So, I just got done playing the Mass Effect trilogy for about the seventh time and with the news that a 4th game is in the making, I'm feeling really Mass Effecty. I've had this idea for awhile now and I want to see if there is any interest in it. 

50 years after Commander Shepard used the Crucible to destroy the Reapers, the galaxy is rebuilding. Many of the Mass Relays have been repaired and the Citadel is being rebuilt over Earth. The remainder of Cerberus has fled to the Terminus Systems where they are gathering strength under the leadership of the new Illusive Man. A new widespread religion has swept through the galaxy, the Reaper Cult. Followers of the Cult believe the Reapers came to the galaxy to destroy the weak and uplift the powerful, they believe that with the help of Reaper technology they will conquer the galaxy. It has become the official religion of Cerberus. 

The four council races are weakened. The Systems Alliance is struggling in a massive civil war against a separatist movement of colonies in the Terminus and Attican Traverse. The Salarian Union and the new Krogan Republic of United Clans (the KRUC) are on the verge of war as rumors of Salarian scientists trying to re-create the Genophage has been released on the galaxy. The Asari government has split into multiple factions all fighting each other over religious strife, some holding to the old faith of the goddess, some worshiping the Protheans, some strictly atheist, and radicals who believe in the Reaper Cult. The Turian Hierarchy is being invaded by all three major Terminus mercenary groups for Fotus Gattican's "claim" on the Primarchy. 

In other parts of the galaxy, the Hanar and Drell have allied themselves with the endangered Batarians in an attempt to grow in strength and ask the weakened council races to allow the Hanar to be represented on the council. The Quarians and Geth are building massive cities on Rannoch and are largely staying out of galactic politics, they have isolated themselves and are using their massive fleets to blockade the planet to ward off the risk of any invasion. On the planet Ilos scientists from multiple races are cloninging old Prothean remains to recreate the Prothean species. Javik now leads the hundreds of Prothean clones as they try to settle the planet and regain some of their past glory. However most Prothean clones die within a few years. 

The council has put together a Spectre strike team in an attempt to stabilize galactic politics. We will be the new Spectres as they try to stop the multiple galactic wars on board our new ship the Normandy SR 3. We are the youngest and brightest in the galaxy and will engage in diplomacy, espionage, and direct front line combat. 

So if anyone is interested I'll get an OCC/IC thread posted. Also I could use a co-gm if anyone is interested in that but you would have to send me an RP sample and prove you are willing to stick it out. So smiles to everyone and I hope I can get some interest. :nat