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 of the Ra Mari II, Eight York is a leader of the Three Ships Alliance and a thorn in the Federation's side. Her time in Londo Bell seems far away by now. So does the resort colony on which she grew up. Farther away is her history with Axis Zeon, which many use against her; she makes no secret of it, nor of her status as a Cyber-Newtype, 'number eight' in a series of experiments by one Rhella Kan Zeitun. Still, she displays an uncommon stability for someone subject to such experiments--hard-won, all the more difficult as she grapples with a changing life. She has stepped back temporarily from active command in preparation for her impending motherhood, and is learning to rely agan on her crew more than ever--but is inevitably drawn again into the lens of conflict. Despite the difficult balance, she remains committed to a world where people don't have to go through the same things that she did.

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.

As it happens, the tensions prove too much, boiling over in mid 97 after a member of the Sleeves--Zoltan Akkanen--inflicts catastrophic damage on a colony. The crew of the Ra Mari II begins to train in case of Sleeves attack, and when the Sleeves learn of their preparations, it becomes a pitched battle.

After this battle, Eight finally cements her maternity leave, having become pregnant not long after they started negotiations with the Sleeves in the first place. However, she continues to be involved in the search for Laplace's Box, as well as in the rescue of Puru-1: Leina Ashta.

With Laplace's Box found and understood and Leina rescued, the situation at Magallanica eventually resolves, putting the Three Ships Alliance in negotiations once again with the Federation. Eight despite her attempts to be on leave spearheads these negotiations with Mineva Leo Zabi.

Things take a complex turn when the Denver Colony activates again--and Eight nearly loses Rena Lancaster in the course of the battles that take place next. Only nearly; through the combined efforts of many, Eight appears to Rena and helps her break free, and then as a whole they put the spirits of the Colony to rest. Eight makes a promise to live for herself as well as for the fallen members of Rhella Kan Zeitun's Cyber-Newtype programs.

Unfortunately, this does mean that her wedding is cancelled, but she still makes plans to have a smaller event and simply celebrate it later, when she's less busy and less pregnant. Her children are very close to on the way in the later months of 0097, and what will happen next is anyone's guess. it looks like it might be peace for a while, though.

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	Comment
Rena Lancaster	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"I love Rena like no one else. She was always a guiding star for me, but now we're walking together."
Anita Rosetta	3SA (Kakapo Squadron)		"Still the coolest... But also one of my biggest sources of confidence. I always feel like she's in my corner. I wish her and Rena everything."
Lavnadim Orlodhari	3SA		"I'm thrilled to call him my husband. We've got a lot ahead of us, and I wouldn't change it for the world."
Ruri Hoshino	Nergal (Nadesico) / 3SA		"She's a great friend, and I know the Nadesico is taking care of her. I wish her everything growing up."
Omoikane	Nergal (Nadesico) / 3SA		"Growing up... I'm sorry that it had to happen so fast, Omoikane."
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	???		"A great friend, and someone I can talk to about a lot of things."
Alexis Kerib	?????		"Good riddance."
Riika Sheder	3SA		"Sharp and talented. I look forward to working with her when I'm back."
Leina Ashta	Cathedra		"We're all rooting for you. I hope I can be as good a friend to you as you managed to be to me, even with all you were going through."
Banagher Links	?????		"I'm looking for my answers, too. But I think I've found a lot of them, now."
Yuliana Kafim	???		"I can't say that I underrstand her. Unquestionably an enemy, but one a lot more complicated than most."
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! If everything goes well I'll finally be spending more time with her for a while soon, too."
Licia Chovan	3SA		"I couldn't do it without her."
Enba Rezza	3SA		"I'm seeing a new side of them in this role as Acting Captain. It's a good one, and makes me think..."
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		"Reliable and fun. He reminds me of an older brother type."
Itsuki Kazama	3SA		"I've come to rely on her as an officer. I get the impression she's looking ahead to something though..."
Yurika Misumaru	3SA (Nadesico)		"She's so inspiring! ...I worry about some of her ideas. But she's so, so inspiring. I think the Nadesico is in good hands."
Kamille Bidan	3SA		"I trust and rely on him very, very much. He always does his best for us. I know he has a sad history, but he looks forward anyway."
Angelo Sauper	Sleeves		"I wanted to understand, but compromise would've cost too much. At the same time, I can't forgive what you've taken."
Trevor Teach	3SA?		"Let's find your 'story', Uncle Trevor. I'd like to meet your Cap'n one day, too. You're a good friend."
Permanence Pasternak	3SA (Deceased)		"It was her choice, but my responsibility. I'll never forget her. I feel like she's still watching over us..."

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