A group from the Battletech universe
The Lyran Alliance split from the Federated Commonwealth in 3056 when news of Joshua Marik's death in the New Avalon Institute of Science, and Victor Steiner-Davions attempt to substitute him with a clone were revealed. Katherine-Steiner Davion, then Archon-Princess, expressed outrage and split from the rest of ...

A technology from the Unreal universe
The Duster is the standard issue assault rifle for the Marines and the TCA. It fires 5.56mm caseless shards of depleted uranium, that come in packs of 75 bullets per magazine. In secondary fire mode it can also fire chunks of five shards that break up on contact, ricocheting off hard surfaces. The rifle builds up a lot of dust when it fires, that i...

A technology from the Alien / Predator universe
The M41-A Pulse Rifle is the standard rifle of the USCMC. Firing a powerful 10mm explosive tipped caseless round with good armour piercing qualities, it is a rugged and dependable weapon. Sporting a magazine of 99 rounds and a 30mm 'over and under' pump action grenade launcher it is adaquete to deal with most situations. It is a fairly i...

A technology from the Halo universe
The M9D pistol is a high calibre pistol with a magazine of 12 rounds. Although pistols are typically regarded as secondary weapons fit only for dress duty, vehicle crews and emergencies, the M9D is a lethal sidearm. It's high calibre round is deadly to many of the lower echelon Covenant forces like the Grunts, and it is fitted with a mode...

A group from the Hyperion universe
The Machine Ultimate Intelligence was the creation of the Ultimates, a faction of Technocore AIs that focused in creating a supreme machine entity.  It gained sentience in a very distant future, when most main sequence stars had already evolved into red giants, by devouring the lesser AIs of the Technocore. Shortly after its inception, th...

A technology from the Lensman universe
Macrobeams were, until the invention of the Primary Beam, the primary weapon system on any self-respecting warship. Firing concentrated ultrawaves beams at the enemy over enormous distances, they were much faster than light and also had decent recharge times, in addition to being able to fire more or less continuously until the power supply gave ou...

A group from the Andromeda universe

A group from the Perfect Dark universe
The Maians are, in appearance, the typical 'Grays' of alien-abduction stories. They are however quite friendly towards humanity. They are locked in a war with another alien race, the Skedar, which is extremely hostile both towards humans and, especially, the Maians. Maian assistance and technology was vital in the course of stopping Data...

A group from the Deus Ex universe
Majestic 12 is a group that split off from the Illuminati. Its goal is the same as the Illuminati - controlling the world - but MJ12 does it by different means. While the Illuminati manipulate world politics behind the scenes, MJ12 won't stop at anything short of full military conquest. To build up its strength, MJ12 used many puppet organizations ...

A group from the Bolo universe
The Malach are large carnivorous reptiles, somewhat resembling oversized Velociraptors with red stripes on their back and 6 limbs (2 feet, 4 arms). PHYSIOLOGYFacts:*The Malach are apparently more resistant to pain than humans, and, of course, far stronger and faster.*Only the female Malach are sentient.*The Malach have ...

A group from the Wing Commander universe
The Mandarins were traitors to the Terran Confederation. They thought that the war with the Kilrathi couldn't be ended by conventional means and opted to be absorbed by the Kilrathi empire to defeat them from within.

A technology from the Wing Commander universe
The Manned Insertion Pods, or MIP for short is a covert one man pod carried by a fighter, designed to allow an operative to be inserted into a location without the enemy's knowledge. The MIP itself is a small pod, with some element of steering and a negligible radar signature. It carries a small amount of oxygen for the crew member. The ...

A group from the Dark Angel universe
Project Manticore is the organisation that is founded to develop a group of genetically engineered 'super soldiers'. When we first encounter Manticore, the only products of Manticore's experiments we see are the X5's as personified by Max, they look essentially normal and are nearly impossible to pick out from the general population. Howe...

A group from the Wing Commander universe
The Mantu are an alien race which are located beyond the Kilrathi, opposite to the Terran Confederation. The Mantu were attacked by the Kilrathi about two centuries before the Kilrathi-Human conflict. The short war ended with a stalemate, dispite the Mantu's alleged technological superiority. It is believed that the Mant...

A vehicle/ship class from the FarScape universe
The Marauder is the standard medium-long range multipurpose craft of the Peacekeepers. It is a small to medium sized combat vessel used in a wide variety of tasks ranging from recon, dropship to small scale troop transport. Marauders are also used as scout ships typically to flush out prey and if they are carrying Commando squads ...

A vehicle/ship class from the Space:1999 universe
The Mark IX Hawk was intended as a high speed Interceptor craft designed to replace the SHADO Interceptor in use when the UFO Crisis originally occurred. Hawk Prototypes were built and a mock combat between a Hawk and an Eagle took place above Moonbase Alpha with the Hawk being declared an unqualified success....

A character from the Battletech universe
From the same sibko as Aiden Pryde, Marthe is a born warrior and does not make friends easily. She rose to the office of Khan after the deaths of Vandervahn Chistu, when she became SaKhan, and then Khan when Elias Crichell was killed in a Trial of Position by Vladimir Ward. Marthe ha...

A character from the V universe
Martin appears to be a higher ranking Visitor if the rank marking on the shoulder of the uniform are anything to go by.  Martin first meets Mike Donovan when flying him in a skyfighter before hostilities break out. After that, Martin meets Donovan after he has been shot and captured and informs ...

A technology from the Wing Commander universe
The massdriver is among the most heavily used weapons in the armed forces of both the humans and the Kilrathi.  It fires massive metal slugs accelerated by electromagnetical discharges.  It comes in numerous versions and many varied calibers, and is used on fighters and capships(as point defense weapon) and as handgu...

Universe
The universe of Mass Effect is brought to life in the videogame of the same name. Released initially on Xbox 360 and soon to be released on PC, the universe of Mass Effect is diverse. Humans are the relative galactic newcomers, having broken out onto the galactic stage when the discovery of ancient data originating from the long dead Pr...