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Soulmark Absent by StarboundRyder
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Andromeda
20 Sep 2025
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Everyone gets their soulmate’s name on their fifteenth birthday.
Scott never got a mark. Sara did—but hers was in an alien script no one could read.
Years later, across an unfamiliar galaxy, the past collides with a future they never imagined. A Remnant vault. A broken interface. A pulse of ancient light.
Three souls. One symbol.
*Soulmark Absent* is a canon-divergent Mass Effect: Andromeda soulmate AU that unfolds between the lines of the original game. The plot remains largely intact—but underneath, another story pulses: one about identity, polyamory, and the connections that rewrite everything we thought we understood about fate.
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In space, no one can hear you rant—unless you’re Alex Ryder and a very patient Rock.
- Crackfic
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Hyperion: an Ark carrying a civilization to a golden world 600-years-traveling-distance from Earth. The civilization should be asleep, except for one, who is woken up 451 years too soon, alone.
One of the Ryder twins wakes too early, and must face the knowledge that she cannot go back to cryosleep.
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Scott is attacked on Aya. Why and who did it? And how will he choose to deal with them?
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- Part 47 of Beyond all reason
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- English
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- 3,899
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- 1/1
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- 5
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- 93
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A good time carries with it not just calm, but the weight of what was lived through in the bad times. Scott doesn’t like it.
Mini-fic challenge 25, hint: “Footsteps behind the back”
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Part 1: Operation Healing Grouchy Face is a go! Chapters 1-5 (Rating: T)
~Evfra de Tershaav, the venerate Resistance leader, is stricken with the Angaran flu. Forced to stay at home under quarantine, Evfra would have been taken care of by family and close friends. Without either, he suffers alone, until Sara Ryder, Pathfinder extraordinaire, shows up at his doorstep as his self proclaimed caretaker. Soon long forgotten feelings begin to stir awake for this free spirited little human.Part 2: Operation Win her over has begun! Chapter 6-?
~Evfra has accepted the fact that he is smitten for an alien, and not just any alien, but Sara Ryder the Human Pathfinder and leader of her people. However, having been so long out of the dating scene his wooing skills are practically non-existent, and what is worse, he isn’t the only angaran who has set sights on Ryder. Meanwhile, Sara is completely oblivious as to what certain angarans are vying for. The Pathfinder finds herself stumbling through the intricate art of angaran courtship, realizing that only one ever grouchy angaran had her heart all along. -
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It’s dark and loud where Macen is and for the longest of times he sees no way to end it or escape. Static surrounds him and moves through him like a record skipping over and over playing the same note in an endless loop. It hurts in a way he cannot understand and in his thoughts there’s only pain and a name that keeps him going.
“Avi.”
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Or the one where Macen dies but his mind might or might not be trapped inside Avitus' SAM. -
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Follow Jaal Ama Darav and his Darling One Dina Ryder in their adventures on Meridian, saving the world yet again!
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A guilt-ridden Ryder sneaks off on a solo mission to rescue Kaetus before the Charlatan decides to have him executed.
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Free Falling by hugs_and_kicks
Fandoms: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mass Effect - All Media Types
30 Jun 2025
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“Guys? What happened?”
Vetra slid into her view, blood smeared where her nose was. “What do you remember?”
“Flying.” She glanced at Drack, spotting his face twisting into a grimace.
“The Nomad fell.” Vetra corrected.
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After a botched landing into one of New Tuchanka's craters, it's up to the Tempest's ground team to stay calm till help arrives. -
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“Desire is easy, Ryder. Love is harder. And I want you to want me, but not this way.”
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Delicate Truths to Tell by AshenLavellan
Fandoms: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mass Effect Trilogy
19 Jun 2025
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It had been brief and direct... but he had read and replied to her message, confirming that he would meet with her.
As much as Lorelei wishes that this would remain strictly professional, regardless of the tension since their last encounter, she has a duty that she must uphold as the Pathfinder - even if that means clearing out the Vault with the Charlatan at her side.
Yet she slowly realizes that Reyes Vidal had other reasons for accompanying her...
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- Part 13 of Liquor That Tastes Like Sunshine
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Casual nostalgia leads back to the one thing constantly on Minh's mind: his father.
(Or, elaborate headcanons for why people are calling Minh "Scott".)
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- English
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- 372
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Extremis Infinitum. by NikkiDeez
Fandoms: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mass Effect - All Media Types
15 May 2025
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They called her “Death” in the Milky Way. In Andromeda, she might become something worse—or a symbol of hope. Mya Rodríguez: biotic weapon, ex-Corsair, former merc. She never meant to lead. But when a Roekaar zealot threatens war across Heleus, she's forced to take command of an APEX strike team. At her side: Xevan "Xev" Dal Jerarv, a guarded Angaran Heskaarl with too many ghosts. Together, they’re pulled into a shadow war of stolen genetics, Kett hive-link experiments, and the weaponization of memory itself. As Mya’s power mutates beyond known biotics, she must face what the Milky Way made her—and decide if she can become something more.
This fic explores Angaran history, culture, and resistance politics. Themes include biotic trauma, hybrid warfare, uneasy alliances, and fragile hope in unexpected bonds. Slow-burn OC x Angaran romance, character-driven arcs, and deep lore for fans of high-stakes Mass Effect drama.
Rated explicit for sex, extreme violence, and psychological content.
I welcome any helpful comments or observations about the story, characters, etc! 😊
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- Part 1 of APEX Team Epsilon
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As it says in the tags, I did in fact take a lot of liberties with this story. Basically just took one of my favourite ships and stuck them in places I wish we could have seen them!
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Alternative Universe/Outcome: Alec Ryder does not die on Habitat 7, but is at risk of succumbing to his injuries.
Pluto Ryder has already almost lost his sister, he can't lose his father too. Despite his own injuries, his priority is his family.
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Takes place right after Ryder is brought to SAM Node when they die momentarily after Habitat 7. -
Waking Andromeda by wilddragonflying
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect: Andromeda
06 Apr 2025
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Kara Ryder wakes in a whole new galaxy after 600 years of cryosleep. She signed up for exploration and discovery, trying to keep her brother out of trouble while trying not to clash too much with her father.
That would've been one hell of a lot simpler than how things actually turn out.
Kara never wanted to lead, never wanted to be the Pathfinder, but when that responsibility is thrust upon her, she does her best to make the best of it. Finding a home for the Milky Way species, fostering relationships both political and personal with the native angara, and battling kett while trying to untangle the mystery of the Remnant technology is a tall order, but someone has to do it. And if it has to be her, then Kara is going to do things her way - no matter what anyone else says.
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- English
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- 11,363
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 5
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Most days, he can't remember exactly how their final conversation went.
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how appropriate that you leave my life the same way you moved through it: in silence.
Ryder and SAM's relationship in the aftermath of Alec's death (POV Ryder).
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Apparently, the Angaran people either didn't have aquariums or they used them very differently.
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- Part 3 of Andromeda Interludes
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,082
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 11
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- 128