Ariel Pace

Corporal Ariel Pace, born Ariel Parsi, (COG tags CSID 04TMW4-7TYWC-FI) was a Gear who served in the Pendulum Wars and the early Locust War before being severely injured during the Fall of Turin. Begrudgingly accepting a position within Ephrya CIC while undergoing intensive physical therapy, Pace would spend most of the war inside the Jacinto Plateau, much to her chagrin. By the time of the Lightmass Offensive, she had been cleared for limited field duty, performing patrols around Jacinto City, keeping the growing refugee population under control and engaging the occasional Locust raid into the city. As the raids increased and escalated into a full-blown siege of Jacinto, her unit, mostly consisting of walking wounded and Stranded conscripts, were pulled back further into the city to safeguard storehouses, supply depots, and Jacinto Medical Center.
Several months after the Lightmass Bombing, she and her squad were assigned as part of the guard detail for Pomeroy Depot, due in part to its proximity to Jacinto Medical Center. Shortly after, it was attacked by Locust raiders who, despite being driven off, inflicted several casualties on the defenders, including her own, forcing them to be rerouted to Jacinto Medical for treatment, which itself came under attack soon after. Not long after, Chairman Richard Prescott announced the start of Operation HOLLOW STORM, an invasion of the Inner Hollow in a desperate attempt to destroy the Locust once and for all, with a large portion of the remaining Army taking part in the assault.
Pace, being unable to participate herself, was left to cover the duties of many of the Gears who had volunteered for HOLLOW STORM, including far more dangerous patrols outside of the relative safety of Jacinto, something she enjoyed far more than policing refugee encampments. This did not last long, however, as soon HOLLOW STORM suffered major setbacks, including the complete and total loss of the city of Ilima and the discovery of the Locust's plan to sink Jacinto in much the same way. Faced with an impossibly difficult decision, COG High Command declared that they would sink the city first, and drown the Locust in their homes. As part of this, massive evacuations were ordered immediately, with Pace being assigned to assist, specifically helping both patients and medical staff at Jacinto Medical Center safely evacuate to several Navy ships off the coast. These included the CNV Unity and converted landing and troop ships, before evacuating onboard the cruiser CNV Jolyon Iver, mere hours before Jacinto was sunk, flooding the Inner Hollow and ending the war.
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