Mira (Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine)

2nd Lieutenant Mira is a minor supporting protagonist of the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine video game. She is the 2nd Lieutenant of the Cadian Shock Troops, serving in the 203rd Cadian regiment, who fought to save the Imperial Forge World of Graia from an Ork WAAAGH!, and then fought against the subsequent Chaos invasion led by Chaos Lord Nemeroth. She became the commander of the regiment once the rest of her superiors were killed in battle, and she helped Ultramarines Captain Titus, Sergeant Sidonus, and Leandros repel the invading forces. 
As the sequel game, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, appears to take place at least two centuries after the first game, 2nd Lieutenant Mira presumably died in the intervening time, whether by old age or on the battlefield. 
Mira was voiced by Christine Roberts. 
==Biography==
===Past===
Mira was born at some point in late M41 on Cadia, the most important Fortress World of the Imperium of Man. Like most of the population, she joined the Cadian Shock Troops, the most exemplary regiment of the Imperial Guard. She served in the 203rd Cadian regiment, becoming a Regimental Officer with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, also becoming a skilled and experienced tactician as she served in the many campaigns of the Cadian Shock Troops.
===Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine===
In late M41, the 203rd Cadian was en route to a campaign site, but were suddenly redirected to the nearby Forge World of Graia, which had come under attack from an Ork WAAAGH!, a war on apocalyptic scale launched by the alien Orks. As Graia was home to the manufacturing of incredibly important Warlord-class Titans, its strategic value was considered absolute, so the 203rd Cadian were tasked with repelling the invasion. Mira and her companions managed to land just before the invading Orks captured the planet's anti-air emplacements, cutting off the 203rd Cadian from air support and reinforcements. Mira was stationed with the bulk of the 203rd Cadian near Industrial Zone 82, mounting a valiant defense over the course of two weeks as the Orks poured in from all sides, directed remotely by their Warboss, Grimskull, who hovered over the battlefield in his Kill Kroozer.
In the battle, the 203rd Cadian suffered massive casualties, and every officer except Mira were killed, leaving Mira in full command of the regiment, where she swore to save the lives of the soldiers still under her command, who remained fiercely loyal to her. Using her tactical experience, Mira managed to organize a successful, but strained defense with what guardsmen survived, holding off the Orks for as long as they could while the remaining 203rd Cadian was slowly worn down. Despite the mounting odds, Mira kept ahold of her uncompromising humanity, and refused to surrender.
After two weeks of fighting, the Ultramarines 2nd Company was deployed to Graia to stop the Orks from capturing any functional Titans on the planet. The 2nd Company's command squad, consisting of Captain Titus, Sergeant Sidonus, and Brother Leandros, soon took down the Kill Kroozer and slaughtered hordes of Orks as they made their way to the Cadian positions. Upon reaching the guardsmen, the Ultramarines were brought to Lieutenant Mira, who was relieved to see them, admitting that she was starting to lose hope in her regiment's odds of survival. She told Titus of how the 203rd Cadian was the only Imperial Guard regiment that was able to land before the Orks got ahold of the planetary defense systems, noting specifically a nearby aerial defense gun known as the Goliath, which she did not have the manpower to retake. Titus assured Mira that he would disable the gun, and Lieutenant Mira helped guide the Ultramarines towards the structure, all four of them blasting their way through Orks that stood against them. Once they were close enough, Mira pointed out the place where the Orks breached the structure, and then had to return to her regiment to continue leading the defense.
Later, the Ultramarines met with Inquisitor Drogan, an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor who had remained hidden within Manufactorum Ajakis, and Titus retrieved an experimental power source of Warp energy from the manufactorum. With Drogan leading them, the Ultramarines met with Lieutenant Mira again in Bastion Primus, helping the 203rd Cadian secure some key positions from the Orks, although Titus had gone his own way to keep the Orks away from his companions. Mira met with Titus and had him board a Valkyrie gunship to fly him towards the Kalkys facility, where Drogan had hidden a psychic superweapon that was capable of destroying the Ork hordes. Meanwhile, Leandros, Sidonus, and Drogan had already arrived at Bastion Primus and were already heading towards Kalkys in another Valkyrie. As Titus was flown into the air, Mira boarded a Valkyrie of her own as she led a fleet of gunships towards Kalkys. In the air, they were attacked by Ork aircraft and aerial fighters, which took down many Valkyries, even forcing Titus to crash-land on an Ork-held bridge. After Titus cleared the bridge of Orks, Mira's gunship picked up him, and she flew him to Kalkys to reunite with his companions, before returning to Cadian-held territory, as she lost too many gunships in the escort.
Lieutenant Mira continued to hold the line against the Orks with her now-reinforced troops, as the psychic weapon, known as the Psychic Scourge, was fired by the Ultramarines, which sent out a blast of Warp energy that struck an Orbital Spire specifically meant to channel the energy into a psychic blast that would destroy all the Orks. However, instead of destroying the Orks, the Psychic Scourge opened up a Warp rift above the Orbital Spire, and allowed an entire warband of Chaos Marines, known as the Chosen of Nemeroth, to invade Graia, alongside Bloodletter Daemons. As it turns out, "Drogan" was killed before the WAAAGH! landed, and the Ultramarines had been talking to a corpse the entire time, as Drogan's body was used as a host by a Daemon who rewired the Psychic Scourge to open a Warp Rift instead of its intended function. The Cadians were taken by surprise, but Mira quickly adjusted her strategy as utter chaos erupted across the battlefield, with the Orks and Chaos Marines fighting both the 203rd Cadian and each other. The Ultramarines descended the Kalkys facility, killing many Chaos Marines after encountering Nemeroth, the fearsome Chaos Lord who led the Chaos warband, managing to contact Lieutenant Mira once they reached the ground. Mira reported that she was still holding her ground even in the face of the new threat, and Titus explained what happened. Titus then tracked down Warboss Grimskull, who was still chasing him for the Warp power source that Titus kept ahold of, and Titus managed to kill Grimskull, making the WAAAGH! dissolve into disorder. The 203rd Cadian easily picked off the now-disorganized Orks, much to Mira's relief, but the Chaos Marines kept attacking.
Titus then managed to lead his companions to Manufactorum Ajakis, using the Titan within to blast the Orbital Spire apart, preventing the Warp rift above it from growing large enough to let a Chaos fleet through, but did not close it. Additionally, the pieces of the tower remained suspended in defiance of gravity due to the Warp energy, but at that moment, Imperial reinforcements arrived in the form of a Liberation Fleet, including more Ultramarines and Space Marines of the Blood Ravens Chapter, all moving in to assault the Orbital Spire and clear it of heretics. Titus requested an evacuation ship from Lieutenant Mira, giving the power source to Sidonus as Titus and Leandros held off incoming Chaos Marines. Mira arrived at the designated extraction point in a Valkyrie gunship as fast as she could, only to discover Sidonus dead, and Titus and Leandros now stripped of the power source. Nemeroth himself had slain Sidonus and claimed the power source, before going to the top of the Orbital Spire to use the power source to fuel his ascension to a Daemon Prince. Mira was shocked by the turn of events, but Titus explained that he had a plan to kill Nemeroth during his transformation to a Daemon, where Nemeroth would be most vulnerable. Leandros then revealed Titus' inexplicable Warp resilience to Mira, with Leandros insisting that whatever force was behind the Warp resilience could allow Nemeroth to corrupt Titus. However, Mira suggested that Titus utilize the resistance to get close enough to Nemeroth for a killing blow, which Titus vowed to do. With that, Titus set out for the bridge leading to the Orbital Spire, calling in a transport to take him to the top of the Orbital Spire.
Lieutenant Mira remained on the ground with her troops as they helped the other Space Marines destroy the Chaos forces and lingering Orks, and eventually, Titus reached Nemeroth and interrupted his transformation, facing the Chaos Lord in single combat after tackling him off the side of the tower. As the two fell, Titus slew Nemeroth and destroyed the Warp power source, neutralizing its power and making the Warp rift close. As the Warp-fueled storm clouds over the planet dispersed, the sun shone once again, and Titus was caught by an Ultramarine Thunderhawk gunship, returning him to the surface. As Titus disembarked, Lieutenant Mira was waiting for him in the landing zone alongside Leandros and some Ultramarines, telling Titus that he saved the planet. Titus then fell to his knees from both exhaustion and his injuries, and Lieutenant Mira noted that Ultramarines were human after all.
Then, a craft of the Inquisition to land nearby, from which came a squad of Black Templar Space Marines, escorting an Inquisitor named Thrax. As Titus rose to his feet, Mira looked suspiciously at the Inquisition, irritated at their presence. Thrax then confronted Titus and accused him of Chaos corruption, a charge reported by none other than Leandros, who believed that Titus' Warp resistance was an indication that he had fallen into heresy. Following the Codex Astartes, the sacred texts of strategies and organization of Ultramarines, Leandros explained that there was no doubt that Titus was a heretic, much to Titus' anger. As Thrax threatened to brand everyone Titus consorted with as heretics if he didn't go with the Inquisition for investigation, Mira tried to pull Titus aside, insisting that he shouldn't comply with Thrax. However, Titus pointed out that if he refused, Mira and the 203rd Cadian would be destroyed by the Inquisition, and the Ultramarines would be forever disgraced. As such, Titus left with Thrax, departing Graia as Lieutenant Mira could only watch.
==Trivia==
*2nd Lieutenant Mira was originally relegated to an alternate universe of the mainstream Warhammer 40,000 timeline, as in the main canon, the Ultramarines 2nd Company is captained by Cato Sicarius in late M41. However, as of Space Marine II, she has been officially included in the mainstream Warhammer 40,000 timeline.
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