Dusty Marlow

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Dusty

### Deborah Marlow: 1987 - 2002

Deborah Marlow is the daughter of a bartender of Irish descent and a waitress of Mexican descent. She was born and raised in Zenith, Kentucky, but she also spent summers in New Mexico and Mexico with her mother's parents. She had a pretty normal childhood, all things considered. Deborah earned the name "Dusty" when she was eight years old, due to her tendency to return home from playing with her friends or exploring the wilderness covered head-to-toe in dust, dirt, mud, and sometimes blood.

### "Dusty" Marlow: 2000 - 2005

As a teenager, Dusty became active in sports. She played basketball in high school and also did track and field. She became a popular girl but was suspended from the school twice — both times for fighting, once with the captain of the football team for cheating on her and once with a teacher for a passive-aggressive insult the teacher made towards Dusty.

Between her junior and senior years, Dusty was sent away to a summer camp which advertised the ability to "fix" problem children. Dusty did not respond well to this. She resisted and rebelled against the camp's instructors — however, Dusty would overall look back on this time as one of her happier three months as it was here that she discovered her own bisexuality and had her first girlfriend.

### "Dusty" Marlow: 2005 - 2010

Dusty's parents were fairly old-fashioned. When they learned of Dusty's bisexuality, there was a loud argument and Dusty would finish the last few months of high school with a tense home life. When Dusty finally graduated, she left her hometown and enlisted in the Air Force.

As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was still military policy at the time, Dusty had to keep her sexual orientation hidden from supervisors, but she was rather open about it with her trusted friends in the service. When she was done with basic training, Dusty began flight school where she truly shined and finished at the top of her class in helicopter piloting.

Given the rank of Warrant Officer, Dusty would go on to fly in conflicts in Khandaq, Umec, Bialya, and Qurac. Under the call-sign of Dust Devil, she flew mostly rescue missions. After four and a half years of flying for the military, Dusty was grounded by force. An insurgent's RPG hit her tail rotor, and she crash landed. Though she was able to defend herself and her injured co-pilot and passengers until rescue arrived, Dusty's PTSD got her a quick discharge and a trip back home.

### Dust Devil: 2010 - Present

Moving to Gateway City, Dusty quickly found work as a private pilot for Veronica Cale, but after a mere three months, she was poached by the DEO after her service record landed on the desk of Mr. Bones. Dusty was not sure she wanted to take the job, until Bones arranged a meeting with the Doom Patrol. Dusty took the job on a trial basis.

Dusty and Larry had a brief fling right off the bat, bonding over their bisexuality and love of piloting, but have since become friends. Still, Larry was key in getting Dusty to accept the job on a more permanent basis.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Mento*) Since the Doom Patrol's recruitment of Casey Brinke, Dusty doesn't transport the team as much. She still pilots whenever a mission requires a pilot, but most of her work now revolves around getting Niles, myself, and others around the country between missions. Dusty does not seem to mind the scaled-back danger of her job.
* (*Submitted by Chief*) I admit to being the one to submit a request to Director Bones to have Miss Marlow be made our official Department of Extranormal Operations liaison. The way I see it is that Director Bones was not going to give us what I wanted unless we were willing to play by his rules, and his rules required a liaison. Miss Marlow knows the value of secrets and dividing personal interest from professional matters. Marlow is also a great pilot and if we needed to have a DEO Handler, it is good sense to get good use out of them as well. Miss Marlow is capable enough to smoothly operate a KordTech 16L Luxury Corporate Yellowjacket without interfering with the pouring of a good dry scotch by those in the rear passenger compartment — and that is no small feat, I assure you. Last time I had Larry fly me, I arrived at my meeting wearing my drink.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Military Training:** Dusty is a former Air Force pilot with a service record filled with awards, medals, and merits of note.
	+ ***World-Class Pilot:*** Dusty is qualified to operate aircraft of all kinds, including fighter jets and spacecraft. Dusty excels at the use of helicopters in particular.
	+ ***Master Driver:*** Dusty can operate ground and water vehicles with superb finesse and prowess.
	+ ***Expert Marksman:*** Dusty is trained in the use of a large range of firearms. She excels at the use of pistols.
	+ ***Expert Mechanic:*** Dusty is an accomplished mechanic of all manner of air, ground, and water vehicles.
	+ ***Expert Medic:*** Dusty is a trained paramedic and has performed rudimentary field surgery in the past.

### Weaknesses

* **Stress:** When overwhelmed by stress, Dusty engages in a self-destructive bender, during which she has lots of promiscuous sexual activity and drinks like a fish.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Range:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Strategy:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 57
	+ **RANKING:** Low Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Her birth date is a nod to her first appearance: *Doom Patrol, Vol. 5 #1* in October 2009.
* The alias Dust Devil is used by one of the members of the Masters of Disaster in the *New 52* Outsiders comics.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Dusty Marlow

1. ↑ Network Files: Dusty Marlow
2. ↑ E27 Journal: Earth-27's Strangest Heroes