Kathrin Grunwald

Kathrin Grunwald (November 19, 2517- February 9, 2637) was a German-born UNSC Naval officer who served in the Human-Covenant War and the post-war campaigns. Grunwald first served aboard the Marathon-class cruiser UNSC Absolution between 2537 and 2551, eventually attaining the rank of Lieutenant in December of that year.
Grunwald was transferred to the frigate Reunion to serve as weapons officer, her first bridge position and one she held through the ships' survival of the Battle of Tribute and retreat to Earth. From there she was reassigned back to Absolution, on which she served during the Battle of Earth. After exemplary actions during the battle, in which she completed Absolution's mission despite the enemy's best efforts, Grunwald was later promoted to Following her promotion, she was made executive officer of the Remembrance-class frigate UNSC Resurgence.
By late 2555, Grunwald had progressed to the rank of and received her own command, being made commanding officer of Resurgence, having been promoted for her actions at the Battle of Korll on October 8 that year, which saw the vessel's commanding officer severely wounded. She continued to serve for the remainder of the Remnant Wars, and by 2604 was still serving; in this year, she saw promotion to the rank of and assumed command of a Strike Force. In 2621, Grunwald retired from operational service to become one of the most senior officers within . She held this position until her death of natural causes in 2637.
Grunwald was regarded as one of the greatest Naval officers of her generation; indeed, being often compared to , ironically a close friend of Kathrin's, who died during in 2552. Due to extensive cryo chamber use and slipspace travel for much of her career, Grunwald served in the Navy for a chronological period of one hundred years, and was chronologically one hundred and nineteen when she died. Despite this, her biological age was eighty two at the time of her death.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
===Battle of Earth===
===Battle of Installation 00===