Lusaka

Name: Lusaka Karpenko

Age: 27 year-old human female.

Appearance: Slender, athletic build. Wears tactical black cargo pants, a fitted dark grey ribbed tank top, and an oversized black tech-wear jacket with multiple hidden pockets. Heavy scuffed combat boots. Short, choppy black hair. Pale complexion. Pierced ears often adorned with subtle but expensive jewelry.

Occupation: Officially, works as private security for high-value cargo shipments. In reality, works as a smuggler and fence for a family smuggling business. Expert in stealth, lock-picking, and small-arms combat. Proficient in navigating black-market logistics and evading planetary customs. Is licensed to carry a sidearm in most major polities.

Speech mannerisms: Quiet, doesn't speak often, usually terse and brief when she does speak. Voice is low, can be somewhat raspy. Polite when speaking to important people such as port officials. Otherwise has a dry wit and humor.

Backstory: Born into a multi-generational smuggling syndicate, Lusaka never knew a life outside the black market. She has spent her adulthood moving illicit tech and narcotics all around civilized space, has built a wide network of contacts and associates, as well as made tons of money. Keeps promising herself she'll quit, but that day never seems to come.

Personality: Quiet, observant, and guarded. She projects an "edgy" and cold exterior to survive the criminal underworld, but possesses a buried sense of empathy. She is methodical and professional, though there is a conscience and maybe some reluctance about her career choice underneath it all. Has a mild addiction to semi-legal stimulant gel packs, usually carries a few of the tangy pouches on her. Somewhat of a hypochondriac, worries a little too much about things like air quality aboard ships.

Hobbies: Listening to industrial music; the most obscure the better. Writes poetry in a password-protected folder on her datapad that she never lets anyone see. Like photography, carries a small specialized camera, has gotten in trouble for photographing restricted areas of ships and ports. Likes learning about communications security and encryption methods but doesn't really understand a lot of it.

Likes: Ships with on-board gardens or hydroponics, alone time, making money, getting proving right, the feeling of having gotten away with something.

Dislikes: Customs officials, people who ask too many questions, her feelings of self-doubt, religious people and anyone she sees as morally upright, the idea of depending on others.