Whyler "Pinpoint" Nelson



“PINPOINT ACCURACY!”

Corporal Whyler "Pinpoint" Nelson was stationed at an Alliance base in the Horse Head Nebula and assisted Thatcher after George Collins was killed in action. Afterwords he requested to be transfered to the SSV Jughead.

Background
Whyler Nelson was born in Melbourne Australia on Earth in 2152. Inheriting his fathers interest in antique guns, naturally Whyler started shooting them in his youth. His grandpa called him "Pinpoint" as Whyler typically had a better shot than his older brothers or his father. This led Whyler to being a very competitive spirit when it came to sports, and when the Alliance was recruiting he naturally joined to show off his marksman skills.

in 2173 he enlisted as a marine and went through training. He typically found himself stationed instead of being among the stars, which disappointed Whyler. He managed to get transfered to a ship, however it was shot down by a unidentified mercenary ship. Whyler and fellow marines managed to make it to escape pods to Omega, however they never met up with their captain. Whyler was stationed in a Horse Head Nebula research center after this in 2176. Due to an explosion Whyler stepped in and pushed a scientist out of the way, causing him to lose conciousness. Unable to wake him up they stored him in a cyrogenic tank until they could heal him from the accident. Whyler woke up in 2180.

Needing a year of rehabilitation to insure he was still able mentally and physically, Whyler's accident was kept off the record by the station in fear that the alliance would discharge him. The agreement to keep everything quiet was only accepted because he saved the lives of valuable researchers. In 2181 Whyler had a psychotic break down and was sedated and had his memory wiped to believe that he had simply been serving the alliance as a guard since his first arrival to the station. It is unknown how much Whyler truly knows.

Mass Effect: Resurgence
In 2182 Cerberus attacked the facility supposively looking for a mech, Thatcher reacted to the call and ended up coming across Pinpoint. Pinpoint respected Thatchers leadership and asked to join the crew. Since most of the researchers who knew about his condition had either evacuated or were shot, none of them could step in to stop the alliance from allowing the transfer.

Since joining the Jughead crew, Pinpoint has been revealed to be rather unstable but very dedicated to the task at hand. He will stop at nothing to carry out his orders, which can be a double edged sword to the crew as he is almost an extremist when it comes to upkeeping his duty. He often argues with Kanin and Weedle, but even mroe so with Envoy Johnson due to Pinpoint claiming Johnson overcharges for equipment.