Difference between revisions of "Judy Ivans"

Admiral Ivans is "a tall older woman" with silver hair that comes down about to her chin. As commander of the DDF, she wears a white admiral's uniform.{{book ref|sky1|5}}

Once it becomes necessary, Ivans isn't one to back down from a fight,{{book ref|sky1|prologue}} but she is often cautious about committing her pilots to battle for fear of sending them into a trap.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} She is self-aware and able to recognize her won shortcomings, such as her trouble committing to an engagement and decreased reaction time.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} According to Cobb, she is surprised whenever someone defies her,{{book ref|sky1|6}}, though she says most of the people who once did are now dead and is actually pleased that Cobb is still around to defy her.{{book ref|sky1|i|1}} She regrets all of the pilots who have been killed while following her battle orders, but knows that there is only so much she can do and that letting her guilt weigh her down is not productive. Nevertheless, she makes sure to read the casualty reports from, and watch the holos of, from every battle, listen to any audio from a pilot's last moments, and hand-write a letter to the family of any pilots who were killed.{{book ref|sky1|i|1}}{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} Since Chaser attacked her flight in the Battle of Alta, she has been terrified of the "defect."{{book ref|sky1|i|2}}

Some time after the Battle of Alta, she realized that she was getting too old to fly and became Admiral of the DDF,{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} though she seems to believe she only has her command because anyone else who could have taken it is now dead.{{book ref|sky1|i|1}} As a result of dual status as both as First Citizen and commander of the DDF, there are "hundreds of paintings and statues" of her and Spensa considers her "basically the most important person in the world."{{book ref|sky1|5}}