Nephila Eudotis

**Nephila Eudotis** is a combat engineer and member of the Council Recovery Corps

## Demographics

### Occupation

Turian Combat Engineer during service period

### Education

Basic Turian High School EducationTurian Boot Camp

## Physical Description

### Identifying Marks

Oma Ker colony facial tattoosAssorted battle scars notably a major burn across her left upper torso and arm

## Biography

Nephila's circumstances as a child were rather average for a Turian. Her father, Kaeter, retired from his mandatory service to become a colonial watch officer on Oma Ker where he met her mother, Caelia, an administrator at the capital's spaceport. Due to the nature of his work, her father was often kept busy for days at a time at the Watch barracks leaving her mother as her primary caregiver for much of her childhood. Often, watch patrols would check in on the family during their routes, in particular her maternal uncle Tellis. Nephila found it difficult to hold it against him, however, as her mother never missed a chance to remind her of how important his job was to the safety of the colony. When he was at home, her father often told her stories of his time in the Hierarchy armed forces which left the young Nephila enthralled. Even when she started attending school, Nephila struggled when it came to making friends her own age, being shy during her early years and making few lasting friendships within her age group during this time.

She commonly made her own fun and kept to herself as a child, frequently wandering around the local park and camping there sometimes for days until her mother went out looking for her or a member of the watch was sent to bring her home. She would often make up stories in her head as she explored the park about exploring new worlds. The dearest memory she has of her childhood is of her twelfth birthday when her father brought her with him to the colonial watch headquarters and spent the day instructing her on the basics of weapons handling and letting her practice at the firing range. This act stirred something within Nephila as, over the following years, she often sought out either her father or uncle to keep training her until the time came for her to ship out for her mandatory service period, something they were only too happy to indulge her in. It was a bittersweet day when her fifteenth birthday arrived, she spent the day with her family before shipping off for Boot Camp on Palaven.

If her early training from her father and uncle started to get Nephila to open up, it was boot camp that fully dragged her out of her shell. It was here that she met Kallus Avinta, a fellow recruit aiming to rise through the ranks of the Hierarchy, who was assigned as her squad leader. She found herself admiring how he went out of his way to ensure team cohesion by ensuring that any differences were worked through early and calmly. In the process of doing so, Nephila found herself more comfortable around her team, Kallus himself in particular. It was a comfortable rhythm she fell into during training, and she found she enjoyed the regimented nature of military life and working to a routine. In particular, she excelled in her training as a combat engineer, leading to her instructors recommending her to the sapper training courses where she developed a commendable level of skill in defensive construction and movement facilitation. While her time at boot camp came to a conclusion without professional incident, on a personal note she grew close to Kallus during their time training together, eventually starting a romantic relationship.

Graduation was something of a double edged sword for Nephila, on the one hand most of her training regiment graduated with her and was kept intact when they were posted on the cruiser PAS Legatus as part of the 8th Legion’s ground detachment. On the other hand, they graduated just in time for their trial by fire to be the aftermath of the Skyllian Blitz, spending the following years deploying to various locations around the Attican Traverse and Terminus border to assist with rebuilding and rooting out any remaining pirate strongholds. It was during this time that she took her first life, a Batarian Pirate attempting to flank her team. While this did leave her somewhat shaken, she made sure it didn’t affect her work though it took her a number of discussions with the company chaplain, psychologist and some of the senior soldiers before she could properly move past it. It was also during this time that she took part in her first joint operations with the System’s Alliance, developing a healthy respect for the abilities of the Alliance Marines and especially the few N7 operatives she saw in action.

One of her more notable deployments during this stretch involved her shipping out to a resource rich colony on the border of Terminus Space. The colony, wary of the increasing boldness of nearby pirate groups following the Skyllian Blitz, offered to open trade with the Council in return for assistance improving their ability to fend off any raids in future. In response, the Hierarchy deployed the 8th Legion, the marines helping to train the colonial militia while Nephila and the other combat engineers set up static defenses. Among the varied residents of the colony was an old retired krogan battlemaster called Thalarn Dran who Nephila often found herself talking to during her down time. Their discussions ranged from meaningless small talk to more meaningful political opinions and, while these discussions were initially heated, they gradually became more respectful with the two having a better opinion of the other's species by the time they parted ways.

Her deployments remained somewhat routine in the years that followed, with a number of training exercises to Palaven and other turian colonies. Her shore leave was similarly unremarkable, mostly visiting tourist hotspots around Citadel space with her squadmates and introducing Kallus to her parents in person. This was until the Coffee Shop Massacre began the next period of major war in the galaxy. While she was privately in support of the Genophage Cure, Nephila quietly worried that the growing tensions would spill over into outright war, a fear that would prove prescient when the Terminus Confederacy formed and declared war on the Council. The war saw the Eighth Legion shipping all over the Traverse, attempting to stem pirate incursions into Citadel space. One such fateful mission took place during the second Skyllian Blitz saw her almost lose her arm to a pirate IED and needing to be shipped back to the core Citadel systems for emergency medical treatment.

Forced to sit out most of the Reaper War due to her wounds, Nephila was beside herself worrying about her team and relying on Kallus to keep her informed on how the team was doing. Her physical recovery was touch and go for a while, the damage was extensive and still almost ended in an amputation and replacement. Fortunately for her, the arm was saved but she still requires the support of the powered servos in her armour to handle heavy lifting. By the time she was done recovering, the war was over and the Hierarchy military offered her a choice: stay on in a logistical role or accept a medical discharge with honours. Choosing the latter, Nephila spent a few less hectic years with Kallus before she joined the CRC to help the galaxy recover in the aftermath.

## Personality

Nephila likes to pride herself on coming across as friendly and welcoming, quick to allow new people into her circle of friends and enjoying going out of her way to make them feel included. Much of her reason for doing this is a desire to make up for having few friends during her childhood. However she can come off as annoying or overbearing to anyone who would rather be left to themselves. When in combat however, much of this light-heartedness fades away in favour of a tight focus on the task at hand. She likes to think of herself as something of a den mother in situations such as that, concerning herself mostly with making sure everyone gets home safe. Due to this, when combat situations go wrong, she is often the first to advocate for actions that would preserve the most lives and finds the idea of sacrificing people for the greater good distasteful, even should it come at the cost of mission objectives. This lack of “big picture thinking” is frequently cited as a reason why she never rose to a command rank.

Politically, she keeps to something of a "live and let live" philosophy. For example, her support of the Genophage cure and her belief that the Batarian Provisional Government genuinely wish to be better than the Hegemony before them. Despite this, she holds pirates and slavers in particular contempt, especially during the ongoing crises, feeling that anyone who preys on the weak as being contemptable, especially at times when people should be coming together to help each other.

### Hobbies & Interests

* *Meditative Martial Arts:* Nephila often centres herself to wind down after stressful situations, and to aid in this she’s studied a number of meditation techniques. Her preferred method is a gentle turian martial art focusing on deliberate movement and stretches. as she enjoys the light exercise she can get from it.

* *Socialising:* Even before the Reaper War, Nephila always made sure to keep her friends and colleagues close. This habit hasn’t been broken even as her circle of friends has grown now that she has enlisted in the CRC and taken up residence on the Resurgence.

## Physical Description

Nephila has a roughly average build for a female turian, standing at about 6’6 with the kind of athletic build one could only get from years of military service. Her plates are an ashy grey colour, covering lighter skin and contrasted strongly by her onyx black colony paint and sky blue eyes. Nephila takes a great deal of care of her uniform, ensuring it is cleaned and pressed constantly to maintain a professional look. When not in her Battle Dress Uniform, she prefers to wear dark, comfy clothing. In particular she has picked up a preference for human hoodie jackets during her tours of duty. Under her clothes, many of the plates along her upper left torso and left arm are cracked and burned from a grenade explosion suffered during the second Skyllian Blitz. She's unusually self conscious about the scars, preferring to keep them completely covered when she can except around close friends.

Her combat armour has been personalized over the years, notably having her colony markings around the visor, names of worlds she's been deployed to etched onto the torso armour, and most recently some added armour plating around the limbs. Nephila prides herself on having an “approachable” face quick to offer a smile even to strangers. She carries herself with an easy openness, moving around her friends with a learned confidence. On the other hand, around strangers she tends to be more guarded and professional, something she also falls into when she’s on the clock.

### Armaments

* Phaeston Rifle
* M3 Predator

### Abilities

* Overload
* Shield Boost
* Tactical Scan
* Combat Drone