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Ep02.Ensign
name
Biographical information
Gender

Female[1]

Occupation(s)

Union of Allied Planets naval officer[1]

Title(s)

Ensign[1]

Statistics
Ship(s) captained or crewed

1 Tohoku-class cruiser

Affiliation

Union of Allied Planets[1]

This Union of Allied Planets ensign served aboard a Tohoku-class cruiser not far from the Georgia system.

On the bridge of the cruiser, the ensign was approached by the colonel, her commanding officer, and asked to summarize "the fuss" he heard about. The ensign reported that it was an all-network alert about a cargo theft: six crates of Pescaline D had been stolen from a train en route to Paradiso. The colonel glanced at the report and briefly noted that the stolen drugs would sell for a fortune on the black market. Uninterested, he ordered the ensign to leave the matter to the local officials as he prepared to walk away. She stopped him, noting that a regiment of federal marshals was being held up in Paradiso. When the colonel told her to get them back aboard the train to their destination, she stated that the sheriff was requesting that some of the marshals assist him with the theft. The colonel, now agitated, finally dismissed the request. He considered the federal agents too important to be diverted to focus on a heist.

Because the colonel did not care about matters on Rim planets, and since he did not know the robbery was committed by the crew of Serenity, the Alliance missed a unique opportunity to help apprehend the sibling fugitives Simon and River Tam. The crew of the cruiser later received word that the medicine was returned.

Behind the scenes[]

The Ensign aboard the cruiser only appeared in "The Train Job" and was portrayed by Lina Patel.

Appearances[]

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