Anastasia "Errant" Hsien

Attributes (30 pt)

• BLD 4 (8+)
• REF 6 (6+)
• INT 6 (6+)
• LRN 6 (6+)
• CHA 2 (10+)

Skills (24 pt)

Advanced University Package- Battlemech MOS, Specialist(Recon) MOS

• Gunnery/Mech 3 (3+)
• Piloting/Mech 1 (5+)

• Medtech 1 (5+)
• Small Arms 2 (4+)
• Security Systems 2 (4+)
• Stealth 3 (3+)
• Disguise 1 (5+)
• Perception 2 (4+)
• Alternate Identity 2 (4+)
• Unarmed 1 (7+)
• Forgery 1 (5+)
• Demolitions 1 (5+)

Characteristics

• Athletic (8+)
• Physical (6+)
• Mental (6+)
• Social (10+)

• Edge - 1

Advantages

• Well-Equipped (2) - 5k C-bills of equipment, availability up to C

Equipment

Item	Cost	Effect	Page Ref
4 medkits	40	-2 modifier to medtech rolls, expended on use	MW 81
preserving sleeve	25	prevent further deterioration of injured limb	MW 82
Solar Recharger	200	45 charge/hour	MW 82
microcommunicator	200	2 km range	MW 91
personal communicator	50	10 km range	MW 91
Laser Pistol	750	1-3/4-6/7-12, 2 charge/shot, 4d6, usually in thigh holster	MW 93
2 high-capacity power packs	40	30 charges, refills at half speed	MWC 86
Zeus Heavy Rifle	200	1-7/8-18/19-28; 5 shots; 6d6	MW 96
20 extra rounds for zeus (4 spare clips)	20		MW 96
Flamer pistol	50	1-3/4-5/6-7; 10 shots; 2d6; sets target hex on fire (1d6) for 3 rounds, stuffed in her boot	MW 100
10 extra rounds for flamer pistol	10		MW 100
Hold-out laser pistol	100	1-2/3-4/5-6, 3 charge/shot, 2d6, stuffed in her other boot (she's a little paranoid…)	MW 93
Starlight Sniper Scope	300	-2 modifier to hit when braced and stationary; -2 to darkness penalties	MW 101
basic field kit	10	wilderness basics	MW 90
respirator	50	allows operation in un-breathable air and vacuum	MW 84
Advanced Security Bypass Kit	900	-2 to rolls against eletronic security, warning against alarms	MWC 103
Basic Security Bypass kit	100	-1 to rolls against mechanical locks	MWC 103
Flak Pants	75	legs, -2 energy, -1/2 kinetic, -1/4 melee damage, no movement penalty, 25 damage, Athletic +1	MWC 90
Ablative/Flak Jacket	600	body & arms, -1/2 energy, -1/2 kinetic, -1/4 melee, 25 damage, Athletic & Physical +1	MWC 92
Ablative/Flak Helmet	150	head, -1/2 energy, -1/2 kinetic, -1/4 melee, 25 damage, no penalties	MWC 92
6 ablative/flak patches	90	repair 5 damage	MWC 90
3 flak patches	10	repair 5 damage	MWC 90
forgery kit	1000	-2 to forgery rolls	MW 87

Assets: 530 C-Bills

Background

Anastasia "Errant" Hsien is an out-of-favor Capellan noble hiding out from the Moskirovka, recently in the service of the small and now-destroyed White Crane Company of mercenaries. What had been merely a series of skirmishes with the Federated Suns in support of Combine force turned into a slaughter when the DCMS units used the White Cranes as a diversion (without letting them know about it) to let them make a deep strike against the Davions. Anastasia’s scout Wasp, which she had managed to flee with when her family went into exile, was one of the first to run into (literally) the AFFS assault detachment, but in the withering fire her ‘mech took a head shot that disabled her communications before she could trigger ejection (and nearly cost her an arm).

The above is not entirely true. Anastasia Hsien’s family was discredited when her father tried to speak out against the latest misrule by the minor count from a cadet branch of House Liao he owed vassalage to, but Anastasia had been serving the Moskirovka as embedded security within the CCAF. With that posting untenable after her family’s fall into political disfavor, she was offered the opportunity (and ‘eventual’ restoration of her title) to shift to foreign intelligence by slipping into a mercenary corp and reporting on foreign (particularly AFFS) movements in that capacity. She had been assigned to steal DCMS military intelligence reports at the next client meeting before the disaster; now, she doesn’t know when or if she’ll be able to get in contact with her handler at all. At least there’s one bright side - her arm healed with a minimum of scarring. Of course, she needs to take on a job to even pay the doctors...

Ana is an excellent gunner but only a good pilot, more suited to ‘mechs which combine ranged striking power with the mobility to withdraw from return fire than the light, nimble scout mech that she ‘fled’ the Confederation with. A Dragon would suit her nicely.

While Anastasia possesses a wide array of technical and espionage skills from her Moskirovka training and is excellent at keeping her mouth shut, she’s never been good at opening it. Her parents have never quite concealed their disappointment that their heir wasn’t a properly graceful lady, which is part of what drove her to seek service in the secret police in the first place - a position in which she could serve the Confederation without having to be too pleasant about it. Now cut off from that - truly in exile for now, but still with secrets to keep - she has even more difficulty reaching out to people. "Errant" is a deceptively slight woman, wiry and tough. Stringy, shoulder-length black hair frames a pale, soft-featured face with piercing green eyes. When not armored up, she usually wears utilitarian, form-hugging jumpsuits rather than wear more fitting to her noble heritage.

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