Monica Shaw was a technician that worked on the Hale Vaccine for the remnants of the United States government. In reality, she was secretly a double agent working for George Ramsey, the leader of the so-called New American Republic, who desired to crush the remnants of the U.S. government and apprehending the cache of Hale Vaccine once they were completed. Monica was killed en route to the next base, when a Howler jumped on her and ripped out her throat.