Teresa Ruvin is descended from a family which has produced numerous scientists for the Capellan Confederation, and she is one of the best minds of her generation. Born to a pair of senior scientists from the Division of Research & Development, she is almost completely lacking in social skills and customary graces. This, however, has never been an obstacle to her, since she cares nothing for the approval or company of others. Unlike her superiors, who are merely bright, she is a genius.

Her great love is theory, and she has little interest for the practical applications of her work. As a consequence, every part of the CMS bore the marks of her creativity, but she has never had any involvement in the final design or construction of any of these projects. Other scientists, especially the late Ziers were responsible for turning her designs into reality.

None of her fellow scientists understood her, were able to adapt to her, and were openly disdainful of her behavior and privately jealous of her abilities.

Following her capture as a part of the CMS science team on System – Corodiz. , she was offered a position in a new research team in * “The Skunkwerks”. She accepted, and was allowed free reign on the technology the company was accumulating. In particular, Doctor Max Helmut “Moxie” has taken a special interest in her efforts, and is supportive of her various personal interests.

As of March 3023, Ruvin was provided with funding and began studying the Battle Armor – Tornado PA suits they had access to. Scrapping one of the second-hand suits for parts and to dissect it and understand the theory behind the technology, she also has access to the unit’s Battle Armor – BH-18 “Waddle” Combat Walker blueprints, and is slowly in the process of developing an understanding (and working prototype) of battle armor for the unit’s Skunkwerks. She and her research companion Tech (Research) Willis Schwebberhaffenwurf produced the first prototype of the Battle Armor – Shadowhound in mid-3026, and the design was run through various tests and allowed to become a “production” option by early-3027.

Production of a designated “combat” model version, the Battle Armor – Warhound was started soon thereafter, and is now considered to be complete, though it lacks the stealth design, using a prototype light combat armor. Most of the development process was initially spent on designing the combat laser, based largely on the Laser Assault System (LAS) “Grendal”, but this part of the project was abandoned early on for a modified SPM-18A3 “Backblast” Recoilless Rifle, as well as the Lightning Claws as standard equipment. The project completed testing in late-3030, and was declared operational and ready for limited production thereafter.

As an off-shoot of this program, she developed the Power Armor – Workhound and presented a solution to the Heavy Industrial Armor – “Dingo Hide” problem that solved her own issues with the unit’s prototype armor. Furthermore, she h began a variant of the suit, known as the “SpaceHound” for use in micro-gravity environments, which culminated in a prototype in late-3033, and soon thereafter, an active assembly campaign to make them for the Dingoes own forces.

Ruvin begun a casual study of a control collar for the Nexu project, code-named “Operation Shackle” starting in 3035. Distracted by the wealth of knowledge available through the Helm Memory Core, however, she accomplished little, and was instrumental in searching-out the vast store of technical theory buried within its datalogs.

In 3037, it was revealed that she had been seeing Fixer for some time on the sly, when she gave birth to a baby boy, named “Michael”.

By the War of 3039, it was rumored she was beginning a new primary project, the Power Armor – Aquahound, an exclusive design for salvage and construction work in relatively deepwater projects. The rebuilding of the unit following the losses it took on the Draconis Combine border dominated most unit activity, but those in * “The Skunkwerks” continued on in researching without much to interrupt their efforts.