Eden Prime

Eden Prime is one of Earth's oldest and most stable colonies established past the Charon Mass Relay. In the last decade, Eden Prime has taken on a more galactic importance due to key events.

## Notable Events

### Prothean Empire Era

In the death-throws of their cycle, the Prothean Empire created a bunker on Eden Prime in secret. It's mission was to preserve a large contingent of approximately one million warriors through the Reaper purge via underground status. Then, once the danger had passed they would awaken and take control of the more primitive races left behind. Lead by their Avatar of Vengeance, they would create a new Empire and wipe out the Reapers when they returned. Unfortunately, they were betrayed by indoctrinated soldiers within their ranks and the plan was ruined.

### Mass Effect

In 2152 of the current cycle, humanity established a agrarian colony on the planet due to it's unusually well suited biosphere for Earth-native life. Naming the planet Eden Prime as part of their heaven naming convention, the colony quickly became a model of sustainable, organized development. Just over 30 years later, a team unearthed a working Prothean Beacon. News of this discovery reached the Citadel Council and the Systems Alliance, who dispatched Captain David Anderson and his new ship, the SSV *Normandy*, to secure the beacon and bring it back for further study. The Council sent Spectre Nihlus Kryik along assist the operation, acting as their eyes and ears, as well as to evaluate the human he had nominated for Spectre status: Commander Shepard, Captain Anderson's XO.

Unfortunately, Saren Arterius also heard about the discovery of the beacon. He launched an attack on the quiet, idyllic world with Sovereign and a number of geth. While he managed to kill Nihlus and use the beacon, Shepard, Kaidan Alenko and Ashley Williams were able to prevent the colony from being destroyed. Unfortunately, while they were attempting to secure the beacon, Kaidan got too close to it and accidently activated a security field. While Shepard was able to use her momentum to knock Kaidan away, she was caught up in the beacon and it burned a message into her brain.

As a result of this attack, in 2185 Earth's Council for the Preservation of Human History and Culture named the planet a culturally significant site. Despite this, only the farms were rebuilt before war reached Eden Prime again.

### Mass Effect 3

In 2186, in the midst of the Reaper War, human-centric terrorist group Cerberus attacked the beleaguered colony, abducting colonists, and having discovered the ruins of the old prothean base- trying to figure out how to open the one remaining active status pod. Commander Shepard returned to Eden Prime and managed to rescue the single surviving Prothean. After a few moments of disorientation, Javik agreed to assist in the war against the Reapers and the crew of the *Normandy* left Eden Prime.

## Every One That Asketh

### Act I

In May of 2187, the battered crew of the *Normandy* limped into the Exodus cluster. They stopped for a short time at Eden Prime, looking for news and supplies. The colonists there seemed to have no more information then they did themselves, though the did have a small amount of dextro-amino rations to give to the *Normandy* crew to supplement their lean supply of food for Garrus and Tali.