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'''Judy Ivans''' (Callsign: '''Ironsides''') was the Admiral of the Fleet of the [[Defiant Defense Force]] until after the [[Battle of Alta Second]].{{book ref|Skyward|5}}{{book ref|Starsight|4}} She fought in the [[Battle of Alta]], making her a [[First Citizen]]. After [[Zeen Nightshade|Chaser's]] actions during the Battle of Alta, she became terrified of another person with the "defect" (the brain condition that grants access to [[Cytonics|Cytonic]] abilities) becoming a pilot and does everything in her power to prevent that from happening.{{book ref|Skyward|i|2}} To that end, she tries to keep [[Spensa]] out of [[Flight School]],{{book ref|Skyward|2}} but does not have the authority to stop [[Cobb]] from adding her to his class.{{book ref|Skyward|6}} However, in an effort to make life so difficult that Spensa gives up and quits, she issues an order barring Spensa from using any of the Flight School's facilities, including the mess hall and dormitories.{{book ref|Skyward|i|1}}
She is continually frustrated by the [[National Assembly Leader]]s denial of the existence of the defect,{{book ref|Skyward|i|2}} removal of their children—some of the top pilots—from the DDF,{{book ref|Skyward|i|3}} and refusal to send up their private ships to aid the DDF during [[varvax|Krell]] attacks.{{book ref|Skyward|49}} Over time, the number of [[acclivity ring]]s and pilots available to the DDF has dwindled, leaving her increasingly desperate to fend
== Appearance and Personality ==
== Attributes and Abilities ==
=== Pilot ===
Ivans was a skilled pilot, who was capable of tailing a pilot as skilled as Chaser, and flightleader of Hope Flight.{{book ref|Skyward|39}} At some point after the Battle of Alta, however, she realized she was getting
=== Knowledge of the Defect ===
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|She saw, in [the pilots'] deaths, her own faults. She hadn't been willing to truly '''commit'''.
|Ivans' reflections on why she is
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Some time after the Battle of Alta, she realized that she was getting too old to fly and became Admiral of the DDF,{{book ref|Skyward|i|2}} though she seems to believe she only has her command because anyone else who could have taken it is now dead.{{book ref|Skyward|i|1}} As a result of her dual status as both a First Citizen and commander of the DDF, there are "hundreds of paintings and statues" of her and Spensa considers her "basically the most important person in the world."{{book ref|Skyward|5}}
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