too costly to engage Krogan forces on the ground on and resorted to {{Orbital Bombardment}}s. The Dominion and Turians did try to rescue Batarians that survived the bombardments, but by that point whatever Batarians were left only saw their "liberators" as being as bad as their Krogan occupiers and wanted little to do with them after the war.]]

* DestructiveSavior: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The Dominion and Turians are considered this by the Batarians after the Human-Turian forces found that it was too costly to engage Krogan forces on the ground on Batarian worlds and resorted to {{Orbital Bombardment}}s. The Dominion and Turians did try to rescue Batarians that survived the bombardments, but by that point whatever Batarians were left only saw their "liberators" as being as bad as their Krogan occupiers and wanted little to do with them after the war.]]

* SoldierVsWarrior: The Terran Dominion and the Turians are the Soldier to the Krogans' warrior. [[spoiler:Soldiers win.]]

As a Quest, players vote on the Dominion's actions and development in between updates written by the author, as the Dominion carves its place within the galactic community.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Dominion's "Goblin" Infantry Fighting Vehicle (submitted by one of the players), a MightyGlacier in the same vein as the Mako from canon, and like the Mako and Hammerhead its name is derived from a shark (a Goblin shark in this case).

* BeamSpam: The Dominion's "Disco-Ball" frigate (submitted by one of the players) dumps all its other weapons to mount a truly obscene amount of lasers. Krogan frigates combine this with a MacrossMissileMassacre.

* DropShip: The Dominion's "Barracuda" (submitted by one of the players), which is a FragileSpeedster.

* ImAHumanitarian: The Dominion has industrialized cannibalism with their Recycle Vats, or "Cyclers", (which was submitted by one of the player) à la Film/SoylentGreen. Using the vats the Dominion breaks down corpses into protein that can then be used as food.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: Two of the Dominion's ship types (both submitted by users) rely on huge torpedo salvos as their primary weapon instead of the usual spinal gun. Krogan cruisers also get in on it by replacing their broadsides with huge amounts of short-range torpedoes.

* PoweredArmor: The Dominion's "Gorilla" Heavy Exosuit (submitted by one of the players), which allows infantry to use heavy weapons that would normally be restricted to vehicle mounts while still having allowing Dominion soldiers mobility.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Dominion's "Goblin" Infantry Fighting Vehicle (submitted by one of the players), a MightyGlacier in the same vein as the Mako from canon, and like the Mako and Hammerhead name is derived from a shark (a Goblin shark in this case).

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Dominion's "Goblin" Infantry Fighting Vehicle (submitted by one of the players), a MightGlacier in the same vein as the Mako from canon, and like the Mako and Hammerhead name is derived from a shark (a Goblin shark in this case).

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: There were some players who pushed for these to be allowed by the Dominion in a vote on how to deal with a then problem with SpacePirates. However, that plan was deemed AwesomeButImpractical and ultimately lost that vote to the more practical vote of naval patrols. WordOfGod says that the Colonial Alliance is crawling with mercenary groups.

* TheTeamBenefactor: [[spoiler:The Colonial Alliance was this to the Terran Dominion and the Turian Hierarchy for most of the Foundation War, funding both the Dominion’s war production and the Hierarchy’s massive reconstruction effort.]]

* DestructiveSavior: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:The Dominion and Turians are considered this by the Batarians after the Human-Turian forces found that it was too costly to engage Krogan forces on the ground on Batarian worlds and resorted to {{Orbital Bombardment}}s. The Dominiion and Turians did try to rescue Batarians that survived the bombardments, but by that point whatever Batarians were left only saw their "liberators" as being as bad as their Krogan occupiers and wanted little to do with them after the war.]]

* DestructiveSavior: [[spoiler:The Dominion and Turians are considered this by the Batarians after the Human-Turian forces found that it was too costly to engage Krogan forces on the ground on Batarian worlds and resorted to {{Orbital Bombardment}}s. The Dominiion and Turians did try to rescue Batarians that survived the bombardments, but by that point whatever Batarians were left only saw their "liberators" as being as bad as their Krogan occupiers and wanted little to do with them after the war.]]

* BadassArmy: The Dominion has one of the highest Military stats of any faction and by player choice the Dominion's military is comprised ''purely'' of [[EliteArmy elite soldiers,]] with [[OneManArmy each recruit taught how to function independently and successfully engage multiple targets at once.]] The Turians and Krogans are a species-wide example of this a per canon and also have some of the highest Military stats.

* HopelessWar: [[spoiler:The ''Krogan'' end up on the receiving end of this during the Foundation War. After nearly two centuries of fighting the war had already progressed to the point where it was unwinnable for the Krogan, nut they kept fighting until they were wiped out.]]

* QuantityVsQuality: [[spoiler:Krogan are Quantity, the Dominion and Turians are Quality. While the Krogan are superior in terms of ground combat and in numbers, they lack the training, tactics, resources and production of the Dominion and the Turians. After several decades of fighting the Krogan start to sustain too many losses to the point the demand for equipment to fuel their ever fighting war machine far exceeds the supply their purely warrior race can produce, and are steadily grinded down by the Dominion and Turians.]]

* QuantityVsQuality: [[spoiler:Krogan are Quantity, the Dominion and Turians are Quality. While the Krogan are superior in terms of ground combat and in numbers, they lack the training, tactics, resources and production of the Dominion and the Turians. After several decades of fighting the Krogan start to sustain too many losses to the point the demand for equipment to fuel their ever fighting war machine far exceeds the supply their purely warrior race can produce.]]

* QuantityVsQuality: [[spoilers:Krogan are Quantity, the Dominion and Turians are Quality. While the Krogan are superior in terms of ground combat and in numbers, they lack the training, tactics, resources and production of the Dominion and the Turians. After several decades of fighting the Krogan start to sustain too many losses to the point the demand for equipment to fuel their ever fighting war machine far exceeds the supply their purely warrior race can produce.]]

* TheAlliance: The Colonial Alliance

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Colonial Alliance has a pretty low Dominion stat, as such they are prone to in-fighting.

* BadassArmy: The Dominion has one of the highest Military stats of any faction and by player choice the Dominion's military is comprised ''purely'' of [[EliteArmy elite soldiers,]] with [[OneManArmy each recruit is taught how to function independently and successfully engage multiple targets at once.]] The Turians and Krogans are a species-wide example of this a per canon and also have some of the highest Military stats.

* HumansAreWarriors: The Terran Dominion is a military republic and has one of the highest Military stats of any faction, as well as have an EliteArmy.