Florence Boyd was a Manticoran citizen and an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. Holding the rank of Lieutenant, she served as the Communications Officer of the destroyer HMS Hawkwing during its anti-piracy mission in the Silesian Confederacy. She was unhappy with Captain Honor Harrington's plan to raid the Manpower slave depot in the Casimir System, but fulfilled her duty nonetheless. (HHA5.3: LD)