Jessica Kress (Earth-5875)

First Sergeant Jessica Byron Kress was a a non-commissioned officer of the UNSC Marine Corps who fought during the Battle of Ursa IV.

Biography
During the Battle of Ursa IV, First Sergeant Kress was stationed on a UNSC Marine Corps to defend it from Covenant. During the planetary battle, which lasted 48 hours, the Covenant sent seemingly endless waves of jiralhanae soldiers to their deaths in the hopes that they would slaughter the Marines. After being notified by Beatrix, the station's synthetic, she came into the command of the whole Marine contingent after the deaths of the local leaders, assuming control of Charlie Company. Kress proceeded to order Beatrix to call for UNSC support.

Alerted of a new wave of enemies, Kress asked information to Beatrix regarding the position of the Brutes, who informed that they had breached the western section of the base. The First Sergeant took her MA5D assault rifle, leading her men and women to the western corridor in order to keep the jiralhanae at bay. The Brutes, however, led by Atriox, easily overwhelmed the Marines and made them retreat from their position, as Beatrix continued briefing Kress about their numerical losses. In the end, only Kress and another Marine survived, and they made their way to a single M12 Warthog in the hopes of escaping, running over and killing many jiralhanae and unggoy. Before Kress was able to contact Beatrix again, the synthetic simply apologized as she was tore in half and killed by a Brute, leaving Kress alone with the aliens.

In a last stand, Jessica decided to take out as many Brutes as she could, mowing them down with the Warthog she had taken, while the other survivor Marine took the machine gun and killed all on his way. Behind them, Atriox shot the vehicle with a Type-33 fuel rod gun, instantly killing the gunner and sending Kress away. He approached her, extremely wounded, and allowed her to attempt to defend herself before he killed her. Taking a hidden combat knife, Kress attempted to stab it on Atriox's neck, only for he to easily stop her arm and break her neck.

Personality
Jessica Kress was a determined Marine, resisting alongside her underlings against the much superior Covenant forces. She was unwilling to die without a fight, attempting to kill as many jiralhanae as she could with a M12 Warthog and even Atriox before she perished at the hands of the Brute warrior.

Equipment
First Sergeant Kress wore the standard M3 Pattern Personal Armor, and used a MA5D assault rifle in battle. She also possessed a small combat knife, hidden in her armor