Teresa Macklin was a Solarian citizen and an officer of the Solarian League Navy's Battle Fleet. Holding the rank of Commander, she served as the Tactical Officer of the superdreadnought SLNS Anton von Leeuwenhoek, Admiral Keeley O'Cleary's flagship in Task Force 496. After the Solarian defeat in the Battle of Spindle, she was taken to Flax as a Manticoran prisoner-of-war. (HH12)