Overview
Serving as the SRT's second-in-command next to Gail McAllen, she serves in Mithril under the call sign Uruz-2. Her expertise in electronic warfare is valued by the Pacific Battle Group Tuatha de Danaan. Her rank was Sergeant Major, but by the novel Dancing Very Merry Christmas she has been promoted to Second Lieutenant, making her a commissioned officer. She is 25 years old.
Melissa is very proficient in use of an Arm Slave, however she lacks exact control. She tends to use fast and furious methods in her firearm use. Later in the series she usually does not pilot an Arm Slave, but she can still pilot excellently, although her capabilities are nowhere near those of Sousuke Sagara and Kurz Weber. Aside from English, she can also speak fluent Cantonese due to her time spent in Hong Kong, particularly in Kowloon.
Melissa is a ruthless insulter and an extremely heavy drinker, somewhat reminiscent of Misato Katsuragi from Neon Genesis Evangelion who is also voiced by Alison Keith. She is shown once having many cigarettes and a minimum of 20 beer cans sprawled out on Tessa's coffee table. She is extremely rude, preferring to use heavy language when talking to someone angering her or someone she can not stand. During the Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! episode Warcry of Excessiveness, she provides Sousuke with a training manual left over from her Marine Corps drill instructor days, which advocates the use of extremely heavy language inspired and quoted from R. Lee Ermey's lines in Full Metal Jacket. She also enjoys a practical joke or two. In the two-part Fumoffu episode A Goddess Comes to Japan, she teases Sousuke by giving him permission to do advances on Tessa while she's staying at their safehouse, obviously aware of her feelings for him. She would later handcuff herself to Tessa after she catches her trying to sneak into Sousuke's room.
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