Show Us Your Commander Shepard

Almost all the Mass Effect 2 promo and marketing material shows Commander Shepard as a white, male, bald space marine. But he’s not my Commander Shepard. And I suspect he ain’t yours either.

With Mass Effect 2 out today, I thought I’d give a post over to a gallery of our Commander Shepards.

There you can see mine: Jade Shepard (a reference to Jade from Beyond Good & Evil, of course). She’s a tough-speaking colonist, the sole survivor of the disastrous mission on Akuze, and an Adept who enjoys hurling enemies across the room.

So I want you to show us your Commander Shepard. You can either link to a pic in the comments below or email me instead. Either way, I’ll upload your pics into a gallery in this post.

Make sure you include the following details: Name, Background, Class and whether you’re renegade or paragon.

Oh, and feel free to send in pics of your Shepard from either Mass Effect game.

Here’s John Shepard from reader JohnP: “He is a good sort – an Earthborn Infiltrator Paragon who was the sole survivor of Akuze. He also likes long walks on the beach and picking off them bat rasterd Geth with his Sniper Rifle. No ladies can resist this complete package, I mean, just look at that smile.”

Here’s reader Benjamin G’s own Shepard.
Name: Julia Shepard
Background: War Hero
Class: Vanguard
Morality: Paragon

Here’s reader Andrew L’s John Shepard: “It had been two years since I last saw my Shep, and I was surprised I went with such a rough looking character. I aged him a bit – it’s been two years and the guy did die – but I’m pretty happy with my tough as nails Renegade Infilatrator.”

Here’s reader Bilal R’s Shepard.
Name: Jade Shepherd
Background: Earth Born, War Hero
Class: Soldier
Morality: Paragon

And Henry L’s describes his Shepard thusly: “This is my paragon war hero Leonidas Shepard. A calm, charismatic leader.”