War Assets

War Assets in Mass Effect 3 are the people, weapons, armies and fleets that Commander Shepard can accumulate throughout the game.

War assets are assigned a point value, indicating Total Military Strength, which is then multiplied by a Readiness Rating the produce the galaxy's Effective Military Strength, which determines success in the final battle against the Reapers.

War assets and military strength can be inspected using the War Terminal aboard the Normandy.

Readiness Rating
The readiness rating is presented as a percentage of the collected war assets that contribute to the galaxy's Effective Military Strength. The readiness rating is increased by participation in the Galaxy at War system, which includes:
 * Multiplayer
 * Mass Effect: Infiltrator
 * Mass Effect: Datapad

Systems Alliance
The Systems Alliance represents humanity's economic, political and military reach throughout the galaxy. Its naval forces are led by Admiral Steven Hackett.

Alliance Engineering Corps
The Alliance Engineering Corps cuts roads through mountains and builds bases on asteroids. While the bulk of the AEC has active wartime duties, their brightest are helping build a device of Prothean origin recoverd on Mars. Due to the staggering amount of raw materials required, the AEC has been given unprecedented emergency funding for any Alliance resources that will not interfere with the deployment of troops.

103rd Marine Division
The old saying "every marine is a rifleman" still holds true in the Alliance. Every marine enlistee, from clerks to sniper, goes through a period of infantry training. As a result, the 103rd Marine Division is Earth's largest collection of Special Forces soldiers. Officers from notable battles, such as the Skyllian Blitz and the First Contact War, run harsh training exercises in a variety of environments, insisting the marines be prepared to storm any beach, on any planet.

Admiral Mikhailovich
When the Reaper called Sovereign attacked the Citadel in 2183, Rear Admiral Mikhailovich led the 63rd Scout Flotilla against it. The 63rd suffered the fewest losses of any Alliance flotilla during the Battle of the Citadel, while providing critical support for the Fifth Fleet's carriers and dreadnoughts. The Alliance promoted Mikhailovich from Rear Admiral to Admiral after the battle, and tasked him with rebuilding and upgrading his ships.