Robards, Berry

Berry Robards [Berialtha Elizabeth Robards] Fiery of spirit and with a backgone made of steel Berry Robards grew up on the THI compound with her twin brother Barr and with cousins from the major THI families. After graduating from high school she entered the Fleet Academy at Capstan and graduated in the top ten percentile of her class. Her first cruise was aboard the Frigate TNS Polaris Star, after her initial cruise she spent the first five years of her career aboard the Destroyer TNS Pit Viper attaining the rank of 1st Lt. and then Lt. Commander. Upon attaining the rank of Lt. Commander she was transferred to the Light Cruiser TNS Landslide and served as first officer for another eight years before being promoted to Commander where she earned her first command. Commander Robards commanded the Heavy Cruiser TNS Highlander for another ten years before she attained the rank of Captain at age 45 and was given the Battle Cruiser TNS Break Water and commanded that and half a dozen other battle cruisers till she quit the service with an honorable discharge at age 60. After retiring she purchased an Azimuth-Class frigate and named it the Nike and installed her personal AI Athena. Berry operated the Nike for another hundred and twenty-five years until it was destroyed in an altercation with pirates when fellow crew member Nate Olan [Nathan J. Olander] brought the vessel to close to what he thought was a crippled ship and the Nike was destroyed with all hands escaping. Later Robards and her crew found the Super Battle Cruiser TNS SBC-006 Medusa one of six re-commissioned Ancient Theban Battle Cruisers [the Medusa is the only known survivor of the six ships].