Mass Effect/Characters

David Anderson is a fictional character in Bioware's Mass Effect series of video games and novels. Created by writer Drew Karpyshyn, Anderson appears as the protagonist of the novel Mass Effect: Revelation, then later as the supervisor to the player's Commander Shepard in the first video game.

Mass Effect: Revelation
In the novel, David Anderson is depicted as a young lieutenant who discovered the massacre at the research station on Sidon and lead the ensuing investigation into those responsible for it. Lt. Anderson is considered one of the Alliance's 'elites', having been trained in the N7 Marine program, graduating from the Arcutus Academy, as well as serving with honor in the First Contact war between the turians and the Alliance. Before he began his investigation of the massacre at Sidon, Anderson served as the Executive Officer of the SSV Hastings.

It is confirmed that Anderson was capable and had been considered a suitable candidate to represent Humanity in the Spectre agency. However, Saren, a Turian and antagonist of the game, bad-mouthed him in front of the Council and so Anderson was overlooked.

Mass Effect
David Anderson becomes the superior and advisor to Commander Shepard, the central character of the video game.