SSV Normandy

## 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 help 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, and the Normandy ended up crash landing on an unknown world that the crew later names 1002315 Williams.

## 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 receives word that the Alliance wants the *Normandy* brought in for a full over-hall.