> FILE C9-58
> CASSANDRA ATKOV - OTHER ALIASES: WHISPER
> WARNING: THIS FILE IS CLASSIFIED
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Cassandra Atkov was born to a mother with heritage from the European Confederacy, and a father from the Nagasaki Conglomerate. Both were living within the Conglomerate at the time. The mother was a prominent figure within the Conglomerate’s government, and held a fair say in what happened within the country. Her father was a well-regarded fleet admiral, who controlled the Conglomerate’s main fleet at the time.

Her life was fairly standard until the age of 5, where her mother was assassinated due to her position in the government. All signs pointed to the Roslin Federation being responsible. This served as fuel for the Cold War that was in action at the time. This enraged her father, who sent her to a children’s home so he could focus on his duties within the navy. This happened only a year before the three day war.

Upon the date of the three day war, the father passed in the fighting, making her an orphan. Within the children’s home, Cassandra had already proven to be a problem child. She refused to do what she was told; and frequently vanished from the home for days at a time. She would remain at the home until the age of 14, when the children’s home saw fit to kick her out onto the streets.

She went on to spend the next 4 years homeless, only intermittently being able to hold a job. While the factory industry within the Nagasaki Conglomerate was booming at the time, due to her issues with authority, and hatred of the Roslin Federation over the death of her mother, she would repeatedly be fired, either due to threatening or starting fights with other workers. On one occasion, even incited a riot over the Genesis Project. Eventually, on her 18th birthday, Cassandra would join the military.

Her issues with authority carried over to her basic training; where instructors found it difficult to get her to follow along. However, she remained due to the fact that she excelled at most, if not all courses. Eventually, she would go on to join the Conglomerate’s Air Force, where she revealed exceptional scores within simulators. However, her issues with authority persisted, up until her first mission.

Now 22, Cassandra was assigned to break up an apparent fight with a pack of rogue Armani weapon smugglers, on the edge of the Kuiper belt. To those who know of it, it would eventually be branded the Kuiper incident. During this fight, she showed exceptional ability at power & EM signature management of ships, earning her the nickname, Whisper. The fight was straightforward at first; with the Conglomerate winning handedly. However, when the Armani smugglers had realized they would inevitably lose, they initiated a self-destruct of their ship.

In the kamikaze maneuver, all but two of the Conglomerate’s fighters were left functional. The rest destroyed or disabled. Cassandra’s fighter had been one of the disabled, however she managed to survive on her suit’s life support long enough for rescue to arrive. Her leg blown off, she was faced with a choice; either allow herself to become heavily cybernetically augmented, or never pilot something again. Left with no choice, she accepted.

After this incident, her issues with authority vanished, and she was much more quiet and reserved from this point onwards. At the age of 25, she was offered to be part of the Genesis Project due to her abilities in combat and high simulator scores. While she had her qualms about the project, she accepted, asking to familiarize herself with the Ark’s smaller vehicles.

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