Thank you for the heads up, but since you don't mind I'll stick with age I picked.

Anyway I've reworked the backstory a little, hopefully I've addressed the problems. I've only posted the back story since you seemed okay with everything else.

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Valeriya was born in the heart of Volkov's mega-city of Novosibirsk. To a pair of NC pilots, who both worked for Volkov. Growing up Valeriya was mostly raised by one of her uncles and her aunt. Her parents retuning to work as pilots when Valeriya turned 3. In order to provide the best they could for their daughter. As a child and teenager Valeriya didn't understand this. Leading to her to dislike her parents, but for as much as she grew to dislike them she grew to admire the NCs the piloted. One of the few memories that Valeriya considered positive is hearing her parents talk about their mechs and the things they did in them. These stories sparking an interest in becoming a pilot herself, young Valeriya often picturing self piloting an NC. 

This interest stuck with Valeriya thought her schooling, although faded slightly as other interests came into her life. It always stayed close to her. Even as she reached 16 birthday she still lost herself in her mind picturing herself as pilot going missions. Pretending to by the NCs she was "piloting" acting out it's actions. This marking her as the weird one in her small circle of friends. However Valeriya didn't overly mind. 

As she finished school and question was asked what did she want to do when she left school. Giving the thought of becoming a pilot. Deciding to ask her parents when she saw them next. The question though not sitting well with her parents who both objected to the idea. This only made Valeriya want to become a pilot more, who left home to live with the uncle that raised her. Valeriya quickly growing to resent her parents refusing to speak with them or having anything to do with them. 

Having under gone the test to see if she what her sync rate was with an NC at the age of 6 with her Uncle, who knew about her dream to become a pilot and had done tried encourage it. Wanting to make sure the child he had practically raised do the job had always dreamed of doing. Valeriya's uncle helped her get the necessary funds to undergo the the surgery, although never shared how. He helped Valeriya get in contact with Volkov to see about getting some sort of employment. Volkov interested seeming interested in acquiring another pilot. .   
 
Undergoing the surgery to have a Neural Plug installed, Valeriya began to the road to recovery and learning how to use an NC and the start of a career as a pilot with Volkov. Once recovered and trained in the use of an NC she was posted to a small "independent" settlement that was under Volkov protection. The company having a good in it as it was along a supply major route to a couple of other Volkov facilities in the area. It also helped in keeping the local raider groups under some sort of control able to deploy units quickly to deal with them if they started to become problematic. Valeriya stayed at this posting until she was 32. Making the settlement her home. A home she would leave during an operation to recover a lost transport. Valeriya knew to any the company didn't really care about the people in the settlement. Interested in the settlement only because it had benefit in being there. However Valeriya was always able to look the other way.

However after the recovery of the lost transport an operation that turned into an utter mess. Valeriya deciding to go AWOL unwilling to continue working for Volkov. Listed as AWOL officially she was branded a traitor to the company. The began made some minor effort to actively hunt her down. After several months and with a lot of luck and what Valeriya thought must have been a lack of interest in hunting down one rouge NC that only seemed to cost them when they hunted it. Seemed to give up and resort to a simple shoot on site method, whenever they spotted Valeriya or her NC. Valeriya hiding out in whatever independent settlements she knew had no or very minimal Volkov presence. 

After several months she somehow managed to get work with a small independent trade company, that didn't ask why she was listed as AWOL. Seeing the use of an NC Merely giving her a new ID and altered the mech so it wouldn't register as Volkov a NC changing the call sign to Titan. 

After a year working for the trade company mostly guarding it's conveys, Valeriya ended up in New Anchorage. While she waited for the convoy to unload and trade off all it's goods she got time to tour the city. Liking what she saw and the fact she was looking for somewhere more permanent to live. Valeriya decided to make a go for it hearing New Anchorage was long for NC pilots.
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