MASS EFFECT: PATHFINDER

🚀 IT'S LIVE! ✨ Mass Effect: Pathfinder – Book One: Belonging is now officially launched on FanFiction.net!

After months of worldbuilding, myth-bending, heartbreak, and tactical banter, the journey begins with a bang (literally). Three strangers are hurled across space into a galaxy that feels familiar—but isn't. What starts as a mission of exploration quickly becomes a fight for survival, connection, and something deeper: belonging.

💥 Sci-fi meets myth. 🛸 Mass Effect collides with Dragon Age. 🔥 And the crew of the SSV Pathfinder has no idea what's coming for them.

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📖 Read it here: 👉 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14460778/1/Mass-Effect-Pathfinder-Book-One-Belonging

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If you like:

Found family in space

Starships held together by grit and trauma

Tactical banter, quiet grief, and accidental heroism

EDI being the most competent member of the crew (as usual)

Or just want to see what happens when Thedas collides with a mass relay…

This might be your thing. Updates incoming. The galaxy just got a little bigger. 💫

📁 CHARACTER PROFILE: FIRST MINISTER DAVRIN “There is much for you to see… and much more to understand.”

✨ Name: Davrin ✨ Race: Elarin ✨ Title: First Minister of Brelan and Leader of the Elarin ✨ Homeworld: Thedas, Brelan continent ✨ Affiliation: The Inquisition ✨ Role: Diplomatic Leader and Guardian of Vhenasul

🌿 Profile Striking, graceful, and unnervingly composed, Davrin is the First Minister of Brelen. He resides in Virehn—the living capital city grown among the ancient trees of Brelan. Known for his serene authority and razor-sharp intellect, he leads the Elarin with the calm precision of someone who’s always five steps ahead—and rarely tells you what game you’re playing.

His voice? Smooth as silk. His eyes? Crystalline grey with a ring of violet that seems to look through you. His uniform? Architectural elegance in motion—tailored, practical, and entirely regal without ever needing a crown.

He’s not just a politician. He’s the embodiment of Thedan resilience.

🧬 Andersson’s First Impression “He walked in looking like the reason diplomatic uniforms have high collars. I was supposed to be assessing the threat level. Instead, I was wondering if he was single.”

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💥 Branka Aeducan – Engineer / Upgrade Witch / Absolute Menace

"Who needs weapons when you’re armed with that mouth?"

🔧 Species: Stonari 🔧 Role: Head Engineer, Vael'Theron Spaceport 🔧 Height: 4'5" (All fury, zero chill) 🔧 Vibe: Built like a furnace, mouth like a warhammer

🔧 Specialties: — Full ship rebuilds overnight — Inventive swearing in five languages — Knows exactly how your systems work and why they suck — Once threatened to rewire a reactor with someone’s spine (and probably meant it)

🔥 Fun Facts: — Blue-green eyes that can size up a warp coil and your self-worth — Has personally insulted every pre-upgrade system on the Pathfinder — Keeps her tools where most people keep regrets — Drinks black tar and calls it tea

✨ Branka says: “Your engines were a deathtrap, your weapons were an embarrassment, and don’t even get me started on your so-called ‘emergency bulkheads.’ But don’t worry, sweetheart—I fixed everything. Even you.”

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🌍 Welcome to Vael’Theron 🌍 The capital of Thedas. The heart of a world reborn.

Where steel meets soil. Where light is drawn from roots, not wires. Where three once-divided peoples now walk the same streets—and not always easily.

Above, the spires rise. Below, the deep city glows. And at the center... the forest breathes.

✨ Chapter 12 of Mass Effect: Pathfinder – Book One: Belonging is now live. New revelations, new history, and new fractures beneath the surface.

Karass demands that you accompany him to Thedas.

That was not a request.

Read Chapter 8 – Not a Request

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Mass Effect Pathfinder, Book One - Belonging - Chapter 1 - A New Frontier 

Space Opera | Sci-Fi Adventure | Found Family | Slow-Burn Romance | LGBTQ+

Captain Kristian Andersson takes command of the Pathfinder SR1, a newly refitted vessel tasked with humanity's most ambitious mission yet: to chart unknown systems, scout potential worlds, and seek out new life beyond the stars. 

But nothing could have prepared them for what came next. When an anomaly tears the ship across galaxies, the Pathfinder crashes into the unknown-damaged, isolated, and stranded in a place where none of the stars match their charts. 

The Systems Alliance is gone. Earth is out of reach. And humanity may not be as alone in the universe as they once believed. To survive, Andersson and his crew must forge uneasy alliances and face ancient powers that defy both science and understanding. 

At the heart of their struggle are Andersson-a hardened N7 soldier thrown into the role of explorer-and Commander Reece, his quick-witted XO, whose loyalty runs deeper than protocol. 

Blending Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and classic space adventure, Pathfinder is a sweeping, character-driven saga of exploration, identity, and legacy. It's a story about what comes after the end of the world-and the hope that, even across galaxies, we can still find where we belong. 

File 001 – Andersson, Kristian // Commanding Officer, SR1

👨‍✈️ Captain Kristian Andersson

Systems Alliance Navy — Commanding Officer, SSV Pathfinder SR1

Name: Kristian Andersson Rank: Captain Role: Commanding Officer Status: Active Duty – Systems Alliance Assignment: SSV Pathfinder SR1, Special Operations Vessel Origin: Spacer — birth records archived across multiple orbital stations

Profile:

Kristian Andersson is a soldier forged in orbit, trained on battlefields, and defined by the uniform he never learned how to take off. A spacer kid with the accent of everywhere and nowhere, Andersson has always belonged more to ships than planets.

Decorated N7. Strategic mind. War-tested. He’s led squads into the worst the galaxy has to offer—and survived.

The SSV Pathfinder SR1 was originally a warship: the Normandy. It’s now been reimagined as a vessel of diplomacy and peace. Andersson, a career soldier, finds himself tasked with carrying its new mission forward… and wondering if peace is just a different kind of battlefield.

Quiet. Commanding. Unflinchingly loyal. He wears his uniform like armor—and his past like a locked compartment.

Notes:

Keeps the mission first, his grief second, and his doubts private

Known to give direct orders in exactly five words

Trusts few, but leads many

Has the reflexes of a soldier and the eyes of someone who’s seen too much

Once asked to take leave and instead fixed the ship’s tactical readout for fun

Quote:

“A ship like this deserves someone who believes in what it stands for.” “And you don’t?” “I believe in doing the job. That’ll have to be enough—for now.” — Capt. Andersson

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File 002 – Reece, Kyle // Executive Officer, SR1

👨‍✈️ Commander Kyle Reece

Systems Alliance Navy — Executive Officer, SSV Pathfinder SR1

Name: Kyle Reece Rank: Commander Role: Executive Officer / Flight Officer Status: Active Duty – Systems Alliance Assignment: SSV Pathfinder SR1, Helm & Command Operations Origin: Vancouver, Earth — Systems Alliance Territories

Profile:

As Alliance Command officers go, Reece is a breath of fresh air. No really—he smells great. And he’ll tell you.

Reece didn’t intend to become an officer, much less the Executive Officer of a flagship-class starship. But the Alliance has a funny way of rewarding wit, fast reflexes, and dumb luck. His career trajectory reads like a glitch in the personnel database… right up until you see him fly.

Confident, fast-talking, and suspiciously lucky, Reece approaches rules the same way he approaches flight controls—with just enough respect not to crash and just enough flair to make you nervous.

You’ll always know what Reece is thinking— but you may not want to.

Notes:

Navigates by instinct, impulse, and gravitational anomalies

Often underestimated. Rarely outmaneuvered

Known to "creatively reinterpret" mission objectives

Flight-tested under live fire. Keeps the scar and the story

Has been XO for three weeks. Already walks like he owns the place

Quote:

“I don’t break the rules. I find creative detours around them.” “Andersson doesn’t smile much.” “He will. Eventually.” — Cmdr. Reece

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File 003 – Hale, Brooke// Tactical Officer, SR1

👩‍✈️ Lieutenant Brooke Hale

Systems Alliance Navy — Tactical Officer, SSV Pathfinder SR1

Name: Brooke Hale Rank: Lieutenant Role: Tactical Officer, SSV Pathfinder SR1 Status: Active Duty – Systems Alliance Assignment: Pathfinder SR1, forward deployment Origin: Houston, Earth — Systems Alliance Core Worlds

Profile:

Hale was born into duty. The daughter of Admiral David Hale (known colloquially as Admiral Hard-Ass Hale or just Hale-No), she was raised with regs in her bedtime stories and could likely field-strip a sidearm before she could ride a bike.

Military bred and personally forged, Hale carries herself with the same steel-jawed authority as her infamous father—except sharper, faster, and with considerably less patience for indecision.

She believes in order, efficiency, and calculated action. Tactical decisions are not up for debate, and if she questions a command, it’s only because she’s already thought three steps ahead.

Notes:

Known to assume leadership roles regardless of rank structure

Once ended a simulation by "accidentally" disabling the command AI

Has an uncanny ability to detect nonsense within 3 seconds of it being spoken

Carries herself with the weight of her name—and the intent to outgrow it

Believes Captain Andersson is “probably competent,” but remains unconvinced

Quote:

“Respect isn’t given. It’s assumed. Until proven otherwise.” — Lt. Brooke Hale

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File 004 – EDI // Shipboard AI, SR1 👩‍💻 EDI Enhanced Defense Intelligence — Shipboard AI, SSV Pathfinder SR1

Name: Enhanced Defense Intelligence (EDI) Designation: Holographic NAV VI – SSV Pathfinder SR1 Interface: Projected hologram with kinetic manipulation capabilities Role: Tactical analysis, environmental control, systems optimization, emotional damage Status: Fully integrated into the Pathfinder SR1 core systems Origin: Classified (Alliance R&D Division)

Profile: If the SR1 had a soul, it would be EDI. As the ship’s AI, she monitors, manages, and maintains every operational system on board—simultaneously. Her interface allows for real-time interaction with crew via a highly advanced holographic projection capable of kinetic barrier manipulation.

She is precise, omnipresent, and sarcastic enough to raise questions about her emotional subroutines.

Notes:

Possesses complete access to ship systems (yes, including the coffee machine)

Technically under Captain Andersson’s command

Functionally, always one step ahead of him

Cannot be bribed, charmed, or flattered

Can, however, be reasoned with—if your logic is sound

Quote: "I have cross-referenced every tactical outcome, emotional nuance, and likelihood of idiocy. I am 92% certain you are about to make a mistake." — EDI

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🚀 Welcome aboard the SSV Pathfinder SR1 Mass Effect: Pathfinder is a full-length fanfiction saga blending science fiction, myth, and emotional mayhem. Think Mass Effect meets Dragon Age—with unity, romance, politics, and the occasional existential crisis in space.

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Mass Effect: Pathfinder

Book One – Belonging

“They came from nowhere. But their presence changes everything.”

Three strangers are hurled across space into a galaxy that feels strangely familiar.

On a distant world gripped by war and ancient division, they arrive with no past and no place—only the possibility of something greater.

As fractured alliances and buried histories collide, the fate of a planet—and the galaxy that cast it out—may rest in the hands of those who never meant to be heroes.

“You really think we belong here?” “I think... we were always meant to.” – Reece & Andersson

📚 A full-length Mass Effect / Dragon Age crossover novel about unity, myth, and finding a home you never knew you were missing. ✍️ Written by James Christian

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