The Normandy

The Normandy is a large ship, built by Origin 3, designed to ferry colonists to the Kepler 90 system. Like her sister ship (the Daedalus), she can carry around 280 colonists per trip. The Normandy was equipped with fifty small interplanetary Jupiter transport vehicles. Forty Jupiter ships were designed to be the homes of the colonists upon reaching Kepler 90h. The Normandy was also equipped with five transport Jupiters (designated for transporting supplies and equipment), and five rescue Jupiters (medically equipped Jupiters designed to be small mobile hospitals). The Normandy, like her sister ship, is powered by an Asuran Aligner. The Aligner allows the Normandy to travel at previously unattainable speeds, giving way to exploring areas of the galaxy that had been unreachable before. Construction began in late 2052 and was complete in early 2062 in orbit around Earth. Asuran technology from the Aligner also allowed for artificial gravity to be created on the Normandy. The ship had a main hanger bay and hosted numerous recreational areas, a main galley, crew quarters, temporary colonist quarters, a and level devoted to medical facilities. The Normandy, as well as her sister ship, even had an on board Jupiter transport vehicle (JTV) flight simulator. This on board simulator could offer colonists additional practice time flying their Jupiters beyond the basic training they obtained on Earth.

In 2068, the Normandy became lost in in space during its third mission to Kepler 90h. When the ship accidentally discovered the Asuran Milky Way Array during a pass by a red giant, the array was automatically activated by the Aligner on the Normandy. The Milky Way Array transported the Normandy to the Andromeda Galaxy. The ship suffered minor damage from the event. However, with all contact lost from Earth, it was assumed that the ship was destroyed.

Shortly after being transported to the Andromeda Galaxy, the Normandy discovered a near by habitable planet. While completing scans of the planet, a wormhole opened near the ship. The Normandy, while not being drawn into the wormhole, sustained major damage. The colonists were ordered to escape in their Jupiters to the near by planet until the ship could be repaired. The Jupiter 17, however, had been sucked into the wormhole while on it's way to the alien planet.

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