Helu'Zaaras

### Identifying Marks

A few minor scars across her arms, torso and a slightly large scar across her left leg.

## OOC Info

### Status

Inactive

**Helu'Zaaras nar Naleya** is an engineer in the Council Recovery Corps who used to run a repair shop.

## Biography

Born onboard the Naleya, a Migrant Fleet vessel that was part of the Civilian fleet. Much of her childhood was spent being taken care of by either her mother, an Engineer onboard the vessel who worked primarily with drones, or her mother’s friends whenever she was busy. She never really met her father, as he died sometime before her birth but had been told he was a Marine. She would make a few friends upon receiving her enviro-suit, her best friend being a female Quarian named Fale'Nor, who was the same age as her. She wouldn’t make her first item till she turned eight.

Her first creation was made from pieces of electronics and mechanical components that, with some supervision from her mother and with the help of friends, including Fale'Nor, would result in the creation of a quadruped drone, standing no more than 10 inches. While it wasn’t a technological marvel, in fact, kind of outdated, it was a good base to start from, especially with a group of children working together. The first thing Helu'Zaaras made independently was when she turned eleven, using several spare parts and the remains of a drone to fix a terminal. The repairs were never intended to be permanent, but rather to last long enough until the proper parts could be procured. Regardless, she was incredibly pleased with this, as was her mother.

When Helu’Zaaras turned thirteen she spent much of her time with her mother, often helping her dismantle or repair certain items. However, as she continued to do this she would occasionally get the urge to take certain items or components from the workshop, She would act out on these urges, though she never took anything that was considered ‘important’, simply small things that were never truly detected. She would always feel guilty whenever she took these items, and she never fully understood as to why she had the urge to do so.

Regardless, things remained mostly normal, with her turning these accidentally stolen items into trinkets or using them to fix certain things. When she turned fifteen she began working with Fale'Nor, and the pair were often heard singing together as they worked, be it repairing terminals or climbing through the ship’s vents to fix hard to reach circuitry. Helu'Zaaras soon developed feelings for Fale’Nor, and given the strict birthing situation among the Migrant Fleet, it almost seemed inevitable. On one work shift, just a few months before Helu’Zaaras was to turn sixteen she told Fale’Nor how she felt during one work shift, and oddly enough Fale’Nor felt the same, relieving Helu’Zaaras of her worries. It was during this confession that she told Fale’Nor about her little problem, and asked her to please step in if she saw her taking anything, to which Fale’Nor agreed to.

The pair continued to work alongside one another wherever possible. When Helu’Zaaras turned eighteen she began to make several trinkets using spare parts. These were primarily jewellery and were intended to be a remembrance item before she undertook her Pilgrimage. She made several, primarily for her mother, a few friends and of course Fale’Nor. On the day of her Pilgrimage, Helu’Zaaras was given advice, some credits, anti-biotics and a trinket of her own by both her mother and Fale’Nor before boarding the shuttle and leaving the Naleya.

The shuttle transporting the curious Helu’Zaaras landed on Omega. She soon found work as an engineer for a local Turian who ran an engineering shop, putting the credits towards her plan to purchase a ship, however, one day when she wasn’t working she had the urge to steal a piece of circuitry from a nearby stall, one owned by a Blue Suns backed merchant. The merchant noticed this and caught her in the act, handing her over to the Blue Suns who effectively took all she had, yet rather than beat her for this ‘minor’ incident she was able to work out a deal. If she worked for the Blue Suns, repairing and creating equipment for them, they’ll pay her at a greatly reduced salary but provide nutrient paste, something she was having issues acquiring onboard the station.

For the next two years, Helu’Zaaras worked as an ‘engineer’ for the Blue Suns, fixing their broken equipment and damaged vehicles, even going so far as to get a small number of combat robots working for the group. She had been told that they were a ‘police force’, and that her contributions to fixing their equipment made sure they could keep people safe. When she turned twenty she got transferred to a more violent section of Omega, where a war was ensuing between the Blue suns and the Blood Pack, and they needed people who could fix equipment locally.

It was during this time where she saw her first corpse, a Blue Suns Turian assigned to protect her, killed by a Vorcha who soon turned its attention to her. During the scuffle, she would use a wrench to defend herself, though would be overpowered and beaten by the Vorcha, her enviro-suit suffering several tears, though the most concerning was a large tear on her left leg. The Vorcha was eventually dispatched by a group of Mercenaries, not Blue Suns, who grabbed Helu’Zarras and took her to a doctor to get her wounds looked at. It was during this time where learnt what the True Suns really were, thugs for hire, and that it’s likely the stuff she was fixing were being used on people. She felt incredibly guilty, yet was also angry, having been used by the group for their gain.

She survived the encounter, her wounds being treated and the tears in her suit being repaired. She didn’t go back to the Blue Suns but rather offered to repair and maintain her saviour’s equipment, in return for a trip off Omega, to somewhere where the Blue Suns couldn’t get their hands on her. The group of Mercenaries would take her to the Citadel, where she maintained their equipment and fixed up anything they found in the hideout the group had, yet she ran a small repair business on the side to acquire some more credits. It was during this time where she learnt how to defend herself, and was given an M-3 Predator pistol, trained by the mercenaries to protect herself, though to this date she has never had to kill anyone.

When the war between the Citadel and Confedary broke out Helu’Zaaras turned twenty, and the conflict caused several issues to arise. Her repair business dried up entirely on the Citadel, it became much harder to acquire both food and antibiotics and she had to endure the harassment from Citadel, and in some cases C-SEC. Despite this, she continued to work for the Mercenaries as they became her sole source of income and food. She would soon receive a gift from the Mercenaries, a white enviro-suit with black patterns, and was intended to be used for any clubs she went to, though given the climate that never happened.

When she was twenty-one, and the Reaper threat was announced, she continued to help the mercenaries, though she would also begin to assist C-SEC and anyone who was trying to fight them by offering to repair weapons and equipment, even if they were never used. Most of her time during the war was spent repairing equipment and weapons, eventually gaining the credits to open up ‘Nalya Engineering’, a repair shop that repaired virtually everything (within reason). Her staff mostly consisted of quarians who were undergoing their Pilgrimage, often giving them more than enough credits to see them through the week. The business itself saw most of its credits flow in from weapon, armour and vehicle repairs, notably from C-SEC and the Alliance. After the conflict, the business continued to see steady growth but swapped to more civilian contracts rather than military.

Helu’Zaaras would eventually step down from leading the company, giving it a far more experienced Quarian, yet she also had become bored after sitting in a single place for quite some time. She now craved adventure, but she still wanted to be useful to people, yet part of her wanted to return to the Migrant fleet and learn what had happened to her ship, her mother and  Fale’Nor. After hearing about the CRC, Helu’Zaaras applied for an engineering position, hoping that perhaps they’ll swing by the Migrant fleet on one assignment. She packed up what little items she had, said good bye to her mercenary friends and old employees before boarding a shuttle.

## Personality

Helu’Zaaras is a generally quiet and reclusive individual, often observing her surroundings before deciding on what to do. To those around her, she appears paranoid and uneasy, more so when in less than legal locations. These are traits, acquired from when she was serving the Blue Suns, where paranoia was high. Although, once she’s warmed up to a particular location she becomes more confident and relaxed, often asking those around her if they need help with something. However, Helu’Zaaras suffers from Kleptomania. The items that were taken consisted of low monetary value and even included broken equipment. That being said, she is incredibly reluctant to reveal this, not wishing to receive the same treatment that she received while within the Blue Suns.

She speaks in a soothing but quiet tone, coming off as friendly. However, when she shouts or speaks in anger her voice tends to crack, with a slightly higher pitch depending on what she’s shouting about

### Exceptional Skills

* **Engineering/Electronics** - Helu’Zaaras’ main hobby consisted of building, modifying and taking apart machinery. When her Pilgrimage grew near, she spent several hours a day creating mementoes out of old or broken parts, intended to be items that she could give family and friends onboard the Naleya to remember her by. Over a few years, she continued this practise though had become more ambitious with what she would try to create. From mish-mashed robots to home-made prosthetics. While most of the physical items she has made have since been sold, scrapped or blown up. Helu’Zaaras keeps a log of these endeavours on her Omni-tool.

* **Singing** - Helu’Zaaras spent some of her free time on the Migrant free singing and to what little entertainment her family had. Once she embarked upon her Pilgrimage, some of her free time was spent singing, as that was the only thing she could do during her early years, often singing as she worked.
* **Dancing** -  Helu’Zaaras enjoys dancing, especially to certain human songs.

## Physical Description

Helu’Zaaras is a slim quarian with a black and orange enviro-suit with a grey coloured armour covering her legs, arms and shoulders. She has slightly wide hips while her thighs, waist and stomach are rather slim. Her enviro-suit shows signs of damage, most notably though is a large, 32cm strip of orange placed at a vertical angle on the enviro-suits left leg, being used to seal a rupture in the suit. Similar to the enviro-suit, the helmet is tinted orange but only shows a few minor scratches. However, the Veil is one of the only undamaged things she wears.

Despite wearing the damaged black enviro-suit, Helu’Zaaras has a second, almost perfect looking white and black enviro-suit, covered in patterns. This specific enviro-suit was a gift from a group of friends, intended to be used for special occasions, though given her reclusive nature the suit has only been worn a few times.

### Armament

* M-3 Predator
* M-8 Avenger
* M-9 Tempest

### Abilities

* Sabotage
* Tactical Cloak
* Overload
* Sentry Turret