Carolyn Sanderson was a rogue Human telepath, a "blip", who was captured by the Psi Corps and sent to their re-education centre on Mars. While there she met Psi Cop Alfred Bester who found himself increasingly attracted to Carolyn, making any excuse to spend time with her, getting her better quarters, more food. Eventually the two became lovers, resulting in Carolyn carrying Alfred's child. At some point, four or so weeks before she was found in Sector 500, the allies of the Shadows within the Psi Corps turned her over to the servants of the Shadows. Along with 99 other blips, Carolyn was fitted with cyberweb implants, enhancements to her wetware and programming in preparation for her to be merged with a Shadow Vessel. Working on a tip from Bester, the ship that was transporting them all i