SSV Normandy

Category:Ships & Vehicles
Category:Alliance Information
== Mass Effect: ==
=== Mass Effect: ===
The first Normandy was an experimental deeps scout style frigate, and the first of the self-named Normandy Class. The ship was co-developed by the human Systems Alliance and the Turian Hierarchy with Hannah Shepard working backstage lead for the Alliance and Livinius Tarrigon for the Hierarchy. The project was also sponsored by the Citadel Council. She featured state-of-the-art stealth technology powered by an oversized and experimental drive core.
The SSV Normandy was captained by Commander Shepard during her famous hunt for the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius in 2183 and was critical in the Battle of the Citadel. On September 12 of that year the Normandy was destroyed by an unknown ship (later to be revealed to be the Collectors) over the icy world of Alchera while investigating a spate of missing ships in the region. 
At least 21 hands died on the Normandy when she went down, including Navigator Charles Pressly and Commander Shepard.
=== Mass Effect 2: ===
After the loss of the Normandy and Commander Shepard, the humanity-central terrorist organization Cerberus poured a considerable amount of their recourses into both resurrecting Shepard and building a new, larger ship in the original's image. The Normandy SR-2 enters service in 2185, two years after her sister was shot down.
To confront the Collector threat, Cerberus had installed a black-box AI named EDI, who had been salvaged from a disaster on Luna some two years before. As Shepard prepared her ship to travel beyond the Omega-4 Relay, she implemented a number of upgrades to give them an edge including a Thanix cannon, cyclonic barriers, and Silaris heavy armor.
=== Mass Effect 3: ===
In 2186 after the destruction of the Alpha Relay, Commander Shepard turned herself in to the Alliance. As part of this, the System Alliance confiscated the Normandy SR-2 and began the work to study what Cerberus had done and recommission her as an Alliance vessel. Despite her sporting new Alliance colors, the work was incomplete when Joker and EDI helped Commander Shepard and Major Kaidan Alenko escape Earth when the Repairs began their invasion there.
On December 7th of that same year, the Normandy flew in the climatic Battle of London, and helpd evacuate some of Shepard's squad off of the battlefield (including Garrus, who had been knocked unconscious). Sometime after that, Commander Shepard relayed orders for the Normandy to get beyond the Relay via her omnitool. As Joker attempted to get to the Charon relay, the ship was struck by an explosion that shorted out a number of systems, including EDI and the geth that Tali had in her suit. The Normandy ended up crash landing on an unknown world that the crew later named 1002315 Williams in honor of Ashley Williams, who had died on Virmire in the hunt for Saren.
== Every One That Asketh ==
=== SR-2 ===
The crew of the Normandy spend the next four months attempting to repair the ship enough to get her spaceworthy. After limping to the Exodus Relay and finding it dark, Tali begins the work to turn the mass relay back on. Later, Tali would use the upgraded armor and shields to disguise the Normandy as an alpha mass relay and automatically turn on any other relays they come across.
The Normandy would remain in space dock once the reached Terra One from May 14th 2187 until sometime around October 1st, 2187, when Commander Shepard returns to her ship after an assassination attempt. 
On October 13th, the Normandy would lead a fleet of ships to reactivate the galaxy-wide network of mass relays. The ship and crew were in charge of coordinating the galaxy wide effort to restore travel and communication.
On November 4th, the crew received word that the Alliance wanted the Normandy brought in for a full over-hall.
=== SR-3 ===
On April 11th of 2188, Admiral Hannah Shepard christened the refitted and upgraded Normandy SR-3, just in time for Captain Shepard's 34th birthday. While her layout was mostly the same as before, an number a areas and rooms had changed significantly in function.
== Normandy SR-3 Layout ==
=== Deck One: Captains' Cabin ===
The topmost deck of the ship is entirely comprised of the captains' quarters . It is located directly under the exterior pressure hull, earning the nickname "the loft" from the original Cerberus fitting yard workers.
The Cabin still contains their fish tank, but the lower section has been partitioned into three rooms with retractable walls.
The Master Bedroom containing Shepard and Garrus' bed and their wardrobe locker. Below the ship display case the area is partitioned to form a living room. The starboard corner was sectioned off to form a bedroom for Viatrix.
=== Deck Two: Main Deck ===
The port door that had led to the armory when the ship was under Cerberus and had been removed when David Anderson had planned to make the Normandy his command post was replaced, and the space beyond turned into the Captains' Ready Room. The Conference room was returned to it's original function, after Tali removed her relay-reactivation equipment.
==== ONI Offices ====
An area that had been dead space in front of what had been the War room was converted into offices for Major Wynn, Staff Lieutenant Currie, and Lieutenant Commander Avalos.
==== Modular Laboratory ====
Occupying the old War Room and commanding a considerable amount of the budget, the modular lab had been designed to transform into whatever configuration might be needed. 
==== Offices of Kaidan, Donna, and Ingabire ====
The area that had been turned into a security checkpoint in 2186 and the space just beyond had been reclaimed for a pair of offices for XO Kaidan Alenko, onboard legal representative Donna Pearce, and Lieutenant Commander Ingabire.
==== Combat Information Center ====
The CIC was fully repaired after the interrupted refit and subsequent damage during the Reaper War. Otherwise both it and the cockpit are unchanged post overhaul.
==== Communications Room ====
While outwardly unchanged, three new QECs were installed in the comm room- one to the Citadel Council, one to the Alliance Parliament on Terra Nova, and the last to the Alliance Headquarters on the Citadel, making the Normandy one of the most connected ships in the galaxy. 
=== Deck Three: Crew Deck ===
==== Mess Hall ====
In a centralized location to the deck, the mess remained relatively unchanged from it's Cerberus/Reaper War Days.
==== Crew Quarters ====
Located in the same area directly across from the elevator, the crew quarters is also unchanged.
==== Medical Bay ====
Located across from the mess and Ann Bryson's laboratory, Dr. Chakwas arranged for some upgrades and restocking of supplies, but is otherwise unchanged from it's time flying under Cerberus.
==== AI Core ====
While mostly unchanged, a tech specialist workstation was added.
==== Laboratory of Dr. Bryson ====
The space once held the XO quarters of Miranda Lawson when the Normandy flew under Cerberus colors and was later commandeered by Dr. Liara T'soni as a mobile intel station was majorly adjusted to make room for Dr. Ann Bryson's lab. This represented the largest structural change outside of repairs on the Normandy's third deck. 
==== Main Battery ====
The battery, once Garrus Vakarian's home-away-from-home, was upgraded in the 2188 refit with the latest version on the Thanix cannon.
==== Life Support ====
One occupied by Thane Krios due to it's marginally more arid environment, the room now sports workstations and maintenance storage.
==== Office of Doctor Penelope Espinoza ====
Occupying a third of what was once the Starboard Observation Bay, the room in now the office of the Normandy's on-board psych officer. The rest of the space remained a library.
=== Deck Four ===
==== Engineering ====
Refined rather that refitted, Engineering remains the home of Gaby and Ken, as well as Greg Adams.
==== Starboard Training Room ====
Once a cargo hold, the training room can now handle simulations as well as hosting a firing range.
==== Port Training Room ====
Once a cargo hold, the area was repurposed for hand to hand combat training.
=== Deck Five ===
==== Armory ====
==== Shuttle Bay ====
The Normandy's Shuttle bay sports two Kodiak shuttles and the Normandy's Mako. Despite the existence of the port training room, there are still occasionally sparing matches in the shuttle bay.