Pel

Pel was a human Cerberus operative who worked for the Illusive Man for many years. He is described as being a large, olive-skinned man with a close-cropped afro and a narrow beard. Pel started his career as a mercenary, and retained a casual disregard for human life that enabled him to work difficult jobs or conduct 'wetwork'. He cared less for Cerberus' duty to guide humanity's destiny, than he did for profit or the chance to get revenge for the indignities humans had suffered at alien hands.

One of Pel's most notable early jobs for Cerberus was posing as a bodyguard for Claude Menneau. Alongside his unsuspecting partner Keo, Pel worked his way into Menneau's confidence until, alongside Paul Grayson, he was able to cut Menneau's throat while he slept aboard his starship. Pel used to taunt Grayson - who had taken care of Keo - by calling him 'Killer', and retained this nickname while they worked together.

In 2183, the Illusive Man sent Pel to meet with a new contact on Omega, Golo. Pel's job was to get transmission codes for the Migrant Fleet that Cerberus could use to monitor the quarian vessels. Golo agreed to set up an ambush for a quarian crew to get the codes. When Golo lured Feda'Gazu vas Idenna to Shelba, Pel watched their meeting through a sniper scope and shot Feda when they sprung their trap, then helped to capture the pilot, Hilo'Jaa vas Idenna, the only one taken alive. Pel brought Hilo to Omega for interrogation, but the quarian's injuries meant he caught a terrible sickness and Pel couldn't get any sense out of him. To compensate, Golo relayed a juicy offer from the Collectors - they would pay handsomely for healthy human biotics. Knowing Paul Grayson was on his way to Omega, ostensibly to hide his daughter Gillian Grayson there, Pel decided that he'd make more credits working for the Collectors than for Cerberus. As soon as Grayson and his group arrived, Pel captured them and held them in his Omega warehouse.

However, Pel had reckoned without interference from Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya. The quarian launched an attack on the warehouse, forcing Pel to scramble his team. He made every attempt to take Gillian and Hendel Mitra alive before trying to blow up their rover with a rocket launcher, not realising Paul Grayson was behind him. Grayson shot Pel's teammate before killing Pel himself.