Piper is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent from the Operations division, who joined a special task force assembled by Director Phil Coulson in a failed attempt to assassinate the Inhuman leader Hive. Having proved herself to be an exceptional asset, Piper was promoted to one of the key members of Melinda May's new strike team.
Biography
Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
As Piper joined S.H.I.E.L.D. under Phil Coulson's leadership, he promised her she would own an heavy weapon. Piper worked in the Operations division.[1]
Battle of Union City
Piper and O'Brien are both debriefed
As S.H.I.E.L.D. found the location of the Inhuman leader known as Hive, Piper, O'Brien and two other agents volunteered to join Melinda May and Alphonso Mackenzie on a mission to kill Hive and rescue Daisy Johnson. Mackenzie briefed the agents about the mission and they used Zephyr One to go to Union City. On Zephyr One, Director Phil Coulson also briefed the team about their mission and asked them to be careful and smart as Hive was an incredibly dangerous opponent with an incredibly loyal army behind him.
Piper witnesses the Kree Reapers' arrival
Upon arriving to Union City, May got the information about Hive's location. As the team went to there, Coulson on Zephyr One told them to enter the facility with the safeties off, bur Piper said that the had never been off. They entered the facility where they saw the Kree Orb in action. Coulson ordered the team to get out quickly. As they were out, a satellite crashed directly at the facility and two Kree Reapers walked out and began attacking. O'Brien informed the team that there were big footprints. Piper was socked to learn that aliens had now landed and questioned why nobody seemed shocked.
Piper tries and fails to destroy Hive
The team followed the Kree Reapers, who killed everyone they encountered, and Piper saw that one of them sensed something in the church. Piper, May and O'Brien entered the church where they saw the Kree and Hive dueling. As the Kree Reaper seemed to gain the upper hand, Piper said to May that he might to their work, but May told to not be so sure. Eventually, Hive killed the Kree, so Coulson ordered them to attack. After May and O'Brien shots did not work, May ordered Piper to shot him with her grenade launcher, but Hive was unmoved by the blast and immediately healed from his wounds.
Piper discusses how to destroy Hive
Seeing that they could not defeat Hive on their own, May ordered Piper and the rest of the team to run. They took the injured Mackenzie away from Daisy Johnson, who had almost killed him with her Inhuman power due to him destroying one of the Kree Reapers she needed with a Splinter Bomb. Having shot Johnson with an I.C.E.R., Piper and the others entered the Containment Module and returned to the Playground to get Mackenzie medical attention from Jemma Simmons. As the team were around Mackenzie, Piper noted that Hive was seemingly completely unstoppable.[1]
May's Strike Team
Piper is trained with Melinda May's Team
- "Okay, people! What, you never seen the biggest plane ever built before?! Next pairing, on the mat!"
- ―Piper[src]
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new Director Jeffrey Mace assigned Agent Melinda May the task of creating, training and leading a specialist strike team. She recruited four Agents, including Piper. One day, May trained her team in martial arts in the Playground hangar. After she defeated her opponent, May asked her team why he failed. Piper answered that he tagged out. Zephyr One then landed and May asked Piper to train them for her. Piper said to the team to ignore the largest plane ever built and continue with training, calling the next pair to begin their fight training.
Piper awaits her orders from Melinda May
However when it was discovered that May had been assisting Agents Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie in their search for Quake, Piper and the other members of May's team watched as May was confronted by Jemma Simmons about her actions. When Simmons locked eyes with Piper, she turned away so her words could be more private. Piper and the rest of the team were then sent to Los Angeles to fight Chinatown Crew bring back Coulson and Mackenzie under the orders of Simmons who worked directly under the new Director, Jeffrey Mace, much to May's own personal annoyance.
Piper overlooks the captured Chinatown Crew
Having discovered Coulson and Mackenzie spying on a deal being done by Chen to purchase a box containing Lucy Bauer, Piper joined the rest of her team using the new Mapping-Action Eyewear developed by Leo Fitz to sneak up on the Chinatown Crew and shoot them with I.C.E.R.s with such efficiency that Mackenzie could not help but be impressed. With the crew now captured, Piper joined her team on Zephyr One, checking the status of the injured Chinatown Crew members and noting their Watchdogs tattoos on their wrists with Mackenzie still by her side.[2]
Melinda May's Breakdown
Piper awkwardly talks with Melinda May
- "Ma'am?"
"Is there a different title you'd prefer? Commander? Sir?"
"Let's just stick to 'May.'
"I can do May. I can do that, May." - ―Melinda May and Piper[src]
While Piper was walking through the Playground she was called over by Melinda May who asked her to get May's Team ready for combat training in ten minutes. When Piper referred to May as Ma'am they had an awkward discussion trying to work out what name May would prefer, with Piper leaving to collect her fellow team mates for the upcoming training session.
Piper witnesses Melinda May's breakdown
While training began, Piper witnessed a now panicked May walking through the rooms before being escorted out by Phil Coulson. As Piper watched, May had a sudden breakdown and attacked Coulson, believing him to be working against her and infected with something terrible. As the other members of May's team tried to calm her down, Piper engaged in a fight with her own commander, which she eventually lost. In the end Director Jeffrey Mace personally defeated May, having revealed himself to be an Inhuman and knocked her unconscious before taking her into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s custody.[3]
Personality
To be added
Abilities
To be added
Equipment
Weapons
- Milkor M32 MGL: To be added
- I.C.E.R.: To be added
Other Equipment
- Mapping-Action Eyewear: To be added
Relationships
Allies
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Jeffrey Mace - Director
- Phil Coulson - Colleague and Former Director
- Alphonso Mackenzie - Colleague
- Anderson - Colleague
- O'Brien - Colleague
- Jemma Simmons - Colleague
- Leo Fitz - Colleague
- May's Team - Teammates
- Melinda May - Colleague and Team Leader
- Prince - Colleague
Enemies
- Hive †
- Kree Reapers †
- Chinatown Crew
- Chen †
