Editing Bureau Noir: Alejandra Peixoto (section)

===Ally: Zayna Fayez===
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'''Faction:''' Haqqislam<br>
'''Concept:''' Khawarij Super-Soldier<br>
'''Relation:''' It's complicated.<br>

One day, a Yu Jing biotech researcher decided to defect to a Haqqislam Silk Lord. The corporation found out about his betrayal and sent in their rapid intervention team to deal with the problem. Their target was on a shuttle, en-route to one of the Circulars. They were to intercept, jam comms, and board the shuttle. Once there... ''just deal with it''.

Things are of course never quite that simple.

The scientist was given a small security detail to help him with the transition - and to prevent him from chickening out. Alejandra's intervention team boarded the shuttle and the battle was, to say the least, cataclysmic. In the end, Alejandra was forced to draw her ''Naraka'' sword (making Zayna one of the few who managed to do so). She and her team had won but at a terrible cost. The shuttle was heavily damaged and losing atmo. Zayna lay bleeding out. None of the civilians on board had the skills to save their lives. Several hundred people, already dead. They just didn't know it yet.

It was time to exfil with their prize but something didn't sit right with Alejandra. She administered first aid to Zayna and fixed the shuttle up just enough for a rescue responder to arrive in time.

Officially, this was not against order. Officially, none of the managers wanted to sign their name on a report which said for the record that they would have preferred all those people to die. Unofficially, Alejandra's career was as good as over.

Alejandra wandered the Sphere for about a year "on extended leave", wondering what to do with herself and checking old merc contacts to see if she could return to that life. This was before Bureau Noir contacted her. During this time, Zayna tracked her down and confronted her in a grimy motel room on Sol. For answers. For gratitude. For payback. For acknowledging the undeniable sexual tension they had going on during their fated swordfight. (I mean, what did you think the "Pan" stands for in PanOceania?)

The two have been off and on again frenemies, partners in crime, business rivals, sworn nemeses, cold exes, and loving partners. They both lead busy, unstable lives with a lot of clandestine elements in it. As complicated as their relationship sounds, to them it's one of the few things in their lives which is blissfully simple. (And on occasion, simply blissful.)