Literature
Akuze: Sole Survivor Part I
This is my first foray in writing fan fiction. I've had some ideas rattling around in my head for some time now about some of the Commander Shepard background stories. Many of them leave plenty of room to fill in the blanks. This is my story about how Commander Shepard survived the events on Akuze.
Chapter 1: The Sound of Silence
Junior Lieutenant Jane Shepard adjusted the collar of her blouse for the third time in as many minutes. The gold bar on her shoulder still felt heavy, a foreign weight that hadn't quite settled comfortably against the fabric. At twenty-two, she was a fresh officer in the Alliance Navy. She had spent four years in the dirt as an enlisted soldier, but this was different. This was her first time on the other side of the salute.
She kept her pace steady, her boots ringing out a rhythmic clack-clack-clack on the deck plating. She needed to project confidence. The platoon needed to see a leader, not a kid wondering if she was an imposter in an officer’s
