Name: Sophia Silvertsten
Call Sign: Omni
Race: Human
Creed: Silently in; Victorious out.
Age: 28
Authorized Official Physical Description: Stands at 5’9”. Operative has brown hair with deep, rich brown eyes. Her skin is a slight copper tone. She has minor scarring from combat across her right shoulder. Also, her left eye is a cybernetic implant, for during combat, a bullet gazed the affected area, whch required her to necessitated a replacement. She is outfitted with an Alliance Synthesis Armor.
Weapons:
Crusader
Eagle
Class Specialty: Engineer
Powers:
AI Hacking
Arc Grenade
Homing Grenade
Incinerate
Combat Drone
Energy Drain
Home World: Earth, North America Sector
Biography: Sophia was born into a lower-middle class family. She, along with her parents, worked to sustain their way of life. Though the news always spoke of the new era of peace where prosperity, she never felt the fruits of this so called ‘golden era’. The advancements since the Reapers did nothing but bury the lower class into a plummeting state of depression from her point of view.
Though her parent’s salaries were pathetic small, they were still able to afford Sophia’s private school where education where she took advantage of everything the institution had to offer. Though she lacked the side to understand the abstract, she excelled with number and science. Her aptitude in physics and mathematics excelled so much for a child that the Alliance, unbeknownst to her, began to track her.
As her years in school came to an end, an Alliance representative offered her a way to not only pay for her continuing studies in engineering but also support her family. She took the offer in an instant and signed with the Alliance. Again, she consumed their knowledge with furious vigor. She also showed prowess in combat, which only strengthened her standing within the Alliance.
When Basic and S.A.E.C. (Speciality Alliance Engineering Course) was completed, she received her assignment to the 116th whom were stationed on an outer Sol colony. By reports, it wasn’t marked as a high threat target. She maintained the colony defense system’s framework. When she wasn’t attending to her duties, her unit drilled for an attack that seemed non-existent. When Sophia gave up on expecting something exciting to happen, hell finally broke loss on the colony.
A massive slaver fleet began to bombard the surface. Normally, the defense cannons would have reduced the attackers to mere space dust and debris. But what the slavers lacked in combat ingenuity, they made up with overwhelming numbers. With the turrets engulfed in fire, nothing stood in the way from the invaders from landing planet side.
Since the colony wasn’t marked as a priority, the Alliance had seen fit to only assign the 116st, which consisted of fifty Alliance personnel. As the fight progressed into the third day, the 116st had retreated to the docks where they made their last stand, so the slavers wouldn’t breach the inner colony where the colonists sought refuge.
Thinking quickly, Silversten quickly made for the automated defense turret controls. Because their commanding officer had a hot, round in the center of his head, she assumed command be it correct or not. Though her orders meant the death of her and the 116st, it was a decision which had to be done. The remaining Marines absorb incoming fire and cover her as she worked the defense turret mainframe.
When the turrets came back online, the 116st was finished — save for one survivor. The turrets made short work of the slavers, but wasn’t quick enough to activate to save the corpses of the 116st.
Silversten awoke weeks later onboard the ASV (Alliance Service Vehicle) Iverson within the med bay. She was reunited with the same representative that had recruited her back on Earth. It was here, when she lied on a operating table, that she received her formal invitation to be inducted into the N7 program.
She accepted and committed to the program in lasting memories of those who passed away from her decision. Her motivation to push through the hellish training was that of her dead comrades of the 116st. Because of their sacrifice, they were able to save the colony and give her another chance to redeem their names through the code of war.
Upon graduating from N7, she was met by another representative — not Alliance. He offered her a place in Echelon, a shadow group, and would only give her information if she said yes. He went on to tell her that she’d receive addition training in combat, cybernetic, and engineering warfare. She’d also be declared dead to everyone and her existence would end and a new one would begin.
Without reflecting on what her parents would think, she said yes.
Any other notables: Though she has committed to live a new life, she has somehow kept a family photo that she hides on her and shows to no one.
