Theresa Yao

Captain Theresa Yao was a senior officer of the UNSC Navy during the Great War. She was the commanding officer of the heavy cruiser Donnager. In the 2530s she ordered the retrieval of the shuttlecraft Knight, which contained the surviving crew of the light cruiser Canterbury following the ship's destruction in a sneak attack by Imperial stealth ships.
Her sister, Rebecca Yao, was a senior officer aboard the UNSC cruiser Persian Gate.
== Biography ==
Yao was born in the second half of the 25th century in the city of New Plymouth on Mars. As an adult she chose to join the UNSC Navy, eventually rising to the rank of Captain and subsequently being responsible for the capture and incarceration of her former subordinate, Lieutenant James Holden, after he attempted to mutiny and defect to the Insurrection.