Jennifer O. Yates

Jennifer Osmond Yates was Richard Sinclair's first love, dating him from 2004-2005. She was killed sometime in August of 2005, and her murder was blamed on Richard. Even after his acquittal, he was still guilty in the hearts and minds of those who had known her, and he was persecuted as such.

The only insight we have into Jennifer's personality is that she was an incredibly loyal person, valuing the same qualities as Richard which was what brought them together. She was moved by Richard's love and devotion to his sister and, having known him for many years, finally pursued a romantic relationship wit him. Martin, Richard's older brother, goes so far as to say that Richard and Jennifer played together as toddlers and vaccilated between growing together and then apart as the years went on.

Her family is mostly an unknown, as Richard or Martin have yet to mention any other members besides her parents. Martin states that after Jennifer's murder and after what they called a bogus trial, they packed up and moved away, to escape the place of their daughter's murder.

When Richard is sent to hunt for the Alintean scientist, Nubason, he stumbles across a partial record of the alien's past victims. one of them is listed "40D-33733-A - Jennifer Yates", prompting Richard to redouble his hunt for the mad doctor. When he accuses Nubason, the Alintean blithely comments that human life means nothing to him, although he does remember Jennifer, specifically for her "inner fire". He also states that Jennifer swore that Richard would kill Nubason - something that the Alintean laughed off until Richard appeared in his base.

In order to deter Richard, Nubason lured him into an arena where he revealed what was left of Jennifer - a shambling, hideous creature into which the Alintean installed Jennifer's consciousness. Unable to overcome the instinctual rage of the beast, Jennifer could do no more than beg Richard to put her out of her misery. Richard, hesitant at first, ultimately overcame his doubt and slew the beast, holding it as he said his final goodbyes to Jennifer. As a last gift to him, she was able to use her modified nature to trigger an emergency override of the door locks, opening every door in the base and severely threatening Nubason with his own experiments.