Neri Mintome

"I find you guilty."
-Neri to Kaiser before executing him
Neri Mintome is a female special forces soldier from the Starborn Republic. She is the commander and leader of the Republic's elite Celestial Squad and the daughter of the Republic's chief of army, Jacob Mintome.
She is a very elite soldier and skilled fighter well deserving of her position. Neri had proven herself in battle several times, particularly during the Hunt for Eri and the Starborn-Federation war.
== History ==
=== Birth ===
Neri was born to Jacob and Viola Mintome in year 976. At the time Jacob was only a general in the Starborn army and Valentine was a captain. Also at the time the Nevis Revolutionary war was in full swing and shortly after her birth, Viola was deployed to Alacore in Nevis to battle some rebels where she was kil
led in action leaving Neri to be raised by only her father.
=== Early life ===
Due to her father being busy with his job as a Starborn general, Neri was mostly raised by her aunt. Some tests ran on Neri revealed that she was Starborn like her father as well. 
After the Nevis Revolutionary war ended her father was less busy and able to see her more and spend more time with her but she still spent most of her early life living with her aunt. 
When Neri began elementary school she displayed academic prowess that was far superior to her peers. She excelled in all her classes including physical education. In middle school she befriended Vera Kepler, who was her best friend throughout middle and high school until they graduated and went separate ways.
=== Kaiser's program ===
At age 16 Neri graduated from high school and desired to enter the military. Her father, who was now the chief of army, strongly supported this decision however he also didn't want to risk losing Neri the same way he lost his life and desired to make her the "perfect soldier" so the risk of her dying in battle was low.
A man by the name of Kaiser then approached Chief Mintome and offered to take Neri into his program which supposedly would forge her into the perfect soldier that Mintome desired. After seeing some of the products of Kaiser's program Mintome agreed and submitted Neri into Kaiser's program.
Kaiser's program took place in a remote and isolated facility in the Starborn republic and was very rough and brutal to Neri and the trials and training exercises were hard and torturous. Neri trained in Kaiser's program for 6 months before finally having enough. One day she escaped her quarters and stole the armor of one of Kaiser's guards. She snuck to the electrical room where she teamed up with another guard who defected named Luke Gil. The two of them were successful in cutting off power to the facility which disabled all security systems in the facility. The two of them then began making their way to an exit. When they found the exit it was guarded by Kaiser, three of his agents, and Chief Mintome. There was a brief standoff between them before the agents shot and killed Luke. Neri went to the ground next to him in an attempt to help him but when she did Kaiser put his pistol to her head telling her "compassion is weakness." However Chief Mintome shot and killed the three agents prompting Kaiser to use Neri as a meat shield and hold her at gunpoint. Kaiser proclaimed Neri would be the greatest agent he would ever produce, however Neri managed to escape his grasp and disarm Kaiser who was shot in the chest by Chief Mintome shortly after. Neri and her father then left the facility together afterwards.
After leaving, Chief Mintome had Kaiser's facility targeted for destruction by bombing and took Neri to watch the facility be destroyed by Starborn bombers.
=== Military service ===
At 17 years old Neri enlisted in the Starborn army and began quickly rising through the ranks. By 20 years old she was already at the rank of captain.
==== Formation of Celestial Squad ====
In year 997, at 21 years of age, a military base in Estrella was bombed by a group of terrorists. In response Chief Mintome brought together who he believed to be the best soldiers the Starborn army had to offer; Neri Mintome, Deneb Serpens, Mira Lusa, and Edgar Locke and formed an elite special forces unit called Celestial Squad with the four.
Celestial Squad's first mission together was to hunt down and eliminate the terrorist group responsible for the bombings which they were extremely successful in doing. Afterwards, the Squad continued to train and work together.
==== Terror attack on Estrella ====
In year 1000, the Starborn Republic was celebrating it's thousand year anniversary and during the celebrations in Estrella, a hijacked Starborn bomber bombed a parade in Estrella claiming many lives including the life of the sitting chancellor, Calvin Jule. Neri and her father were also injured in the bombings.
After the bombings vice chancellor, Terry Rand, took over the Republic as chancellor Rand. Rand quickly mobilized Celestial Squad and sent them on a mission to investigate the country of Zalos, who were suspected of involvement in the attack. After Neri recovered from her wounds she went to Zalos along with the rest of Celestial Squad to investigate.
==== The hunt for Eri ====
Upon arriving in Salem, the capital of Zalos, Celestial Squad was greeted by a very reluctant grand sorceress, Diana Kira, who allowed them to investigate her palace for any evidence suggesting that they were involved in the terrorist attack. While searching, Edgar found a Nassi girl by the name of Eri in the palace, while investigating her room Edgar found evidence suggesting Eri had been involved in the attack. After this discovery Eri fled and stole a helicopter to escape.