21 Facts About Commander Shepard

Lieutenant Commander Shepard, better known as Commander Shepard, is the player character in the Mass Effect video game series by BioWare .

Commander Shepard'spard is neither a hero, nor a villain; depending upon players' choices and actions, Commander Shepard'spard is the abstaining factor that acts as both on occasion, and will take whatever action is deemed necessary when presented with impossible scenarios.

However, in some other Mass Effect media, Commander Shepard is called "he" regardless of player choice for the gender.

Commander Shepard'spard has made cameo appearances in other Electronic Arts games and is referenced in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Six different designs for the default female Commander Shepard were hosted online, and fans were told to vote for whichever design they preferred via Facebook; many different designs were made before the vote, but were whittled down to six by BioWare staff.

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Male and female versions of Commander Shepard were voiced by Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale respectively.

Lieutenant Commander Shepard serves as the player character of the main Mass Effect game trilogy.

Outside of the main trilogy, Commander Shepard has been briefly mentioned in the novels Mass Effect: Ascension, Retribution, and Deception, and has made a brief appearance in the third issue of the comic Homeworlds, with only the N7 logo on their armour being shown in-shot.

Redemption, taking place two years before the second game's main events, concerns how Commander Shepard's body was retrieved by Liara T'Soni and then given to Cerberus after the character's death in Mass Effect 2s prologue.

Commander Shepard'spard manages to stop the colony from being destroyed, but is hit by a blast from the damaged beacon before it blows up; as a result, Commander Shepard'spard begins to have visions of war and death.

Commander Shepard'spard is instructed to take down Saren, and is placed in charge of the Normandy and given free rein of the galaxy.

Commander Shepard'spard manages to stop them, destroy Sovereign, and save the Citadel.

At the beginning of the game, Commander Shepard is killed when the Collectors attack and destroy the Normandy.

Commander Shepard'spard has been grounded and stripped of rank by the Alliance before the game starts, due to either working with Cerberus or blowing up a Mass Relay in the Mass Effect 2 DLC pack Arrival.

In some of the possible ending scenarios, the crew eulogizes Commander Shepard by putting his or her name on the ship's memorial and flying away.

Commander Shepard'spard is referenced both in conversations between characters, and in audio logs sent by Liara T'Soni to Alec Ryder, the player character's father.

Default male Commander Shepard was used heavily in marketing, being featured on the covers for all three games and most trailers.

The female Commander Shepard was confirmed to be making an appearance in one of the trailers for the third game, and on one side of Mass Effect 3s Collector's Edition, in June 2011.

The female Commander Shepard had not been advertised heavily previously as marketing wanted to only showcase one character, so that consumers could easily understand who the hero was.

Outside of the Mass Effect series, Commander Shepard has made cameo appearances in other Electronic Arts games.

Commander Shepard'spard was voted number 2 by readers in Game Informers poll of the top 30 video game characters, behind Halo protagonist Master Chief, and Game Informer similarly listed them as 99 on their countdown of 100 favourite video game heroes – though squadmate Garrus Vakarian was placed significantly ahead, at number 15.