Charon Relay

Charon was the name given to an ice moon of Pluto and the sight of humanity's second greatest discovery, a Mass Relay station. Mars had given the Systems Alliance a huge leap forward in technology and allowed them to dominate the Solar System. It required the discovery of the Mass Relay, however, to catapult humans onto the galatic stage.

One year after the discovery on Mars, in 2149, Charon was discoverd by a science team searching the edge of the solar system not to be a moon at all. In fact, it was a gargantuan piece of Prothean tehcnology known as a Mass Relay station. The discovery was not completely surprising becuase the alien station on Mars had mentioned such a device. And while they were unable to construct one of their own scientists were able to activate a dormant one.

Activating the relay opened the rest of the galaxy to humanity and brave men and women led by Jon Grissom traveled to the other side. Their successful return marked them as heroes for all of Earth and Jon Grissom as the face of Alliance growth and prosperity.