I started a new ME3 run on the weekend, a bit of a departure from my usual choices.
Andromeda Shepard
Female
Spacer/War Hero
Vanguard
Andromeda (or Rommie as her mother and Liara get to call her) was born on Arcturus Station to Hannah Shepard, a lifelong naval officer. While on shore leave on the colony planet Albion, newly pregnant Hannah was exposed to Eezo dust fallout from an unexplained drive failure from a ore freighter in orbit. Due to the possible complications, Hannah was transferred to Arcturus for their full line medical facilities.
The story of Andromeda's name is somewhat cloudy. Some say that the Andromeda galaxy was featured prominently on the holotank viewer in the nursery, some say Hannah was a fan of a somewhat obscure television drama from the early 21st century. In any event, Andromeda was well loved and grew up to revere the Alliance as an almost spiritual institution. Her biotics began to show themselves as a five year old, but Andromeda was kept out of the BAAT program through dealings that have not been made entirely clear to history. Hannah Shepard had some highly placed friends in the Alliance it would seem and they made certain that Rommie's ship board education could continue uninterrupted.
After joining the Alliance at age 18, Andromeda's early exploits are well documented culminating with her heroics at the defense of Elysium. In the aftermath, glowing with decorations and a well deserved promotion her move to the XO position on the Normandy is also well known. Soon taking command of the Normandy as skipper, her key role in stopping Saren and saving the Council are the stuff of legends.
After her near death at the hands of the Collectors, Andromeda was taken by Cerberus and rebuilt to include the newer 5x amplifiers which allowed her biotics to reach pinnacles of achievement that used to be reserved solely for Asari. Her devastating biotic charge, an extremely rare power served her well in her victory over the Collectors as her brief alliance with Cerberus came to an end. After a top secret operation in Batarian space that delayed the Reaper invasion, she dispersed her mercenary crew to avoid them getting prosecuted for aiding and abetting a technical war criminal.
Turning in the SR2 to the Alliance (much to TiM's rage) she handed herself over for debrief and possible prosecution on charges of terrorism and war crimes from her work in stopping the Collectors. In a pique of spite, it is believed TiM leaked evidence of Shepard's activities to Batarian authorities in order to hobble Shepard's return to the Alliance and any preparation she could have helped with. Shielded by Admirals Hackett and Anderson, Shepard avoided formal prosecution but was kept under house arrest at the Vancouver Naval Headquarters on Earth.
Politics. Politics kept Andromeda detained while Reaper ships were transiting the gaps between the stars. Alliance brass did the math and concluded they had a year before Arrival. They miscalculated. Confused reports blanketed the comm networks, grainy images sent. The presiding naval review board summoned Shepard for her analysis. It became all to clear, all too soon. The Reapers were here and 6 months early. In the chaos of the initial landings, Shepard, along with Kaidan Alenko liberated the partially refitted Normandy from drydock and escaped, with orders to rendezvous with Dr. Liara T'soni on Mars en-route to the Citadel.
Rommie reunited with her soul mate in short order and had to deal with Kaiden's insecurities regarding her true loyalties. Reassuring him as gently as possible given the circumstances they agreed to focus on the pressing matter at hand. After the confrontation with TiM at the Prothean artifact, a Cerberus construct critically injures Kaidan.
After delivering him to Citadel medical facilities, a meeting with the Council resulted in, well not much. Beyond some vague promises of aid if they can get their houses in order, the pre-war alliances seem to be cracking on the first day of invasion. Not a good sign. Until the Turian Councillor approached with a proposal: save the Turian primarch from the Reapers and bypass the Council for direct government to government pledges of aid and alliance and secure a united fleet for delivery of the Prothean super weapon at the appropriate time.
While preparations for the summit were underway, the Normandy was not idle. Cerberus labs were raided, a Prothean survivor in stasis rescued, cities under attack saved and the imprisoned Rachni queen liberated. Now Rommie and her crew prepare themselves for a showdown with a Reaper destroyer guarding the means of curing an ancient injustice and securing the aid and future of a proud and noble people, the Krogans.
Retour en haut
) Current weapon combo is the Raptor light sniper rifle and Eviscerator shotgun. Thinking of ditching them both for the N7 Crusader exclusively but the stock N7 colours on the Crusader clash with my armor's colour scheme.
