When the Crucible failed to reach the Citadel, all hope seemed lost, but the races of the galaxy would not go quietly none-the-less. For twenty years the Citadel Alliance stood against the Reaper purge, inflicting more casualties than any cycle before them...

But even they could not stand forever; and they knew this from the start. So they rolled the dice and cast countless seeds into the Deep Black between stars- colony ships bearing Asari, Geth and AI 'children' of EDI- to wait out the purge and rebuild. Now those ships are returning to the light of stars, seeking to grow a mighty empire against their maker's killers.

You are Nylaria R'natha, the Lone Seed, Gene-forged near-perfection incarnate; and while you are alone and surrounded by dangers, your mind, gene-wrought physical gifts, and command of Citadel Alliance technology are up to the task your creator-mothers have given you: