Dominique originally began as a member of the Clan Wolves in Exile trueborn breeding program. Chafing under the rules and regulations of her trainers, Dominique constantly found herself at odds with her teachers, exhibiting a willful streak that no amount of punishment seemed able to suppress.

Her spark of independence never faded during her upbringing. Instead she learnt to hide it from those who were watching. Her discontent finally crystallizing in to outright rebellion when she broke free of her Sibko training facility just after her trial of Position and fled to the perceived freedom of the Dark Caste.

Unable to relinquish her Mechwarrior heritage, she helped in a few scuffles as the renegades tried to stay below the clan's radar. Her aptitude in the cockpit catching the eye of an Inner Sphere observer / recruiter who offered her a home where she can put her skills to use.

Heading to the far reaches of the Inner Sphere Periphery, Dominique signed up with the "Black Warriors," but found that the freedom she sought was not there, just brutality and violence.

Though she stayed with the Warriors for several years, her dissatisfaction with the path her life toke grew even as she became more accepted. Her Clan upbringing and personal honour code left her feeling less a warrior and more a bandit, feelings that were not shared by most of her compatriots.

By the conclusion of her third tour of duty, Dominique had decided to terminate her contract to the Circinus Federation, tired of the life of a privateer. Working her way back to the Inner Sphere, she signed on with a small company heading back to Outreach, citing 'asset realization' as their primary mission template. Though originally starting out as raiders themselves, eventually the company turned around to become a respectable unit, earning several members the opportunity for a fresh start...if they so desired.

Taking her share of the earnings, combined with her gains from the Circinus campaigns, Dominique claimed and refitted one of the companies salvaged machines. She decided it was time for her to leave as the rest of the company signed on with the Lyran Alliance, something she could not bring herself to do.

Now she is a free agent, looking to find gainful employment, and the freedom she searched for in her youth...

Cynthia was captured as part of a shipment of valuables that had been intercepted while Dominique was finishing her term of service with the Black Warriors in the Circinus Federation. With Dominique's mind already made up to leave the outfit in two months after that job, she took one look at Cynthia and knew two things. First, she knew that Cynthia was a slave, but with some special qualities, and second, she knew that she had to take Cynthia with her. As part of her final settlement with the unit, she took the genetic slave with her.

Dominique struggled day in and day out with Cynthia, trying to instill some level of free will in her. There were days when she regretted taking Cynthia, as the slave girl's logic would sometimes wind up in circles.

Finally, as a last effort to achieve her goal, Dominique adopted the slave girl. This helped bridge some of the gap with Cynthia, however, everyday is a struggle on some level for the pair, as Dominique attempts to free Cynthia from the chains of slavery, while Cynthia's trainings keep undoing the work she puts into the girl.