For the WIP game: how about Never Marry a Soldier (which I know is your Femshep/Traynor miniseries)?
Ooo thank you!
One of the bigger things that’s happening in this fic is Jane’s struggle to adapt after the loss of her leg. Her combat life is functionally over, and she hasn’t quite gotten to the point of realizing being a spectre is about more than fighting literal battles, and the galaxy still has plenty of problems that could really use Commander Shepard’s attention.
Where I left off, they are en route to Ranoch at Tali’s request. In ME:A, it’s stated that the geth built an “FTL telescope” by roping together three relays-- implying an impressive understanding of relay technology. And the geth, of course, are now partnering with the quarians. They felt it could be very helpful to have a more direct route for supplies... and re-tuned the Tikkun relay to directly connect to every single other active relay in the galaxy.
Or, to frame it as the Council inevitably will, giving direct, undetectable access to every species’ homeworld to a species with an enormous fleet and a willingness to conduct no-holds-barred warfare (evidenced by how they went about fighting the geth in ME3, poor timing included).
The geth don’t see a problem with this. The quarians are scared to death of retaliation when someone finds out, and are smart enough to realize that even if they convince the geth to put it back the way it was, the cat won’t go back in the bag. Tali is praying Shepard can find them a way out.
Oh, and the FTL telescope is causing some problems of its own...
