“'She never liked to be called Marian: it was always Captain Stride. And that helped, you know? Solidified her authority, and importance – that's why so many looked up to her. And you know that trial was bollocks, right? Lies made up to discredit the Captain who was just doing her best to keep us safe – and that's what she did. Hard line for hard times, that's what we said, and it's thanks to her that we survived at all – you remember the Cathedral right? Yeah, exactly. Stride saved us all, she did.'”
– quoted ex-crew member of the Nemesis in an excerpt from The Earth Evacuation Security Task Force: Guardians or Villains?, 2083