Captain Eight York

IC Information
Full Name:	Eight York
AKA:	Dimara Kadun
Gender:	Female (She/Her)
Species:	Cyber Newtype
Age (Birthdate):	21 (Celebrated: February 21, 0076, Actual Birth: January 07, 0076)
Hair Colour:	Blonde
Eye Colour:	Red
Height	5'10" (178 cm)
Job:	Empathic Captain
Homeland:	Winter Wonderland
Awakening:	4
Primary Unit:	Zentradi Monitor "Ra Mari II"
BGM:	You Will Know Our Names - Xenoblade Chronicles OST
Ansi Code:	:210
OOC Information
Origin:	Original Character
Factions:	Three Ships Alliance
Player:	Bel

Captain Eight York of the Three Ships Alliance was once a promising young officer in Londo Bell. After an ill-fated attempt by the Federation to invade Orb, however, she broke away to ally with other like-minded souls in an effort to end the current wars plaguing the Earth Sphere and fight for a better world. Her background is a matter of public record; most of her history points to her growing up in the tourist colony Winter Wonderland. However, before that, she was 'number eight', the only surviving member of a series of experiments as part of Zeon's Cyber-Newtype programs. She is known to be related to the Zeonic Kadun family, to whom she is Dimara Kadun, their long-lost scion recently returned to them. Despite her status as a Cyber Newtype she displays uncommon stability, and many now look to her for leadership on a new path. The simple truth is that she was unwilling to lead her crew as a tool of oppression, and while she is not entirely sure what a 'better' world looks like, she knows she's going to fight for it.

Background

Public knowledge of Eight York's background indicates that she has been in the Federation military since a little after her high school graduation, in 0094, and prior to that she was a resident of Winter Wonderland for about ten years. This is where information on her history dries up, however; the records simply aren't there to explain where she was before the age of nine or ten.

However, her service record is exemplary already; formerly the Comms Officer on the Ra Mari, Eight York became Captain during a series of tragic incidents about the Winter Wonderland colony, during which time nearly all of the senior officers of the ship perished. Her quick thinking and readiness to lead earned her a promotion, and the ship she'd saved.

Since becoming Captain, she has seen the Ra Mari and her crew through many battles, against foes from Angels to Zeon remnants. In a batle agains he Vajra the Ra Mari was so damaged that she was refitted with powerful new weaponry, and since then Eight has continued to see her ship through operations planetside and in space.

As it turns out, though there appear to be no surviving records of the project, Eight York was Eight before she was a York, the only known survivor of a Cyber-Newtype project by an unnamed Zeon scientist. After the disaster of 'Operation Spitbreak', rumors of this fact began to spread first on her ship and the through the Federation military apparatus in general. It remains to be seen what will come of these facts, but she has been spending more of her leave time investigating rumors of old labs...

In the Denver Colony incident, Eight learns more about her past. With the information gathered there, including the name 'Dimara Kadun', Eight turns to the Yumi Foundation, and they track down her birth family. She begins to make connections with her grandmother of the same name, and goes into the New Year weighing how to mix her past and present.

In early 0097, during a failed attempt to invade the United Emirates of Orb, Eight York officially goes rogue with her entire crew, defending Orb and founding the Three Ships Alliance with her own Ra Mari II, Nergal's Nadesico under Yurika Misumaru, and ZAFT's Eternal under Lacus Clyne.

In the wake of establishing the 3SA, the Ra Mari II engages in diplomacy with various spacenoid factions; a meeting-turned-ambush sees the 3SA meet the Garencieres... and begin to play host to the Sleeves, thanks to the maneuvering of Full Frontal. Eight is suspicious, but sees benefit in opening diplomatic talks, and does her best with the situation.

Resources

Eight York was once a Federation Captain with all the rights and responsibilities that entailed, but now she is Captain of a rather different organization. She no longer has access to the Federation's intelligence or military apparatus, but she has a lot of connections in Orb and beyond, given her attempts to defend the nation and her new status working with them. In addition, she has some access to the status and wealth of the Kadun family, and as 'Dimara Kadun' is the heiress to an old aristocratic legacy, though her grandmother maintains control.

Another resource that Eight has is her powerful psychic ability; as a Cyber Newtype her mind was forced open to the impulses of others and to the world around her, and she has only /gained/ in attunement with that world since she's been living with other people in a 'normal' life. She can read people instinctively, tends to know when someone is lying, and has an acute danger sense and ability to predict people around her. However, the experiments that gave her her abilities were still being perfected, and this results in a number of physical and mental issues that she has mostly been able to compensate for with therapy and medication. She needs regular access to medication in order to keep some of these side-effects in check, so this is not entirely a benefit.

She's also generally friendly and nice and has the resources that come from having a lot of friends in a number of places. Sometimes it helps!

Relationships

Name	Affiliation	Affinity	Relationship
Rena Lancaster	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"I love Rena. It's nice that I can say that now."
Anita Rosetta	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"Annie's the coolest person I know. And I'm so happy for her and Rena!"
Callisto Diana	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"She's like a sister to me, but she's going through so much right now."
BC-001 Minae	3SA		"It really is a nice office, you know."
Arriety Hearn	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"She's back! I'm so happy to have her around again. But she's really grown up, too..."
Lavnadim Orlodhari	3SA		"I'm looking forward to marrying you, Lavhi. I'm really happy."
Ruri Hoshino	Nergal (Nadesico) / 3SA		"I'm really glad we're friends. I still worry, but I think the Nadesico is taking good care of her. I'm just glad we'll still be able to talk after all this."
Omoikane	Nergal (Nadesico) / 3SA		"Omoikane's great! I trust him... But I think he might be more honest than a lot of humans. For better and worse. "
Charlotte Hepner	3SA		"I think her experience will help us a lot. ...Hopefully she doesn't mind too much what I've done with things..."
Roux Louka	???		"I think I like her a lot. She has a real fire."
Zurvan Zevarist	Nergal		"Good luck with your ship, Mr. Zevarist. I think your technology's really something!"
Alexis Kerib	?????		"The 'heroes of the inevitable', huh? But where does he fit in?"
Artemisia ka Britannia	BU Forces		"A 'hunter' huh? I saw what became of your 'prey'..."
Riika Sheder	3SA		"We've both made our choices, now. Let's believe in that."
Leina Ashta	Yumi Foundation?		"She's got her own arena to fight in, and it might be more dangerous than ours..."
Banagher Links	?????		"I'm looking for my answers, too. "
Yuliana Kafim	???		"I won't play into her hands again. Be sure of that. ...But what really is her angle? Will she let me be just like that, because I'm pregnant?"
Himeyuri Oono	ZAFT		"We were able to fight on the same side, once. Seeing her in action again, though, I don't think that'll happen again."
Dimara Kadun (Senior)	Republic of Zeon		"She's really stepped up. I hope I don't regret it--but I don't think I will. I just have more family than I used to!"
Licia Chovan	3SA		"Licia's great! She's really become one of my best friends through all this."
Enba Rezza	3SA		"We're definitely friends--and more to the point, I trust them implicitly. I'd better, if I'm going to leave them in charge for a while."
Tempo Astelian	3SA		"He's probably a better Comms Officer than I was! He's definitely a better cook. ...I'm glad he stuck with us."
Kathras Fari	Londo Bell	???	"Even in Londo Bell..."
Gidon Kall	3SA		"I'm looking forward to working with him! He comes very highly recommended... and I've got a good feeling."
Itsuki Kazama	3SA		"I can respect a career woman. She's sharp, takes direction well, and has initiative. I think she'll do well."

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