Alex Weiss

Alex Weiss is the 22 year old American technician of the Endurance. He is also a very skilled hacker and electronics geek. Has made a living largely through legally dodgy and flawed avenues, but only doing things he considers ‘victimless crimes’ although his definition of this is pretty wide. Interests: Hacking, specifically defacing websites for kudos or hacking online gambling sites for fun and profit. Reading up about all the new tech stuff, Bit-torrenting everything and gaming. He is also an avid conspiracy theorist.

Alex is the Endurance’s technician, handyman, and all-around “radio-shack genius.” Despite his impressive technical and scientific background, Alex is the most “out-there” member of the crew. Alex’s MacGyver-like talent for jury-rigging technical devices and being somewhat of a ‘machine whisperer’ is very useful to the survivors. He’s a bit of genius and could probably be enormously successful in the technology field if he actually applied himself properly.

Alex knows this about himself and thus tends to do the very bear minimum amount of work needed to do the job and always “just squeaks by” as a result. Alex is a bit of a joker, and although he’s quite witty, he can be pretty crass. He also has a charming side and is more sensitive than he likes to let on. Alex has a fascination with conspiracy theories, alien abduction stories, and urban legends of all sorts.

In one of his 'documents' found on the island, it is believed that he had a crush on Lara and wanted to impress her by making a significant contribution to the escape from Yamatai.

SPOILER ALERT!!
Alex attempts to sneak back aboard the Endurance, which is being stripped by the Solarii, to recover Reyes' repair tools for the PT Boat. In the process he is discovered by the Solarii and retreats into the engine room. Lara makes her way through the Endurance to find Alex. In the partially submerged back section of the ship, she finds Alex with the repair tools but also badly injured with his leg smashed under fallen machinery. Solarii attack them as the room fills with gas, Alex managing to kill the initial attackers by shooting a gas line. More Solarii attack and Alex orders Lara to flee with the tools, knowing they both won't survive if she attempts to save him. After receiving a kiss on the cheek, Alex provides cover fire as Lara escapes, shutting the hatch and sealing him in the room with his attackers. Seeing the hatch shut, Alex turns and fires a pistol round into another gas line, causing a massive chain reaction of explosions that kills him and causes the back half of the Endurance to sink below the water as Lara escapes.

Trivia

 * On the right side of his neck, Alex has a tattoo of the skeletal structure of caffeine. It can be seen clearly during the cutscene where he made his last appearance.
 * He has the keyboard button of "Esc" on his shirt, which contradicts to the Endurance crew' goal, to escape Yamatai alive. Ironically, he "escapes" through death.