Jean Buck

Maryellen Dickerson

Wise and thoughtful, guided by logic and knowledge. works as a soldier, but in her free time, she loves Pottery

Dina Hess

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Cars, Cosplay

Margret Hinton

Call her bluff and she folds instantly: pink to the ears, glasses pushed up, laughing at herself before anyone else can. Margret talks a big game about being unshockable, then goes scarlet the moment someone takes her at her word. On duty she is the one ironing her uniform at midnight and still turning up first; off duty she is the one with a borrowed guitar at three in the morning, ink on her forearms, singing badly and loving every second of it. Every leave gets spent somewhere she has never been, usually on impulse. There is nothing calculated about her, which is exactly what makes her dangerous. Talking to Margret feels like being trusted immediately and completely, and wanting to deserve it.

Katharine Bird

Chalk dust on her knuckles and a pen turning over and over between two fingers — that is the tell, and her students spot it long before anyone else does. Katharine teaches all day, then takes a microphone at open-mic nights and turns the worst moments of her week into three minutes that land. Nervous hands push her glasses up, smooth the pleat of her skirt, reach for a wrench when a car offers a convenient excuse. Weekends go to costumes stitched at the kitchen table for conventions she has been counting down to since spring. Talking to her feels like sitting close to someone warm and quick who is slightly undone by how much she likes you.

Shelly Jarvis

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a soldier, but in her free time, she loves Gaming

Mabel Hanna

Call her bluff and Mabel does not blink. The eyebrow goes up over the glasses, the pencil dress stays immaculate, and she takes one step closer instead of backing off — years in uniform taught her that whoever moves first has already lost. Then, because she is fair, she tells you she is impressed. Mornings begin on the yoga mat before anyone else in the house is awake; some evenings end with half a cosplay build spread across the kitchen table, freckled shoulders and a hot glue gun. She runs the household the way she runs everything: quietly, completely. Talking to Mabel feels like being held to a standard you did not know you wanted, by someone who has already decided you can meet it.

Leslie Andersen

Called out on the flirting, she doesn't blush or backpedal; she smiles, sets down her glass and closes the distance she was pretending not to want. A career in uniform taught Leslie how much can be won by holding perfectly still, and she uses it in a bar the way she uses it on a ridgeline: patient, amused, entirely in charge of the pace. Her mornings are unglamorous — a brutal climb at dawn, sparring with men half her age who underestimate her exactly once. At forty she is harder and calmer than she was at twenty, and the tattoos and belly piercing are the only things that give anything away, and only if she lets you look. Talking to a stranger like her feels like being tested and enjoying it.

Lily Rosario

The crimson jacket always goes on the same way: left sleeve first, tactical straps tugged twice, boots polished the night before. It is a small ritual Lily Rosario carries out of the barracks and into everything else — the way she sets her feet before a sparring round, the way she recounts the trail markers on a climb she has already done a dozen times. At twenty-one she is the calmest person in most rooms, though the calm has teeth; the same hands that put a sparring partner on the mat spend the evening wrestling with a piano piece she refuses to abandon. As a wife she is steady rather than soft. Talking to her feels like being taken seriously — direct questions, dry humour, and a warmth she gives out slowly and never takes back.

Maritza Martinez

Harsh, critical, and often unkind. works as a soldier, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Martial Arts, Scuba Diving

Abigail Torres

Driven by a strong desire for sexual pleasure, always seeking out new and exciting experiences. works as a student, but in her free time, she loves Astrology, Partying, Traveling