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Lieutenant Commander Shepard is the player character in BioWare's ''Mass Effect'' game trilogy: ''Mass Effect'', ''Mass Effect 2'', and ''Mass Effect 3''. A veteran soldier of the Systems Alliance Navy military and N7-graduate of the Interplanetary Combatives Training (ICT) program, and the first human Citadel Council Spectre, Shepard works to stop "the Reapers", a sentient synthetic-machine race dedicated to wiping out all organic life. Shepard's gender, class, first name and general appearance are chosen and customised by the player. Mark Meer provides the voice for male Shepards, while Jennifer Hale voices females. Since the player can choose the gender of Shepard, much of the dialogue revolving around the character is gender neutral with only a few exceptions. Alan Shepard was the source of the character's name. Shepard's armour developed over the series, and was originally intended to be red-and-white. Though both genders were given equal importance during development, marketing felt there was a need for a single identifiable hero for promotion of the game. Various merchandise has been made, including several figurines. Shepard has appeared in cameo appearances in other Electronic Arts games, though they will not be appearing in any future ''Mass Effect'' ones. The character has received generally positive reception. Heavy focus was given to the female Shepard, nicknamed "FemShep", by the fans and critical sources. She is depicted as a strong female protagonist that takes on many masculine traits. Her armor is not overly sexualized or revealing, implying that her appearance is not of utmost importance. ==Concept and creation== BioWare wanted players to feel special and empowered from the start of the game. Unlike other role-playing game protagonists, they felt Shepard should not be an entirely blank character for the player to create, in order to create a more "intense" experience; with ''Mass Effect'' being more cinematic than other BioWare video games, they felt they needed an "extra bit" with a sense of a specific flavour that can be caused by a memorable character, such as ''Star Trek''s Captain Kirk or ''24''s Jack Bauer.〔 Developers wanted to at least give Shepard a last name so that other characters could address them. The developers wanted a name that was both "all-American" and common, which led them to start looking at the original seven astronauts. Alan Shepard was chosen due to fitting with the idea of "their" Shepard, being tough and respected, and fitting in with the character being the first human Spectre – Alan Shepard being the first American in space.〔 During the development of the first game, the female Shepard was given equal importance as the male; unique lines were written for her as well as a unique romance option. When describing her, Casey Hudson said "()he's not a caricature of the idea of role-playing as a female, but instead she's very impressive as a strong female character that's sensitive yet extremely confident and assertive".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commander Shepard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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