Ed is an eccentric, resourceful, childlike, tomboyish, and intelligent teenager. Ed first encounters the Bebop and its crew when she hacks the ship on its way to Earth. After Ed helps the Bebop crew cash in the Earth hacker bounty, she insists on joining the crew. When Faye tries to leave Earth without her, Ed hacks the Bebop and holds it hostage until she is permitted to join.

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Later in the story when the Bebop is back on Earth, the crew stumbles across an orphanage that Ed used to live in. After seeing some old friends there, Ed is informed that her father has come looking for her recently. Ed decides to make up a bounty on her father to convince Spike to find him. When Spike finds him, Ed decides to leave the Bebop with Ein to live with her father on Earth.