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Name: Hildegarde Reinhardt (Hilda)
Alias: Sturmwind (Storm Wind)
Gender: Female
Nationality: German
Status: Officer
Mobile Suit: MS-14A Gelgoog
Organization: Zeon Republic [Space Force]
Rank: Lieutenant Major
Age: 25
Hair Color: Reddish Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Appearance:
Hilda stands a little under six feet tall with an average build. She has long, wavy, reddish blonde hair reaching her shoulders while her dark blue eyes peer out from under her bangs which rest at her browline. She generally wears her standard issue Zeon military uniform according to protocol, clean, pressed, and enough to be a fashion example for other soldiers. She occasionally wears the provided trenchcoat as well over her regular uniform. She usually forgoes the helmet for a softer cloth or leather cap when available for headwear. Her civilian dress usually consists of a simple blouse and either a long skirt or slacks depending on occasion.
Training/Special Abilities:
MS Piloting, Zero-G maneuvering, Leadership, Basic first aid, otherwise your average graduate of OCS. Fledgling Newtype (abilities triggered during the witnessing of the Lunar colony drop).
Personality:
Hilda's outward demeanor is one that could be described as stern and uncaring for others, although she does know to differntiate between times for authority, and times for a more personable approach. She believes that the workplace is for work, and playgrounds are for play. Neither of the two should be mixed as they bear repercussions if they are. She tends to lead by example, standing at the head of the pack while expecting those under her to follow suit. In private, Hilde is a lot more amiable as she does not have to outwardly project any authority and discipline that is expected in a military setting.
Weakness(es):
Tries to impress others by giving too much effort. Always afraid of failing, not only herself but also her squadmates. Not 100% military material, has reservations about going into any type of battle after a hard fought peace.
Background:
Born on Side 3, 1st Bunch colony to her parents Erich and Cassandra Reinhardt as their second child. Hilda also has an older brother two years elder, Joachim. Her childhood consisted of moving between different colonies within Side 3 as her father's assignments dictated as Erich Reinhardt served in the Zeon Space force as a career officer, rising through the ranks as the years went by. Hilda was usually homeschooled as her constant moves precluded her from settling down at a permanant school to finish her mandatory education.

Hilda was 10 years old when the Great War erupted and her father was called up to fight in the War. Days of worry and anxiety followed Hilda and her family as they recieved little news from her father during the war. She was one of the lucky ones who survived the war with her whole family intact, with her father coming home shortly after hostilities have ceased with the massive colony drop that had devastated the Earth. Knowing they would be safe for now, the family started to restart their lives in the new and changed world of the EC Era.

Following family tradition, Joachim Reinhardt entered a military academy on Side 3, followed by Hilda two years later in EC 0008. Her father, even though he was over 45 years old, was still active as a ship captain in the Space Forces and Hilda made it her goal at this time to somehow serve aboard the same vessel as an officer or Mobile Suit pilot. Joachim chose a Space Fleet officer MOS and was already serving as a junior officer aboard a fleet vessel when Hilda decided to take the path of a Mobile Suit pilot in the Space Forces. She attended basic training, followed by intensive mobile suit training, but almost ended up washing out of the course if it wasn't for her leadership ability seen by her superiors during group exercises. Not wishing to waste any potential, Hilda was transferred to OCS after her basic training had concluded for additional work on her road to an officer.

During her tenure in OCS, Hilda showed potential in squad tactics and small scale leadership, but failed to grasp the intricacies of large scale battles across large lands, or swaths of space. Hilda reaizes she has room for improvement in these areas and understands the concept of maneuvering army groups, but even on paper and wargames was unable to command much higher than a Platoon.

Graduation came after 6 months at OCS and Hilda was posted at a MS training base on Side 3 for her first assignment. Being nearby her home colony, she was able to keep in touch with family through her mother, but there always was a sense of uneasiness with her father and brother away at their respective stations. EC0010, Hilda was transferred to a garrison unit on A Bao A Qu where she would spend learning piloting in 0G as well as honing her leadership abilities.

This time was the most uneventful in her life, as the new Zeon Republic flexed its diplomatic muscle rather than military of the old Duchy of Zeon, but the occasional patrol missions did come about in hunting space pirates in Side 3's vicinity.

EC0015 came around where life in space had been tossed upside down with the radicals' takeover of the colonies. Hilda's unit was placed on alert even though the brass believed it was a bluff and prepared to move out from A Bao A Qu at a moments notice. When the report of the colony heading to the Moon was caught, units in the vicinity moved to intercept the falling object, as for most of the crewmembers this was thier second witnessing of a colony drop in thier lifetimes and their goal was the same, to stop it at all costs. The fight to reach the colony itself was bitter but quick, and by the time any units reached the colony itself, it was too late to redirect or destroy the colony and they were forced to watch the massive object strike the Moon's surface, spreading destruction around its impact point.