Kathy Marshall

**Kathy Marshall** was the union leader aboard the Icarus space station.

## Biography

### Life aboard the Icarus

Marshall spent most of her time aboard the Icarus working against the seemingly rule-obsessed station controller James Winfield, who understood that their contract from Earth allowed them to use their laser to destroy space debris, in order to clear space lanes. When Marshall and other members of staff, including laser operator Mark Robinson, suggested to him that they could easily sell the space junk for easy money, as they contained rare metals and minerals, Winfield outright refused, stating that it was completely against their contract. (AUDIO: *Hostile Takeover*)

### Embroiled with The Red Core

The refusal of Winfield to their points of view sent the crew of the Icarus on a strike. During this strike, Mark Robinson and the team were communicated with by a criminal organisation The Red Core, who suggested they edit the laser logs to allow them to remove the space junk with their stolen Moon Tours shuttle, and in return, they would split all profit. This deal went well for a short while, with Robinson himself editing the logs. All of this was kept secret from Winfield. That was until the team was contacted by a rival gang called The Collective. (AUDIO: *Hostile Takeover*)

### The Disappearance of Mark Robinson

When Robinson had outright refused to give in to the Collective's demands, and with The Red Core refusing to be bought out so easily by them, The Collective sent mercenary Torsten Arthurton to "deal" with those who refused to comply. Robinson was kidnapped, but the Collective reassured Marshall that he would remain unharmed if she kept up her side of their agreement. They didn't stop there, however, and decided to kidnap the crew of the stolen shuttle, and sent it on a collision course with the station. Scared out of their wits, and with little time to debate ethics, Marshall and Winfield used the laser to redirect the trajectory of the shuttle, sending it crashing to the Moon.

Robinson's disappearance didn't go unnoticed and Acting Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy of the International Space Police Force was sent to investigate. After a thorough investigation of the station, it became clear to her, much to the surprise of Winfield, that Robinson was kidnapped, and had *not* gone missing. As simultaneous investigations were being undertaken by the ISPF, including the crashed the Moon Tours shuttle, and the murder of The Red Core leader Jacob Depard, it soon became clear that all investigations were connected to Mark Robinson in some way.

When Kenzy uncovered the changed laser logs and started to understand the connection with The Red Core, Marshall pulled out a weapon and shot Winfield dead. She took Kenzy hostage and showed her where Robinson should have been. However, it became clear that The Collective had lied and Robinson's dead body was left in a store room, much to Marshall's horror. She explained the situation to with The Collective to Kenzy and was soon brought in to the ISPF headquarters. Commander Nathan Spring of the ISPF had hopes that if she gave them sufficient evidence that would bring down The Collective, she might gain leniency in her sentence. However, while moving her to a separate room on Moonbase, Marshall was shot dead by Arthurton, and he was in turn shot by Inspector Paul Bailey. (AUDIO: *Hostile Takeover*)