Danielle Chao

Danielle Chao is the public face of Pact command in the Astrapelago system; many think she is working with Tabari El-Shanawee behind the scenes. Slower to form but larger in size than the initial Tantalus blockade is her so-called Periphery Wall, composed of hundreds of independent ships in service to her cause.

Chao is a former mid-level GuardCorps security contractor who was wounded in battle. Biographers say that her injury caused her to reassess her life, and she took retirement to Astrapelago to sever her connections to Unitas Consortium. However, she was approached by both Interhelios and Obguago Dynasty to head up their GuardCorps teams hoping to expand operations against their smaller competitors. Instead, she assembled a small but effective mercenary band to help protect the scattered prospectors and other independents from the expansive intentions of the Prefecture candidates.

With the Saber Ridge Incident acting as a catalyst, many grateful or inspired Astrapelago inhabitants have rallied to her call for a blockade. Their aim is to “protect” Periphery, based on her assertions that Interhelios has taken control of the slipway, or somehow hidden it for their exclusive use.

See also

Pact

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The Humanverse

Locations	Astrapelago • Ospiron III • Haruspex Station • Tatchidaun • Bagger Station • 7-Proserpina • The Surata Orbital Habitat • Little Aether Stub
Factions	Unitas Consortium • Pact • Interhelios • OSSU • Obguago Dynasty • The Tekiya • Mycelial Fellowship & the Cassarot Fungus • Sigil - Pirate Group • Burning Torch - Pirate Group • NOVEX • Kentaro Upcycling • The Kleklax • Blackout • The Seen • Nowak Federation • Xenoculture 7-P • The Medusa Movement • The 7-Proserpina Xenomnemonic Schism • Void Front • The Surata Institute • The Cortez Familia • The 1-in-10 Hardjackets • ExTerm • Ron Cho’s Honchos • ZinZai • XCEL
Famous People	Tabari El-Shanawee • Danielle Chao • Prince Farquhar de Lioncourt • Tuton Jetz, Technocannibal • Mendes-3 • Auntie • Bosun Lamotte • Fang “Bloodhound” Xi • Alistair Grey • Ron Cho • Betty Boom • Doctor Mayi Dalá • Zenba Prime • Riyo Tagadi • Dame Christelle van Ledeghem • Mila Bauer • Codename RED SHIFT • Consuelo Kraja • Tempala Gita • Julian Cyrus • King Baby
Famous Conflicts	The Kihor Tertiary Moon Substat 12 Incident • The Dersig-Ardway Pursuit • The Dakova Grab • The Final Brawl at Fast Boy Floyd’s • The Faraz-Cantaffa Duel • Operation Absolute Zero • The Breakout from Lotus Glen Bodylock • Hostile Extraction: Axonik TransHelio • Special Report: Inside the Rakota Cartel • Raid on Starhauler Station • The 7-Proserpina Massacre • The Surata Orbital Habitat Attack • Destruction of Outpost Dector • The Star of Hibernia Hijacking • Hydroska Assault on Terminalia • Enkhbatchi Liberation • The Czerniak Long-Time Happiness Corp/Pasco Heliosphere Self-Determination Collective Internecine Conflict • The Peacoot War • The Razzaq Rothenburg Affair • Battle of Red Moon • The Horrigan Massacre • Operation Gravis Pax • Operation Indigo Hand

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