TSEL Characters

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## Chief Personnel

### Dr. Sofiya Moroz

*"Uhh... so, have you read Polarity's latest issue, the one where she... well, clashed with the Razor Raccoon?!"*

- Moroz's mostly-used conversation starter
Truth be told, to be the Chief Scientist of TSEL is not something one could simply attain by reinventing a Volga car. While there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of blueprints and prototypes based on upgrading the preferred transportation of the *nomenklatura*, one has to strain their brains coming up with the absolute best re-imagining of existing Soviet technology to be considered for a higher position.

Enter Dr. Sofiya Moroz, one of TSEL's finest minds, known for her transformation of a Volga into an Empire-inspired mecha which landed her the Chief Scientist role in the first place. An alumnus of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, her colleagues noticed she spent most of her time in her room, writing equations in the wall when there's no paper (she used a pen that can erase wall markings). On the few moments where she goes outside, rather than get drunk with her classmates, her frequent destination is the Kazminov Design Bureau where she visits for inspiration. Despite her genius, she often found herself unable to hold a conversation with anyone about any topic other than walkers. This made her excel in engineering subjects, although she suffered in group activities.

More of Sofiya's eccentric behavior surfaced in her first work experience with the Bureau when one of her colleagues visited her apartment. Upon entering, her television set was a smuggled one from Japan. The tapes her TV played were Japanese anime, instead of 'proletariat' media such as My Little Drone or any other Soviet-produced show. Her bed had American comics and Japanese manga hidden under the mattresses as well. A commissar investigated her home, and her superiors fired her promptly for 'voluntary consumption of bourgeois media'. The Ukrainian SSR briefly detained her, amidst her loud insistence that she remained a loyal Soviet citizen.

Sofiya would've been sentenced to grueling work in the Siberian mines if Cherdenko that time didn't just shuttle her off to TSEL instead. It seemed as the near-perfect work environment for her. Working with colleagues who, at least, tolerate her quirks, Sofiya has less social anxiety, as she can communicate using a room microphone without leaving her room. This didn't stop her from inventing the Springer Battle Walker, a promising upgrade to the Thresher, which is just a part of her portfolio of wondrous inventions.

## Scientists, Engineers & Other Assorted Intellectuals

### Dr. Ryeom Jeong-hwan

*"Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your awareness outward, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the proletariat are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve enlightenment."*

- Dr. Ryeom, quoting his mentor Dr. Yang Sheng-Ji