Pepper Potts is a brilliant and resilient businesswoman, and an important civilian in the life of Iron Man for many years before becoming an armored super hero of her own, Rescue. Starting out as a secretary for Stark Industries, Pepper was promoted to Tony Stark's personal assistant after her discovery of an accounting error proved her resourcefulness.[7] Pepper first adopted the armored identity of Rescue following Tony's ousting as director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and both went on the run from Norman Osborn.[8] As a valued member of Stark Industries, Pepper has been involved with other people from Iron Man's life, most notably Happy Hogan. Pepper initially antagonized the unassuming chauffeur, but they quickly learned to lean on one another after repeatedly becoming involved in Iron Man's adventures.[2] What started as a love triangle between Pepper, Tony and Happy eventually resulted in Potts' marriage to Hogan.[9] However, their rocky relationship saw them separated for a time,[10] and Happy eventually died after a fatal encounter with Spymaster.[11] Before assuming the mantle of Rescue, Pepper became the cybernetically-enhanced overseer of the super hero team The Order.[12] As an armored hero, Pepper became involved in the field, assisting Iron Man and War Machine in battle.[13] She eventually struck out on her own after a falling out with Tony when he had his moral compass temporarily inverted by a magic spell gone wrong.[14] During the Robot Revolution, Pepper was outfitted with a new armor an an AI modelled after her late husband, H.A.P.P.Y.. She played a key role in harvesting DNA samples from Tony Stark's parents to help him reconstitute his body,[1] and then took part in the final assault at the Stark Space Station to stop Tony's brother, Arno, from enslaving humanity.[15]