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=Jewell "Dutch" Holland Background=

Jewell is one of the oldest Whites and grew up in an NEG orphanage after her parents divorced and gave her up for adoption. Her Nazzadi mother went back into the military and was KIA early in the Second Arcanotech War; her human father was in Las Vegas when the Zone appeared. It was fairly quickly evident to the staff at the orphanage that there was something unusual about her beyond being an albino and once the link between this and parapsychic powers was determined, Jewell was extensively (although not invasively) tested by the Office of Internal Security.

Once Jewell's particular parapsychic abilities were deemed safe, she was returned to the orphanage with advice to the managers to steer her towards federal service, preferably the military. Given the high degree of 'patriotic' material available in the media, this was relatively simple to accomplish. Jewell was encouraged to enter a kendo school run by a military veteran and received dispensation to enlist when she was seventeen, although she did not complete her advanced training as a Mecha pilot until the following year.

She has just recently completed this and been assigned to her first operational unit, piloting a Broadsword. This makes her even more of an oddity as of the few Whites to enter the military so far, she is one of the very few Whites to become a pilot. There was talk of her entering training to be an Engel pilot but she has resisted this as frankly, the idea bothers her. And as a rule Jewel listens to her instincts.

Jewell is slight for her age, but wiry. Unless she has her parapsychics active, only her colouring seems out of the ordinary. When she does, her movement smoothes perceptibly and every movement precisely controlled. Out of uniform she prefers human styles to Nazzadi fashions and she keeps her hair short to fit easily under a helmet.