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[hr][hr][h1]—PILOT—[/h1][hr][hr]
[center][color=0076a3][i][b] “Few have the opportunities of escaping the machine that is corporatocracy; those people are called the strong and those who suffer in their shadow are the weak.”[/b][/i][/color]

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[b]Name[/b]
[indent]Anastasia Kalfox
Stein[/indent]
[b]Appearance[/b]
[indent] Stein is youthful in appearance, though that is a far oversimplification of how she appears to others. Expressed by scowls, grimaces, and narrowed brows; Stein has a vicious temperament towards social and military scenarios alike. Her hair is a pale blonde that is supplemented by what many have called “icy, emotionless” eyes. Her casual attire, when she cares for it, is decidedly practical resulting in fitted clothes for appropriate weather conditions but not forsaking mobility. Stein’s body isn’t very tall though, which only aids in her somewhat youthful appearance; setting in at about 5’5”.[/indent]
[b]Age[/b]
[indent]20[/indent]
[b]Role[/b]
[indent]Hybrid (Assault, Support)[/indent]
[b]Personality[/b] 
[indent] Cold and calculating, Stein is a product of her environment. Raised to be the perfect soldier for Volkov International Security, Stein’s morality is a hard question to answer as she has never really had a moral compass of her own. Operating for the corporation from a young age, she had been conditioned several times over as corporate instructors drilled in countless lessons that planned to make her content with the actions of the company and no one else. After countless battles, Stein has found herself not only distanced from “normal” human reactions and beliefs but also particularly vicious in her resolve thus gathering her the title of “Little Dragon” amongst other corporate soldiers. Beyond her fire & ice-esque exterior it isn’t quite certain if she has emotions such as sympathy or empathy. [/indent]
[b]Backstory[/b]
[indent]Those born in the dominion of the Volkov Corporation are raised with three priorities— the good of the corporation, the survival of the citizens under it, and the success of the individual. Anastasia Kalfox was born the daughter of a company man, one of the many members of the prestigious Board of Directors of the Seattle branch. A self-described “company man”, Anastasia’s father was a man of passion and influence. The lack of a presence of a mother figure in the young girl’s life led her to primarily take cues from her father as well as the company’s values. However, Anastasia’s father cared little about parentage which became abundantly clear when he saw his daughter as another way to gain influence and prestige. 

Initially his idea was to groom Anastasia as a possible bargaining chip for an arranged marriage… that is until she showed aptitude and potential as a prospective mech pilot when testings showed she had the capacity to link with a Neural Combatant system. After this realization, Anastasia was instead groomed as a corporate soldier rather than a corporate bride. For Anastasia’s father, it seemed his instincts with his daughter to advance his station were perfectly correct and thus began Anastasia’s career as a militarized pawn at the age of ten. Taking mentorship under Field Captain Roxa Vox, Anastasia soon found her emotions broken to which she earned the nickname of “Stein”. Given the NC, the “Little Dragon” the name of Stein Kalfox would come to be a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield and off of it. Eventually gaining more and more renown in North America, Stein would eventually gain the respect… and envy of her comrades. 

By the age of twenty, Stein had evolved into a creature of battle; a creature who only felt peace in her NC. However tragedy resulted when her father had his entire career put on trial after “suspicious circumstances” came out that he was trading company secrets for profit. As a byproduct this resulted in the removal of Stein’s reputation, resources, status, and camaraderie within the company; a company that would hastily abandon her during the middle of a mission in the Alaskan territories which resulted in severe damages to Stein’s NC. Left for dead with a half-blown NC, relieved of resources, and “thrown away” to New Anchorage she was now forced to work independently as she wondered why everything she had been branded was now non-existent.

Her time at New Anchorage, so far has been fruitful despite going through two commanders and feeling an unnerving emotion return to her. She has taken well to some of her new “comrades” such as Jan Van Gent, but still has yet to get used to much of her team. The new commander, Michael Graham, however is watching her very closely.[/indent]
[b]Tactical Preference & Skills[/b]
[indent] Due to her conditioning, Stein is particularly skilled given the wealth of her military training and combat experience which includes training in close quarters combat, standard battlefield tactics, physical conditioning, and firearms. However these are only a few of Stein’s advantages as she lacks in-depth understanding of things outside of corporate concerns, moral expectations, and so forth. Her preference in her non-mecha skills are a tie between close quarters combat and firearms; going for an agile combat basis utilizing handguns. [/indent]
[b]Notes[/b]
[indent] Stein doesn’t know how to process “everyday” life; including personal emotions, relating to others, hobbyism, art, and so forth. She only understands things in the ways of corporate and military interests which makes her pretty confused in the current situation she is in. Her Neural Plug sync rate is above 98%. [/indent]
[b]Text Color[/b]
[indent][color=0076a3] 0076a3  / Blue[/color][/indent]

[hr][hr][h1]—NC—[/h1][hr][hr]

[b]Codename[/b]
[indent]Little Dragon[/indent]
[b]Appearance[/b]
[indent] Painted in a coat of cobalt and silver with chrome framework; the “Little Dragon” doesn’t intend to appear titanic in appearance with little to no overbearing designs and instead more practical additions.[/indent]
[b]Body & Type[/b]    
[indent]Medium[/indent]
[b]Equipment & Armaments[/b]
[indent]Modified by Stein and tailored to her personality by Volkov engineers, the “Little Dragon” has a good deal of ‘extra content’ such as:

Anti-Armor Machine Gun System: A modified MEK-50 machine gun system designed with anti-tank ballistics in mind; this modification allows for more ammo capacity. Stein favors this over a Railgun simply due to reaction speed even if it has a far more disposable ammunition. 

Personal Defense Lightshield: Based on the experimental AEGIS-01, this lightshield is created in a way similar to a lightsword (energy, plasma, etc) to block incoming melee strikes. It uses about as much power as a railgun but over a sustained amount of time. Can cause power malfunctions and brownouts if used over capacity. 

Anti-Personnel Crowd Control System: A vanilla VGKW-04 missile launcher spread meant to deal with soft targets.

Short Thrusters: The standard of the majority of current model NC’s, the “Little Dragon” has small use pulse thrusters to traverse small cliffs or avoid crowded scenarios.

EMP Flares: A small amount of EMP flares are also on board to allow for radar jamming and other utilities.[/indent] [/hider]