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Sima Mandeep
Sima Mandeep is a starship commander with the United Naval Forces.
Early Life
Holding the rank of commodore, Mandeep was one of the first to volunteer to join
the newly formed United Naval Forces (UNF), leaving her career within her previous
Independent navy behind.
She became a close ally of the Confederation, working hard and dedicating much of her time
to maintaining and improving relationships between the many involved parties.
She has especially warm feelings for Elliott Parks, whom she cannot help but smile at.
The Honour of the Knights
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The Third Side
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Sima Mandeep was in attendance at the IWC general assembly at Alba when the news came in that Ifrit
had been shot down over Mythos. She joined both Elliott Parks and Amanda Jenkins during the preparations
for the rescue effort, volunteering to bring Grendel's Mother to the Coyote system to assist.
Mandeep did not arrive at Mythos until late into the battle around the planet, having had her position
of authority largely stripped. Though she was acting captain of Grendel's Mother, her decisions were
ultimately at the mercy of the goals of Adrian Parsons who had assumed full command over the ship and the operation.
Mandeep attempted to override Parsons' command aboard Grendel's Mother when the man ordered that Parks
be arrested and held back from any direct involvement in the battle and his desires to effect
Operation Sudarberg within the next few hours. Parsons' threatened her with a stay in the brig
and a court-martial immediately after, should not back down. When Parks was taken from the bridge,
she was on her second strike, with Parsons reminding her with a show of three fingers that she was
close to the fate he was promising should she cross him again.
Mandeep came searching for Parks when the evacuation order was sounded on the ship, following its
boarding. She found him incapacitated and almost unconscious after his fight with Anthony Hawke, who
was about to finish him off. She subsequently attacked Hawke with a fire axe she was brandishing as a
weapon, beheading him after a short struggle. She then helped Parks off the ship, leading them
both to the escape pods.
She felt sorrow at Grendel's Mother's destruction, as she had served aboard the ship for a number of
years and had hoped to see it survive its service until it was naturally decommissioned.
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