Marta Olkowska

Marta on mission for MSW

Born in 1954, Marta Olkowska was no stranger to suffering. The second child of Ziemowit and Krystyna Olkowska, Marta was always second fiddle to the first born Mieczyslaw.  While most would have been jealous of all the attention, Marta was quite the opposite.  She idolized Misha as she called him, always trying to keep up with her older brother.

From playing football to skiing and playing soldier, all she ever wanted was for her 'best friend' in the world to recognize her.  At every opportunity, she would try and make him proud, even going so far as to do some of his papers at fourteen.  Her intelligence and technical skills came in handy during his final year of schooling.  Mieczyslaw though was always destined for greater things as Marta soon found out.

1969, Marta became really lonely.  Her secondary school years were nothing like Mieczyslaw.  Ziemowit was very proud of his son, but refused Marta at every turn when she would talk of following his path of becoming a soldier.  The family would often talk about her older brother's exploits, even from the past instead of acknowledging her own achievements. Still, being a very attractive girl, Marta was fairly social and often chased by the boys.  Marta learned how to talk with people enough to get what she wanted, but never truly found friendships.  Women were not provided as much opportunity in the military, however the Women's Military Training Organization would have been a perfect fit for Marta.  Her knack with electronics and communications gear would have landed her a leading support role.  For three years, she continued to dream of following in Mieczyslaw steps until at 17, Ziemowit put his foot down informing Marta that she would attend university.  The military was never mentioned again.

In 1972, Marta began classes at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Over the next two years, she studied linguistics and communications where she excelled catching the eye of the Ministry of Internal Affairs MSW.  By 1974, the MSW recruited Marta after completing her sophomore year.  Marta always suspected that her mother, Krystyna, may have put MSW onto her, but she never confirmed her suspicions.

At MSW, Marta began training in the ways of Intelligence officers, learning Ranged Combat, Recon, Locksmithing and Scouting.  By 1980, Marta at 26 had  very little operational experience but that would soon change as tensions began to build up along the border.  The Soviets had a massive build-up along Poland's border.  Fearing action, Marta along with other above average female agents were placed into an even deeper training regime further enhancing ranged combat skills and providing Close Combat training and infiltration techniques.

The hope was these female assassins could be utilized for assassinations, information gathering and influencing soviet commanders.  However in 1981, Jaruzelski the first secretary of the PZPR instituted Martial Law.  Marta like the ZOMO and the army were used to crush solidarity.  It was these orders that taught Marta to become a killer while losing some of her Empathy towards mankind.

Forever a pawn in the government's plans, Marta's life never quite was her own until the bombs dropped.  Having learned the art of survival, recon and the ability to pass without being seen, Marta made her way back home to Poznań where she hoped to check on her mother and potentially Mieczyslaw.  As luck would have it, she arrived a few days before Mieczyslaw only to find the city in ruins.  Months of heavy fighting between NATO and Soviet troops left little remaining and anything of value had long since been looted.  Still longing to see Krystyna one more time, she stood on what was left of the streets she played on as a girl looking over the rubble of her childhood home when Mieczyslaw returned.

At first, the man approaching her seemed a complete stranger, but a little sister never truly forgets, especially an idol such as Misha was to her.  Her reaction though was less warm than he might have expected, perhaps due to decades of no contact, perhaps anger about Krystyna or perhaps neither being the same person they were some 20 years prior.  Regardless, the only bonds either of them have left in the world was each other and with that they decided to travel together.

**Moral Code:** Freedom is everything. No one will ever control her actions Ever again.

**Big Dream:** Find a place to settle down with your friends, away from the corruption of government.