Reginald O'Rourke

Reginald O'Rourke is a human ex-Alliance marine. Infamous for his unabashed hatred of aliens and pro-human ideals before his dishonourable discharge, O'Rourke isn't a name many are willing to say in polite company. As of 2171 he is the captain of the Ulysses' Thorns, a contracted mercenary group mostly unheard of in the Terminus Systems.

Biography
Reginald O'Rourke was born in Birmingham, England on an unknown date in 2162 to a wealthy couple with heavy investment in the Shanxi colony. Growing up an Alliance kid, Reginald's life was decimated by the sudden arrival of the First Contact War which left him, like many others, grieving the loss of loved ones and growing a seething hatred for humanity's new galactic neighbours. Reginald continued to serve regardless as a Marine for the next couple years, gaining a reputation as a ruthless and unforgiving lieutenant, until an altercation with a Turian diplomatic mission (subsequent assault of the Turian representative) led to O'Rourke being dishonourably discharged from the Alliance military pending investigation. O'Rourke was put under house arrest while the Turian representative recovered from a severe beating, and O'Rourke was the talk of Alliance brass for all of 2 days before he disappeared. Not too long after, the Turian rep died while recovering in his hospital bed. The Alliance covered up the assault best they could, but relations with the Turians remained uneasy long after O'Rourke's disappearance.

Reginald O'Rourke vanished from the eye of the Alliance brass for years, ruled either dead or in hiding, until mention of a man fitting his description was spotted somewhere in the Terminus Systems. Since then only a few other reportings were filed, but a worrying number of those involve him talking with suspects with known ties to Cerberus, the Alliance's rogue special ops division.

The Ulysses' Thorns
Reginald O'Rourke managed to make a name for himself as a hired mercenary out in the Terminus Systems, working mostly for human businesses or aliens he deemed 'strong' enough like the Batarians, or Krogan. That was until a corporation calling itself the Terminus Syndicate approached him with plans to hire him as a Captain of his very own mercenary squad. Believing the human Syndicate agent who brought this to him, O'Rourke became the acting captain of the Ulysses' Thorns, the right hand of the Syndicate, and began recruiting.

It's unknown how exactly Reginald managed to obtain it without the Syndicate's help, but Captain O'Rourke is the 'proud owner' of a captive Yahg male he keeps in check with a neutral chip and shock-collar. On tougher missions or merely jobs that need a show of force, O'Rourke has been known to parade around 'Jaws' the Yahg and even let it loose.