Lisa Cahillier

Lisa Cahillier was the Commanding officer of the 78th Squadron.

She was sent to attack a base but none of her pilots could find any evidence to mark the base as a threat, so she defied mission protocol and contacted the base directly and ordered them to surrender their weapons. They responded with pleas; the base was settled as a home for ex-patriots hoping to escape the ongoing chaos, not as a base for militant revolutionaries. They numbered in the tens of thousands, all marked for death.

She reported her findings and recommend to abort the mission due to the lack of a legitimate target, however her superiors were incensed and repeated their order for the 78th to open fire. The squadron held their ground, refusing to fire without a clear or confirmed tactical or military target.

After the commander of the battle group, Admiral Lorna Gestala, intervened on the comms, giving a final declaration for the 78th to annihilate the target, Lisa Cahillier ordered her group to fire but targeted an asteroid beyond the agro center. The moon’s inhabitants watched the torpedoes sail harmlessly overhead and obliterate the distant target.

The 78th Squadron bombers made the long, silent flight home to face certain court martial and inevitable execution. On landing, officers were taken away in restraints and enlisted men were confined to quarters on base. All indications are that Messer XI intended to make an example of this group of traitors when doing so would be politically expedient. Luckily, this never came: the squadron spent roughly 18 months in the stockade and then were freed as heroes by the incoming government.

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