Freya Oerlikon is a Forge Father mechanic living in GCPS space
Biography
Regarded as a technical marvel in GCPS territory, Freya is in demand for her mix of mechanical ability and frontline battle experience.
Freya Oerlikon served in the Forge Father military as a logistic support pilot on tours of the Nethyr Edge. Trained and experienced across the whole arsenal of vehicles, aircraft and spaceships, she was one of the many cogs that kept the engine of war running smoothly in the theatre of battle. Although too nervy to serve as a front-line Firewyrm or Roskilde pilot, she was happy to undertake the occasional duty on the front line.
Reaching the post of supervising chargehand at the time of the Kellng Walk occupation, Freya resigned her commission after it was announced that the battalion was to be garrisoned there permanently. Piloting skills are always in high demand in trading cultures, and Freya set herself up as a contract pilot through her network of military contacts.
Though only able to perform basic repairs to hardware by Forge Father standards, Freya was regarded as a technical marvel in GCPS territory. Able to bypass some of the limiters that Forge Father designers build in to tech destined for other cultures, Freya found herself in demand for her mechanic abilities as much as her piloting. Any ship she worked on gained a subtle edge over its untampered counterparts and her reputation quickly grew.
Freya accepted a charter to extract research materials from Nexus Psi on behalf of the ExoChild Corporation, lured by an upfront fee so generous she could purchase a restored Firesteel-class light freighter. The ship was a classic Forge Father design capable of crossing the gulfs of space with only a minimal crew to make quick planetary landings. Originally designed to deliver military supplies during the second wave of an invasion, decommissioned Firesteels have proved popular with smugglers who cannot, for obvious reasons, use space ports to drop off goods.
Slipping past Nexus Psi’s blockade was a challenge for Freya, but after a few days studying the Enforcer ship patterns she had identified several holes created after the besieging craft inexplicably shifted to geostationary orbits. The ExoChild package was found in the Reiker City cargo facility, along with the remains of two ExoChild contracters who she deduced had been previously sent to recover the cargo.
In the shadows, a third Plague-infected smuggler had been banking on a further retrieval attempt – an opportunity to spread the contagion off-planet. Waiting until she was loading her ship hold to strike, the 3S slashed at Freya with its distended talons. Only Freya was prepared, and unloaded a clip of Hailstorm ammunition from her compact pistol. Quickly sealing the hold she took off, panicked and keen to break orbit as quickly as possible.
The upper-stage engines of the retreating Firesteel exploded in a hail of laser fire. Far more vigilant on traffic leaving the surface than arriving, Enforcer interceptors had crippled her ship with brutal efficiency. Freya screamed in rage as she tumbled planetward, hoping her ship could clear the city limits before crashlanding.
During the fight for Reiker city, she cooperated with a Rebs cell against the Plague onslaught.
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