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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiant" data-source="post: 1462689" data-attributes="member: 12018">Yuriko UrushiharaThe Urushihara family had served the Dragon for almost two centuries and Yuriko was raised to one day follow in the footsteps of her father and pilot the family's Phoenix Hawk LAM.Despite this proud tradition of service, the Urushiharas had encountered the ingrained prejudices of Combine society, mainly because they had earned their place in the buke class with their martial deeds for House Kurita and not by the virtue of their lineage. Because of this the family had often faced the contempt of those who called themselves �Samurai� only for their noble blood.Their answer had always been the same: Honour comes from within and not from a single badge, name or title. The heart of the true warrior finds its own fulfilment in service to the Dragon. With the birth of their daughter, the family had relocated to Vipaava in the Rasalhague District. While they had multiple reasons for this, most important to them was the future fate of their daughter, as Huang Urushihara hoped to ensure a place (and a proper education) for her at the Rasalhague Military Academy with some help from friends he made in his own academy days. Her parents had also hoped that the less rigid structures of society here would provide their daughter a chance to grow up and find her destiny on her own, free from any outside influence. They were overjoyed at Yuriko�s decision to follow the family�s warrior tradition. Normally children of the family only inherited the priceless machine when the previous pilot died in combat or retired. Yuriko was thus expecting at least five more years of training after graduating from the Rasalhague Academy before she would claim her inheritance. Despite the bias against women that to some extent existed even here, she finally reached her most important goal and finished the Academy in early 3026 at the age of 21.  Since it would be a long time till she might have to apply what she had learned in actual combat situations beyond mock battles and routine drills, Yuriko felt no worry about serving in the DCMS without the family�s Phoenix, despite her not looking forward to the bias in the military. But she knew her duty was to the Dragon.She returned home for a short visit to her family before she would have to leave for her first assignment. All that she expected of her future changed in her second night at home. She was woken by a servant and was only told that soldiers of the Combine had come for her family. She was then led to her father. He told her they'd been accused of treason against the Combine and the Coordinator and that the soldiers had come to arrest them. He would face them as his honour and his duty demanded but he would send his most loyal servants to get her away. The last thing she ever saw of her father was when he walked out in his dress uniform with his two swords, earned at the Sun Tzu School of Combat, at his side to face the soldiers. Yuriko herself was brought to the spaceport there Ikazuchi, the families ancient Phoenix Hawk LAM, was currently stationed and got away with the help of family friends who worked the guard shifts that night.With her own Aerospace flyer, leaving the surface behind was not a problem and she managed to get away by travelling faster than the news of her family's disgrace; later she crossed the borders of the Combine into the Periphery to obscure her tracks even more thoroughly. Hiding like that felt like a terribe shame for her but disobeying her father�s orders was absolutely out of question and the thought of the Phoenix Hawk LAM leaving her family's possession unthinkable. Since she determined that her own pride is nothing compared to the importance of her families heritage Yuriko decided to do the unthinkable and crossed into Steiner territory, hoping that any possible pursuers left would drop the chase there. After all she was no one important.She has no idea of what really happened that night and no proof that herfamily was really innocent but in her mind the only possibility is that others have set it all up to disgrace them. Since the day she left Vipaava Yuriko never wasted even one thought on the chance that her father might indeed have committed a crime.Currently she just struggles to survive and tries to think of a way to geteverything back in order again. Since she has run out of money she is nowsearching for work and since the Phoenix tends to consume ridiculous sums of upkeep  - even when she just wanted to store him safely - and lacking any other skills she has finally decided to live with the disgrace of working as a mercenary. Then her family calls for her (and she has not doubt that will happen) she does not intend to be without resources.Currently she has no idea what to do; the society around her confuses her and she has no idea what to do with all that strange free time. To her own surprise she quite liked her travels through space and the way her work was appreciated there. The only thing she was used to is constant criticism. Now she is trying to decide for herself what to think of the people out here.Personality: Yuriko is perfectly confident in her abilitys, anything less would be an insult to her teachers. Normaly she would not be arrogant but years of living under combine propaganda have left their marks and she thinks of herself as superior to anyone from the other regions. She is quiet and stays for herself most of the time which is not because she does not like the people around her but because she was taught that is the way to behave.-Attributes (30)Build (BLD) -4Reflexes (REF) -6 Intuition (INT) - 5 Learning (LRN) -5 Charisma (CHA) -5 Athletic 8Physical 7Mental 8Social 8-Skills (20+4): (LAM Academy Package 18 Points)Gunnery/Mech 2 (5+)Gunnery/Aero 2 (5+)Pilot/Mech 3 (4+)Pilot/Aero 3 (4+)Small Arms 1 (+6)Medtech 1 (7+)Technician/Aero 1 (7+)Blade 4 (4+) [Natural Aptitude] Acrobatics 3 (5+)Archery 1 (7+)Gunnery/Space 1(6+)Navigation 1 (7+)Piloting/Space 1 (6+)Quickdraw 1 (6+)Unarmed Combat 3 (5+)Stealth 1Protocol 1Career/Ship Crew 1 (7+)SI/Draconis Combine History 2 (6+)SI/Oral Traditions (Myths & Legends) 2 (6+)SI/Origami (6+) [Yuriko can fold quite beautiful figure out of simple paper.]SI/Tea ceremony 1 (7+)SI/Singing (traditional) 1 (7+)-Languages:Japanese (native)English 2Svedenese 1-Advantages (1):Extra EdgeG-ToleranceNatural Aptitude (Blade)Unique Item: "Steel Claw" (Katana)"Zero-Mastery"-Disadvantages:Quirk: Honorable-Equipment:Basic Necessities(some clothes and she even has her own toothbrush.) 50 CbKatanaHoldout Pistol 20 Cb / 1 CbSilencer 25 CbMedkit 10 Cb2x Jumpsuit1x Camouflage FatigueKatana (the steel claw)Wakizachi-Mech: Ikazuchi (Phoenix-Hawk LAM)-Lifepath rolls:"9" (of 12)Spacers only rarely accept outsiders into their small circle but once it turned out that you are a natural, the ice was broken.G-ToleranceLacking money, you often had to work for your passages.Career/Ship Crew 1, Gunnery/Space 1, Navigation 1, Piloting/Space 1But the humour of being called "Ship's Monkey" or "Space Monkey" completely eluded you. Acrobatics 3, 'Zero-G Mastery'"12" (of 12)In 2396 the famous swordsmith Ieyoshi Hidetsu celebrated the begin of the reign of Robert Kurita, 4th Coordinator of the Draconis Combine, by forging a sword to symbolize the Might of the Dragon. Over the 600 years later the Kurita line and the Combine still stand strong and so does the "Steel Claw". It's last owner had willed the blade to the one 'most skilled in the ancient ways of the warrior' and you surprised everyone.Unarmed 3; Increase Blade to level 4; Natural Aptitude (Blade), Unique Item</blockquote>

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