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|I'm not sure I'd wish this command on [the pilots I used to fly with]. Not even the ones I hated.
|Admiral Judy "Ironsides" Ivans on her position as the head of the [[DDF]]{{book ref|sky1|i|1}}
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Admiral '''Judy Ivans''' (Callsign: '''Ironsides''') is the leader of the [[DDF]].{{book ref|Skyward|5}} She is a [[First Citizen]], and fought in the [[Battle of Alta]]. After [[Zeen Nightshade|Chaser's]] actions during the Battle of Alta, she is terrified of another person with the "defect" (the brain condition that grants access to [[Cytonics|Cytonic]] abilities) becoming a pilot and does everything in her power to prevent that from happening.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} To that end, she tries to keep [[Spensa]] out of [[Flight School]],{{book ref|sky1|2}} but does not have the authority to stop [[Cobb]] from adding her to his class.{{book ref|sky1|6}} However, in an effort to make life so difficult that Spensa gives up and quits, she issues an order barring Spensa from using any of the Flight School's facilities, including the mess hall and dormitories.{{book ref|sky1|i|1}}
She is continually frustrated by the [[National Assembly Leader]]s denial of the existence of the "defect,"{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} removal of their children--some of the top pilots--from the DDF,{{book ref|sky1|i|3}} and refusal to send up their private ships to aid the DDF during [[Krell]] attacks.{{book ref|sky1|49}}
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
== History ==
=== Command of the DDF ===
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 a military commander, Ivans is cautious and reluctant to commit the entirety of her forces, especially as the number of pilots and acclivity rings the DDF has are steadily diminishing.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} In order to have enough pilots to fend off the Krell incursions, she has lowered the age of testing to become a cadet and begun to send up less experienced cadets.{{book ref|sky1|i|1}}
After seeing Chaser turn on her flight members, she is terrified of someone else with the defect joining the DDF and, as a result, does everything in her power to prevent Spensa from becoming a pilot.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}} When Spensa attempts to take the pilot's test, Ivans specifically orders that she is not to be admitted,{{book ref|sky1|2}} personally supervises the administration of the test, and gives Spensa a test to be a sanitation worker, not a pilot.{{book ref|sky1|5}} Later, Cobb forces her to allow Spensa to be enrolled in his class, but she forbids Spensa from using any of the Flight School facilities in an effort to make Spensa's life so difficult that she drops out.{{book ref|sky1|11}}{{book ref|sky1|29}}
As her number of pilots and acclivity rings dwindles, she eventually decides to make a bold strike for a shipyard in a decaying orbit.{{book ref|sky1|i|3}} When a lifeburster enters the battle, she orders her pilots to keep it away from the shipyard, even if that sends it towards Alta. When it does, in fact, make for Alta Base, she decides to order a flight of just scouts, including [[Cloak]] and [[FM]], to engage it. The scouts successfully shoot it down, but, when the bomb lands, it takes out some of the DDF's AA guns.{{book ref|sky1|48}} At that juncture, a second Krell fleet, with another lifeburster, enters and slips through the hole in the defenses, leading her to
After the Krell are defeated and Spensa manages to save Alta, she decides to pardon Chaser and tries to convince Spensa not fly to space, but to no avail.{{book ref|sky1|54}} When Spensa returns, she sees little value in the information that M-Bot hacked from the Krell, as it does not change the fact the DDF is still facing down a superior force.{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}
=== Chaser ===
Ivans was a fierce defender of Chaser and always argued that he should be allowed to fly, despite the "defect."{{book ref|sky1|48}} Even after the Battle of Alta, she insured that official record of the battle said that he turned coward and
=== Cobb ===
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