Doctor Karin Chakwas : Portrait

Karin Chakwas is the human doctor of the SSV Normandy. She enlisted in the Alliance soon after she graduated from medical school, originally seeking "exotic adventure". Even after the realities of service sobered her outlook, she stayed with the Alliance out of a sense of duty to humanity, eventually earning the rank of Major. Though she sometimes considers starting her own private practice, or going to work at a medical center on one of the colonies, she feels that "there is something special about working on soldiers", and believes she would be abandoning them if she did not stay. Like most Alliance doctors, she has taken courses in alien biology, enabling her to treat any non-human crew members. Dr. Chakwas was present on the SSV Normandy when it is destroyed by the Collectors. She managed to evacuate the ship via escape pods, along with several members. She joins Cerberus, getting a position on the Normandy SR-2 as the ship's Chief Medical Officer...