Commander Shepard is dead. After the failure of the crucible, his sacrifice was the true catalyst for change. Through unwavering grit, loss and sheer desperation, a ragtag fleet drove the reapers from Earth. But the was isn't over. The reapers continue to ravage other systems around Thessia. Cerberus remnants continue to cause havoc from their new base of operations on Omega. The Citadel Council is missing presumed dead, leaving the Alliance brass to pick up the pieces of a broken society from a broken Citadel. Their first priority: getting their prized bird in the air. One month after The Battle For Earth, recently promoted Major Carla Armstrong faces new challenges as the latest captain of the Normandy, both in living up to the mantle of her predecessor and appeasing the friends he left behind,