A/N: Alright, so I went back to fanfiction after a six-month break and absolutely could not write anything, which was unfortunate. But then I read some Alternate First Contact stories for Mass Effect and I thought, we should have more Star Wars crossovers with the Mass Effect universe. So that's what this is.

A couple things first, this is from Knights of the Old Republic, so the Star Wars tech is going to evolve a bit over the course of the story, which will bring us up to the tech seen in the original trilogy. Mostly because I want to see the Turians going up against some AT-ATs.

Secondly, and I don't understand why people automatically assume otherwise, but the Sith ARE NOT INHERENTLY EVIL. Yes, they enjoy holding power over others, and demonstrating said power, but they aren't just running around slicing and dicing for the hell of it. So don't go saying "Oh, your Sith are too nice!" They aren't, they're just willing to defend people that they are invested in. The closest anyone is getting to the Jedi is Bastila, but anyway… Read and Review and please tell me if you want something to be added. I'll try, I promise! Unless you want Jedi, in which case you're in the wrong place.

Also, please don't hate me if I get things wrong. It's been a while since I've played either game, so I'm using wikis for knowledge. That's why I'm going with the size of the Star Forge that was "comparable to the Death Star." See my profile page for details.

The Star Forge Effect

Hawke Anders, once again reborn as the Sith Lord Revan, stood at the head of the Sith army.

"My, my." He said, looking out at the legions spread out beneath him. "Malak was certainly busy, wasn't he?" Turning, he watched appreciatively as Bastila Shan emerged from the doorway behind him.

Bastila Shan was now clad in a dark grey, nearly black, skin-tight suit which highlighted her rather attractive figure. She walked up to Revan and slipped an arm around his, pressing herself close to his body.

"Well he was planning to conquer the known universe, a large army usually helps with that, doesn't it?" Revan smiled behind his helmet, nodding his head in agreement with Bastila's sarcasm.

"Erm, Mr. Revan, sir?" came a small voice from behind them. As one, the two lovers turned to see Mission Vao, flanked on either side by Zaalbar and Canderous Ordo.

"Mission," Revan said, his smile widening behind his mask, "All that has changed between us is my name. None of this 'mister' stuff, you hear me?"

After his origins and alliances had been revealed, Mission had at first cried out against him and the Sith, painting them all as evil, stone-cold killers. Taris was brought up several times, but he pointed out that that was entirely Malak's doing, and with himself in charge, the destruction of an entire planet would never occur. Eventually, she agreed but would have no part in the fighting that would occur. Revan had agreed to her demands, and left her and Zaalbar to guard the Ebon Hawk while the rest had stormed the Star Forge.

Mission, though still nervous around a universally-recognized Sith Lord, nodded and some of her usual confidence filtered back into her voice and step.

"So, Revan, what do you plan to do now? Conquer the universe again?"

"No," He replied, "I think that it's time that the Sith have peace. I'll offer a ceasefire to the Republic. If they accept, well, we will open our borders and allow trade and prosperity to flow through our borders. We don't particularly need to control the universe, and it would prove too costly to actually accomplish that, and I won't exactly see it done, so why bother?" The people around him all nodded, except Canderous.

"What do you mean, 'cease-fire?' There's no way anyone else will go for it! The Jedi least of all, if this even gets past your own ranks!" He cried.

"Don't worry, Canderous," Revan replied, amusement coloring his voice. "I doubt the Jedi will accept, and the Republic will almost certainly follow them. If they should turn down my generous proposal, I shall use the Star Forge's secondary function." That got him some strange looks from his friends, even HK-47 and T3-M4 managed to given him weird looks. T3-M4 spoke up first.

*beep beep whirr dwoooo*

*I agree with the astromech.* HK stated in his typically angry voice. *Master, as far as anyone knows, there is no secondary function to the Star Forge. The Sith Archives only state that it eats stars and, from them, creates anything one can imagine.*

"I know." Revan said, "But it is so saturated with the Dark Side that it is almost sentient. The Force that dwells within it came to me in a dream, and showed me its secondary purpose, in case this system ever came under attack. But enough of that. Come, we have a government to contact and plans to follow."

3956 BBY – The Senate, under the influence of the Jedi Council, refuses Darth Revan's offer of a ceasefire. The Sith delegation is attacked, but escape when the four Sith Masters kill seven Jedi Knights and a Master before escaping in their craft. Their Interdictor-class cruiser takes minor damage while escaping the Jedi fleet.

"So, please explain to me how this is supposed to work again." Mission asked, gesturing to the holo-projector the companions were standing around. "I think I get that we're somehow going to travel to another galaxy, but I don't understand how."

"Well," Revan said, slightly annoyed that they weren't understanding. "Once the last transport from Korriban arrives, the entirety of the Sith Empire will have arrived in this system. Thanks to the Star Forge, the three gas giants in the system have enough flying cities to house everyone who could not fit on Lehon. Add to the fact that there are five habitable moons in this system, and we have enough room for everyone with room on Lehon and four of the moons for food. Anyway, once I activate the Forge, it will take in energy from the sun for twelve hours, create a Force shield around the entire system, then use the Force to move us to this new galaxy." He explained as the holo-projector demonstrated the predicted flight plan.

"Revan, how do we know that we'll survive? For all we know we'll go hurtling into a black hole!" Bastila said, snuggling into Revan's side.

"That's incredibly unlikely." Revan said, grinning and snaking his arm around Bastila to pull her tighter into his side. "The Star Forge has been doing the calculations for the last 25,000 years. We'll be just fine."

3955 BBY – the Republic army, led by several hundred Jedi Knights and dozens of Jedi Masters lead an all-out assault on the Lehon system, only to discover that it has disappeared, leaving behind a huge hole in the Force.

Meanwhile, the Sith Empire arrived in the new galaxy, and rapidly began to expand their borders in order to discover more food sources. More ship designs are found aboard the Star Forge. In an attempt to distance themselves from the Republic's influence, ship designs of the Rakata's Infinite Empire are updated with better weaponry, shields, and engines before being mass-produced by the Star Forge.

3950 BBY – The Sith Empire is spreading quickly, and with three additional systems under its control families, businesses, and organizations are emerging. While families were not uncommon before the end of the war, they were never prevalent.

The founding of Imperial Weaponry Inc. provokes some controversy. Darth Revan admits that he was hoping for peace, but will not deny the need for preparedness. The company designs several new tools for war, including the droideka, a battle droid that rolls to a position before unfurling and deploying an energy shield; Harrower-class dreadnaughts, 800 meters in length with a complement of 95 fighters, 32 bombers, and 35 shuttles; and the AT-AT, more popularly known as the "Imperial Walker."

3945 BBY – While not rare, habitable planets are becoming increasingly uncommon, which worries the Sith Empire, until plans are discovered within the Star Forge for terra-forming nano bots. The Star Forge produces several quadrillion in seconds and they are promptly flown to Desten, the fifth planet in the Rakata system. Within two months, signs of life begin to appear, and complete terra-forming is expected in a little less than four months.

In the newly discovered Shanxi system, the Sith Empire encounters its first lifeform in the new galaxy. Upon first contact, the race requests aid from the Empire. Darth Revan himself appears before their leader, interested in what the new race has to say. The new race's leader explains that, due to a strange alien artifact, the rest of the race has been forced into a war against a myriad of other races. A war which they cannot win. In exchange for the new race's undying loyalty, Revan agrees to destroy the artifact and free the race from the alien threat. The new race introduces itself as the Rachni.

A/N: HA! Bet you weren't expecting THAT! Everybody always has humanity meeting the Council races after the Rachni Wars, but what if the whole "do not use dormant relays ever" rule wasn't in effect yet. The Turians and humans wouldn't have fought against each other in the history of ever, and their first interstellar war would be with each other. They would be the best allies EVER! Just saying.

Sorry for the short chapter, the idea just popped into my head and I wanted to get it out. Anyway, this is the result of some three hours of non-stop writing, so apologies for any mistakes the next chapter should be longer.

PLEASE R&R!