Jane Shepard is the female option for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect. The recent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, has made the female Shepard option available in all three games.
Shepard is a soldier who is fighting to save the galaxy from the Reapers, a race of powerful mechanical beings. The Reapers scour the universe and eliminate any lifeforms that have reached a certain degree of technological development. It’s humanity’s turn now.
Shepard is a graduate of the Systems Alliance N7 special forces program and is initially assigned to the SSV Normandy in 2183 as Executive Officer. Shepard later becomes the first human to join the Spectres, an elite special task force for the Citadel Council.
Commander Jane Shepard has been met with great fanfare. Like John Shepard, Jane Shepard is bi. Throughout the games, Jane Shepard has romance options with male and female characters, as well as Kaidan Alenko.