Jessika McClaugherty

Jessika McClaugherty
Character Profile
Affiliation Federated Suns
Position Mayor of Donner
Profession Government official

Jessika McClaugherty was the last mayor of Donner, the capital city of Benet III.

History[edit]

Benet III was prone to eruptions of toxic gases from the volcanically active regions of the world, and in the mid-thirty-first century the frequency and scale of these outgassing had increased sharply, with unprecedented eruptions in the 3080s. By 3093, large regions of Benet III had been abandoned because of the toxic gases. The decision was made to evacuate as many people as possible from the planet, although this process was far from easy; by the time the last relief DropShips left Benet III, only ten percent of the population had managed to make it off the planet alive. Jessika was the last person recorded as leaving the planet, on the final DropShip, which departed from the Mount Sheppard spaceport near Donner.[1]

Jessika's family had been associated with the government since the founding of the original colony on Benet III in 2261; the older brother of her direct ancestor was Hamish McClaugherty, a colonist from Robinson who had been appointed the first governor of Benet III, shortly after the founding of Morningside, the former planetary capital.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Touring the Stars: Benet III, pp. 4–6: "Benet III"

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