Mercy Quinlan

Mercy Patricia Quinlan (née al-Asma) is an agent for the underground Alhambra resistance network and former police detective under the Martian Soviet Directorate.

Appearance

Mercy is 5'6" and around 150 lbs with green eyes and curly chestnut hair that is starting to grey.

Early life and education

Mercy was born September 27th, 2543 in the Hesperia region of Mars. Her father was a terraforming worker and her mother a physician of Yemeni descent. After graduating with a degree in forensics from Ascraeus College (class of '65) she entered the Civil Security Bureau Academy, intent on becoming a detective.

Detective career

After graduating the academy in the spring of 2567 Mercy was assigned a position in Eridania Ossuccio, a modest city home to six massive magneto-shield generator plants for terraforming. Instead of chafing, she embraced the move and soon found herself enjoying the slightly slower pace of life, though she worked more than enough cases (primarily smuggling related) to hone her skills.

The biggest case Mercy worked, and the one that nearly killed her, involved the pursuit of a fleeing suspect all the way to Kronovostok in late 2570. Once there, for reasons Mercy never discovered, her detective partner Ewald Dreiser placed the muzzle of his pistol to her back and fired two shots. They penetrated her lung and she nearly choked to death on her own blood; she only survived thanks to a passing truck driver who spotted her and redlined it to the hospital. Dreiser himself vanished.

Personal life

Mercy met her husband, civil engineer Bortram Quinlan Jr., during her time in the academy. After being assigned neighboring seats on a train they hit it off to the point that Mercy intentionally missed her stop so they could continue talking. They married not long after Mercy's move to Eridania Ossuccio. While they discussed having children Mercy's near death on Kronovostok and the breakout of the Second Martian-Terran War the next year put dampers on their plans; Bortram was then killed in the bombing of Eridania Ossuccio on November 4th, 2577.011