Grace Luther
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Grace Luther | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Also known as | "Doc" (unwanted nickname) |
| Affiliation | Free Worlds League Stone's Coalition |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Medic, Comm Tech |
Doctor Grace Luther was, as of July 3076, a member of Stone's Lament and the medic and comm tech in its Recon Squad Four.
History[edit]
Prior to her time in Stone's Lament, Grace was part of Alys Rousset-Marik's anti-Word of Blake resistance movement, recruited forcefully from a Universalist medical mission. She participated in multiple raids as a medic and/or communications tech. However, the staunch pacifist never fired a weapon. The resistance eventually sent her to Devlin Stone's forces, where she became part of Stone's Lament's Recon Squad Four. Captain Jared Travis falsified her martial arts scores to keep her certified and on the team.[1]
During the Sixteenth Battle of Hesperus II, as part of Recon Squad Four, Grace helped defend a House Hogarth summer home and the art within on orders from General Thomas Hogarth. Caught by a Word of Blake battle armor advance, the squad lost two members, including its XO, Lieutenant Davison. These members were replaced in 3076, but even by that point, Grace still had nightmares about their deaths.[2]
In 3076, Recon Squad Four was deployed to Rochelle to scout out a Word of Blake installation and, if necessary, disable it.[1] En route, Grace, along with Franz Logan and Luella Hildebrand, were found by a Blakist Protectorate Militia soldier. The staunch pacifist Grace had to, with Luella's help and with the Lieutenant sharing the blame, kill him in self-defense.[3]
The squad reached its destination, a warehouse Luella identified as a tracking center for a Space Defense System, on 11 July. There, the team engaged and defeated Manei Domini cyborgs, losing Busby Matvey in the process. In the same battle, Franz suffered serious injuries. Unusually, Grace fired the lethal blow on one of the two cyborgs, using an AT rocket.[4] Luella soon fired on the tracking center's systems, overloading the SDS's power grid and disabling the defense system for the arrival of Stone's forces.[5]
Due to Grace's quick treatment, Franz recovered well from his injuries, just in time for the squad's next task to be assigned on 17 July: to help deal with a Blakist-backed corporation in Rochelle's capital that refused to disarm.[5]