LoxyShep : a Mass Effect saga

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Mission : START!

I have the military in my blood.  It courses deep through my veins.  Child of Alliance parents, my mobile home was the tin walls to whichever Alliance vessel or pit-stop my folks were assigned.

I followed in my parents footsteps at the age of eighteen, enlisting in the Alliance military.  It was the only life I had known, and so it would continue.

Throughout my career I've had family and friends, colleagues and rivals come and go.  I held them all at varying distances.  Emotions can only lead to trouble.  I'm not that man.

Oft described as cold, calculating, brutal, even.  I suffer no fools, and have only ever had one clear goal: GET THE JOB DONE.

I care not for others' opinions of me.  I am the best in the Alliance.  Heck, I'm the best in the galaxy.  That's why the military always come to me first.

Specialising in technological espionage, give me a terminal, datapad or security system, and I'll tear through it before you can whisper: "decrypt".

Come at me with energised shields or high-voltage weaponry, and you better be prepared to be burned.  I'm not all nasty, though.  As much as my engineering skills can be used for attack, my medical skills come to the fore when my squad sustain injuries.

Weapon of choice: a pistol.  Easy to conceal, precise, and nimble to carry.  Get to close, and you may just feel it stun the back of your head.

So that's me.  Commander Loxy Shepard.  About to head out on the SSV Normandy, in employ of the Alliance, led by the enigmatic Captain David Anderson.

Our mission takes us to Eden Prime.  A shakedown trip, for all intents and purposes.  At least, that's what we're being led to believe.

The funny thing about it: a special guest along for the trip.  Nihlus Kryik, a Council SpecTRe has come along for the escapade.

The Council don't tend to send their SpecTRe's for run-of-the-mill excursions like this.

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Mass Effect Playthrough: 14.

Name: Loxy Shepard.

Gender: Male.

Pre-Service History: Spacer.

Psychological Profile: Ruthless.

Military Specialisation: Engineer.

Bonus Talent: Throw.

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Mass Effect

In the year 2148, explorers on Mars discovered the remains of an ancient space-faring civilisation.

In the decades that followed, these mysterious artifacts revealed startling new technologies, enabling travel to the farthest stars.

The basis for this incredible technology was a force that controlled the very fabric of space and time.

They called it the greatest discovery in human history.

The civilisations of the galaxy call it…

MASS EFFECT

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Vanguard

Vanguards are biotic warriors.  They combine biotics and weapons to take down opponents, and are especially deadly at short range.  They use pistols and shotguns, and can specialise in medium armour.

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Sentinel

Sentinels combine biotic and tech abilities.  Typically they use biotic abilities and advanced healing skills to defend allies, though they can also disrupt opponents with biotic or tech attacks.  They are more efficient at tech and biotics than other classes, but at the expense of combat.  Sentinels can only use light armour, and receive no advanced weapon training.

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Infiltrator

Infiltrators combine combat and tech abilities to specialise in killing or disabling enemies at long range.  Infiltrators are trained to use omni-tools, focusing on decryption and offensive abilities rather than healing.  They can use pistols or sniper rifles and medium armour.

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Adept

Adepts are biotic specialists.  Through upgradeable implants they can use biotic powers to lift or throw objects, shield the squad and disable or destroy enemies.  Adepts can only use light armour, and can only receive weapons training with pistols.

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Engineer

Engineers are tech specialists.  Using the holographic omni-tool, they can decrypt security systems, repair or modify technical equipment, disrupt enemy weapons or shields, and heal their squad.  Engineers can only use light armour, and can only receive weapons training with pistols.

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Soldier

Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.  Soldiers get improved health, can train in the use of all weapon types, start with the ability to use medium armour, and can specialise in heavy armour.

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Ruthless

Throughout your military career, you have held fast to one basic rule: get the job done.  You've been called cold, calculating, and brutal.  Your reputation for ruthless efficiency makes your fellow soldiers wary of you.  But when failure is not an option, the military always goes to you first.

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War Hero

Early in your military career you found yourself facing an overwhelming enemy force.  You risked your own life to save your fellow soldiers and defeat the enemy despite the impossible odds.  Your bravery and heroism have earned your medals and recognition from the Alliance fleet.

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Sole Survivor

During your service, a mission you were on went horribly wrong.  Trapped in an extreme survival situation, you had to overcome physical torments and psychological stresses that would have broken most people.  You survived while all those around you fell, and now you alone are left to tell the tale.

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Earthborn

You were an orphan raised on the streets of the great megatropolises covering Earth.  You escaped the life of petty crime and underworld gangs by enlisting with the Alliance military when you turned eighteen.

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Colonist

You were born and raised on Mindoir, a small border colony in the Attican Traverse.  When you were sixteen, slavers raided Mindoir, slaughtering your family and friends.  You were saved by a passing Alliance patrol, and you enlisted with the military a few years later.

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Spacer

Both of your were in the Alliance military.  Your childhood was spent on ships and stations as they transferred from posting to posting, never staying in one location for more than a few years.  Following in your parents' footsteps, you enlisted at the age of eighteen.

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a Mass Effect saga

A new dawn brings with it a new journey. This, my 14th playthrough, is my #MassEffect saga.