Michelle Henke

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Rear Admiral Lady Michelle Henke, Countess Gold Peak is a fictional character in the Honorverse. She is an officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy.

"Mike" is also the Queen's cousin, a member of the Cadet Branch of the House of Winton. Mike roomed with Honor Harrington at Saganami Naval Academy and helped her pass higher-dimensional mathematics. Later, she served as Honor's executive officer on the battlecruiser Nike. Paul Tankersley is another of her cousins.

Henke was a Commander on her first appearance in The Short Victorious War. She was promoted to Captain (junior grade) in Field of Dishonor. She was a Captain of the List by Echoes of Honor. She became Countess Gold Peak in Ashes of Victory. As of At All Costs she is a Rear Admiral assigned to Eighth Fleet as Commander of Battlecruiser squadron 81. She was captured at the Battle of Solon and later released as President Pritchart's messenger to Queen Elizabeth. As a condition of her parole, she could no longer serve in units engaged with the Republic of Haven, i.e. Eighth Fleet. She was subsequently assigned to a unit serving in the Talbott Cluster.

She has been captain of HMS Agni (a light cruiser) and HMS Edward Saganami (a heavy cruiser) in various books.

Henke knows even less about baseball than Honor.