David Anderson

The third child born to his parents Ursula (a nurse) and Paul Anderson (a flight mechanic), David Edward Anderson was born in London in 2137.

### Pre-Mass Effect Career

Anderson graduated the N7 program in 2157 and would soon serve in the First Contact war. In 2165, shortly after becoming divorced from his wife Cynthia, he met Kahlee Sanders while working a discrete mission for then-Ambassador Anita Goyle.

Later, Anderson would be chosen to captain the prototype Normandy SR1.

### Mass Effect

During the Normandy's shake-down cruse, which was being used as a cover to pick up a newly discovered working Prothean Beacon from Eden Prime. As they made their approach, they received a distress-call from the colony that they were under attack. Captain Anderson deployed the Spectre Nihlus Kryik (who was there to secure the beacon and observe their Spectre candidate) their ground team of his XO Commander Shepard (under review for becoming a Spectre), Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko, and Corporal Richard Jenkins. By the end of the mission, both Nihlus and Jenkins were dead, the beacon was destroyed, and Shepard had a vision from the Prothean technology burned into her mind.

After going over the report, Anderson was extremely concerned with Saren's involvement with attack given his history with the turian. Believing Saren to be using the Geth as a tool to wipe out humanity, Anderson warned Shepard about him and promised to stand by her and her report to the Council. Unfortunately, Anderson's history with Saren gave the Council the ability to question the motives of the report against their top agent.

After Shepard proved Saren's involvement, the Alliance gifted command of the Normandy to her, forcing Anderson to step down. Despite this, Anderson put his faith in his protégé, trusting Shepard to get the job done.

When the Council and Alliance grounded the Normandy in the wake of blowing up Saren's base on Virmire, Anderson realized the Council and Udina might ground the Normandy due to Shepard's insistence on the existence of the Reaper threat, but was unable to warn the crew from returning to the Citadel. However, he assisted in allowing the Normandy's escape so they could pursue Saren to Ilos.

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Citadel, Anderson lead the rescue squad that discovered Shepard and her ground team still alive in the Citadel Tower. Anderson was suggested to be a candidate for humanity's representative to the Council by Shepard herself.

### Mass Effect 2

Having been appointed as Councilor representing Humanity, Anderson worked to prepare as much as he was able to for the upcoming Reaper invasion, though he always felt more at home being a soldier than a politician. When Commander Shepard reappeared two years after the destruction of the Normandy SR1 in the company of the terrorist group Cerberus, he sent out feelers. When Shepard presented herself to the Council on his request, he defended her to his fellow councilors, though he was cagey about the Alliance operations due to Shepard's then tie to Cerberus. He would later resign his post on the Council, feeling as though he would do more good in the Alliance with the Reaper invasion imminent. Donnel Udina, former human ambassador to the Council, took his place.

### Mass Effect 3

In the aftermath of the inital Reaper attack on Earth, Anderson elected to stay behind to help rally and lead the people trapped on Earth, reinstating Commander Shepard and sending her to get help for Earth. He used quantum entanglement comms to communicate with his off-world allies, and provided updates on the worsening condition of Earth under Reaper-occupation.

While the *Normandy* was being retrofit at the Citadel, Anderson gifted the apartment he had there to Shepard. This became Shepard-Vakarian apartment post-Reaper war.

During the final push at the Battle of London, Anderson struck his head while attempting to follow Shepard on foot towards the beam. He would later tell Garrus Vakarian that is was a good thing that he'd already broken two limbs, because as he was laying in the road the roars of the Reapers made him want to get up and go to them.

## Every One That Asketh

### Act One:

#### Project Scalpel

When Douglas Einarson discovered the Reaper crash site along with the signal coming from the wreckage, Anderson flew in to oversee the investigation. After discovering the KIA signal coming from the Reaper the group cut their way inside to the source and found Commander Shepard, seemingly hooked into the ship. As Anderson reached out to touch his former protégé as received a vision. He then gave standing orders for no one to touch her while they figured out a strategy. After receiving a burst of inspiration from Einarson, Anderson reached out to Admiral Daro'Xen for assistance. After helping the team carefully cut Shepard from the Reaper, they moved her to the medical ship *SSV Parigoria*.

While dealing with the complicated problem of Shepard, Anderson and Hackett also did their best to handle the extremely messy post-war logistics of trying to rebuild with little resources and shut down mass relays.

After the *Normandy* returned from beyond the Charon Relay, Anderson received a message from Garrus Vakarian. Garrus expressed a deep concern about a indoctrination-like "pull" coming from Shepard, and Anderson confirmed he could feel *something*- but was unsure what it was.