ME: Vanessa Renee Shepard

PERSONNEL DOSSIER

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Name: Vanessa Renee Shepard
Pre-Service History: Earth-Born
Psychological Profile: Sole Survivor
Combat Specialization: Infiltrator / Assassin
Paragon: 28%
Renegade: 100%
Callsign: Shadow Fox
Unit Code: N7-5219-91-04

Overview
Manipulative, cunning & opportunistic. Vanessa strikes with surgical precision & finesse. Highly regarded as one of the best assassins the System Alliance has to offer. She is also ideal for espionage & reconaissance roles. It should be noted that she has a mercenary streak and seems willing to break regulations to accept contract work.

Expanded Profile

Vanessa - Extended Dossier

PERSONNEL DOSSIER

CONFIDENTIAL

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Name: Vanessa Renee Shepard
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Blond
Eyes Color: Brown
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 57 kg
DOB: 11th April 2154
Bloodtype: A-
Status: KIA
Rank: Lieutenant Commander


Pre-Service History
Found abandon as an infant on Earth in North America, Manhattan. She was adopted by a childless couple by the name of Bill Ted Shepard & Anne Chan Shepard. At the age of 8 she saw them being gunned down by gang members of the slums. Later investigations revealed that the gang members mistaken them for another household.

Her next 3 years were spent in the Orphanage & Shelter for the homeless. She went missing one day and never returned. 2 years later she was a runner for the REDS, a gang based on Earth itself. She eventually became a full member and got herself involved with more serious crimes. Her offences include theft, arson, assault, drugs & robbery. She was apprehended by law enforcement and sent to juvenile detention.

Vanessa was found to be problematic and subsequently transfered to a military school where she is forcibly conscripted to join the System Alliance.



Psychological Profile
Vanessa witnessed the violent death of both her foster parents at the hands of violent gangsters. Subsequently while at the orphanage & shelter for the homeless, she was abused both physically and sexually.
When one of the shelter workers tried to rape her she retaliated & accidentally killed the man. Out of fear, she fled the shelter and ended up wandering the streets as a homeless. All alone & nowhere to go, it was a trying ordeal. She often had to go without food for days.

Desperation eventually drove her to scavenge or offer sexual favours in exchange for food & shelter. These experiences traumatized her greatly & left an inedible mark on her. As a result, she became very distrustful of people but also learnt to be self reliant & resourceful.

Vanessa felt that if she had power & wealth, she would not have been trampled on. To this extent, she pursues these things with a ruthless determination witnessed by her fellow gang members during her time with the REDS.

Yet her ordeal was far from over. Deployed to investigate Akuze, she witness her whole unit massacred by Thresher Maws. Several amongst those that perished were homeless children like her given a 2nd chance in the Systems Alliance rehabilitation program. These were people that she slowly developed a bond for and their deaths had a huge impact on her psyche.

Finding people hard to trust and fearing to lose people that she grew to trust. Vanessa grew cold & detached. Her relationship with people tend to be brief & business like.



Service Records
Demonstrated exceptional ability in reconaissence & proficiency in sniper rifles. Given additional specialized training for espionage & infiltration.

Jul 2174 - Graduated from N7 special forces program.

Dec 2174 - Assigned to 6th Frontier Division. Unit 108.

2175 - Garrison duty on Terra Nova. Security & patrol duties.

Jan - Jul 2176 - Assigned to SSV Jakarta.
Minor fleet to fleet engagements & boarding actions against Batarian Pirates in the terminus systems.

2176 - 2177 - Operation Blackstorm
Participated in a highly classified mission. Successfully completed all mission objectives. Reconaissence completed with intel gathered on political situation of Anhur.
Key Batarians involved with the Na'hesit faction were eliminated.

Feb - Jun 2177 - SSV Jakarta.
Patrol duty, retaliatory strikes against Batarian pirates.

Aug 2177 - Akuze
Marines from the 6th Frontier Division 102 & 108 were all wiped out by tresher maws. Only Vanessa from the 108 survived.

Awards:
Silver Star
Soldiers Medal
Marines Corp Medal
Purple Heart
Distinguished Service Medal

Infractions:


Skills & Competency
Tech competency: Advanced
Hacking: Advanced
Language Skills: Expert
Negotiation Training: Expert

Reconaissence: Master
Espionage: Expert

Leadership: Advanced
Survival Training: Advanced
First Aid: Average
Tactical Combat Training: Advanced

Ship to Ship Combat: Advanced
Closed-Quarters Combat: Average
Trench Warfare: Average

Land-based vehicles: Average
Air-borne vehicles: Average
Starship piloting: Novice

Biotics Level: N/A

Heavy Pistol: Advanced
SMG: Expert
Assault Rifles: Novice
Shotguns: Novice
Sniper Rifles: Master (Achieved Gold Award)
Heavy Weapons: Average


Favorite Weapon Loadouts
Kassa Locust SMG
Phalanx Heavy Pistol
Widowmaker Anti-material Rifle
ML-77 Missle Launcher

Mass Effect

My friend Daniel in NZ claim this is the best RPG or one of the best EVER!!! I wasn't convinced nor bought in by all the hype. I seen some gameplay trailer and that was not even impressive. But the main thing that turned me off was Commander Shepard who is ironically the protagonist of the epic saga.

Commander Shepard was portrayed as a male meathead marine. Gosh!! What a bland and boring character, it feels as its pre-determined. I personally would appreciate being able to play as a female character and being able to customize how my main character should look like.

Then 2 years later. I met up with another friend of mine. He didn't seem appealed by Dragon Age and felt that Mass Effect was a much better game with better AI and plot. Hmm.. I wasn't really convinced then. A few months later I was curious. I'm getting bored, really bored. I been away from WoW for quite some time and never felt like I wanted to go back.

The grind, the raids... its just too time-consuming. Sims 3 would have been great but its quite lacklustre in terms of gameplay compared to its predecessors. I guess thats partly because Will Wright isn't part of the design process anymore. Not to mention all the game-breaking bugs. Ugh.. but thats besides the point.

So anyway. My friend passed me a copy of Mass Effect 2 and told me I could INFACT create my own character. I was sold. I could create my Shepard and that meant a lot to me. But wait! Mass Effect 2?!? So would that not mean I am missing out on the first part of this epic saga that spans a trilogy?

I went and bought Mass Effect 1 & 2. After playing one... gosh. It was such a great game, I can't wait to play ME 2. But surprisingly... it had a addictive effect, despite being a single player RPG. I went back and made more Shepards and played them all. I have never done that for any RPGs before, not even big games like KOTOR or Baldurs Gate.

With a robust community all hyped about the game. My boredom is gone and I'm now worried about being addicted.