Ethelda Maverick

Ethelda Maverick is the mother of Jude Maverick, and apparent wife of Hauser Blackwell. She was a scientist on the orbital platform Ciel at the time of the game's beginning, and due to the inadvertant use of ARMs during Brionac's attack, she gets separated from her son.

Jude then makes finding his mother again his primary quest, but one that takes him face to face with the fate of his father, and is ultimately forced to bear witness to her death, making the whole thing a rather pointless exercise.