Cassandra Ruiz

History
Cassandra is a shapely and handsome woman at the age of 35. She's been handling both a career and family for most of her adult life. When she was 20 she first met Adamo, the man she now calls husband. They were fast friends and the relationship became serious soon after. At the age of 22 she became Mrs. Cassandra Ruiz.

They were both driven in their military careers. While Adamo's career took him into Internal Security, Cassandra's talents took her into the command ranks. At the age of 25 she first met Antonio Lopez, then a Commander of a special detachment with a high priority mission in Omicron Eta. She was assigned to the unit as a Lieutenant, 2 pay grades lower. The mission was a success and she managed to catch Antonio's attention with her piloting and command skills. Her unit also had the highest kill count.

From that point on Antonio had managed to get her assigned to almost every special mission he led. When Cassandra was just shy of 30 she learned that Antonio had earned command of a Storta Destroyer. He had requested she be his second in command of the ship. By this time she had two children with Adamo and she thought the job would offer her better chances of being alive long enough to see them grow and start families of their own. Adamo, however, was already jealous that Antonio requested her so often. Especially since she seemed to be one of the lucky ones when it came to having children. At that time she had only had three miscarriages. When one considers that most Outcast pregnancies end in miscarriage, having two children survive to birth was a major family blessing.

Cassandra reassured Adamo, for what must be the millionth time, that nothing personal ever happened between Antonio and her. As a matter of fact, he had sent a few demerits her way for not showing proper respect of superiors when her temper flared. She shared with Adamo how she felt about wanting to see her children grow into adults and, after a few hours of debate, he agreed to her promotion.

Five short years later Antonio was offered the rank of Fleet Admiral of the newly formed Outcast Militia and he again offered her promotion, the command of the Destroyer Alcara that had been their home in space. At first it also served as the flagship of the Outcast Militia while a new Ranseur Dreadnought, the Kraken, was being built. He kept an office on board but left the command of the ship and crew to her. Once the Kraken was finished his office moved to the Dreadnought and she pulled double duty. Whenever the Flagship had to fly out of the Core systems she would relinquish command of the Alcara to her second and assume command of the Kraken, second to Antonio himself. It would seem that Antonio trusted her most of all with the safety of both him and the Flagship when his shift was over and he retired to his quarters for some rest.

The Outcasts seem to have an abundance of Storta Destroyers flying around, you can see an average of five flying around Ibiza base guarding the area at any time. With this in mind Antonio thought it better to order a Sarissa Battleship built to reinforce the borders and assist the Destroyers in times of need. His first choice, yet again, was Cassandra Ruiz for the command of this new battleship. She was allowed to choose from a list of potential names for the ship and she settled on Vesuvius. This resulted in Antonio showing her one of his rare genuine smiles, apparently the name was his favorite as well.