Ray Poward

Ray Poward is a playable character in   Contra  series, initially in Contra Hard Corps. He was one of the   Hard Corps operatives or soldiers, alongside Sheena Etranzi, Brad Fang, and Browny, under the orders of Commander Doyle are sent to stop the nefarious plans of Colonel Bahamut - a war hero, from using the Red Falcon's DNA to build a new weapon. The plans of Bahamut was finally stopped. Later, Poward, with the help of the mercenary Tasha, the robot CD-288, and the alien Bubba was sent for another mission - to stop Colonel Bassad who have bought off a stolen alien embryo (presumably the Red Falcon's) to create a new breed of aliens. Additionally he has allied with an unknown alien to help him rule the world. Bassad was stopped in the end. A meteorite contaning aliens crashed on a Mayan temple, and aliens are loose staging an invasion. Tasha was sent to infiltrate the temple, but becomes missing. Poward, who has retired, goes back to action to find Tasha and stop the aliens. He succeeds in the end.