Alez Mererus

Alez is a skilled navigator and daughter of renown politician T'leah Mererus from Ilium. She eventually joined Thatcher and the others on the SSV Jughead.

Background
Born in 1983 on the garden world of Ilium, and spent most of her life trying to climb the politcal ladder after reaching adult hood. Alez' father died early in her life as his salrian life span was quite short. She was mainly raised by her mother, T'Leah Mererus, who is an influencial councillor herself.

After becoming a member of various city councils and organizations-- Alez spent some time off world as a part of an asari ambasador party and in turn spent more time navigating and working on the ship than actually negotiating and acting as a politcian. In turn she gained apprenticeship to the navigator aboard the embassy vessel and did so until she herself took over as chief navigator. Alez returned to Ilium in order to return to politics, but had to start from the bottom again. She ended up picking up secretary and data-keeping jobs and never truly gained as much prowess as she had before. Her mother was going to help her get another job until she was offered a position as the chief navigator on the SSV Jughead, in which she accepted putting her politcal career on hold again.

Mass Effect: Resurgence
Alez made herself comfortable aboard the Jughead faster than any other crew member and has excelled in her position. She seems somewhat uneasy around the other crew outside of a work environment and can't seem to relate well to them. As navigator she mainly works with the pilot and yeoman the most. Her and Adam have a decent enough relationship, however she often feels as if he is "studying" her for his own benefit and not out of natural interest. It should be noted that former pilot Jean and Alez often butted heads, but Alez was still struck with grieve when the alliance pilot died on Tuchanka. Alez and Jeanine Yamada are two of the most serious beings on the ship, thus communication is formal between the two.

Alez' positions importance had Thatcher elect her to be one of the five to receive alliance training on the citadel. After the intensive training was completed, Alez had gained the rank of corporal, much to Jeanine's dismay.