Aditi “Adi” Nizhóní Peshlakai

Mikhail "Mike" Leronim Alekseev

Basic Information

• Full Name: Aditi Nizhóní Peshlakai
• Nickname/Callsign: Adi
• Species: Augmented Human (Colonial Fleet Marine Myrmidon, honorably discharged)
• Age: Late 20s (appears 13 because of anti-aging treatment)
• Height: 2.032 m (~6’9”)
• Weight: 411 kg (~905 lbs, bone/muscle density + enhanced subdermal armor)
• Birth world: Chendiuria (dry desert colony world, F8-type star system)
• Languages: Standardized English, Standardized Hindi, Navajo (partial, from family), spacer slang, Mars patois

Physical Appearance

• Build: Towering, massively muscled, dense skeletal and muscular frame with heavy subdermal armor. Despite her mass, moves with predatory grace.
• Skin Tone: Warm brown, somewhere between her Navajo father’s darker tone and her Indian mother’s lighter one.
• Hair: Jet-black, nearly knee-length when unbound, worn in a tight, single braid tucked under her shirt to prevent an opponent from grabbing it. Her one true vanity.
• Eyes: Deep golden amber, permanently striking regardless of which IOL overlay is active. They often catch light like a predator’s.
• Face: Appears deceptively youthful, around 13 years old, because of anti-aging treatment. Soft-featured but hardened by her Marine’s stare.
• Distinguishing Features: Scar at her right temple from augmentation surgery. Dog tags with Mike’s engagement ring threaded onto the chain.

Personality

Core Traits: Blunt, sardonic, loyal, rigid moral compass, food-driven because of caloric demands, obsessively clean.

Strengths: Combat monster, unshakable survivor, unwavering loyalty, adaptable in chaos.

Weaknesses:

• Feels monstrous when her neural net fugue state takes over.
• Self-conscious about femininity because of her massive build and flat chest.
• Haunted by guilt over Mike’s death.
• Tunnel vision during missions, sometimes neglecting loved ones.

Augmentations & Implants

Nanites: Quorum-sensing, armor repair, metabolic regulation.

Nucleobots: 2nd-generation prototypes, real-time DNA-level cellular repair.

Neural Net: Multi-phase quantum computer, HUD integration, combat targeting, threat assessment.

Fugue mode = machine takeover until threats are neutralized.

IOLs (Intraocular Lenses, Eyes):

• Night vision
• Infrared
• UV (reactivated by Kane)
• Telescopic & macroscopic zoom
• Target lock & weapon sync

Subdermal Armor: Enhanced with graphene microfibers & nanocomposites; reactive, partially self-repairing.

Circulatory & Respiratory: Oversized heart, high-efficiency lungs, MBX-9 compound available for increased blood oxygen carrying capacity.

Musculoskeletal: Dense bones, synthetic ligaments, cyber-bioware joints, double fast-twitch fibers.

Gear

• Civilian Clothing: Collapsed spider-weave motorcycle coveralls (light-medium armor), OD green Marine field jacket with cooling modules, reinforced combat boots.
• Helmet: Black motorcycle helmet, upgraded with RADAR, LiDAR, superconducting circuits, oxygen reserve, full HUD sync.

Weapons:

• Valkyrie 15 mm pistol with space station-legal soft rounds.
• Zoran-Ahti Inc. ArcSpiker Less-than-lethal pistol with Taser-like rounds, Neural Suppression Rounds and Neural Disruptor rounds
• Falling Star Inc. Shadowfury 15 mm general purpose pulse machine gun (left in arming rack with her armor, not legal to carry on the space station)
• Twin zero-molecular kukris (Myrmidon regimental blades, illegally modified to suppress warning chimes).
• Zero-molecular anti-personnel hatchet (bearded axe design, left at home).
• Escrima sticks (2, duralloy).
• Collapsible shock baton.
• Hidden knives in boots, both forearms, belt buckle, and in her hair
• Colonial Marine tac vest with grenades (when allowed).

Vehicle: Ozymandias 6000 superbike, heavily modified, max speed ~900 kph.

Backstory & Relationships

Military Service:

• Served 6 standard Earth years as a Colonial Marine.
• After volunteering and augmentation, served last four years as a Myrmidon.
• Final years on Helium-3 stations; pirate attack claimed fiancé Mike Alekseev in friendly-fire incident.
• Honorably discharged, disillusioned, carrying survivor’s guilt.

Key Relationships:

• Nyomi (lover): Missing (Kane secretly had her kidnapped for “protection”).
• Mikhail "Mike" Leronim Alekseev (fiancé, deceased): Vaporized in pirate battle; engagement ring carried on Adi’s dog tags.
• Markus Kane (ex-Defense Security Initiative, ally/foil): Provides illegal upgrades, manipulative ethics foil to Adi’s rigid code.
• Rena (friend, past lover): Offers grounding domesticity and tenderness.

Behavioral Notes

• Eating: Needs 10,000–15,000 calories/day (after new upgrades from Markus Kane awkward in social situations because of it.
• Cleanliness: Compulsively clean—showers twice daily. Refused “mud Marine” Gazelles because of dirt.
• Combat Style: Prefers brutal CQB—Myrmidon regimental zero molecular edged kukri in each hand.
• Avoids unnecessary killing to stay off law enforcement radar.
• Neural net fugues leave her feeling detached after combat.
• Rest: Insomniac; Pharmaceutical Implant helps, but supply is limited.
• Uses bimodal polyphasic sleep