Elke Winters

Elke Winters New Vrill.

Elke Winters was the last leader of the Vrill (?-2145.)   It was during her term as leader that the Vrill fought a brief war against the United Earth as a result of an Vrill-Falkenhorst alliance.

Even before the Falkenhorst were defeated suport was very weak for the war, after that event, the Vrill citizens called upon Elke Winters to end the war.

In 2144 she calls from the lead ship of the Vrill fleet and offers unconditional surrender of the Vrill. They do not wish to fight or harm their brothers and sisters and she declares her people have decided to join the United Earth and accept Earth Law.

She also explains that a small group of Vrill did not agree to abandon their age old philosophy of Racial superiority. This group however asked to get the time to built a fleet of Long Range Arks so they could leave this part of the Galaxy.

In 2145,The joining Vrill call themselves the “New Vrill”. The leader of the New Vrill Elke Winters addresses Earth Congress and explains the reason for their decision. A total of 62 star systems with colonized Vrill worlds become United Earth Colonies. The Vrill fleet becomes United Earth.