::Basics::
Name: Natalsha "Natz" Orsialle
Gender: Female
Age: 35 in Terran years
Race: Gatalian
Homeworld: Neta Gatali (Gatalia)
::Appearance::
145cm (4' 9" wink tall, ~39.46kg (87 lbs), slim athletic frame with a medium-small chest & pronounced muscles; tanned skin with low-trimmed reddish-brown fur in stripes and patches along ridges of arms, legs, & down the back along a 1.5m (~5') long tail (entirely covered); hands & feet are rough with long (3cm/1.25" wink , reinforced fingernails that can be used to swipe like claws - difficult to trim due to hardening from high keratin count; hair is shoulder-length dark red & wild, eyes a dull yellow with cat-like pupils, ears are triangular, 8cm (~3" wink from base to tip - right ear has a large nick torn out of it, though the edges have healed over with time.
Often seen in a stained gray worker's overalls when working in garage; wears over a light-blue cut-off halter top & "Dixie" shorts. Always wears brown work boots & fingerless gloves. Doesn't wear much more in colder weather due to high metabolism - though she might complain about the temperature anyway.
::Abilities::
Positive
+Naturally-enhanced
--senses (3x better hearing [mono-directional], 5x smell, 2x touch - 1/3rd taste, however),
--agility (easily above Olympian levels; can out-maneuver Terran martial artists),
--speed (can reach 90km/h [~56mph] in a sprint & sustain 55km/h[~34mph] flat-out running);
+Gifted mechanic & exceptional computer affinity - including AI management & sentience mitigation;
+Good interpersonal skills;
+Decent hand-to-hand combatant (vs. her own kin) & average marksmanship @ short to mid-range;
+Middling field-borne medicinal knowledge: enough to diagnose and treat smaller wounds, but requires assistance in dealing with more serious problems
Negative
-Natural physical weakness (max. lifting weight: 30kg [66lbs 2oz], cannot retain consciousness after more than one heavy blow from the average human) & long healing time (1.5x longer for flesh wounds, 3x longer for bone breaks or other serious wounds);
-Terrible long-range combatant;
-Temperamental (gets angered or irritated quite easily);
-Issues with attachment/abandonment;
-Occasional post-trauma episodes;
-Despises Neo-Terran personnel;
-Tends to swear often
::Attitude::
Generally easy-going around most species, if somewhat self-centered & superstitious, but usually not to xenophobic proportions. Occasionally sarcastic and overly dramatic when it can be used for comedic effect. Not above taking 'pot-shots' at temperamental individuals, though she has problems with receiving criticism in-kind. Hates the N-TF with a passion; will refuse service or even threaten Terran/Terran-like 'customers' unless they are guarded or willing & able to fight back. Despises fights, but won't hesitate to retaliate if started by someone other than herself
::Background Check::
Born on Gatalia, Natz was the runt of a litter of three; the middle sibling died at the age of 3 from existing complications, and her father left, as is not all that uncommon in Gatalian society. Despite herself, she has always been tenacious, and has upon more than one occasion fought back against someone twice her size - not very hard considering her diminutive stature. Due to this and her interest in computer-related studies, she chose to pursue the life-path of a Mechanic after leaving her primary education, where she excelled to third in her class, missing top-honors only by the slimmest of margins. Even with this, she was cited as having several misdemeanors before the age of 17, including several accounts of breaking-and-entering and one of aggravated assault.
When the War began, Natz, now 21, quickly signed up and was hurried through Basic; though only decent with firearms and hand-to-hand combat, she showed promise in stealth and sabotage. Therefore Natalsha was placed in the 16th Shadow Sect - one of the Gatalian's saboteur units - and soon proved her worth in disabling the N-TF's ships and subverting their weapons systems. Obviously, not all of her exploits are declassified, and given what happened to Gatalia some of them may never be known
It seemed like Gatalia had won the war, as after nearly a decade of fighting the Terran forces finally retreated from their homespace into parts unknown. During the two-year downtime, Natalsha was given a mission to dismantle and/or destroy several of Gatalia's war-time projects for the sake of keeping them secret. While most were simple endeavors to cover up, one project in-particular proved to be quite troublesome; an android being constructed to hide among the Terran's ranks and eventually sabotage them from the inside proved to be less than pleased to being scrapped, and given that no less than one attempt nearly ended her life Natz finally decided to repurpose the 'bot instead.
She was returning to native space when the blitzkrieg attack began. Natalsha could only watch from afar as her homeworld was blown apart, the atmosphere ripped from the planet and all life - including those sparks of her mother and sister - ceasing within minutes of a single blast from an unmarked vessel. Shellshock nearly overtook her, but Natz regained her senses when one of the smaller ships escorting the planet-cracker started firing at her, forcing one of the last Gatalians to flee the system in utter defeat.
With few places to go and not wanting a damned thing to do with the "aide" the N-TF was "offering" after they tried to shoot her ship out of the sky, Natalsha fled to the borders of known space, eventually arriving in Horidus space and coming upon the vacation world of Horida 4. There she used what money she had left to buy and renovate an orbital moon station that had been left derelict for many years, re-christening it as the Dead Star Cafe.
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