Kya Vitatis

**Kya Vitatis** is a member of the Council Recovery Corps who has spent many years serving in the turian military.

## Biography

Born to a widowed ex-marine, now working a desk job for the government, named Tymaira Vitatis. Kya Vitatis was raised to be ready to fight for her government as soon as she was old enough. Her mother ran her through hand to hand combat training and shooting practises in the backyard. Hoping that she would be able to be the best soldier she could be, better then her mom. Once Kya was old enough, she learned about her father. Mostly from her grandfather and mother, but also from other family members. He had been a soldier for over 60 years, fighting for the good of the hierarchy. About three months after conceiving Kya, he died on shore leave. He had been on the citadel when he was shot by a human in a mugging. Said human was never found by C-Sec. This affected Kya, learning of her father's untimely passing. This gave her a single message; life is unfair and anyone can die at any time. Her relationship with her grandfather was outstanding, him truly caring about her and wanting her to succeed.  One day her grandfather took,- a then 11 year old, Kya to the colony of Macedyn, to visit a unification war memorial. She at first felt sorry for the soldiers, thinking that they had died for nothing. Her grandfather interjected, telling Kya that they had made the greatest sacrifice of all. They had died so order could come back to the Hierarchy, they died so the group could flourish.  A little bit after her trip to Macedyn, her mother took Kya hunting for wild game, where she got her first successful shot with a rifle. One that would spark a lifetime of shooting. Her mother would bring her out to hunt every so often, leading to her improved aim.

Of course, training to be a member of the military wasn’t all she did. She entertained ideas of being a cook, an architect, maybe even a songwriter or musician. None of them panned out, mostly though to her mother’s more supportiveness when speaking of her future in the military. This was likely due to wanting her family to be almost completely military. Although she did teach Kya to play the Blanla. Kya, of course, needed to complete her military service, which she planned for most of her life. Kya went through the education system up through secondary school pretty easily. Beyond that, she came out as bi, she had originally thought that she was straight, a complete lie to both herself and everyone else. She had shown interest in both genders from a relatively early age but brushed it off. Seeing it as something that would pass. Then she met Viriana Potanis, a girl who practically made the quiet and serious girl question everything about her romantic interests. She questioned her sexuality for about a month, before coming out to both herself and later her mother, who was reasonably fine with it. She at least didn’t do anything about it towards Kya, she just let her be, as expected of a turian. Unfortunately, Kya got rejected by Viriana. For the remaining two years of her high school life, Kya was a solid student, but everyone knew that she was heading for the military

When her grandfather, who she had been very close to, died in her last year of high school. Kya attended the funeral to pay respects. The majority of her family was doing the same, apart from one guest. Her older cousin, whom she had barely ever seen before, started acting disrespectful, standing in the corner and not paying any respects. Alongside smoking a vape-pen equivalent during the speeches. Kya called him out on that, swiftly getting into an argument. Then they started to have a physical confrontation. Throwing punches and kicks rapidly until they were separated. Later, the two of them were forced to talk it out by family members. Kya found out during the course of the conversation that her grandfather had always hated the cousin, seeing him as a failure of a turian. The two walked away with a mutual understanding, and with Kya now knowing that her grandfather picked favorites and practically discarded her cousin. Having seen Kya as a new grandchild to mold into whatever he wanted her to be.

After graduation, Kya spent the summer continuing to train with her mom. She went to the military boot camp, ready to serve her people. She ,at first, was going to try her hand at being a foot soldier, heading right into the line of fire. Until after a few days of training, she was singled out as an exceptional marksman. An Instructor at the school, Maxvus Panraka noticed this, recommending she be trained in sniping and infiltration more heavily. Moving fast and behind enemy lines, taking them out from afar, and from where they can’t see. She stayed in a few of the original programs of course. But she was focused on sniping and infiltrating. Alongside that, she gained expertise in hand to hand combat and sabotage for her infiltration missions.

After graduating from the academy as an aspiring young soldier. Kya was posted to various ships, helping out with the ground forces.. She was making sure to keep her mind sharp and her skills at the ready, while also being bored out of her mind. Kya really didn’t see much action during this time, usually minor skirmishes with pirates or criminals, apart from three major engagements. The first was when a group of criminals had taken a turian businessman hostage on Noveria. Kya was sent to get him back, alongside 7 other members of her company. They found the criminal’s hideout and set charges around the base. Kya was sent to retrieve the businessman using her cloaking device and infiltration skills. They managed to get out and blow the criminals up.

A few years later in 2187, Kya took part in a raid on an organized fight club. She was sent to infiltrate the complex, sneaking in and taking out a few guard’s before getting to a sniper post in the rafters. Managing to neutralize three of the ringleaders with a well placed sniper shot to a gas canister, and arrest the fourth alongside the rest of her company. The champion of the fight club attempted to retrieve  her boss. Leading to a fist fight between her and Kya. Kya was left with a broken hand and a bleeding left eye. Kya managed to shoot the champion right between the eyes, succeeding in the mission.

Then, three years later,in 2180, Kya was assigned to a joint operation with the systems alliance, it was meant to be a measure of good faith. They were tasked with taking out a cell of blue sun’s that had gone rogue. They were holded up on a Turian world, and had been attacking human interests. The night before the raid, the two groups held a joint training session, where Kya met Nolan Santiago, a despicable human. He was known for bouts of rage, xenophobia and intolerance. Kya did not really like Nolan, so she challenged him to a one on one spar. She won pretty easily, but after the fight he was going to attack her from behind. He was stopped by two Turians. The next day the raid was under way. They sent Kya and two other infiltrators, a turian and a human into the base early to disable defences. They lost the human infiltrator a few minutes in, after he was shot in the back by a guard who quickly triggered the alarm. Kya and her remaining support made it into the control centre after fighting through a couple guards. Where Kya quickly sabotaged the outer defences. Allowing the rest of the joint forces to attack safely, Kya was shot in the back moments later by blue sun troops entering the room. The other turian quickly got her some medi-gel, letting her fall into unconsciousness. She woke up a few hours later in a turian hospital, learning the mission was a success.

But for a period of four months, in 2183, Kya was assigned to a task force alongside her company.  Hunting down Turian insurgents, a group that had taken upon themselves to cleanse Palaven and other turian colonies of alien presence, and killed a Primarch’s sister-in-law and niece. This led to the hierarchy being out for blood. Kya was assigned to shadow larger groups from higher ground using her cloak, to give them sniper cover from insurgents. After two months serving against the insurgents, she found herself on a mission to help rescue civilians after a bombing in a city sector. Kya had discovered three teenage turians being held at gunpoint by an insurgent. He pointed a pistol at one of the kids, telling Kya to back away from him. Kya shot the insurgent, but just before he died, he shot the teenager. Kya got the remaining kids out, the image of a dead teen fresh in her mind. For the next two months, she continued to fight them, until the leader blew herself and her inner circle to atoms, rather than allow themselves to be captured. Kya returned to regular service for the next few years, not knowing of the larger threat on the horizon.

Before anything else could happen, Kya was advised to take a medical leave a few months after the dealings with the insurrectionists. Mostly due to her blaming herself for the loss of the teenager. Kya spent this time with two other Turian females. Clobia Meltus and Comiia Elvotumus, two close friends in her platoon. They went to clubs late at night, but Kya, admittedly, did not do very much partying while there. Staying by herself at the bar, while the two much more party minded turians spent the time chatting around with boys. Kya was more focused on relaxing then partying. She opted to stay by their hotel’s pool, reflecting on things.

As they were walking back to their hotel, an over eager human male jumped them, holding them up for credits. This didn’t last for long, as while this human was very untrained. These were three trained turian soldiers, so they quickly knocked him onto the floor and kicked away his gun. Waiting for C-Sec to come and arrest him. All Kya could think about, was how close she was to becoming much like her father, dead in an alleyway. After C-sec came, they left for their rooms. Kya had  a nightmare, about her father being killed, over and over again. She woke up in a sweat, and read the news for

The Terminus Confederacy had declared war on the Council. This forced Kya to fight the enemies of the Council.. Kya would begin service in the war by stopping a raid on a supply outpost on the fringes of Turian space. She was sent in alongside a few other troopers, and they managed to take out the raiding party. Kya killed a few from her sniper perch, until one Bataran came up behind her and, using a omni-blade, tried to cut her from behind. She turned around, putting her hand up to her pistol up to block, and the blade cut right through. She kicked the bataran in the shin and snapped his neck. On the flight back, all Kya could think about was how the mission came first, especially over the enemy’s lives.  For the next while, she served against the Terminus Confederacy. On a mission to take out a fueling depot, Kya’s friend, Comiia was killed in the fight, being shot in the chest by a shotgun at point blank range. Kya shot the batarian in the head with her pistol at point blank range in return. After blowing the depot, she made sure the body of Comiia was delivered to her family.

The event of the reaper crisis changed the war.  As the face of the enemy morphed into something unfamiliar and uncertain. Instead of going with the push to the Omega 4 relay, led by Guardian, she was held back, stationed on Palaven. The good news came that they had managed to beat the reapers, and now the rebuilding process must begin. Before anything could happen, she attended Comiia’s funeral a few months after the Reaper War, even saying a few words.

Following that, and a period of recuperation, Kya was deployed to help aid the Batarians in their weakened state. Helping stop the Batarian civil war, and unite the war torn people. That’s where she served for two years, helping keep things stable in that region of the galaxy. In her second year helping in Batarian space, Kya was dealing with a sneak attack on a turian outpost. She was sent in to help the turians stationed there with her company. They made near quick work of the attackers, when she happened upon a wounded Turian in a cave. He had been shot in the spine leaving him paralyzed against the wall. They talked for a few moments, when he revealed he had sold the outpost out. He told the attackers everything about it, but they double crossed him.  This turian had turned his back on his duty and sold out his brothers and sisters, and for that, Kya executed him with her pistol, but she never told anyone, preserving what was left of his memory.

Then, she heard the news of the CRC, and she knew that her talents could be used better. Helping stabilize the galaxy everywhere, outside of the Batarians. Kya was tired of bloody fighting, the type that took her friend. She wanted to help people, not exclusively put bullets in their brains.  But there was one issue, she was currently enlisted in the turian military. She went to her Commander, requesting to be transferred to the CRC as an attache. Following a month of waiting, she was sent to the CSV Resurgence to begin service.

## Personality

Kya is what most would call “mission first”. Living  through the reaper war her mid-30’s scared the relatively-young soldier. She was forced to fight the terrible threat, not out of conscription or any such tactic, but through obligation, and that is how Kya has lived her life. Through obligation a society flourishes, in Kya’s opinion. Even with the mindset of obligation to the people that gave her a life, her obligation to the hierarchy and the council. Kya’s personality is rather cold. It takes some serious effort to become true friends with Kya, as she prefers not to get attached to anyone. Especially her fellow CRC members, as anytime they go on a mission they could die.

Alongside that, she does not like humans, considering one killed her father. Currently,  a human has to do a hell of a lot to earn her trust and you would have to save her life ten times over to make her like you, at least right now. On the flipside she respects the Volus, for helping her people in the fiscal world. She follows orders to a tee, but that doesn’t make her dependent on them. She’ll ask questions, make determinations on her own, but she ultimately trusts the system above her own judgement. She also has a habit of being a bit snarky when off duty, she’s not above banter or regular conversations, but she prefers that to be kept off duty. Her rather serious personality is contrasted by the fact that, underneath it all, Kya generally just wants to be accepted by her peers on the Resurgence, and wants to be a positive impact. Even if she struggles with going about that. Much like most turians, she’ll often put the group's needs above her own and has an outstanding work ethic.

Kya has a few interest’s she’s picked up in life, such as cooking. Kya focusses on turian meals, considering that’s what she can eat. The cooking skills she possesses could use some work. She also practices songwriting in her free time, hoping to have a career in it after the CRC. Alongside all that, she picked up a bit of drink mixing along the way. Being able to make some turian drinks and a single quarian drink.

### Exceptional Skills

* **Sabotage** - Kya is not skilled in making and fixing tech. What she is good at though, iIs breaking it., Her experience as an infiltrator has required her to learn how to blow tech up, or simply make it go bye bye. Her incinerate and cryo beam are her favourite toys to use for this.
* **Architecture** - Another one of Kya’s skills she had been learning before going into the military, was architecture. She has a fine understanding of how buildings are built and maintained. How to construct them using machinery, her quarters contain various model buildings. Her training in sabotage and her general interest in architecture mix together to give her an understanding of how to sabotage important buildings
* **Musically** **Gifted** - Kya picked up musical talent in her life, mostly from her mom. Kya’s very skilled in playing the Blanla. A harp like instrument with stronger strings. It was obviously made for Turian hands with three holes for talons in the structure for holding. When compared to a harp it is about the size of a violin. Kya practised with it most often when off duty, as she still has her childhood version with her.

## Physical Description

Standing at 5 feet, 11 inches, Kya’s build is rather muscular, as she works out very often. Usually right after a mission you can find her hitting the gym. She favors lifting weights and running the treadmill more than anything. This has led her to build up her weight to 165 lbs. The marks along her face are important to her, as she finds them important to both her life abd her clan. And her expertise as an infiltrator has made her shun most of her uniqueness. Preferring to be a face in the crowd most times,. Kya’s brown plates and grey skin aid her in doing this, simply by being able to blend in with shadows and darkness.

Alongside that, she has a scar on her wrist. Her main off duty wardrobe consists of black jackets, sunglasses, denim-looking pants, and whatever else she feels like. Kya speaks with a soft, yet rough voice, a voice emblematic of her service in the military. Her eyes are magenta. Off duty she prefers to wear sunglasses, due to really liking the look of them and the fact they hide her eyes, keeping her emotions hidden.She keeps eye contact to whoever she speaks to. When at rest, her hands go down to her sides and she keeps her head and chin up. Kya prefer’s to give everyone a reasonable amount of personal space, unless someone dates Kya. Then they will find their hand always held, as long as the partner Kya is dating is fine with it. She smells faintly of olives. And her demeanour meanwhile is intentionally hard to read. As she keeps her hands at her sides, her head facing forwards at all times. Her one mannerism is to scratch her chin when she’s deep in thought. Due to her finding it comforting for thinking.

### Armament

* M-15 Vindicator Battle Rifle
* M-97 Viper Sniper Rifle
* M-3 Predator Pistol

### Abilities

* Tactical Cloak
* Incinerate
* Sabotage
* Cryo-Blast