Mass Effect Paragon: Dead Man's Countdown
After completing the Mass Effect trilogy three perfect times — once as a soldier, once as a biotic, and once as a tech specialist — Matthew Knight wakes aboard the SSV Normandy in the body of Corporal Richard L. Jenkins, seven days before Eden Prime.
Armed with the Paragon Archive System, Matthew carries the knowledge of three war paths, countless death flags, and one terrible truth: the Reapers win when the galaxy starts too late. Now trapped in the body of the first man meant to die, he must train, prepare, save lives, and earn every fragment of strength before canon’s first casualty becomes his own grave.
But every small preparation changes the future. Every saved life compounds. And as Shepard, Nihlus, and the Normandy crew begin to notice that Jenkins knows more than he should, Matthew must walk the line between impossible truth and battlefield necessity.
This time, the galaxy will not wait to bleed before it starts fighting.
**Note:** This is a fan-made AI-assisted creation inspired by the Mass Effect universe.