A/N: This is the STG report provided to the Systems Alliance by the council in Chapter 40.


Council Report 1FDS45GSG-A

Subject: USS Vanguard

Human Standard Translation

Authors: Doctor Delin - STG

Additional Sources:

Aishia T'Thon – Spectre

Jane Shepard – Spectre

….. – STG Field Operative

….. – STG Field Operative

Doctor Morroth – Scientific Advisor to the Council

Matriarch Lidanya – Commanding Officer Destiny Ascension

Professor Solihinn Adinus – Turian Military Command, retired General of the Fire Phalanx Fleet.


Key notes:

All active field operatives of the STG have had their names redacted for security.

Due to the shared intelligence of this report, STG specific codes have been removed.

Individual Council races are clear to assign their own rating, but it is recommended that this report should be restricted to only flag rank military officers and senior government officials.

This report is intended as a general overview to the subject matter only.

More detailed reports and analysis can be found in Council reports 1FDS45GSG-B through 1FDS45GSG-J.

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Councillors,

You have requested the STG to compile reports on the extra-dimensional ship, USS Vanguard, and her senior staff.

To facilitate this request, we have used all available news, observations, remarks and extrapolations from anyone with any exposure to the vessel and have arranged the information as follows:

1: Key Ship Facts

2: Offensive/Defensive Abilities – Ship

3: Power Generation and Application

4: Additional Ship Observations

5: Senior Staff and Other Known Crew-members

6: Offensive/Defensive Abilities – Ground

7: Additional Ground Observations

8: Government and Political Thinking

9: Overall Assessment of Potential Usage and Threat

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Please be aware that many conclusions taken are based purely on observed actions of the vessel and crew, or on documents provided freely to the general public.

How accurate these documents are is subject to debate in the galaxy at large, so any facts pulled from the aforementioned documents are open to personal interpretation and an acknowledgement that they may not be entirely truthful.

Comments from my research team will be in standard format.

Comments from myself will be in bold.

Comments from additional sources will be in italics.