Rania Chandra

> *"Ugh. Do we have to Anya? I don't like going to parties. What? Don't look at me like that. I'm not anti-social. I just don't like being around people. I want to listen to music and be alone." - Rania complains about going to an after event for a match*
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Rania Chandra is a Nacinari woman who's parents moved to Aegis when she was a baby. She joined Squad Mates because she likes playing FPS video games and felt that it was a good release from the stresses of day to day life. She was scouted by Anya early on as Anya saw that she would always be by herself and didn't appear to make friends easily. It took a while, but Rania did warm up to Anya and eventually joined her team after enough pestering. Rania prefers to be alone; more than anything. She's usually in her own little corner of the team club house that she carved out herself. She's into all things goth, including the make up and the clothing. She usually avoids social engagements like the plague and this unfortunately has caused a number of misunderstandings between her and others as they felt she was avoiding them due to something they did, which isn't the case. Rania has a *huge* crush on Mary Kate and gets flustered easily when dealing with her. This is strange because Mary Kate is the complete antithesis to everything that Rania is. She often leaves her gifts and much to her amusement, Mary Kate never seems to know where they came from. Rania has caramel colored skin, jet black hair and brown eyes.

Rania is a skirmisher. She likes shotguns and everything about them and as such she uses them quite regularly on the field. It isn't uncommon for her to rack up several kills a game as she's incredibly agile and can get around and behind enemies before they even know where she went. Just like in some of the games she plays, she tailored her kit around sowing confusion. She uses a smoke dispenser to blind groups of enemies in a cloud of white smoke and uses an IR Thermal monocular that she purchased with her own money to see through the smoke and eliminate targets who can't effectively fight back. This earned her a number of accolades in games.

Rania spends most of her time listening to music, texting friends and crushing on Mary Kate. She will go out on rare occasions but that's only with the team. While it wasn't originally planned, Squad Mates is Rania's full time job.

## Trivia

1. Rania does not like being around people. No one knows why.
2. When Rania first met Mary Kate the two of them almost came to blows just by virtue of being in the same room together. Mary Kate kept trying to be her friend despite telling her to get out of her personal space.
3. Rania actually admired Mary Kate's persistence as she never stopped trying to befriend her. Eventually, she developed a huge crush on her.
4. No one has ever tried so hard to get to know Rania like Mary Kate has.
5. Rania can do origami. She leaves origami cats on Mary Kate's desk when she isn't around.
6. Rania created her own little section of the club house, complete with a sliding door. This is different from her bedroom.
7. Most of what Rania does on the field is from things she does in her video games. Despite people saying that the games aren't real, the strategies she did in them seem to transfer over incredibly well.
8. Rania's personal rival is Angela "Ace" Orientail.
9. Rania is a smart ass. More than once her mouth got her in trouble.
10. Rania got into a fist fight with someone who tried hitting on Mary Kate once. It was an awkward day after that.
11. Rania considers Anya a good friend and one of the few people she can truly be herself around.
12. When Rania joined Squad Mates, she intended to be a freelancer.
13. Rania's confidence in her ability was shaken when the Dark Angels stomped their team during their grudge match.
14. During their grudge match with the Dark Angels, Kasara "Queen" Orientail and Rania got into a fight in close range. Despite getting several blasts directly into the Queen's chest, they didn't penetrate her plate and Queen opened up on her with her SMG. She was eliminated.
15. Rania spent her own money on her kit.
16. When fighting the Dark Angels, Rania caught Kasara off guard as her IR Monocular could actually make out where Kasara was when she was cloaked. While the Shade PCD virtually eliminated any heat signature that Kasara had, Rania had over tuned her monocular frame rate so much that it actually refreshed faster than the Shade PCD did, making Kasara's body have a distinguishable amount of refresh tearing sweep across her.
17. The refresh tearing phenomenon that Rania discovered is something she keeps to herself. It's one of the few direct advantages that anyone has discovered against the Dark Angels and she's proud that she has one now.
18. Kasara actually contacted Rania about that match to inquire about how she was able to see her. Rania was starstruck as Kasara is one of her idols in Squad Mates.
19. Rania hand made a birthday card for Mary Kate. She spent the better part of a day on it. She was too afraid sign it with her name. Mary Kate still doesn't know she was the one who made it.
20. Rania takes a shot of alcohol before a match to calm her nerves
21. Rania can dismantle and reassemble her shotgun with her eyes closed and thick gloves on. It's a feat that has impressed many.