Shaposhnikova stands at approximately 172cm, with fair skin, mismatched blue and amber eyes, and white hair. Whether this hair color is dyed, or some natural mutation, is uncertain. Out of combat, her body is visibly covered in an array of scar tissue, much of which seems to have been inflicted early in life. She has a toned, physically capable build indicative of someone trained from a young age to be physically powerful and active. In battle she wears a cheap set of light armor, decorated in numerous patterns understood only by herself.

Svetlana Petrovna Shaposhnikova was born in 2160 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The daughter of Pyotr Eskandrovich Sadeghi and Helena Shaposhnikov, employees of a major shipbuilding firm on earth. Exposed to a massive eezo leak from damage to a starship’s drive core mid-constructing resulting in the fatal poisoning of dozens of workers, the two returned to Saint Petersburg to seek medical treatment and recuperate. Shaposhnikova was born some months after this incident. From a young age, she displayed biotic potential.

During this time, Shaposhnikova’s parents were slowly drawn into the influence of a cult-like group known as the Disciples of the Falling Star, attracting adherents from all across earth. Though now defunct, their ideology centered around a foretold apocalypse, seeing the discovery of alien life, the mass relays, and the extinct protheans as an omen of end times to come. Believing a great calamity had wiped out civilizations before them and that one would surely come again soon, the cult moved itself to a world in the Terminus Systems. Using extensive contacts within the Alliance they constructed a well fortified and supplied hidden compound.

Whilst inside this cult, Shaposhnikova’s burgeoning biotic abilities attracted the attention of its leaders, who proclaimed her a sign from the heavens of the righteousness of their action. She was declared a holy warrior, a paladin against the alien and the unknown that would seek to destroy humanity. Trained from a young age in numerous forms of martial arts, as well as sabotage and infiltration by ex-Alliance military personnel, Shaposhnikova was raised to be the greatest warrior of the cult. The numerous scars on her body are indicated to be a byproduct of this training and of brutal disciplinary action against any perceived insubordination. Once again, due to extensive contacts, Shaposhnikova was given biotic implants at a young age, the cult opting for an L2 implant despite having the connections necessary to obtain L3 in the hope of creating a more powerful biotic soldier.

At age 17, Shaposhnikova was dubbed ready. Her failed assassination of the Turian mercenary Accipitrana Necrasyrtis and the ramifications thereof is detailed elsewhere in this dossier. Following her escape from the pirate warship, Shaposhnikova was stranded in unfamiliar territory. All members of the Disciples of the Falling Star are assumed to have died either in the raid on the compound or the subsequent destruction of the pirate ship.

Shaposhnikova was initially taken to a local medical center when she entered the main settlement of the colony. The exact location of this colony has yet to be determined. Suffering from numerous injuries, Shaposhnikova remained in the area for a period of seven months during which time she made a full recovery, and began to slowly make connections with other individuals. With no anchor in the world and nowhere to go, one of the medical center’s staff took pity on her, and found her work in the area. Shaposhnikova’s biotics proved their use in manipulating heavy objects, but attracted attention of mercenary forces.

Easily manipulated, Shaposhnikova joined the mercenary group (Footnote: Blue Suns? Unknown. Conduct further investigation.), and by all accounts performed spectacularly in the role. Though specifics are difficult to determine (Footnote: The hell do they expect me to do to dig up specific information on specific ops of some russian chick in a branch of a massive mercenary company? I’m not the Shadow Broker.) Shaposhnikova is believed to have left the group at age 20.

Some months after she joined the group known as the Interstellar Aid Foundation. A human founded group with its roots in the Red Cross foundation, it serviced many smaller scale colonies in the Terminus Systems and elsewhere. Providing basic medical care and disaster relief to millions of people each year, it appealed strongly to the young Shaposhnikova. It was during her time with them that the second notable incident of her life occurred. Further details listed separately within her file. This was the first time ExoGeni became aware of her existence and potential usefulness. (Footnote: My husband was one of the people she pulled out of the rubble. If I ever meet her I owe her a beer.)

It is unknown how long Shaposhnikova remained with the IAF, however our estimates place her as having left them approximately a year after joining. Reports of her activity afterward indicate a return to mercenary work, though the specific reasoning remains uncertain, and interviews with Shaposhnikova have been largely fruitless.

Her rescue of Robert Kumar was what brought her fully into our awareness. Though doubts remain about her ultimate usefulness as an asset, Kumar’s reporting and the findings of this report indicate that she possesses the requisite baseline skills and abilities for our purposes. The rest can come later.

Based on accounts from Kumar and Terminus mercenaries, Shaposhnikova displays a high level of personal initiative in combat, while retaining the willingness and ability to follow orders in a fluid combat situation unlike many mercenaries from the Terminus Systems. In combat, she employs a highly mobile, close quarters fighting style. Seeming to ‘teleport’ around the battlefield via the controlled use of Mass Effect fields, she uses her natural biotic abilities to engage the opponent up close. Given such a scenario, few enemies are prepared to respond to the sudden presence of a powerful fighter in melee range. In forty three documented incidences, Shaposhnikova engaged and terminated enemy combatants in this manner.

RECOMMENDATION: Shaposhnikova should be deployed as a front line combatant in close quarters engagements to disrupt enemy defenses and destroy high value targets. Avoid deployment in open, conventional battlefield situations.

Shaposhnikova readily accepted ExoGeni’s Asset Procurement Division’s offer of potential employment based on the recommendations of Robert Kumar. Offers of regular pay, sufficient food for the caloric needs of an active biotic, a secure place to sleep, and ‘lots of chocolate’ were sufficient to secure cooperation.

Footnote: I can’t believe we actually found someone like this for this cheap. We’ll need to make sure no other groups get ahold of her. She could prove to be an invaluable asset, and can be easily molded to suit ExoGeni’s agenda.

Kallie is an average size for a krogan female, standing at 6ft 8in and 240 pounds. Her body is covered in what the trained eye would immediately notice as surgical scars, following both her primary and secondary nervous systems. Her bright amber eyes have smile wrinkles around them and her teeth are usually visible in a friendly grin. In general, Kallie’s entire demeanor is welcoming and as non-threatening as a krogan can be. In combat she wears the heavy Onyx Armor of Aldrin labs. Her normal attire is what can only be described as ‘grandmotherly’ and ‘easily cleanable’ with everything striking a balance between warm, comfortable, and something that won’t be ruined if blood or other fluids get on it.

As with all krogan, Kallie thrives on the frontline in the thick of the fight. There, she naturally draws enemy fire away from her squad as both a krogan and a biotic and she is able to react as quickly as possible to friendly wounds and injuries. She uses her three biotic skills (Barrier, Focus, and Charge) and her natural hardiness as a krogan to get to allies even in the most dangerous of situations and then remove them to a secure location to tend to their wounds. When she’s not patching up her allies, she is using either her Striker to lay down covering fire, her Graal to clear CQC situations, or her biotics to either defend her allies or close in on enemies.

While being a doctor on Omega that all the various fighting gangs trusted to be neutral and competent was providing a steady income and keeping the orphanage safe, the amount of credits that Exogeni indicated would be paid out were, in her own words ‘absolutely insane’. There are many things Kallie could do with the kind of credits Exogeni is offering, and so she was on a ship to the meeting as soon as she was able to.