Control (John Rodriguez)

This is the new director of Southern Reach. He’s just entered into the position and he’s gathering intelligence on Area X, mostly from transcripts, reports, and Grace’s debriefing. He doesn’t think that Grace’s former paranoia against taking modern technology into Area X should be continued, as well as her protocols regarding internet and email archiving. He is widely influenced by the memory of his artist father, who was his greatest influence growing up.

Father was part Hispanic and part Indian. His own coloring is dark like his father's, but his features are more like his mother’s. They divorced when he was young and he always envisioned his mother as a streak of light against a dark sky. He wanted to be in the sky with her, but never was.

The name, Control, was given to him by his Ex-agent Grandfather...