Hillary Palin was a Manticoran engineer, entrepreneur, and politician. Trained as a nano and materials engineer, she founded the industrial application company Palin, Holder, and Mitchell, Ltd., which specialized in the development of advanced composites and advanced anti-energy weapon armors. It sold its patents to the Royal Manticoran Navy for over seven billion dollars in the early 1850s PD. By the late 1870s PD, Palin had become a political commentator, appearing on talk shows such as Into the Fire. (Companion)