Chandra

Chandra, callsign "Chicken" and serving as Apple 4, Soap 2, Arrow 1, and Luna 1, was a Faium pilot that entered active military service in the middle of the Aleusian Expansion War. Her skills improved very quickly, and she was identified as a potential Ace three months after being deployed in the war. This status led to her being taken in like a family member by Hesopell, the Commander in Chief in Arduen. Chandra went on to be the decisive factor in several major battles and led the assault on the Ardent Bird. She also wounded Phantom and removed his Faium abilities, becoming possibly the best pilot on Foreuvo.

## Early Life

Chandra began expressing Faium abilities at the age of 5. As the youngest of four siblings, this sudden change made her the center of attention in her family, a change nobody in the family particularly wanted or could deal with. Before Chandra's sixth birthday, a landslide behind the family's house surprised everyone inside, and Chandra opted to fly out rather than attempt to help anyone get away - she later blamed herself for letting everyone die, but it would have been impossible at this time for Chandra to carry even her 7 year old brother to safety.

After the authorities arrived on site, Chandra was approached by the NGO Broken Wings and taken into their custody to receive psychiatric therapy and Faium training. It quickly became clear that she could fly faster and higher than all the other children her age, and once she started to ingest Usim, began to perform the same as children five years older. Her trainers were worried that she might be burning out her abilities, but it was not the case; she was just that good. Chandra became the first child to be able to fly above the redwood forest near Broken Wings' training grounds without using any Usim.

At the age of ten, Chandra inadvertently launched her first homing projectile at an older student at Broken Wings while he was harassing her in the air. While unfocused and weak, it still caused a significant injury as the bully was not expecting it. The event was a large source of stress for Chandra, as she had to be separated from her friends for while to be evaluated for possible military acceptance later in life. However, the isolation prematurely ended with the outbreak of the Alcan Uprising. Broken Wings had to relocate most of the children under their care to a sanctuary within the Banelandswhere Alcan troops could not pursue them. Chandra proved to be the most able of the students to fly within the harsh conditions of the Banelands and occasionally went with a guardian on scout missions. After the Alcan Uprising ended, Broken Wings' training facility and the nearby town had been razed by the Alcan military; Chandra made up her mind at that point that she would join her country's military to prevent that from happening to anyone else.

## Military Career

Chandra was accepted into North Point military academy one week after she turned 18. This was the first time she was not obviously better regarding Faium abilities than her immediate peers - several other members of her class were in similar stages of development, and she was actually behind the oldest cadet in the class in both speed and service ceiling. However, by 2031, She had surpassed every other cadet at North Point.

Chandra's class normally would have graduated in 2036, however the outbreak of the Aleusian Expansion War caused Arduen to prematurely promote promising cadets to active duty status. Four members of Chandra's class including herself were deployed on a mission to sabotage an Aleusian bridge building operation on the river Stotleytes in Coatlan. They were assigned callsigns at random: Chicken, Zero, Helix, and Orion. The mission was a success, but Orion was shot down, the only pilot Chandra was friends with. The remaining three pilots returned to Yeager Air Force Base in Arduen, however Ranger Squadron was able to track their exit vector. A surprise attack was launched by Aleusian fighters on Yeager the next day - Brigiadier General Wright declared an emergency, ordering all Faium pilots on the base to take off and defend it. While her classmates hesitated, Chandra immediately obeyed the order and succeeded in shooting down two enemy pilots without assistance. The attack was driven off, and Chandra was confronted by MPs upon landing and escorted to the General's office. He eventually arrived with Cere, one of the squadron leaders on the base. Chandra assumed she was in trouble, but the two superior officers instead asked questions about her flight experience and time at North Point. They decided that instead of sending Chandra back to North Point, she would join Cere in Apple Squadron as Apple 4.

However, during an Aleusian attack, Chandra was weakened due to a failure in the supply line of Usim leaving Cere as the only experienced pilot in the area - instead of flying out and risking her own life and the battle, Cere instructed Chandra on how to permanently absorb the Faium potential of another pilot and ordered Chandra to perform it on her. Chandra reluctantly performed the action and was restored to full strength, allowing her to hold off the Aleusian advance long enough for Hesopell to unexpectedly arrive on station and put a stop to the assault.

Hesopell transferred Chandra to Graham-White Airbase so she could be put under the mentorship of Magician 1. However, since he was not fit for combat duty, Chandra was ordered to form Soap Team with Skybolt, becoming Soap 2.