User:Bluethunder213/Adam Shepard



Adam Shepard was a male human born 4.11.2154, he spent most of his childhood on ships and stations while his parents were on assignment. In 2172 CE, he joined the Alliance military. Early on in his service, he and his fellow soldiers were attacked on Elysium by batarian slavers, this battle was called the Skyllian Blitz. He was awarded for his bravery and was recognized by the Alliance fleet.

He was also the second human to considered for the rank of Spectre, he was the first human to be awarded the rank. The Citadel Council then told him to stop a rouge Spectre named Saren. On his way to stop Saren, he recruited Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya and Urdnot Wrex He was told to investigate colonies with geth activity, such as Noveria and Feros, along with finding an asari named Dr. Liara T'Soni as she was the daughter of Matriarch Benezia.

On Virmire, Adam lost his friend, and ally, Kaidan Alenko as well as a captain in the Salarian Special Tasks Force. He also discovered more information about Saren and Sovereign. Then, the crew returned to the Citadel and was grounded due to wanting to go to Ilos. David Anderson helped Adam and his crew escape and they were able to land on Ilos. They then chased after Saren and went through a mass relay that led to inside the Citadel. While on mission to destroy geth, Adam was attacked by an unidentified starship. It destroyed the SSV Normandy, and it killed Adam.

In 2185 CE, Adam was revived with help from Cerberus, along with Miranda Lawson. Adam had to work with Jacob Taylor in order to escape the attacked station. The two men were able to escape with Miranda, they headed for another Cerberus station. After he met with the Illusive Man, Adam and his two new allies were sent to the human colony, Freedom's Progress.

After the events on Freedom's Progress, Adam recruited the salarian scientist Mordin Solus. Adam achieved this by curing a section of Omega that had been poisoned by the vorcha. Still on Omega, Adam rescued the turian mercenary, Archangel. After that, he left the station in search for the crashed SSV Normandy.

Early life
Adam Shepard was born on a space station to Laurence Shepard and Hannah Shepard. He had one older sister, Amy Shepard. He and his sister would often get in trouble by the ship's commanding officer because they would often walk around the spacecrafts that their parents were stationed on. When his sister turned 18, she left for the Alliance military. Adam then joined the Alliance two years later.

Early career
Adam's first mission was on Elysium, early on in arrival, they were attacked by batarian slavers. Adam was able to defy what his allies said was impossible, he was able to defeat all of the batarian slavers. After the crew was picked up by an Alliance frigate, Adam was awarded several medals and was also promoted. He then spent several years rising through the ranks till he was finally promoted to lieutenant commander and assigned to the SSV Normandy.

Eden Prime
The Normandy's crew was assigned to go to Eden Prime while testing the ships stealth systems. Adam was told by his crew that something seemed off since a turian Spectre named Nihlus Kryik was aboard. Soon after, Adam was informed that Nihlus had come to inspect Adam's abilities and help the Alliance gather a Prothean Beacon. Captain Anderson then told Adam that he would be the first human Spectre ever.

Before the Normandy touched down, the crew received a distress call from an Alliance squad. The group was being attacked by the geth and a large ship was visible in the distance. Adam, along with Kaidan Alenko and Richard Jenkins, were sent out to find a Prothean Beacon. Soon after touching down, Jenkins was shot and killed by the geth. Adam and Kaidan then pushed forward until they found a soldier who was part of the squad that sent the distress call, Ashley Williams. She then helped Kaidan and Adam as they continued to where the Beacon was being held.

After fighting off several geth and saving a group of humans, they found Nihlus dead. A human told them that he was killed by a turian named Saren, he also told the small team where the Beacon was located. After traveling to its location, Adam found that the geth had planted bombs in the area. Shepard and his team were able to disable the explosives, but Saren had escaped before they could reach him.

After scanning the area, Ashley walked in front of the Beacon and activated the Prothean technology. Adam then pushed her out of the way and then he was lifted in the air by the Beacon. He passed out after it dropped him.

The Citadel
After waking up from a coma, Adam was informed that the crew was heading to the Citadel. Soon after hitting the mass relay, the ship docked at Citadel station. Captain Anderson and the three men crew then left for the Human Embassy where they met with Ambassador Udina. After meeting with Udina, they had to meet with the Council to discuss the events the had previously transpired. The council then denied the request to have Saren removed from the Spectres, as they said their was no evidence other than the recollection of one human.

Adam and his team then set out to find any evidence to incriminate Saren. The group was told to find and a C-Sec officer by the name of Perry Harkin because he knew where a C-Sec officer by the name of Garrus Vakarian, which they did. He told them that Captain Anderson was once a Spectre and that he failed a mission and was let go. After he told the story, he gave them the location of Garrus. He was at a clinic on the Citadel, trying to help the doctor there.

When Shepard arrived at the doctor's office, he found the doctor being threatened and Garrus in the midst of surprising the unknown people. He and Garrus then teamed up and eliminated the group, they had saved the doctors life. The doctor then told them that a quarian had visited her and asked her where to find the Shadow Broker, she gave the quarian the name of his associate, Fist. She later found out the Fist had begun working for Saren and that the quarian had evidence incriminating him. Adam then set out to save the girl.

Adam, Garrus and Kaidan were then told by a krogan to go to Chora's Den, Fist's club. They then recruited the krogan, Wrex. There, they were attacked by a group of mercenaries. The three men were able to defeat the mercenaries without any causalities, though a krogan did charge Garrus and he nearly broke his ribs. After clearing the main room, the three headed for Fist's personal room. There they found him hidden in his room, using his mechs to attack the three. Adam quickly took down the turrets as their bullets barely penetrated his armor. The group then interrogated Fist, he soon gave them the information they asked for. As part of their agreement, Adam let Fist go.

Adam was able to get to the quarian in time, saving her from Fist's thugs. Adam then convinced the quarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, to present her information in the trial against Saren.

Promotion
Soon after Saren was demoted, Adam was promoted to Spectre. The Council then commanded him to put a stop to Saren, they also told him that he'd need to stop the person he was working with, Matriarch Benezia. Adam then decided that it was best to first go to the planet Noveria because there had been reports of geth activity.

Noveria
When Adam arrived on Noveria, he was met with hostility from the security forces at Port Hanson. Once they confirmed Adam's Spectre status, they let him through. The Commander was informed soon after arriving that Benezia had arrived on business and was at Peak 15, a remote facility on Noveria. Adam then tried to take a shuttle up to the peak, but was informed that a blizzard had caused all transportation to be halted. After learning of this, Adam tried to find a way to access Peak 15, so he asked around.

After finding a way up, Adam and his three men crew, consisting of Kaidan and Tali'Zorah, were attacked by large groups of geth. The three fought their way past the geth and then found the Matriarch. After battling, she told them about the Mu relay, a relay that had been discovered by the rachni queen. They then gave them the information before attacking them. Adam then killed her. The rachni queen then possessed one of Benezia's asari commandos, the queen asked for Adam to let her live. Adam refused, saying it was too dangerous. He killed the rachni queen and then left Noveria.

Feros
A few days after leaving Noveria, the SSV Normandy traveled to the colony, Feros. Adam was told to speak to Fai Dan, the leader of Zhu's Hope, to find out more information of the reported geth activity. Soon after landing, the small team that Adam led was attacked by large groups of geth. Adam and his team then boarded the M35 MAKO and began to return fire at the geth. Afterward, they were able to put a stop to the Thorian that was terrorizing the colonists and then Adam was given more information on the Protheans. They returned to their ship soon after.

Therum
After Feros, Adam was sent to Therum to find Matriarch Benezia's daughter, Dr. Liara T'Soni. Commander Shepard received intel that Liara knew about the Conduit. The council also wanted to know if the asari was also working with Saren. The small team encountered geth on the way to Liara's location but were able to quickly clear the way. After they rescued Liara and inadvertently destroyed the Prothean dig site, the asari told Adam and the Normandy crew about what she knew about the Conduit.

Virmire
After retrieving Liara, the council sent the Normandy onto the planet Virmire. While on the planet, Adam was met a Salarian Special Tasks Group member by the name of Kirrahe. Adam battled Saren and was forced to leave his crew member, and friend, Kaidan Alenko behind. The remainder of the crew survived the extraction.

Return to the Citadel
As Adam and his crew returned to the Citadel to report their findings, their ship was grounded due to Adam's refusal to stand down about searching for the Conduit. Soon after, Adam was approached by Captain Anderson and he told Adam that he would assist him in stealing the SSV Normandy. The two men then succeeded and Shepard was able to take his crew and fly to Ilos.

Ilos
Once in Ilos' orbit, Joker was able to help land the MAKO on the planet. Adam and his crew then traveled to the Vigil, a large, underground complex. Once inside, the crew found a VI that told them that they were to stop the cycle of extinction from Sovereign. They needed to send a different signal to the Keepers in order for them not to receive Sovereign's own signal. Adam then had to follow Saren to the Conduit. He was able to pass through before the Conduit closed.

Battle for the Citadel
Adam, Tali, and Garrus then began making their way toward the council chambers. On the way, they fought geth until they made it to the top of the council chambers. There, they fought Saren and killed him. Adam chose to let the council die, he said that he needed to protect humanity. Before they were able to leave, though, they were attacked by implants that had attached to Saren's body. They were able to destroy them and escape.

After the battle, Adam was asked to choose who would lead the Citadel. He chose Captain Anderson instead of Donnel Udina. Before leaving the Citadel, Adam gave a speech about stopping the Reapers.

Post-Saren
After defeating Saren, Adam and his smaller crew were ordered to help draw out geth on planets the were near the edge of Citadel space. During this time, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya and Wrex left the crew. Also, more humans were assigned to the crew. Joker remained as the ship's pilot, and Ashley Williams stayed aboard.

One month after the battle for the Citadel, the SSV Normandy was attacked by an unidentified ship. The Normandy was destroyed but the ship only suffered minor casualties. Adam, however, fell into a nearby planet's atmosphere and died.

Death and revival
Shepard was found by the pro-human organization, Cerberus. Miranda Lawson led the project that was to bring Adam Shepard back to life. After two years, Shepard was revived by Miranda during an attack on the Cerberus station that they were on.

Adam followed Miranda's instructions until their com-link was cut. Adam then met Jacob Taylor, the head of the station's security. Jacob informed the commander about some of the things that had happened over the two years. Then the two made their way to Medical Examiner, Wilson. The three then made their way to the escape shuttles and upon arrival, Wilson was shot and killed by Miranda. She revealed the Wilson had been the one who allowed the station to be attacked and then she and the two men left.

Cerberus employment
After the three arrived on another Cerberus station, Miranda Lawson sent Adam Shepard to meet the Illusive Man. The Illusive Man, however, did not meet with Adam in person. During their conversation, Adam agreed to go with Jacob and Miranda in search any life on a human colony that had been recently attacked.

Freedom's Progress
Adam, Jacob, and Miranda left the station soon after Adam spoke with The Illusive Man. The shuttle then flew to the human colony, Freedom's Progress. There, they ran into a group of quarians that were led by Tali'Zorah vas Neema, a female quarian who was Adam's former crewmen. The two groups decided to work together in order to find Veetor, though the quarians had accused Cerberus of attacking the Flotilla.

After the two groups split up, Tali'Zorah contacted Adam and told him that her team was trying to reach Veetor before Adam's group could make it there. Adam and his two allies were able to hasten, but they still reached the place where Veetor was after the quarians had arrived. Though, most of the quarians were incapacitated or dead due to a mech that Veetor had set to kill intruders.

Adam and his team was able to destroy the large mech and calm Veetor down. Adam then let his old friend, Tali, take Veetor back to the Flotilla to access his damage while they got the needed information from his Omni-tool. The then returned to the station.

New starship
During his meeting with the Illusive Man, Adam was told that he would be receiving a new ship and crew if he agreed to help stop the Collector threat. Adam agreed and met his new pilot, Jeff "Joker" Moreau. The two then talked and their new ship was revealed, the Normandy SR-2. After boarding the ship, Adam spoke to the crew and they then headed to Omega in search for a salarian doctor named Mordin Solus.

The scientist
Adam arrived on Omega and was invited to the bar, Afterlife. Adam went there and met with Aria, an asari who told them where to find Mordin and a vigilante named Archangel. Adam, with the help of Jacob and Miranda, left the bar and headed to where Mordin was. After battling vorcha, Adam and his crew reached the scientist but the salarian refused to go until Adam saved his assistant and cleared the toxin in the area. Adam then left the hospital and retrieved the assistant and was able to cure the air from the virus. Mordin than agreed to go with them.

Archangel
After he returned from the recruitment of the scientist, Adam and his same two person crew left to meet with Batarian mercenaries to save and recruit the sniper who attacked all the large gangs on Omega. Adam and his two man crew joined the gangs in order to gain transport to his location. Once there, they met with several high ranking members, Adam avoided conflict with all of them. When they reached the bridge, Adam and his crew began to shoot the other gang members as he made his way to Archangel. Once inside, Archangel revealed himself to be former Normandy crewman, Garrus Vakarian. The four fought off the gang members until one member of the gang arrived in a hover tank. They were able to destroy the large vehicle, though Garrus took several shots to the face.

Once on the Normandy, Garrus was healed and rested and Adam and the ship headed toward Omega Nebula.

Normandy crash site
When Adam landed his land cruiser on the planet Alchera, he found the crashed Normandy. He had been assigned to find all the dog tags of his fallen crew and to return them to David Anderson. Adam was able to find all of them along with his crushed helmet that he wore when he had first crashed on the planet two years earlier. When Adam returned to the ship, the Illusive Man sent him a message that gave information on another recruit, a mercenary.

The Mercenary
Adam and the Normandy then flew back to Omega to find the human mercenary Zaeed Massani. Upon arrival on the space station, they met with Zaeed where he told them about a mission that Zaeed had agreed to before accepting the offer to join the Normandy.

"These are the work of Vido, I'm sure of it."

- Zaeed in response to seeing dead bodies on Zoyra

After taking Zaeed to the Normandy, they set off for Zoyra, the planet where Zaeed's assignment led them. Upon arrival, they took a shuttle down to the planet. When the shuttle dropped off Adam, Garrus and Zaeed, they saw a smokestack in the distance. Zaeed then tapped into the Blue Suns communications, he claimed it would help if they were ambushed. After minutes of walking on the planet, Adam and his group came across dead bodies, Zaeed crediting his former ally, Vido, for the killing. Zaeed tells Adam that he had co-created the Blue Suns mercenary group but was betrayed by his old friend.

Personality and traits
Adam's parents taught him from an early age to make the good-hearted choices, such as helping people. During the beginning of his military career, he began becoming distant towards others, something he learned to get past later on in his career. Adam felt that every time he helped someone, he was helping one of the people who died during the Skyllian Blitz. He never felt saddened by the death of his father, Laurence Shepard, he said it was because he had been away for a long time.

Adam took the death of his friend Kaidan harder than the loss of any other friend. He blamed himself since it was his choice to save Ashley Williams.

Kaidan Alenko
Adam Shepard respected Kaidan Alenko, often checking on him to ensure that his migraines weren't disrupting the biotic's work-flow. Adam often chose Kaidan to accompany him on missions that required a small team, he said it was because Kaidan's biotic abilities were the most powerful his team had.

After Kaidan's death, Adam fell into a temporary state of depression and guilt. He felt that Kaidan's death was unneeded. He was able to turn his anger and depression into more motivation to stop Saren and Sovereign.

Ashley Williams
Throughout the Sovereign conflict, Adam flirted with Ashley Williams. His feelings for her grew as their mission grew more dangerous. This ultimately caused him to save her instead of saving his friend, Kaidan. They had a romantic relationship afterward. Adam then left her on the ship while on Ilos because he said that he didn't want her harmed by the geth.

Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
Tali and Adam were friends, though Tali grew nervous during simple conversation. Tali had been the first alien that Adam had grown to befriend, this was due mostly to her friendly nature towards him. His trust and confidence in her led him to ask her to accompany him during the battle for the Citadel.

Garrus Vakarian
Adam was often said to be Garrus Vakarian's mentor. He taught him patience and often reminded him that assaulting a suspect was to be only a last resort. During the Sovereign conflict, the two became friends. Adam trusted Garrus to help him defeat Saren, so during the battle for the Citadel, Garrus accompanied Adam.

Urdnot Wrex
When Adam met Wrex, he had little knowledge of the krogan species. What he did know, was that Wrex was strong was effected by the krogan genophage. Though, Adam found Wrex's actions cruel and inappropriate, he befriended him anyways.

Behind the scenes
Adam Shepard is Bluethunder's character in the Mass Effect games. The decisions written in the article are based on Bluethunder's choices in both Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2.