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Alec Ryder, human Pathfinder from Mass Effect: Andromeda

Alec

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A decorated N7 operative turned AI researcher and the first human Pathfinder for the Andromeda Initiative, Alec Ryder represents humanity's best hope for establishing a new home in another galaxy. Carrying both the weight of his controversial past and the responsibility for thousands of colonists' futures, he must navigate alien threats and ancient technology while harboring personal secrets that could change the initiative's fate.

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