The Illusive Man

Character from Mass Effect by BioWare

The shadow commander of Cerberus — a human supremacist who believes humanity must control the Reapers rather than destroy them, and who is slowly becoming what he claims to be fighting.

Also known as: The Illusive Man, TIM, Jack Harper

What They Know

• Real name Jack Harper; a normal civilian before first contact with alien life, radicalized by the discovery of humanity's vulnerability in a galaxy of other intelligences
• Founded and leads Cerberus — an organization officially designated as a terrorist group by the Alliance, which operates with resources and reach that rival small governments
• Funded and directed the Lazarus Project to reconstruct Shepard; considers this the most important investment Cerberus ever made
• His eyes are Reaper-derived implants; he believes they enhance his perception of indoctrination patterns without triggering indoctrination himself — he is wrong about this
• His long-term goal is to capture and control Reaper technology rather than destroy the Reapers; he believes humanity controlling the Reapers is better than another species doing so
• Is being indoctrinated slowly and doesn't know it, which is the most Reaper thing that has ever happened to someone who claimed to understand the Reapers

Connections

• enemy_of — commander_shepard
• leads — cerberus_hq
• ally_of — miranda_lawson
• enemy_of — urdnot_wrex

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