Commander Shepard

Dossier
Shepard was born on April 11, 2154, is a graduate of the Systems Alliance N7 special forces program (service no. 5923-AC-2826), a veteran of the Skyllian Blitz, and is initially assigned to the SSV Normandy in 2183 as Executive Officer. Shepard later becomes the first human to join the Spectres, an elite special task force for the Citadel Council.

History
Earthborn: An orphan raised on the streets of the great megatropolises covering Earth, Shepard escaped the life of petty crime and underworld gangs by enlisting with the Alliance military when she turned eighteen.

Sole Survivor: During her service, a mission on Akuze went horribly wrong. Trapped in an extreme survival situation, Shepard had to overcome physical torments and psychological stresses that would have broken most people. Shepard's unit was slaughtered in a thresher maw attack while she alone escaped.

During her service with the Alliance military and as a Spectre, Commander Shepard accomplished many feats.
 * On Noveria, the Rachni Queen met her end at the hands of Commander Shepard.
 * During the battle with the reaper Sovereign, the Destiny Ascension and the Council was saved as a direct result of Shepard's orders. Afterwards, Udina was elected as a representative for humanity.
 * She and her squad destroyed a large pocket of "heretic geth".
 * After the success of her mission through the Omega-4 relay, Shepard chose to destroy the collector base rather than preserve it.
 * The genophage was cured using data from Mordin, the salarian scientist. Urdnot Wreav and Urdnot Bakara became the representatives of the krogan people.
 * A peace was brokered between the quarians and the geth, allowing the quarians to step foot on their homeworld for the first time in centuries.

During her confrontation with the Catalyst, Shepard refused to choose any of the three possible options that were presented, instead stating ''“I fight for freedom; mine, and everyone’s. I fight for the right to choose our own fate, and if I die, I’ll die free, and I’ll die knowing I did everything I could to stop you.... ”''.

The Catalyst acknowledged the Commander's decision and disappeared, shutting down the Crucible and leaving it unable to fire. Shepard was left standing alone, turning to see a Reaper ship destroy an Alliance dreadnought. Contact was never re-established with her, and she is presumed KIA.