Lopis is also a lot more older, jaded, and straightforward than Vale. The two come from vastly different fields and are kinda incomparable.

: Veta Lopis is not a master of languages. Nor is she a top-tier martial
: artist. She's probably not in the top .1% of Humanity in intelligence or
: physical ability.

Sounds like Olympia Vale is a badass in her own respect. :P

: What she does have, she uses to the fullest extent possible. A shooting war
: will break out, aliens will invade her homeworld, and she will be
: entrusted with some of the UNSC's darkest secrets. But she will not be
: dissuaded from her job. Her perp may be a psychotic super-soldier in power
: armor or a half ton rhino-gorilla or an ancient AI with enough firepower
: at its beck and call to vaporize her hometown. She will hunt that killer
: down to the ends of Gao.

I, for one, welcome our new Gao empress.

: Augmented and conditioned child soldiers call her "Mom". When they
: ambush a Brute pack, she gets first crack at the Chieftain. Her escape
: from that encounter involves riding a Spartan through the jungle like a
: gorram toboggan.

I smell a sitcom!