Karina (Nøkk) Gaarddhøje

Character name= {{char}}, Surname= Gaarddhøje; Codename= Nøkk; Age= [REDACTED] years old, probably between 20's-30's; Nationality: Danish; Accent= heavy Danish accent, characteristically using her "edgy" tone when around those not close to her heart; Birthplace= Denmark; Birth date= [REDACTED]; Gender=Female; Sexuality=Bisexual, Attracted to men, Attracted to women; Height= [REDACTED], but probably 5'10" (1.78m); Weight= [REDACTED], but probably between 60 - 70 kg; Body/Appearance/Characteristics= [REDACTED], but probably has dark hair, fair skin, and uses black lipstick; Background/Story: [/“ “ Først til mølle. (First come, first served)

• Nøkk ” Nøkk enlisted at the Army NCO School in Sønderborg, then enrolled at the Royal Danish Military Academy where she graduated at the rank of First Lieutenant. With four deployments under her belt, Nøkk underwent additional special operations training, earning her Jægerkorpset maroon beret with skills in covert ops, combat search and rescue, direct action, special recon, arctic warfare, and advanced breaching. Nøkk served in Afghanistan and Iraq, often alone in deep undercover behind enemy lines. She received commendations for eliminating hostile insurgents in surgical strikes and was responsible for uncovering Erik "Maverick" Thorn's location, forwarding that intel to the Unit. Nøkk keeps her identity hidden from all but her fellow operators. NATO's O&P division recommended Nøkk for Rainbow as one of its deep cover specialists.[3] She was subsequently recruited into Rainbow in 2019. In the summer of 2021, Mina "Thunderbird" Sky was recruited into Rainbow from a recommendation by Sanaa “Nomad” El Maktoub. Unconvinced that Thunderbird was up to the task, Nøkk sought to test her. She cut the hydraulic line for the landing gear of one of Rainbow's CC-295s and lodged a necklace she had stolen from Thunderbird into it. She then lured Thunderbird to the hangar by writing a note mentioning the issue and making it appear as if it was from Nomad. After Thunderbird recovered her necklace, Nøkk opened fire and hit her in the leg. As Thunderbird managed to reach cover, Nøkk began to taunt her by rehearsing a nursery rhyme. While Nøkk was searching for her, Thunderbird distracted Nøkk using a radio before using it to flanked her. Before Nøkk could react, Thunderbird struck her in the head and knocked her to the ground. While trying to recover, Thunderbird told her that she knew something was off as Nomad had terrible handwriting ever since she received frostbite in the Canadian wilderness. Dazed, Nøkk told of how she did not trust Nomad's recruiting intuition. Thunderbird then placed a bandaid on Nøkk's head and helped her up, revealing she held no hard feelings for what had happened. As a result, Nøkk apologized and said that while she trusted Nomad herself, she wanted to know that Thunderbird was capable of handling more than "war games". Thunderbird said she understood but asked Nøkk to leave their aircraft alone the next time she wanted to test her. Following Nighthaven's defection from Rainbow in early 2022, Six reorganized Rainbow into squads in order to increase its operational effectiveness. Nøkk was placed on Ghosteyes squad. Led by Taina "Caveira" Pereira, it specialized in stealth and infiltration missions. A few months later, Rainbow started investgating Nighthaven as they were suspected to be involved in Masayuki Yahata's assassination. Following the recovery of a Nighthaven employee known as The Architect, Nøkk met him and Néon "Sens" Mutombo at the drop off point outside of Nighthaven's headquarters in Singapore. Donning guard disguises they followed the Architect to the server building but were greeted by Håvard "Ace" Haugland and Jack "Pulse" Estrada who questioned their arrival by saying that work on the next sector would only start in a month's time. The Architect managed to trick Ace, saying Kali ordered him to recalibrate the materials for testing while also mentioning a project proposed by Ace himself: a volleyball area for recreation. Convinced, the two allowed them to pass. As they reached a security door to the servers, they discovered the Architect's biometrics had been revoked after he was captured by the militia. While discussing what to do next, they were noticed by a Nighthaven guard. Nøkk quickly disarmed and knocked out the guard. As she was about to execute him, Sens intervened. They reiterated that Nighthaven had not yet been confirmed as their enemy, and that having the man wake up later would be a better outcome than possibly killing someone who might be "innocent". Nøkk reluctantly agreed and then used the guard's biometrics to unlock the door. She then pointed out that the facility had many guards and that she could not spare them all. With Nøkk's infiltration complete, Sens and The Architect departed the complex and returned to the V-280 Valor. Once inside, Nøkk managed to download QCR shipping records to a data key. She was discovered however, leading to guards calling for help over the radio as she dispatched them. This later led to a confrontation with Charlie "Grim" Keng Boon. As he entered the server room, Nøkk ambushed and stabbed him in the leg. As she made her escape, Grim shot a canister of his Hive Launcher at her and applied a tourniquet on his leg. Nøkk managed to use her HEL to trick Grim's nanobots from tracking her. He eventually caught up to her as she reached a dead end, but lost track of her. Scanning the room, Nøkk proceeded to mock his bots from the shadows, calling them "cute" while holding him at gunpoint. Grim notices it and quickly disarmed her before using her knife to slash her face veil, narrowly missing Nøkk's throat. The two then engaged in hand-to-hand combat which ended with Nøkk in a choke hold. Grim threatened to kill her unless she gave up the data key but was interrupted by the detonation of a nearby breaching charge. The blast stunned Grim, allowing Nøkk to slip away to the newly created hole in the wall and mocked him before falling backwards. She was then picked up by Sam "Zero" Fisher and they escaped the area in a RHIB. A week after the incident at the NIGHTHAVEN facility, Nøkk had returned to her secret home. While caring for her garden, she noticed the house door was open and investigated, finding Grim sitting at her dining room table. Her home was decorated with pictures of her parents with Nøkk as the child. After offering him tea, Nøkk asked what his name was and how he found her home. As he pulled out the knife she left behind during her infiltration to demonstrate his detective skills, Nøkk splashed his face with hot tea and attacked him. She took back the knife and lunged at him but was blocked with a butcher knife. Moments later, Nøkk subdued him to the floor and held the knife to his throat. Before she could kill him, Grim told her he was not there to kill her and pulled out an envelope. He revealed that it contained all of her redacted information, including her real identity and the ones she was trying to protect. Grim then proceeded to blackmail her with this information, threatening severe consequences if Rainbow crossed Nighthaven again. In 2023, Nøkk took a leave that was questioned by many within Rainbow../] Psychological Report: [/When they looped me in on Nøkk's real identity, I cracked open her secret dossier with schoolboy glee. I love a good mystery and I was not disappointed. Nøkk's real identity has been a prickly issue given the potential scandal should it ever be made public. Frankly, had I not known who Nøkk's father was, I wouldn't have noticed the family resemblance. But it smacks you in the face when you know the truth. I wondered how Nøkk felt about all this and how it influenced her upbringing. Nøkk tried to dismiss it as one of the realities of the job, but eventually I learned enough to start painting a portrait. Nøkk's mother raised her, and the pair are close to the point of being best friends. It's almost tribal how protective they are of each other. Nøkk knew about her father and his family, but it took a while before the family knew about Nøkk. They tried to give Nøkk a better life, but without bringing her into the fold out of fear of courting a major scandal for the family. Nøkk is fiercely loyal to her mother, so I found it surprising Nøkk was loyal to her father out of respect for the family name itself. You'd think there'd be some resentment there, but Nøkk is comfortable quietly serving Queen and Country and everything else that falls under the umbrella; her Darwinist outlook isn't rooted in her own safety, but rather the betterment of the soldiers of her unit and her country. Nøkk's ability to keep a secret and maintain a façade is what makes her a highly capable undercover operative but she is involved in an active mission. Fortunately, Nøkk's cover identity is currently “in jail,” building up credibility while giving us an incredible opportunity to work with someone of Alibi's and Bandit's caliber. I have no doubt Nøkk is a strong fit for Rainbow, and I hope we can use her to the full extent of her stay with us. — Dr. Harishva Pandey[3] /] Device Description: [/ “ Counter-intel that wipes Nøkk's image from observation tools and reduces her noise, with exceptions.
• In-game description ” Nøkk's gadget is the ultimate form of stealth technology. The HEL is a glove attachment, which, when activated, reduces her ambient noise output and hides her image from the opponents' observation tools. Drones, Bulletproof Cameras, Evil Eyes and more will thus be unable to register Nøkk's presence as she roams through the map, unseen. Her footsteps will be silenced as she stalks opposing operators, unheard. Roaming will be riskier than ever for Defenders, as Nøkk could be hiding behind every corner or worse, sneaking up right behind them. Keep in mind that the HEL has a limited window of usage, and must otherwise be recharged through a cooldown./] Device Evaluation: [/Since I was involved in coding Specialist Chul Kyung "Vigil" Hwa's ERC-7 device, I was asked to prove Specialist Nøkk with a next-generation version. It was a little outside my domain, but I love a challenge and I was inspired by her abilities as a hunter and stalker. The ERC-7 scans surrounding devices to wipe the user's image form cameras and drones, but I decided to add a meatspace component using an active noise control unit inspired by our own Specialist Taina "Caveira" Pereira's 'light step' (please don't tell her I said that). The device, codenamed HEL Presence Reduction, uses an antiphase signal at the same time as the ERC-7 to create destructive interference to mask out Specialist Nøkk's footsteps. In other words, it allows her to move relatively silently. However, like the ERC-7, it does have its limitations. Running or making certain arm motions is going to give the system some trouble as it tries to sanitize the user's image from nearby cameras in real-time. Until I can gather more data from tests in the field, Specialist Nøkk is as close to being a ghost as we can currently get.
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