Marina Kseniya Sebastien
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Contents
Background
Marina doesn't talk much about her past and the details are sketchy. She hails from the Rim, from the Russian-settled world of Novaya Rodina and though she has family there she'll readily admit it's been over a decade since she's seen them. She left home at the age of seventeen, desperate to escape the stifling culture of her childhood, and never looked back. In the years since, she's held any number of jobs as vehicular mechanic, comm tech and ship's engineer. She was senior engineer on a bulk freighter but abruptly quit six months ago to pursue intinerant jobs, working to pay for her passage from one port of call to the next.
She's cagey as to details about her hiring on with the crew. She's usually too busy cataloguing and fixing everything wrong on the ship to indulge in social chitchat and heart-to-hearts.
Over the years, however, the details have slowly surfaced:
Rina started out an extremely talented young woman on the fast track for promotion in the enlisted ranks as an Alliance Naval engineer. The war intervened in her initial tour of duty, however, leaving her betrayed by her own side in a nasty bit of political scapegoating. The blow to her idealism and trust was staggering and she defected to the other side to survive. She accepted a deep cover operation against her native government and learned the covert skills necessary to carry the mission under an assumed identity while under Alliance scrutiny. The long-term commitment left a permanent mark on her psyche, leaving her paranoid and twitchy.
Physical Appearance
Rina is short and sturdy with the muscularity of someone used to hard work. More often than not she's clad in a mechanic's coveralls, T-shirt and workboots. Off-duty, she tends toward the hard-wearing and serviceable: cargo pants and tees and boots.
She has several small nicks and scars on her hands and forearms, all incurred on the job, and she has a few other scars elsewhere that she refuses to talk about when asked.
Psychological Profile
Rina has a restless and mechanically inquisitive mind and it manifests as fidgeting and general twitchiness when she's forced to be idle. Rina loathes inactivity and will keep herself busy finicking with small projects and gadgets as much as possible. To stave off stir craziness, Rina will keep a clipboard or notebook and pen at hand, the better to jot down ideas and sketch designs as they occur to her. Her pockets on-duty and off will have any number of tools, and they will spend more time out of her pockets than in.
When dealing with machines and ships systems, she's incredibly patient and thorough. When dealing with people, however, she's pretty much the opposite. She's blunt and abrasive, careless of their feelings, and brutally honest. Rina's not unaware of her shortcomings and though she'd rather wait and become familiar with others before throwing herself into conversations and debates, her curiosity and temperament rarely afford her that luxury. Rina spends a fair amount of time in her social interactions supressing her natural inclinations and her success is usually mixed, with more favorable outcomes occurring with those she knows best.
Due to her hard-knocks experience, she has trained herself to constantly size up her environment for ambush chokepoints, locating means of entrance and escape, and checking for weapons either actual or improvised. She has trained herself to focus on the job at hand to the exclusion of everything else, driving herself to her limits. She does not accept the no-win scenario. She does not take captivity or forced inactivity well: both states drive her to desperation, putting her firmly in a fight-or-flight, prisoner-escape mental mode. Thanks to her innate talents and her indomitable will, she has been able to persevere through situations that would have defeated others, further convincing her that no matter what, she will win in the end, that her paranoia is justified. Even so, Rina understands hers is not a healthy mindset and is taking steps to remedy it.
21 Things Rina Knows
The Moscow Rules
Advancement Points
Advancement Points Earned/Spent Page
Damage
| Stun => | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___ | <= Wound |
Half Life Points in Wound = -2 Step penalty in Attributes.
Character Sheet
Attributes
- Agility d8
- Strength d6
- Vitality d8
- Alertness d8
- Intelligence d10
- Willpower d8
Assets
- Friends on the Cortex d2---She has friends where you wouldn't expect them.
- Tough as Nails d4 ---She can take some punishment.
- Athletics d4 ---Can dodge fairly well.
- Mean Left Hook d4 ---And lay you out.
- Talented d6 ---She can suss what needs doing if it's of a mechanical nature. How? It's a talent.
Complications
- Str. Shooter d6 ---Hates to lie, but can shave the truth if she has to.
- Branded d6 ---Troublesome Client at Starports, apparently.
- Twitchy d6 ---Very. Because her past is always present.
Skills
- Tech Eng: General d6
- Hacking d8
- Create/Alter Equip d8
- Electronics d8
- Demolitions d8
- Mech Eng: General d6
- Create d10
- Repair d12 + 2d
- Maintain d10
- Plumbing d8
- Craft: General d6
- Metalworking d10
- Athletics: General d6
- Guns: General d6
- Pistols d8
- Ranged Weapon d4
- Melee Weapon d6
- Unarmed Cbt: General d6
- Brawling d8
- Knowledge d4
- Influence d2
- Perception: General d6
- Investigation d8
- Tactics d8
- Hearing d8
- Covert:General d6
- Disable Device d8
- Stealth d8
- Discipline d6
- Concentration d8
- Survival d6
- Vac Suit d8
- Land Survival. d8
- Planetary Vehicle d4
- Pilot d4
- Medical d4
- Animal Handling d4
Advancement Points Earned/Spent Page
Personal Log
Peripatetica - Rina's Journal entry and RP log
Rina's Russian Glossary
Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and Bolts, All Seasons
Season Five: Brass in Pocket
Season Five: PFX
Season Five: Ship Spotting
Season Five: Ship Repairs
