Olya Orlyka

Born the fall of 1975, Lt. Olya Orlyka is among the very first Ye-155MP CamAaTbI (SamDati - Airplane Soldiers). She'd undergo testing and upgrades for the remainder of the 70s before ultimately being green-lit for full production, and officially recieving the MiG-31 designation, and officially entering service in 1981. She'd serve at Amderma with the 72nd Fighter Regiment until 1987, often intercepting US spy planes, bombers and frames. Her handler, Mila Orlyka was a Cossack from the Ukraine, and because Olya adopted and imprinted her mannerisms and identity off of her handler, Olya integrated with her Ukrainian comrades in Kolomyia very well. Like most members of her family, bar recent and previously mentioned intercepts, Olya still has yet to see any serious aerial combat, flying intercept and recon missions primarily. As with all SamDati, Russian/Soviet Frames, the 1990s was a very difficult and confusing time for Olya. Overwhelmed with anxiety for an uncertain future, she'd be stranded, grounded in a country that no longer was her own for 4-5 years until the Kremlin could even make the simple arrangement to have her return to a homeland she doesn't really recognize anymore. The 2000s and onward was an awkward time for her, but despite some difficulties, she was able to adjust to the new climate of the world and still remains in front-line service. She'd be attached to a regiment in Rogachevo, continously intercepting American aircraft and Frames, while occasionally being rotated out to fly reconaissance missions during the Second Chechen war, Russian-Georgian war and in recent years, over Syria. Despite going on 45 (whcih is ancient for Frames) and rust forming on account of all the steel in her body, Olya remains as sharp, energetic and limber as she was during her maiden flight. She sometimes will try and race other Frames or aircraft to prove she's still got her edge as one of the fastest Frames in the world, second only to the American Blackbird. Hoteaded and cocky, but quite playful, motherly and affectionate towards her comrades and offspring. Being proud of her heritage, she still wears some old Soviet marks even to this day, despite threats of being taken out of service otherwise. Like most of her generation, as military assets, it is not so much the communism she looks back on as often, as she and most of her kin did not actually live it to experience it, but rather looks back on the feeling of pride and unity the party at the time instilled, something she still firmly believes in today. She still yearns to be able to return to Ukraine one day without fear of being branded a defector and traitor. With the end of the Cold War, less restrictive boundaries have granted curious types like Olya to swoop in during intercepts for a closer look at her counterparts, and with her cold war attitude having thawed considerably, she'll openly engage in conversations and other activities, within legal and safe boundaries ... Mooooost of the time!