Was TIM involved in the Andromeda Initiative....?

I know this has nothing to do with Noveria.

I'd imagine Cerberus played a part here but I don't think they'll factor in as a motivation for events in Andromeda. I mean, even if someone did work for Cerberus they'd have to know that TIM would be long dead and any allegiance to him is pointless.

Nightlife: Agreed. TIM has known about the Reapers as long as Shepard. I think some books or comics (haven't read them) say he was aware of them even longer ago than the beginning of ME1. So, yes, I could imagine him financially backing the AI and sending his daughter off to safety.

It's interesting that Alex Ryder was among the first people to go through the Charon Relay. Really gives a sense of him being a life long explorer who will take risks to discover the unknown.

It is far from unheard of for writers/devs to bs to cover for spoilers

'Cora' could be derived from 'Core' as well, as in Eva Core.

If they are related I seriously hope she is nothing like him. I don't want another space racist for a squadmate/LI. She worked with Asari commandos so that's a good sign.

Why the fuck would TIM let his DAUGHTER leave a war torn galaxy only to go to another dangerous set of uncharted hostile planets on weaponless ships and unarmed rovers?

No really can you imagine his face upon hearing that shit??

Because any answer other than "No" would be perceived as "Yes", and that would be bad for business.

He probably felt the desire to leave the galaxy, the home to Earth and humanity, was abandoning everything he stood for and thus wasn't interested in the Andromeda project for his own goals. There's a reason he drinks Bourbon and smokes a ton of cigarettes. He keeps old tradition amidst being in an alien, future world.

To have SOME connection to previous games is fine, imo. I don't mean the Reaper threat repeated, but, references to or moles from Cerberus wouldn't be too far fetched. And it's probable. But, they are gonna be without their powerbase and have to start anew. And mainly gimped. Of course they infiltrated some of the thousands of humans on board Hyperion.

I'm sure that there's more to "straight up exploration and colonization" than AI's mission - and that's a good thing. TIM mostly proved to be smarter than everyone else, so he could have a small hand in this from beyond the grave - could just be a minor plot point but I think nice.

Correct me if I am wrong but the name of the Ryder siblings' mother was Jana, in ME3 during the attack on Cronos Station you come across vid logs where TIM is talking to a scientist and calls her by her name ( Jana ).

So Cora might be related to TIM/Cerberus and the mother of Ryder family might have been a Cerberus scientist.

I have already come to terms with Cerberus possibly being in ME:A, but I hope the organisation isn't tied to the main story line ( very unlikely ). Side and/or squadmate missions seem more plausible.

We don't know her name yet, although the briefing mentioned Ellen Ryder.

The combinations in her full name makes me think it can be just a funny reference, because they made it too obvious. But they might have done it to make it feel too obvious to be true.

I don't see the problem if she's his daughter. She's old enough to make her own decisions. Although I can understand the concern of people about Cerberus having a role in ME again.  

Just because she's his daughter? Without knowing her opinions?

I doubt she can be thrown out in any case, given her role.