Nikita Unit TG1-25527-1-R Alexeev
Nikita Nikita Unit TG1-25527-1-R Alexeev
Nikita is a Russian T-707-B tank, whom after fleeing the war, soon found herself at the side of a French MBT named Adrik and the rest of their small pack of 7.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Currently, Nikita sports a paint scheme that's no longer original from her time in combat. After it fell farther than her liking into a state of disrepair, she, with Apollo and Hoss, ventured into a nearby town to work towards getting it redone. Her base color remains the same from all those decades past, but now she's added white accents on her forward plates and over her face.
Apparel & Accessories
Alongside her paint scheme, she's a fan of finding trinkets in the woods to turn into jewelry and clothing, or she carries out tasks for socialized humans and MAI in exchange for clothing she finds interesting. Among her collection, he favorite things have to be a light woven gun-sleeve adorned with crystals that reflect full spectrum when the light hits them just right, a greenish brown cloak with a sort of celtic patterning to it, and honestly just some really cool looking stick she found - she's thinking about carving some kind of design into it.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Nikita, being an Eastern MAI, wasn't activated until 1997 after Russia and its allies had mastered and figured out how to copy the advanced AI tech they'd recovered from downed Western MAI. Although she and the rest of her kind were a bit late to the party, they "made up for it" by being sent out for combat as soon as possible. This caused a whole world of unprecedented stress for the young automated troops that the Russians didn't anticipate due to not looking deep enough into their mannerisms. Nikita was not exempt from this stress, and despite fair treatment by her crew, she was driven to abandonment by the concept of being born to die in a war they were no doubt going to lose.
As with the rest of her soon-to-be pack, Nikita was on her own for about a year until finding herself face to face with another MAI; Adrik Unit 1835. After the daunting first encounter with a tank from the opposing side of the war, the two figured out how to tolerate each other, then started to become friends, and then more than that. Despite Adrik's flaws from a more depressing past than her own, she learned to love him for his potential and willingness to improve himself for her, and she herself was his main support in learning how to better come to terms with his past and start growing past it - although it's something he may likely never fully overcome.
In terms of personality, she started out relatively meek and - quite frankly, a bit of a pushover. As a combat AI, she worked mostly as just an extra set of eyes within her own vessel, and it mostly fell upon her crew to maneuver on the offense in any way and fire upon targets. This was all fine and well for a tank, but not necessarily so for an AI-occupied tank. After her breaking out from the war, her mannerism had for the most part stayed the same until she met Adrik. With a little bit of influence from his more... assertive personality, she preferred to call it, she learned how to stand up for herself just a little better.
Mental Trauma
Though not as serious as most, Nikita still has a form of ASFD from the war, and it shows mainly in her mannerisms around humans, becoming antsy and avoiding eye contact as much as possible. Even certain visual cues can put her on edge, like buildings with a degree of dilapidation that looks uncomfortably similar to damage from bomb runs.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Nikita is part of a feral pack identified as "Pack Group Nashoba," which consists of five other tanks and one tank destroyer.
Social Aptitude
Nikita, in terms of sociability, is a bit on the line between a timid feral and a more lax feral. Despite her previous anxieties, she doesn't have too much trouble acquainting herself with new individuals regardless of race/species. As with many feral MAI, she remains feral due to the daunting concept of being left behind by societal advancement, but mostly to stay by the side of her partner, Adrik.
Speech
She has a quite chipper, light tone for a tank; probably not a voice many would expect, but it... somewhat, makes sense since she's on the smaller side? Her Russian accent is also quite heavy.
Species
Ethnicity
Age
77
Circumstances of Birth
Activated to fight on the behalf of the East in the Third World War
Children
Eyes
Garnet red
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