Claude Menneau

Claude Menneau was a candidate for leadership of the Terra Firma party in the 2170s after Inez Simmons resigned due to the Nashan Stellar Dynamics kickback scandal. Menneau had two bodyguards, Pel and Keo, and travelled in his own private vessel with a pilot, Paul Grayson. Menneau was a charismatic figure, but not a particularly likeable man in person. He was leading in the polls by three points ahead of Charles Saracino, when he mysteriously disappeared, along with his vessel and bodyguards.

In fact, the Illusive Man, head of Cerberus, had decided that Saracino was the man he wanted to head Terra Firma. Pel and Paul Grayson were actually Cerberus operatives planted to shadow Menneau and watch for an opportunity. While Menneau was en route to Shanxi, asleep in his cabin, Pel put his plan into action. While Grayson took care of Keo, Pel sneaked into Menneau's cabin and killed him. The ship, along with Keo and Menneau's bodies, was disposed of and Menneau's body was never found. Theories and rumours about his disappearance ran riot for a number of years. In the meantime, Charles Saracino ascended to the party leadership unopposed.