Menae in Full: ship's Officers

Captain: Victricia Talorian (female Turian)
Executive Officer: Jorn Dath'hak (male Batarian)
Yeoman: Zhara T'Deryn (Asari)
Quartermaster: Adnan Harismani (male Human)
Chief Medical Officer: Valia Elendris (Asari)
Navigator/Gunner*: Marice Kevari (female Drell)
Shuttle Pilot: Charles Redwolf (male human)

*Positions merged due to smaller ship's complement and non-military function.

Talorian, Victricia (female Turian) - Captain 
Colonial background led to a long career of distinguished service. Short, solid, no-nonsense but with a deeply-hidden maternal side (too driven to settle down). Looking for some excitement before retirement. Shows most loyalty to her long-term crew - these will mostly be Turians, although the GM should decide who said crew are (and will almost certainly include Turian, Volus, or Asari PCs).

She will certainly go to bat for the PCs once they have proven themselves to not require babysitting from orbit. On the other hand, not following proper first-contact procedures or consistently violating regulations will see a lot of gear requests get denied.

Dath'hak, Jorn (male Batarian) - Executive Officer

• Older man, career military.
• Boastful of his past exploits.
• Doesn't interact much with other Batarians aboard.

Male Batarian, older. Secret ties to anti-Hegemony dissident groups operating outside Batarian space. Background in space-station insertions to take out pirates. Plays at being a model Batarian officer - tough, harsh, berating.

If the PCs are an Away Team, Dath'hak will be like an R. Lee Ermey character. Any Batarian PCs will be heavily scrutinized for government ties, as Jorn is on this expedition to let any heat of suspicion from Hegemony authorities wash off him. If the Batarians leave the Citadel during the campaign (likely) this will pose some interesting legal questions that the crew will have to resolve on their own, given the long communication lag-time. This could break the crew into camps based around whether Batarian crew members should retain their commissions or be confined to a low-security deck. PCs might have to protect individual(s) they profoundly dislike based on principle or Captain's orders.

T'Daryn, Zhara (Asari) - Yeoman

• Devoted to Captain Talorian (business relationship)
• Proudly half-Turian
• Efficient and enthusiastic

Zhara's father was a turian, and when he died Zhara was the right age to go out and explore the galaxy. She decided to visit her father's family on Palaven. After a period of mourning, Zhara's cousins helped her find a job as a receptionist at a military base. After spending several years dealing with Turian soldiers, she decided to join the military herself and aim for a posting on a Turian ship. Her attempts to serve on a Turian ship were fruitful, and after a few years she knew the Turian fleet better than most Turians. Captain Talorian noticed her skills and enthusiasm and had Zhara promoted to be her yeoman. When the Menae in Full was retrofitted for a multi-year mission, Captain Talorian accepted the offer to remain as captain. Zhara's devotion to her captain prompted her to stay on as well.

Harismani, Adnan (male human) - Quartermaster

• Spindly, pale
• From Luna
• Precise, possibly OCD

Skinny, pale, precise. Worried about getting the job due to family connections. Afraid of Jorn - suspicious of the Batarians. Will try to oppose them passively. Human or Salarian PCs in particular might be recruited for this. 

Being quartermaster in the Mass Effect universe entails responsibility for operation of fabrication, hydroponics, and similar equipment. Getting on his good side could lead to free OmniTool upgrades, or extra rations of fresh food!
Born a big fish in a small pond - a Lunar settlement originally established by a joint Indian-South African corporation. His family is one of the founding clans of this venture. Being the eldest child of a prominent family but middling drive, he found himself somewhat in over his head at being appointed the highest-ranking human on the first Citadel Council expedition with human crew. 

Elendris, Valia (Asari) - Chief Medical Officer

• Approaching matron stage
• Dislikes formality
• Takes notes after some conversations
• (Easy-going, kindly, might try to look for a mate during near the end of the voyage. Is evaluating patients for "suitability.") This won't be of significance unless tensions late in the voyage get really bad - in such a case, Dr. Elendris will begin emotionally "investing" in her pick, showing signs of separation anxiety. 

Kevari, Marice (female Drell) - Gunner/Navigator

• Headstrong
• Fiercely loyal
• Unsubtle
• Combative

Marice grew up on Kahje with her parents and her older brother, Roen. Roen was two years older than his sister, and he usually acquiesced to her demands to be included in whatever he was doing. Marice never let anyone tell her that she was too young to join in. At first, Roen's friends teased him for always letting his kid sister tag along, but Marice quickly learned to keep up with the older children. She always ran fists-first to defend her classmates from bullies. When ten-year-old Roen began combat training to serve as a police officer for the hanar, Marice demanded to be taken along. The hanar admired her determination, and they allowed her to train with her brother. Five years later, they joined the police force. Marice's straight-forward determination made her a perfect beat cop. Roen was more subtle, so he spent a lot of time in detective units. His investigations frequently took him outside the dome, and when he was 32, he was diagnosed with Kepral's syndrome. Roen was willing to stay and serve until he grew too ill to do so, but Marice convinced him to go with her to Nos Astra. She would find a job, and they might be able to get Roen into a drug test. Marice got a bounty hunter's license, and did some consultant work for Serrice Technology. Although she made enough to get Roen excellent medical care, there were no cutting-edge breakthroughs or experimental therapies that might save his life. When Roen died three years later, Marice jumped at the first opportunity to get as far away from her life as possible. She applied to join the crew of the Menae in Full and convinced her best friend, Chatterbox, to join her.

Charles Redwolf (Male Human) - Shuttle Pilot

• Canadian Ojibwe, former RCMP
• Spent some time as security at Prothean research site on Mars. Basic familiarity with the data-systems there. 
• Enjoys telling stories from his law-enforcement career