Thane'Shepard
Biological information
Born:	5 June 2186 CE QMFV Machina, Sea of Storms, Phoenix Massing
Died:	1 October 2905 CE New Citadel, Eos, Pytheas, Heleus
Physical information
Species:	Human-Quarian hybrid
Gender:	Male
Height:	7.4ft
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Glowing blue
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Galactic Dominion Republic of Rannoch Dominion Dissident Front Normandy Squad Unified Republics of the Milky Way Second Andromeda Initiative New Normandy Squad APEX
Weapon(s):	M-16 Gladius assault shotgun M-102C Typhoon GPMG M-6F Carnifex pistol ML-93 Dory V missile launcher
Equipment:	Omni-Tool Omni-Blade Energy Shielding Zorah-class reactive armor
Command(s):	DSS Grim Reaper UMWS Normandy SR-3 Second Normandy Squad Task Force Heleus
Era:	Milky Way Galaxy Asari Cycle Pax Galactica Era Human Cycle Reformation Era Dominion Era Post-Cycle Pax Aeterna Era Andromeda Galaxy Pathfinder Era Nova Terrae Era
Battle(s):	Operation: Fire Breather Skirmish over Virmire Dominion Civil War Battle of Aralakh Raid on Urdnot Keep Operation: Until Death Fall of Epitaph Station Rannochian War Attican campaign Battle of the Citadel-Ark Battle of Eos Second Heleus War Battle of Eos Raid on Havarl Battle of Zheng He Raid on Sarhesen Govorkam offensive First Battle of Govorkam Fall of Kadara Port Fall of Qorfen Ed Siege of Tarvfodh Battle of De Go salient Liberation of Kadara Port Battle over Kadara Great Precursor War Battle of Ryder-1 Battle of Meridian Battle of Sarhesen First Battle in Dark Space Second Battle in Dark Space Operation Twin Galaxies Battle of Eos Battle of Havarl Battle of Aya Battle for Khi Tasira Battle of Markland Battle of the Nexus Battle over Elaaden

"My father saved the galaxy...then he came back to life to do it two more times. My grandmother on his side sacrificed her life to stop Harbinger. My mother routed an entire Covenant army and is the most brilliant engineer I've ever known, and her aunt lead the recolonization of Rannoch. Do you know what that's like, Reby? To have all that weight packed ontop of you? To know that you're part of a family of legends?"

— Thane'Shepard to Reby'Reegar

Commodore Thane'Shepard pav Rannoch (formerly known as Thane'Shepard nar Machina), known briefly during 2186 CE by the name Junior, was a marine in the Rannoch Republican Marine Corps, and a special forces operative in the Tecr'fer. Born on the QMFV Machina to parent Tali'Shepard, Junior, as he was called, was born just a few days into the beginning of the Reaper War. After the war, his mother raised him on Rannoch, where he was officially named Thane, after one of Tali's deceased friends. While Thane had many siblings, Tali's detachment from her children, with her military and political life clashing with her family, and the fact his father was dead, meant he barely knew his parents. Thane was also rare in that he was a quarian-human hybrid, which made him the subject of bullying during his school years. He became childhood friends with Reby'Reegar, and the two would remain close, even after both joined the military.

Thane became involved in a Promethean plot to eliminate former comrades of his father, including his wife and children. While Thane and a few others escaped, his mother was killed. He continued running from Prometheus until being reunited with his resurrected father, who then helped to spearhead the Dominion separatist movement. He fought during the Dominion Civil War, later married Reby'Reegar, and led a second expedition to the Andromeda Galaxy to link up with the first expedition. There, he fought during the Second Heleus War and Great Precursor War. Following the war, Thane and Reby would adopt a child, Roahn'Shepard, and spent much of the rest of their lives raising her, and two other children. When Reby died of old age in 2821 CE, he descended into a deep depression and left to explore the Andromeda galaxy. He returned over 80 years later in 2905 CE to the New Citadel settlement on Eos, where he died of old age and was buried next to his father.