The Mysterious Benefactor

Too obvious.....Or is it!!!!!

Haha yeah! I considered that too, and it could work if they do a lot of character and background building for him.

Certainly an option!

There is no reason TMB has to be in Andromeda, and people really need to stop saying it as though it were a given fact.

**IF** TIM is TMB he has about a billion agents who could be in Andromeda in his place.

There's only about 20000 humans though. 100 000 in total from the Milky Way Galaxy with all the species included.

I think it's difficult to write a good story with a villian residing in a different galaxy when the journey between them takes 600 years. But I'm starting to see that people are extremely set in their belief that TIM is behind this, so I guess there's no point discussing that particular avenue.

You're seriously working to miss the point.

TIM knows about the reapers prior to ME2
TIM Has a comical amount of resources.
TIM has used the name Jack Harper
A key character in game is named Cora Harper
Cora Harper looks to be young enough to be TIMs daughter.
TIM honestly cares about humanity in his own twisted way.
TIM is very pragmatic and likes to have alternatives and backup plans.

TIMs primary goal is to take control of the Reapers, but being the man he is, knows that failure is possible.  So in that case he would likely fund a way for humanity to survive, and he would damned well make sure his daughter survived.  TIM almost certainly has at least one trusted lieutenant to act as his surrogate on the Hyperion.  The only orders he would need to give this guy prior to leaving are "make sure humans come out on top in Andromeda" and "take care of my daughter".

At no point does TIM need to contact Andromeda or ever be seen again.  "His man" in Andromeda would be the face of Cerberus now.  We may get some audio logs if they decide to pay Martin Sheen to do them, but that's it.

Unlikely. He was forced into the role and has been improvising badly ever since.

Most likely it was planned for him to be the Director due to his non-existent charisma, incompetence and inexperience, so then the Benefactor swoops in as a hero and leads the AI towards "proper" goals.

They're long gone. Which sounds more like 600 years a go in a different galaxy than tops 14 months a go during arrival in Andromeda.

14 months is also a long time to disappear, especially when there's nobody to investigate the murder case. Hell it's bumped under killed in accident against the Scourge. So Benefactor had a ton of time to cover his/hers tracks by the time Ryder shows up to stumble into the case thanks to his/hers dad's memories.

The Benefactor(s) and killer(s) seem to be different persons or groups. Someone with that much money isn't going to do the dirty work himself.

You'll find the killer and thank to him find out who the Benefactor is, but that'll be someone back in the Milky Way.

We know the Benefactor's motive: have a back up plan for when the Reapers succeed. That doesn't mean he won't stay in the Milky Way to try and prevent this.

EDIT: Ah, I now notice different perspectives on 'long gone'. I read 'long dead' and others read 'long fled the scene'. English isn't my first language, but usually 'long gone' is dead, right?

There is an alternative explanation for this, It's called bad writing.


I find it hard to believe that Udina just had a few trillion credits left to spare that he was willing to invest into this rather risky venture.