William Yu

"The last frontier is the human mind and we are its pioneers."

- William Yu quote on a plaque.

William Yu is the father of Alex and Morgan Yu and the chairman of the board of directors for Transtar.

Background
William was an accomplished Chinese neuroscientist who married a German businesswoman, Catherine Yu. The two conceived two children, Alex and Morgan. In 2025, William founded a technology company called TranStar.

Prey (2017)
As the news of the Typhon outbreak reached the TranStar board, William ordered Walther Dahl to secure all "Cobalt clearance level technology and research" from Talos I and exterminate all human personnel.

Personality and skills
He doesn't appear physically in Prey (2017), but there are audio logs of him going great lengths to protect the company and indirectly ordering the deaths of his own children.