Daria Seidel

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## Character

### **Allegiance**

 Nomads
 Tunguska
 Spectre S&D
 *Nebuchadnezzar*

## Personal Details

### **Hair colour**

Brunette

**Daria Seidel**, more commonly referred to by her callsign **Nova**, is a Nomad Bandit hacker currently serving aboard the *Nebuchadnezzar*—a corporate espionage cruiser flying as the flagship of Spectre Security & Dynamics, Daria was quickly defined by her work-ethic and adept hacking capabilities. As a result, she was sent to Corregidor in secrecy where she became a member of the ship’s Black Hand Bandit program.

After completing her training, she returned to Tunguska where her specialist skills were further nurtured and improved under the close supervision of veteran Interventors of Tunguska’s Dragnet. Her unique cross-training—combining the infiltration techniques of the infamous Bandits with the digital spiking capabilities of the venerable Interventors—made her perfectly suited to conduct deep-cover corporate espionage.

Daria was assigned to the *Neb* after she passed her deployment trials and quickly made a name for herself as an efficient and no-nonsense completionist. She was later promoted to and currently serves as the ship’s second-in-command under Captain Elisavetta Kuzkina.

## General Information

Daria is the current second-in-command of the *Nebuchadnezzar*, but not in the traditional sense of a starship’s captain and their first-mate. While Elisavetta commands the *Neb* and orders it from locale to locale, Daria controls and organizes the actual missions undertaken by the ship and its personnel by serving as the point of contact for most of their contracted clients. Daria’s Bandit training allows her to have a multitude of false identities she uses when she’s in contact with clients and only members of the Nomad Nation, in particular her crewmates aboard the *Nebuchadnezzar*, are truly aware of her real identity.

Field work is a big part of Daria’s role as a Bandit Specialist and her unique skill set allows her to complete multiple tasks where other ships of Tunguska would need to employ multiple people. Daria is not particular combat-oriented—instead focusing on infiltration and hacking. However, she should not be considered completely harmless as she’s well-trained in both martial arts and is an above-average shooter. Although the *Nebuchadnezzar* rarely ever takes kill missions, Daria is capable of working as a skilled assassin and ambusher.

## Personality and Appearance

Daria has a hyper-focused mentality and is often never distracted when she has her mind set on a specific goal. While this is a great asset in terms of mission completions, it does make it difficult to socialize with her outside of active operations. The nature of her work almost makes her a relatively closed-off individual and it takes significant time to establish a good rapport with her. She possesses a dry sense of humor and an unrivaled level of sarcasm amongst her peers; this makes her relatively good friends with both Alexa and Liza.

Daria’s appearance is easily identified by her yellow-hued, hazel-colored eyes and dark brown hair; she dresses modestly and often wears an urban-themed thermo-optic camouflage coat. Like most of the rest of her Nomad crew, her casual attire often includes the themes of the Nomad nation—reds, blacks, and whites. However, whenever she meets with clients for Spectre, Daria will dress in less conspicuous civilian clothing.

## Equipment

As an infiltration specialist and hacker, Daria’s standard equipment is defined less by its offensive capability and more on its focus on subterfuge and spiking. However, with that being said, Daria is still a deadly asset as exemplified by her training with the Corregidor Bandits. She is armed with a custom submachine gun and double-action sword. Her lack of physical and ballistic armor is made up for in her thermo-optic camouflage, equipment that allows her to deeply infiltrate target corporations and melt back into the shadows before ever being detected.

Daria’s most used and effective tools, however, are her assault hacking device and hacking device plus which allow her to penetrate enemy firewalls with ease and wreak havoc upon a target’s electrical infrastructure. This provides her with the ability to create distractions when necessary that allow her to covertly or—depending on the mission—overtly extract the information she needs. Although she is less-suited for combat roles when compared to other members of the *Nebuchadnezzar*’s crew, her capabilities and advanced skills as a hacker can both inflict crippling damage on enemy systems as well as provide mission-critical assistance to her allies.

## Infinity Profile and Tactics

Daria’s stat line is less oriented towards combating enemy miniatures and more focused on button-pushing and objective play. Like other familiar profiles in the Nomads arsenal (such as Bandits and Spektrs), Daria is better utilized in the first turn maneuvering into position to best fulfill objectives, classified, and hacking attacks during the later stages of the game. Her defense is entirely defined by TO: Camouflage and her single wound and light armor makes her highly susceptible to enemy units with high ROF and multispectral visors.