Isabella Ortiz was a charismatic leader in the post-Fall political climate. She rallied twenty worlds into the Magellanic Alliance to defend against the Kalderan Commune. After the fall of the Alliance, Ortiz fled to Svarog's Anvil and traded identities with another woman, Cory, for protection. While there, she pretended to be a bartender while her double pretended to be a doctor. Eventually, Captain Dylan Hunt came looking for her, hoping she would help him reestablish the Systems Commonwealth. Ortiz was at first reluctant but Kalderans arrived soon after, determined to kill her. Her double was killed in the ensuing battle but Hunt and his crew succeeded in driving the Kalderans off and rescuing her.