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Born on Gryphon , she joined the Royal Manticoran Navy . She served as Honor Harrington 's sailing master (an obsolete position) aboard HMS ''Fearless''. As a lieutenant-commander, she was the executive officer of HMS ''Madrigal''. During the 1st Battle of Yeltsin, the ''Madrigal'' battled the Masada n Naval Ship (MNS) ''Thunder of God'' and lost. Captured by the Masadans, she (and all other female survivors of the ''Madrigal'') was brutally Raped and Torture d. By the time Honor Harrington 's crew found ''Madrigal'''s survivors, Brigham was one of only two women--out of the twenty six captured--still alive (the other was Ensign Mai-ling Jackson). Brigham suffered a mental breakdown as a result of her ordeal, but eventually returned to duty in '' Flag In Exile '', explaining to Honor that she had not been harmed as seriously as had been thought. She was "loaned" to the Grayson Space Navy .