Ellen Anders

"Forge doesn't think it's safe for you to go down there yet. He's quite insistent."

- Captain James Cutter

"I can be quite insistent too, Captain. I can take care of myself."

- Anders

Professor Anders was a civilian researcher aboard the during the Second Battle of Harvest. She was granted her own quarters, the view of surrounding space "adding perspective to her work."

After an unknown relic on the surface had been detected, with numerous Covenant forces in the vicinity, Anders resolved to head down to investigate, despite protests from Sergeant John Forge. . Captain Cutter agreed to the mission, but ordered that Anders be extracted should there be any sign of danger.

One of the early levels in Halo Wars involves rescuing Anders from a Covenant outpost. She appears on the battlefield as a Hero Units similar to Sergeant Forge. Her in-game abilities have not been confirmed, though it appears she may function as an "engineer" type unit on the battlefield, capable of repairing vehicles and hacking door and bridge controls. .

Before departing the planet Harvest, Anders sends her father an analysis of Homer's Odyssey that slips past the ONI censors. As a result, her dad knows what the United Nations Space Command has discovered.