Anderson

Systems Alliance admiral who stays behind on Earth to rally resistance against the Reapers.

David Anderson served as a decorated human naval officer and politician within the Systems Alliance.

Quick Facts

Status:: Deceased (as of Mass Effect 3)

Lore & Background

As tensions rose leading to the Reaper invasion, Anderson found himself at odds with the Citadel's diplomatic stagnation.

Reader's Guide

Admiral David Anderson serves as the trilogy's moral anchor, evolving from a steadfast mentor who champions Shepard's Spectre candidacy into humanity's reluctant political general during the Reaper invasion. In Mass Effect 3 he stays behind on Earth to rally the resistance, later enters the Citadel with Shepard through a Reaper transportation beam, and dies in the confrontation with the Illusive Man, which only Shepard survives.