Amy Palmer

Amy was raised outside the small town of Livonia, Georgia. She was a farmgirl for the first ten years of her life, but after the family farm failed she joined the army as a way to try to get some marketable skills and a steady income to support her ailing parents. Amy was a simple-minded but effective soldier, and she was serving as a drill sergeant for new recruits by the early 80s. When the war began she volunteered for active service and was posted as a LAV gunner to the 5th Mechanised Division. Like many of the rest of her division, she was nearly killed during the bloodbath at Czestochowa. When her unit was attacked by Marauders outside the ruins of Wroclaw and their CO and executive officer were captured, command fell on her largely due to her being more well liked than the other NCOs. She lead the unit into the hills to try to evade the Marauders dogging them, and they were successful in doing so, but they are now running short on food and water and don't know what to do next, and Amy is out of ideas.

Amy never expected to be the leader of anything more than a squad, and she has fallen back on her protective instincts - she wants to keep the men and women under her command alive, even including the Polish civilians who have joined them for protection. She hasn't been able to think beyond the short term for the last two months, and she would love to take at least a short rest. Her initial approach to PCs will be hostile, demanding their supplies and medicine, but she is likely to defer to a PC with a strong personality and a strong vision.

Amy is a tall woman, standing nearly six feet tall, with mousy brown hair that grows long under her helmet, a sunburnt complexion and freckles. She would look very much at home as a farmer's wife - she's in her late thirties but looks quite a bit younger mostly due to being in good physical shape. She always wears a camouflage BDU and has a habit of smoking cheap Polish cigarettes. She doesn't speak any language other than English.