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Gearhead Pegasus 09-3243-9215 a.k.a. Sakura Uzimara

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Name: Gearhead Pegasus 09-3243-9215 a.k.a. Sakura Uzimara


General Information

Species: Type Three Freespacer (fake ID: Yamataian)
Gender: Female
Age: 9 (Fake ID: 19)

Family / Creators: Freespacer Fleet Fake ID: Ton Uzimara (father, deceased): electrician, hit by a car Maya Uzimaki (mother, deceased): housewife, broke neck falling down a flight of stairs

Employer: Hacker Cult/Yamatai Star Empire
Occupation: Spy/Technician
Rank: ??
Current Assignment: ??


Physical Characteristics

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 54 kg
Measurements: ?? (no idea what's reasonable)
Bra Size: ??B (ditto)

Build and Skin Colour: Fairly skinny build, with very pale skin.
Facial Features and Eye Colour: Pegasus has a fairly angular facial structure. Her blue eyes shine with emotion, usually mirth or enthusiasm, but a sombre acceptance of death shines through when needed.
Hair Colour and Style: Her bright red hair is worn fairly short and neat, so as to blend in with the military.

Distinguishing Features: The Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator most Freespacers are installed with has been modified to produce an abnormally large amount of radiation. Combined with a genetically engineered gland to produce the chemicals needed to sustain her plant parts, she is capable of sustained survival off of Freespacer Ships, at the expense of losing the ability to survive there naturally without them being removed. Additionally, said glands also produce a variety of antibacterial and antiviral compounds to aid her weak immune system, so she won't be killed by the common cold.


Psychological Characteristics

Personality:
Pegasus's personality is a mixture of contradictions. She's both coldly clinical (minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency are values she grew up with) and boisterously enthusiastic (because you only live once, so you might as well enjoy it). She's dependant on establishing personal relationships for her mission, and well aware that said relationships could endanger it.

Likes: Computers, freedom, technology
Dislikes: Authority
Goals: To acquire as much information on Star Army Technology as possible. If possible, convince some Nekos (or, possibly, the whole ship) to defect to the Freespacers.


History

Pegasus is a member of a small but growing sect of Freespacer society that moves away from their traditional pacifism, and encourages universal armament (since noone can exploit the unarmed if everyone's armed), following the annihilation of a fleet at the hands (tentacles?) of the Mishnuvurthnyar. However, the pacifist nature of Freespacer society meant that whatever weapons technology they still had plans for was far out of date. Additionally, they were intrigued at the possiblity of using Yamataian femtotechnology to accellerate ship contruction and reduce maitenance (the more Freespacers, the merrier). So, the hacker cult cooked up a plan- they would get some of their Threes to infiltrate the militaries of the other human powers, as technicians, so that they could learn the secrets of their weapons technologies. So, after some surgery for cybernetic implants that would let her mimic Yamataian's natural abilities (like telepathy), Pegasus was inserted onto Neplesia, where some Fours and Fives proceeded to hack PANTHEON and create a false identity for her, along with the records of her family's existance back for generations, until they seamlessly merged with all the other genological records of the time, and bank accounts (along with records of her "vacation" to Neplesia). Then, she boarded her "return" flight, got to Yamatai, and joined the Star Army (with any neccessary medical examinations having already been forged, and simply needing to be inserted).


Skills

Communications: Pegasus 09 is familiar with basic radio operation and procedures and can make transmissions to and receive transmissions from other characters through headsets, starships, power armor, and shuttles in both combat and non-combat conditions. Pegasus is fluent in English. She can speak and write both correctly and efficiently and can write reports, fill forms, issue orders under fire, etc. Additionally, being a Hacker Cult Mindtwister, she knows a significant amount about the use and design of the networks that are so critical to Freespacer Society. Being trained as a spy, she is well versed in deception.

Fighting: Pegasus 09 received hand-to-hand combat training, followed up with a rigorous training program. She is skilled and experienced in combat both in Yamatai-like conditions and in zero-gravity, with and without weapons. Weapons she is trained in include energy pistols, knives, and power armor.

Technology Operations: Pegasus is capable of operating any computer system that uses the Kessaku OS, found on all Star Army starships. She is proficient in entering and/or searching for information. Additionally, being a Hacker Cult member, she has considerable knowledge of the operation of Freespacer computers, as well as the methods of defeating computer security. Additionally, as a Mindtwister, she is knowledgable about the operations of

Mathematics: Pegasus is trained in advanced mathematics, including statistical analysis, calculus, set theory, and more esoteric mathematics she uses in her work. Finally, she has a good chunk of the Freespacer's knowledge of science stuck in her head, so she that she'll be able to recognize the principles behind Yamataian technology, so as to facilitate its reverse engineering.

Knowledge: Pegasus is trained in Yamataian history and culture, as well as that of the Freespacers. Heck, she's got the entirety of the Art of Never Again squirreled away in her head. Additionally, as a spy, she'd got the whole history of her fake identity stored(and constantly updated), too, so she won't get caught in any lies.

Maitenance and Repair: Pegasus is knowledgable about the maintenance and repair of both Freespacer and Yamataian equipment. The latter is part of the reason she came here.

Psychology: Pegasus is well versed in human and Neko psychology, first in her job as a Mindtwister, and now in her job as a spy. Additionally, she is well trained in resisting interrogation, up to and including torture and the reading of memories.


OOC Notes

Yeah, a Freespacer spy. The cognitive dissonance of someone whose previous job was ensuring the freedom of information now being forced to keep secrets should be fun to play. And yeah, I do know the penalty if she gets caught is torture until death.
 
The radiation and her DNA would immediately give her away as a non-Yamataian at any security checkpoint, though.
 
A. You might want to run this by Layla Veressis.

B. As Wes said, that radiation wouldn't be too much of a good thing in a regular enviroment.
 
Usually I'd discuss over YIM rather than just list grievances, but I can't since your profile doesn't seem to have a YIM account. Anyways, three major points to make:

  • Travel: Freespacers are a pre-FTL race -- at least in terms of ship propulsion. However, their current propulsion technology is low tech/high efficiency designs like solar sails and nuclear rocket engines, which would mean a journey to Yamatai could take over a century. Unless some mining corporation sends a survey vessel up there and the Freespacers lure in and hijack it, they wouldn't be able to get a person down to Yamatai.
  • Knowledge: The haven't had first contact yet. That means no Mishhu, Nepleslian, or Yamatai contact. Their long-range communications technology is much more advanced, though, so gleaning information through PANTHEON eavesdropping is possible. And traditionally they do put a much heavier emphasis on electronic warfare and intelligence gathering than most races, so it isn't too a big stretch to believe. What is a big stretch, however, is having the technology (above note) to pull it off. Like hiding their DNA, cybernetics, and symbiotic plant components, from scanners.
  • Mishhu: I'm just not sure what the Mishhu would be doing that far north, or why they wouldn't continue conquering the rest of the race. Especially given their currently pacifist and unarmed state.
 
Wes said:
The radiation and her DNA would immediately give her away as a non-Yamataian at any security checkpoint, though.
Maybe she hacks them as she passes through, to make them register her as a Yamataian?

Layla Veressis said:
Usually I'd discuss over YIM rather than just list grievances, but I can't since your profile doesn't seem to have a YIM account.
That's because I don't use YIM.

Anyways, three major points to make:
Okey-dokey.

  • Travel: Freespacers are a pre-FTL race -- at least in terms of ship propulsion. However, their current propulsion technology is low tech/high efficiency designs like solar sails and nuclear rocket engines, which would mean a journey to Yamatai could take over a century. Unless some mining corporation sends a survey vessel up there and the Freespacers lure in and hijack it, they wouldn't be able to get a person down to Yamatai.

  • Are they? Nothing about their ship capabilities is in the wiki, so I didn't know that. That might be something to put in there, especially in a universe that seems to possess FTL that's nearly at Star Wars speeds.

    [*]Knowledge: The haven't had first contact yet. That means no Mishhu, Nepleslian, or Yamatai contact. Their long-range communications technology is much more advanced, though, so gleaning information through PANTHEON eavesdropping is possible. And traditionally they do put a much heavier emphasis on electronic warfare and intelligence gathering than most races, so it isn't too a big stretch to believe. What is a big stretch, however, is having the technology (above note) to pull it off. Like hiding their DNA, cybernetics, and symbiotic plant components, from scanners.
    Again, something to put in the wiki. I'm wondering how that's possible when they're only a few minutes travel at full FTL from anywhere in the Yamatai Star Empire.

    [*]Mishhu: I'm just not sure what the Mishhu would be doing that far north, or why they wouldn't continue conquering the rest of the race. Especially given their currently pacifist and unarmed state.
It was probably some Mishnu deep scouting party that ran across some outlying Freespacer fleet, and logged them as either being affiliated with one of the groups of humans they've already run across, or as a lower priority than the ones who actually possess things like guns and FTL travel.
 
You'll need YIM to JP and communicate with other players, yo. And there's no way she'll hack a PANTHEON-based security checkpoint, which encompasses 100 percent of those on Yamatai.
 
Oh boy.
2 things from the history:

A. Not only does PANTHEON not extend to Neplesia, Yamataians, real or not, are strictly banned from the planet.

B. Dissenters within the freespacers are usually dumped into the recyclers. The automata and whatnot would not like a bunch of sketchies runnin' round makin' bombs. Also, I think you need Layla's permission to actually make that group in the first place.
 
Doshii Jun said:
You'll need YIM to JP and communicate with other players, yo.
What's wrong with just doing SPs and using the board?

And there's no way she'll hack a PANTHEON-based security checkpoint, which encompasses 100 percent of those on Yamatai.

I was under the impression that PANTHEON was a heirarched network of AIs. She might not be able to hack the top nodes, but the bottom ones should be possible, right?

SUBLIMEinal said:
Oh boy.
2 things from the history:

A. Not only does PANTHEON not extend to Nepleslia, Yamataians, real or not, are strictly banned from the planet.
Uh, huh. I'm sure there's some sort of connection between the civvie networks, though (since they were both part of the same country until recently, and I doubt Joe Bloggs would be happy about losing his connection to Uncle Sandy because they happen to live in the wrong sides of the empire), and since PANTHEON serves as both the civvie and military networks for the YSE, you would think it would be possible, especially for people like the Hacker Cult.

As to the latter, I remember you posting that in another thread (regarding Yamataians in the NSE), and people asking for proof.

B. Dissenters within the freespacers are usually dumped into the recyclers. The automata and whatnot would not like a bunch of sketchies runnin' round makin' bombs. Also, I think you need Layla's permission to actually make that group in the first place.
I wasn't under that impression at all. You would think that anarcho-communists would be rather accepting of differences in belief. Besides, she's not going to be running around making bombs.
 
I guess I'd argue that when the top and bottom are in constant, ever-flowing communication, a hacker would be realized instantly. But Wes will know that.

*shrugs* As far as not using YIM, it's not an absolute requirement, no. But usually players talk and socialize through it, and that's always nice. The board feels more like writing letters.
 
If you had YIM and talked out your ideas, pointed out fallacies in your background, and asked questions about stuff incomplete in the Wiki, then we could have had this entire process done in an hour rather than what might become days. But, if you really don't want to download it, we can do it here -- but it'll be much slower in comparison.

Anyways, back on topic...

I was under the impression that PANTHEON was a heirarched network of AIs. She might not be able to hack the top nodes, but the bottom ones should be possible, right?

The Hacker Cult is composed primarily of Type Fours (big, ironclad guys with huge computer cores) or Type Fives (Syntelligence or AI). This is only a hyperintelligent digital construct or a hacker with a giant computer strapped to its back can break something like a PANTHEON node or AI. Unless she's lugging around a big computer core and the enhanced implants to mimic a Type Four, I don't think she'd be able to break a PANTHON node solo.

An alternative would be to "upload" several Syntelligences onto the PANTHEON network and have them infect and capture some small nodes to help you out. Of course, you'll have to run that latter idea by Wes since I think he only knows exactly how powerful PANTHEON nodes are.


Are they? Nothing about their ship capabilities is in the wiki, so I didn't know that. That might be something to put in there, especially in a universe that seems to possess FTL that's nearly at Star Wars speeds.

Sorry, I'm trying to get to it but I've already written something like 30 pages (pages of word processor text, not Wiki articles) on them. Give a girl a break? I know they're incomplete, but I'm doing my best. Some of us do other things in life to deal with, you know. Like biochemistry homework. *sigh* At the moment they aren't a publicly playable race because they're incomplete, which is why you were supposed to ask permission and discuss it with me first. But you didn't know, so no worries.

Again, something to put in the wiki. I'm wondering how that's possible when they're only a few minutes travel at full FTL from anywhere in the Yamatai Star Empire.

Yeah, they're due to start first contact stuff soon. But look at the Mishhu war. If you had an empire threatening to overrun you in possibly a matter of weeks, you'd have better things to do than go star trekking. Furthermore, they low-waste and high efficiency technologies, like solar sails, would produce little or no signature at long range, so they're would be harder to detect.

B. Dissenters within the freespacers are usually dumped into the recyclers. The automata and whatnot would not like a bunch of sketchies runnin' round makin' bombs. Also, I think you need Layla's permission to actually make that group in the first place.

I wasn't under that impression at all. You would think that anarcho-communists would be rather accepting of differences in belief. Besides, she's not going to be running around making bombs.
Dissenters are not recycled. Just the opposite, their pro-anarchist ideologies openly encourages political fragmentation. The fact they use self-sufficient ship technology means that if someone doesn't agree with a decision, they can just up and leave. I think you're confusing with their practice of recycling non-productive workers (those who just mooch off the hard work of others), the psychotic, murderers, and thieves.

However, the idea of a militarizing fleet would have great repercussions, since it's an extremely radical step given their circumstances. And even if that didn't, you're still altering the status of the Free State history; by having Mishhu discover and destroy a fleet you're going be basically causing a ripple effect and (at least partially) cause them to begin a mass military mobilization to defend themselves, permanently destroying their pacifist tendencies and relative parts of their culture.

Note: Freespacers, even "pacifist" ones, do not see electronic and information warfare as a crime due to the fact no one gets hurt, and their anarchist "information wants to be free!"-style policies. Thus you wouldn't really need to create (and destroy) an entire fleet as a plot device in order to have the Free State send recon agents in for spying. But you still have the issue of getting there without a FTL engine.
 
Layla Veressis said:
If you had YIM and talked out your ideas, pointed out fallacies in your background, and asked questions about stuff incomplete in the Wiki, then we could have had this entire process done in an hour rather than what might become days. But, if you really don't want to download it, we can do it here -- but it'll be much slower in comparison.
Fair enough. I've gone to that meebo site someone pointed out, so I've got a YIM account now. I live in Australia, though, so my time will be quite a bit ahead of the folks in the States (GMT +10 hours here, no daylight savings).

Anyways, back on topic...

I was under the impression that PANTHEON was a heirarched network of AIs. She might not be able to hack the top nodes, but the bottom ones should be possible, right?

The Hacker Cult is composed primarily of Type Fours (big, ironclad guys with huge computer cores) or Type Fives (Syntelligence or AI). This is only a hyperintelligent digital construct or a hacker with a giant computer strapped to its back can break something like a PANTHEON node or AI. Unless she's lugging around a big computer core and the enhanced implants to mimic a Type Four, I don't think she'd be able to break a PANTHON node solo.
I would have thought that hacking something small would be possible. Hack the eyes, and the brain won't know it's not seeing reality.

An alternative would be to "upload" several Syntelligences onto the PANTHEON network and have them infect and capture some small nodes to help you out. Of course, you'll have to run that latter idea by Wes since I think he only knows exactly how powerful PANTHEON nodes are.
Agreed.


Are they? Nothing about their ship capabilities is in the wiki, so I didn't know that. That might be something to put in there, especially in a universe that seems to possess FTL that's nearly at Star Wars speeds.

Sorry, I'm trying to get to it but I've already written something like 30 pages (pages of word processor text, not Wiki articles) on them. Give a girl a break? I know they're incomplete, but I'm doing my best. Some of us do other things in life to deal with, you know. Like biochemistry homework. *sigh* At the moment they aren't a publicly playable race because they're incomplete, which is why you were supposed to ask permission and discuss it with me first. But you didn't know, so no worries.
Those pages are that much text? Wow. I had no idea about that.

Again, something to put in the wiki. I'm wondering how that's possible when they're only a few minutes travel at full FTL from anywhere in the Yamatai Star Empire.

Yeah, they're due to start first contact stuff soon. But look at the Mishhu war. If you had an empire threatening to overrun you in possibly a matter of weeks, you'd have better things to do than go star trekking. Furthermore, they low-waste and high efficiency technologies, like solar sails, would produce little or no signature at long range, so they're would be harder to detect.

I'm still surprised that some enterprising mining company or someone with a private yacht hasn't found them, though. They're practically in the Yamataian's back yard. If anything, you'd think the war would encourage mining companies to explore more, to get more materiel for contstruction.

B. Dissenters within the freespacers are usually dumped into the recyclers. The automata and whatnot would not like a bunch of sketchies runnin' round makin' bombs. Also, I think you need Layla's permission to actually make that group in the first place.

I wasn't under that impression at all. You would think that anarcho-communists would be rather accepting of differences in belief. Besides, she's not going to be running around making bombs.
Dissenters are not recycled. Just the opposite, their pro-anarchist ideologies openly encourages political fragmentation. The fact they use self-sufficient ship technology means that if someone doesn't agree with a decision, they can just up and leave. I think you're confusing with their practice of recycling non-productive workers (those who just mooch off the hard work of others), the psychotic, murderers, and thieves.[/quote]
Yeah, that's pretty much the impression I got of them.

However, the idea of a militarizing fleet would have great repercussions, since it's an extremely radical step given their circumstances. And even if that didn't, you're still altering the status of the Free State history; by having Mishhu discover and destroy a fleet you're going be basically causing a ripple effect and (at least partially) cause them to begin a mass military mobilization to defend themselves, permanently destroying their pacifist tendencies and relative parts of their culture.
Uhh... sorry?

[/quote]Note: Freespacers, even "pacifist" ones, do not see electronic and information warfare as a crime due to the fact no one gets hurt, and their anarchist "information wants to be free!"-style policies. Thus you wouldn't really need to create (and destroy) an entire fleet as a plot device in order to have the Free State send recon agents in for spying. But you still have the issue of getting there without a FTL engine.[/quote]

Heh. Count me chasized on that point then. If that is the case, though, once first contact happens...
 
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