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Estelle de Winter
Estelle de Winter is a pilot within the Confederation Stellar Navy and a long term
member and squadron leader of the White Knights flight group.
Early Life
The squadron leader of the White Knights, Estelle takes her
career in the navy very seriously and prefers to do everything by the book.
This can lead to her becoming unpopular with other pilots and service personnel,
and has even led to her falling out
with her own team. She briefly dated Simon Dodds
whilst they were both in training
at the CSN academy, but split from him when she wanted to focus on her
career.
Her focus and due diligence has seen her rewarded with quicker
promotion than her peers and the respect of higher ranking personnel,
such as Elliott Parks and
David Turner. She is, however, quite
neurotic at times, managing to alienate even her closest friends
(though they are usually quick to forgive her).
The Honour of the Knights
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Though Estelle set her heart on leading the White Knights to becoming
the Confederation's squadron of choice for the ATAF project, she found
her hopes dashed as they were out-performed in evaluations by the
Red Devils. Her career hopes were further crushed when the Knights
were transferred to the Temper system to perform routine patrols.
She subsequently became jealous of Andrea Kennedy, the wing leader of
the Red Devils, feeling she was performing a duty she herself should
rightfully be doing. She later came to regret those feelings when
she witnessed Andrea's death during Operation Menelaus.
Estelle became to gain a dislike for Chaz Koonan, whom she felt was
too dismissive of her rank and authority. More so when the Knights
found themselves needing to rely on him whilst escaping Arlos starport,
whilst being pursued by a unit of black-suited Imperial soldiers.
Estelle was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander following Griffin and
Ifrit's successful return to Spirit.
The Third Side
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Along with her fellow wingmates, Estelle was en-route to the Solaris system when CSN Ifrit was ambushed in
jump by a Pandoran force. After the invaders forced the carrier from jump, the White Knights were evacuated
to the surface of Mythos, to the city of New Malaga. The escort team lost some members on the way to the sled bay, forcing Estelle to
make the journey to the surface with Chaz. The two put down in Eastfields Park when their sled suffered a
mechanical failure, after colliding with something during the initial evacuation.
For her stress, Estelle had started secretly taking pills to control her anxiety. These she gradually
consumes and loses as her time on Mythos goes on.
Estelle began to grow suspicious of Chaz during their time on the ground, as they search for the rest of their team
and for a way to get off the planet. She eventually confronts him over his lack of caring for their team mates,
as well as his own secretive nature. Convinced he is a spy, she is surprised when he acknowledges that is he
actually working for the CSS.
Along with Chaz, Estelle then join the Mythos Territorial Guard as they attempt to drive back the Pandoran
invaders to the planet. Her feelings towards Chaz shift during this period, as he not only saves her life,
but becomes more compassionate towards her feelings, offering her some pills to replace the ones that she lost
during the time on the planet.
Estelle becomes immediately jealous of Natalia Grace when the two meet, seeing her as a threat towards
her continuing relationship with Dodds.
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Used to date Simon Dodds