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Corin

security officer · loyal security officer · Bull's new second-in-command · command assault

Corin nearly abandons command to recover Bull, regains discipline under Holden, celebrates Naomi's elevator strike, and keeps firing after her suit arm is punctured.

Story so far

Corin watches the shaft as Juarez and Cass arrive without Bull. When Juarez explains that Bull died creating the elevator barrier and that recovering his body would weaken the position, grief overrides tactics. She advances on the sniper, declaring that her people do not leave him. Holden lifts and slams her against a bulkhead, ordering mourning later. After a moment that could become a fight, Corin accepts his command and returns to watch with tears still in her eyes.

She fires on the approaching armor from the platform's left side and leans into the shaft after Naomi's elevator collision to shout defiance at the crushed loyalists. When the airlock unexpectedly cycles, Corin identifies the bridge corridor and the security override that must have opened it.

At the final junction she joins Holden in the center assault but is stopped by concentrated fire. During the alternating standoff, a round passes through the arm of her environment suit, blowing padding and sealing gel into the air without striking flesh. She immediately announces that she is unhurt and continues firing, carrying Bull's command toward the captain he could not reach.

Appearance

Corin is a broad-shouldered muscular woman with a grim broad face and grief-filled eyes. She wears a sealed environment suit whose arm is punctured through padding but not flesh.

Role

Corin is Bull's grieving successor at the command threshold, forced to subordinate recovery of the dead to completion of their mission.

Relationships

Carlos “Bull” de Baca — News of Carlos “Bull” de Baca's apparent death nearly pulls her backward until Holden forces her to preserve his mission instead.
James Holden — James Holden physically restores her discipline and fights beside her in the final standoff.
Naomi Nagata — She celebrates Naomi Nagata's elevator strike as the revenge and tactical victory their rifles could not provide.
Cass — Cass covers her after a bullet punctures the arm of her suit.
Sources — 7 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 10
  • A broad, grim Behemoth security officer backs Bull's drug raid and interprets his public execution as admirable hardness.
Chapter 18
  • Corin works through riots and rescues until exhaustion turns her humor raunchy, then volunteers to keep the security office from burning while others rest.
Chapter 39
  • Corin yields the security office rather than die when Jojo and Gutmansdottir draw down, then gives Bull the first warning and regroups with loyal officers.
Chapter 42
  • Corin survives Serge's murder, regroups thirty armed officers, confirms Pa alive, and brings Bull the force needed for a security station in exile.
Chapter 46
  • Corin drives the assault under fire, kills Garza with a perfect pistol shot, subdues surviving enemies, and prepares to climb with Holden against command.
Chapter 48
  • Corin cuts through the blocked elevator, calmly prepares a last stand against powered armor, and resumes the impossible bridge assault when the suits change routes.
Chapter 51
  • Corin nearly abandons command to recover Bull, regains discipline under Holden, celebrates Naomi's elevator strike, and keeps firing after her suit arm is punctured.
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