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| - Zula grew up in harsh conditions in a currently unknown district. She describes her early life as "survival". At some point, when Zula was eighteen, Colonial Marines were occupying the area, with a squadron managing a crowd. As one marine deals with a citizen, Zula sneaks up behind him and steals the handgun from his holster. Whilst another marine spots this and plans to shoot her, the latter stops him and queries "how hard she'll fight for it". Zula managed to avoid the marines for eighteen hours until she was finally caught by the previous marine, who convinced her that she should join them. Zula accepts and gives him back his gun, holding the trigger guard with her middle-finger and pointing it at him.
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| - Zula grew up in harsh conditions in a currently unknown district. She describes her early life as "survival". At some point, when Zula was eighteen, Colonial Marines were occupying the area, with a squadron managing a crowd. As one marine deals with a citizen, Zula sneaks up behind him and steals the handgun from his holster. Whilst another marine spots this and plans to shoot her, the latter stops him and queries "how hard she'll fight for it". Zula managed to avoid the marines for eighteen hours until she was finally caught by the previous marine, who convinced her that she should join them. Zula accepts and gives him back his gun, holding the trigger guard with her middle-finger and pointing it at him. Sometime after her military training, Hendricks was dropped into her first combat operation with the USCM. Mere minutes after dropping into the combat zone, a nearby explosion lands near Zula and she loses her footing and drops her pulse rifle. She crawls up to it and attempts to reclaim the rifle before a second explosion sends her flying. Gravely injured and unable to move, Zula looks to here left and sees an unexploded shell at her side. She turns around and braces for impact as the shell erupts right next to her, her back succumbing to the full force of the blast. Hendricks found herself facing extensive reconstructive surgery and a lifetime of regular medical procedures to help her manage her damaged spine, which routinely caused her severe pain and often hindered her mobility. Her injuries meant that she was shunned by her fellow Marines and even her superiors, who viewed her as a disgrace for throwing away years of extensive — and expensive — training just minutes into her first battle. As a result, she found herself largely snubbed by the Marine Corps and relegated to routine non-combat operations, a fact she found incredibly frustrating. Hendricks spent time recuperating from her injuries at Tranquillity Base on Luna, under the supervision of Dr. Emi Yang, who hoped to repair the physical damage to her body and return her to fighting strength, although this would be a lengthy and arduous process. While at Tranquility, Hendricks also became close with Amanda Ripley, often accompanying her on her repair jobs, even learning some electronic engineering skills along the way.
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