In the game Mass Effect , the player is to prevent the destruction of organic civilizations in the hands of a superior synthetic-organic starships .
The player assumes the role of Commander Shepard , an elite human soldier who must stop a rogue agent from opening a portal for a highly advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships that are believed to eradicate all organic civilization every 50,000 years .
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