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Systems Alliance

37 entries tagged Systems Alliance. Every entry is sourced from the Mass Effect games, their in-game lore, or the official reference material.

Alliance Navy: Humanity's FleetThe Alliance Navy was the space combat branch of the Systems Alliance military, charged with defending Earth and its colonies. Numbering several thousand ships across multiple fleets, it was one of the greater naval forces in Citadel space and bore the brunt of the fighting during the Reaper War.
Arcturus StationArcturus Station was a five kilometer space station that served as the military and political capital of the Systems Alliance from the First Contact War onward, guarding the mass relay to Earth. During the Reaper War it was abandoned and destroyed, becoming a grave for the 45,000 people aboard.
Ashley WilliamsAshley Williams was a human Systems Alliance soldier and the sole survivor of her unit on Eden Prime, who went on to serve aboard the Normandy under Commander Shepard and later rose to become one of the first human Spectres.
BekensteinBekenstein was an early human colony founded as Earth's off-planet manufacturing base, which prospered by producing high quality luxury goods for nearby markets and became known as the humans' Illium. It was bombarded from orbit by the Reapers late in the war.
Commander ShepardCommander Shepard was a Systems Alliance N7 marine who became the first human Spectre, exposed the rogue agent Saren Arterius, and led the galaxy's resistance against the Reapers. Shepard's gender, history, and many of the choices that shaped the war were never fixed, and the final fate of the cycle turned on the Commander's own decisions.
David AndersonDavid Anderson was a decorated Systems Alliance officer, the first captain of the Normandy, and a mentor to Commander Shepard. When the Reapers invaded Earth, he stayed behind to lead its resistance, and he stood at Shepard's side in the final hours of the war.
Diana Allers: Alliance War CorrespondentDiana Allers was a human war correspondent for the Alliance News Network and a regular presence on its program Battlespace. Originally from the colony of Bekenstein, she sought to report the war against the Reapers from the front lines and could embed aboard the Normandy to chronicle the conflict firsthand.
Eden Prime WarThe Eden Prime War was the conflict between the Systems Alliance and the geth that began with a surprise attack on the human colony of Eden Prime in 2183 CE. Secretly directed by the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius and the Reaper Sovereign, the war ranged across the galaxy before culminating in the Battle of the Citadel.
Eden PrimeEden Prime was one of the first human colonies founded beyond the Charon mass relay, an idyllic agrarian paradise whose Prothean ruins made it the opening battleground of the war against the Reapers.
Essex: Biotic Marine of Delta SquadEssex was a gifted and brash human biotic of the Systems Alliance, a member of the special forces unit Delta Squad. He fought in the defense of the colony Fehl Prime against the Blood Pack and later the Collectors, and died covering his squad's escape.
Greg Adams: Normandy Chief EngineerGregory Adams was a Systems Alliance engineer hand-picked to serve as chief engineer of the Normandy. Calm, even-tempered, and a firm believer in the rights of synthetic life, he kept the ship's drive core running through two of its incarnations and the war against the Reapers.
Grenades: Infantry Explosive ChargesGrenades were hand-tossed explosive charges used by infantry across the galaxy. The Systems Alliance fielded the Mark 14, a fin-stabilized grenade that could be thrown like a discus or lobbed over cover, stuck to surfaces as a makeshift mine, and loaded with everything from incendiary paste to salted micro-nukes.
Grissom AcademyThe Jon Grissom Academy was a Systems Alliance space station and elite school for gifted human students, best known for the Ascension Project that trained young biotics. During the Reaper War it became the target of a Cerberus raid to capture its biotic students.
HorizonHorizon was a temperate human colony on the galactic frontier that suffered a devastating Collector raid in 2185 and later became the site of the secret Cerberus husk facility known as Sanctuary.
HumansHumans were the newest sentient species of note to enter galactic affairs, and also the most rapidly expanding. After discovering a Prothean data cache on Mars and unlocking the mass relay network, they rose within decades from isolated newcomers to a power whose ambition and military strength unsettled the older Council races.
James VegaLieutenant James Vega was a hardened Systems Alliance marine who joined Commander Shepard's crew during the Reaper War, a brave soldier haunted by a costly command decision who came to see Shepard as both mentor and role model.
Jeff "Joker" MoreauJeff "Joker" Moreau was the Flight Lieutenant and helmsman of both the SSV Normandy and the Normandy SR-2, a brilliant pilot whose brittle bones never kept him from the cockpit. He flew Commander Shepard through every campaign of the Reaper War and formed a close bond with the ship's artificial intelligence.
Kahlee SandersKahlee Sanders was a human Systems Alliance officer counted among its finest computer specialists and a recognized authority on synthetic intelligence. The daughter of Admiral Jon Grissom, she was drawn repeatedly into events surrounding rogue AI research, Cerberus, and the Reaper threat, and she devoted much of her life to the children of the Ascension Project.
Kaidan AlenkoKaidan Alenko was a human biotic and Systems Alliance marine who served aboard the Normandy under Commander Shepard, carried the burden of the experimental L2 implants of his youth, and rose during the Reaper War to command an elite biotic unit.
Karin ChakwasDr. Karin Chakwas was the human physician of the Normandy across both of its incarnations, a calm and devoted Alliance major who stayed at her post out of loyalty to the soldiers she treated. She regarded the crew as her family and counted Commander Shepard and the pilot Joker among the truest friends she ever had.
Kenneth Donnelly: Normandy EngineerKenneth Donnelly was a Scottish engineer who served in the Systems Alliance and later aboard the Normandy SR-2. A gifted technician with little patience for the chain of command, he worked the engine room alongside his close friend Gabriella Daniels through the war against the Reapers.
UT-47 Kodiak Drop ShuttleThe UT-47 Kodiak Drop Shuttle was a rugged personnel carrier capable of planetary flight and limited FTL travel. Nicknamed the Combat Cockroach for its durability, it ferried Commander Shepard's ground teams aboard the Normandy SR-2 throughout the campaigns of 2185 and 2186.
M-37 Falcon: Alliance Grenade Launcher RifleThe M-37 Falcon was a Systems Alliance assault rifle that launched 25 millimeter mini-grenades instead of conventional rounds. Lighter and more accurate than most grenade launchers, it relied on a field fabrication kit to produce its specialized ammunition, leaving thermal clips as its only real constraint.
M-920 Cain: The Nuke LauncherThe M-920 Cain was a heavy weapon nicknamed the Nuke Launcher, a portable particle accelerator that hurled a high-explosive round capable of raising a mushroom cloud on impact. Despite the spectacle, its detonations produced no fallout.
M35 MakoThe M35 Mako was a Systems Alliance infantry fighting vehicle designed for rapid deployment from frigates onto any world. Compact, environmentally sealed, and famously rugged, it served as Commander Shepard's groundside transport during the hunt for Saren.
MilqueMilque was a human sniper of the Systems Alliance special forces unit Delta Squad, stationed on the colony of Fehl Prime. Cynical and self-deprecating yet fiercely loyal, he fought through both the Blood Pack assault on the colony and the later Collector attack that followed.
N7 Eagle: Alliance Automatic PistolThe N7 Eagle was a compact, fully automatic pistol developed by the Systems Alliance as a redesign of the Phalanx handgun. Accurate and rapid firing, it was produced under the Alliance's Offensive Handgun Project and named after a classic Earth pistol, the Desert Eagle.
N7 Hurricane: Submachine GunThe N7 Hurricane was a fully automatic submachine gun valued for its rapid rate of fire and suppressive power. Though some militaries passed it over for its lower accuracy, the Systems Alliance embraced it, making it standard issue for many of its squadrons.
N7 PiranhaThe N7 Piranha was an assault shotgun developed for the Reaper war, designed to give the lighter-bodied species of the resistance a low-recoil weapon with a wide spread for cutting down husks at close range.
SSV Normandy SR-1The SSV Normandy SR-1 was a Systems Alliance prototype deep-scout frigate, the first of the Normandy class, co-developed with the Turian Hierarchy under Council sponsorship. She served as Commander Shepard's flagship until her destruction in a surprise attack in 2185.
Normandy SR-2The Normandy SR-2 was an advanced stealth frigate built as the successor to the original Normandy and served as Commander Shepard's base of operations against the Collectors and, later, the Reapers. Built by Cerberus and later turned over to the Systems Alliance, she became one of the most storied warships of her era.
Samantha TraynorSpecialist Samantha Traynor was the communications specialist aboard the Alliance retrofit of the Normandy SR-2 during the Reaper War, a brilliant technician whose analytical mind repeatedly turned signal traffic into decisive leads for Commander Shepard.
SSV NormandyThe SSV Normandy SR-1 was a prototype deep scout frigate of the Systems Alliance, co-developed with the Turian Hierarchy and famed for its experimental stealth systems. She served as Commander Shepard's first command and base of operations before being destroyed by a Collector attack in 2183.
Steve CortezLieutenant Steve Cortez was the Alliance pilot who flew the Normandy SR-2's Kodiak shuttle during the Reaper War, ferrying Commander Shepard's squad into battle while carrying the grief of a husband lost to the Collectors.
Steven HackettSteven Hackett was a top-ranking admiral of the Systems Alliance Navy who rose from enlisted man to commander of the Fifth Fleet. He helped make Commander Shepard the first human Spectre and led the assembled fleets in the final battle against the Reapers.
Systems AllianceThe Systems Alliance was the supranational government of Earth and its colonies, acting as humanity's military, exploratory, and economic arm in Citadel space. Within decades of its founding it won humanity a Council seat and led the galaxy's defense during the Reaper War.
Terra NovaTerra Nova was the second human extrasolar colony and the first settled beyond the Charon mass relay, a garden world whose platinum deposits drew a rush of immigrants. Once the most populous Alliance colony, it later suffered batarian raids and a Reaper landing during the war.