A female officer in her early 30's, Vera is a beautiful woman who makes no effort to focus on her looks outside of conforming to military regulations. She is extremely intelligent, with a gift for strategy and quick-thinking that could help make the difference between survival and complete destruction by the Thoolians.

Unfortunately, Ditch has happily taken every bit of tactical advice she has given him and used it as HIS own plan to achieve victory. Ditch gets the accolades, Vera gets the job security that comes from being an idea machine doomed to languish in the shadow of a man she formerly regarded as a hero.