Monica Reyes

Monica Reyes was the designated telepath on the Fast Attack Corvette Fighting Mongoose. Her primary task was communicating with Oscar, the ship's Memn navigator, who lived in a large tank in the ship's command section, three decks below the Main Bridge. Reyes was … the polite term would be … enigmatic. There were a few gifted telepaths in the crew, but she was the highest level; officially Class 4, but Redfire suspected she was holding back. Her primary task on the ship was communicating with and seeing to the needs of the ship’s navigator, whom they called ‘Oscar.’ Oscar was a member of the Memn species; a kind of giant, hyper-intelligent jellyfish from the planet Sestina. - Worlds Apart Book 12: EarthReyes was a native of Bella La Cava colony. She grew up in the city of Palmas and joined the crew of Fighting Mongoose after completing two terms of service in the Bella La Cava space defense corps. Her telepathic ability was discovered during her term of service with the corps, and she was trained as part of an elite group to communicate with telepathic Memn navigators, which were becoming standard on ships of the Free Worlds Affiliation. She met commander Woden during a joint military exercise and later accepted his offer to join his crew. 
When Phil Redfire joined the crew of Fighting Mongoose, Reyes became a sort of guide to him in explaining the ship's culture and helping him understand the crew. Worlds Apart Book 13 hinted (barely) at a mutual attraction between Reyes and Redfire, so it's possible they got together later, I guess, IYKWIMAITTYD.
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