Margaret Dale

Margaret Dale is a cadet at The Pilgrim Space Academy. She is the daughter of Marion Dale and her current legal guardian is Gail Pilgrim.

Early Life
Maggie was born in the year 2201. Her mother, Marion Dale, conceived her through artificial insemination. The chosen donor, Jeffrey Cole, had died seven years earlier at The Battle of Heaven's Reach. Marion always told Maggie that her father had died in the war, but never went into the specifics of her birth.

She seems to have spent much of early years accompanying her mother on various research trips. In 2210, they were on Planet Enki in the Beta Hydri system when Maggie contracted Hydran fever and nearly died. Her mother nursed her back to health.

Two years later, Maggie underwent brain surgery, supposedly to remove a tumour.

Latona Station
Marion Dale relocated to Latona research station in 2213, bringing her twelve year old daughter along with her. A year later, the station was attacked by unknown assailants. While the attack was underway, Marion told her daughter to go and find a place to hide.

Maggie was discovered in a cargo bay and rescued by Chancellor Gail Pilgrim and "The Colonel". Their vessel, Starship Quicksilver, had answered a distress call from the station. There were no other survivors onboard.

Joining the Academy
Assuming that the girl's mother had perished in the attack, Gail decided to enroll her as a first-year cadet in the Pilgrim Space Academy. She would subsequently become her official legal guardian.

Despite some initial awkwardness and hazing, Maggie quickly befriended a number of her fellow cadets at the academy - chiefly Diane Romero, May Martinez, Kenrick Morse, Jaime Bishop and Travers Bishop.

Maggie's first year at the academy was marked by several dangerous incidents, including a suicide bombing at a presidential reception and a fire in the girls' dormitories. After overhearing a suspicious between two of her teachers, Professor Brian Lenke and Professor Eileen Dietrich, she began to suspect that a member of the faculty was not who they appeared to be.

The real traitor turned out to be Kathy Brown, who was an agent of Fractus - the same terrorist group which had attacked Latona Station. When Kathy had the entire faculty held hostage in the school gymnasium, Maggie took control of Diane and Kenrick's creation - a droid named Norbert - to save the day.

Personality
Despite the difficulties in her life, Maggie has generally managed to maintain a cheerful disposition. She also appears to be a natural leader, easily managing to get people on her side.

She is a fan of ice cream and Peppy Photon.

Appears In

 * Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 1
 * Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 2
 * Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 3
 * Space Pilgrim Academy: Reunion