SIREN

Kiselka Anthara, callsign 'SIREN,' is the most recent addition to the HSP protection crew. A younger human woman, she serves as the squad's stealth support unit in the field, and a curator on the ship. A medic and mech pilot prior to the long sleep, her past squad's status and the reason for her separation from them is currently unknown. She is one of the Late Arrivals, and first to be woken from the 'Cryo Hiccup.'

She received the callsign 'SIREN' after her first mecha piloting mission alongside Meteor Squadron in 2353. Anthara continued to serve in a variety of increasingly confidential missions, until her abrupt reassignment to H.S.P. 1.

The rest of Meteor Squadron were dispatched on a mission without Anthara shortly before her reassignment. Anthara presumes them dead.

Early Life
Anthara was born aboard Ankaa Station, in the Pheonix constellation. According to her file, she performed well in schooling, and had no disciplinary record prior to her enrollment in H.S.P. programs. An outside recruit, no one in her family had previously served as pilots - her mothers were both station administration.

She is transgender, and is presumed to have transitioned in her early teens, though this has not been confirmed. Much is unknown of her childhood, partially because of the cryo-disorientation.

Career with H.S.U.
In later conversations, Anthara cited that she had been recruited by the H.S.U. while still in school, as part of a talent scouting directive in 2348, making her approximately 17 at time of recruitment. The H.S.U. provided her with both her psychologist and medic training in preparation for work with the R.H.A. program.

By 2350, Anthara had proven herself enough that when her superior was killed during the Martian Rapture, she was placed in charge of a section of the R.H.A. program. She was assigned R.H.A. units 2-8, and worked as their handler for several years. She recalls them by name rather than number, and as 'her units,' indicating she felt some degree of familiarity with them.

Anthara received her Lancer license under H.S.U. direction, and worked alongside Meteor Squadron. It is unclear whether any of the R.H.A. units she worked with were also assigned as part of this Squadron, or if they had perished before her assignment in 2353. Anthara received the callsign 'SIREN' after serving as a comms officer, and potentially in reference to her role in the H.S.U. as a Handler.

Four days before the launch of the H.S.P. 1, Siren was abruptly assigned to its roster, though she had been briefed and trained for an H.S.P. type ship prior. Given the usual training period of one year, this was regarded as highly unusual. As a letter from the H.S.U. Director, Tori no Hokage, would later reveal, she was considered 52nd in line for Director of the H.S.U. itself.

Pilot (Lancer)
During her service with Meteor Squadron, Siren investigated a number of the mysterious happenings prefacing the H.S.P. 1's departure. Her squadmates were the same R.H.A. units she had been assigned to study, though she has not clarified whether she was their field commander. Anthara prefers to pilot lighter class, maneuverable mecha, focused on sensors and data processing. She often serves as a support unit, and 'spotter' for long range allies. Later missions show an increasing amount of stealth ability built into the mech as defensive measures.

Damien's Mindscape
While within Damien's mindscape, all pilots shifted to become more akin to the fantasy-type setting. Siren specifically appeared in the robes and armor of a mage, or magic wielder, and found many of her abilities to be associated with time and prediction. She theorized that this was due to her role both in Damien's past, as a member of the H.S.U., and her mech's A.I., Anahit, who predicted opponent's movements on the battlefield.

Her memories began to return more in force while within the mindscape, and she expressed unease with much of what she recalled. She also revealed her identity as a handler for the H.S.U., assigned to the H.S.P. 1 specifically to watch Lancer ID Ghost. Siren was able to produce the letter from Director Hokage, and had it read aloud to the rest of the pilots. She also became more open with her memories during this time, usually updating the others as soon as she remembered something relevant.

Several times, she remarked on similarities within the mindscape to places she knew from H.S.U. headquarters or languages used by the company for official documents. She was unsure whether DAMIEN would recognize her as Director, or how that would affect their relationship once his memory was reassembled. Siren seemed apprehensive about both Ghost and DAMIEN's reactions, implying she felt both had reason to dislike the H.S.U. even before her memories returned.

Return to the H.S.P.
Awakening after several months of enforced dreaming, Anthara's priority was the safety and wellbeing of fellow pilots. Upon being informed of their current situation, she seemed relatively unfazed, though not thrilled at their new predicament. The rest of her memories returned around this time, after the defeat of the Dissonance, and her demeanor shifted accordingly. Still, when posed with the choice between whether to save Cara Knight or DAMIEN, she stood by her vote to preserve Cara - despite the fact she had accepted her role as H.S.U. director, and DAMIEN's critical role in the company's continued existence.

Anthara was able to successfully disentangle the fusion of Cara and DAMIEN with Artifix's aid, and currently has the DAMIEN core kept stabilized in the cockpit of her mecha. She has not expressed what she intends to do with what's left of the core, and may have forgotten it in the swarm of activity that followed the next few weeks.

When ordered to remain hidden, and then to leave with GHOST while LAIKA and co. faced the Marauders and the newly-arrived Syndicate, Anthara did not voice complaint. When ordered later to return, she refused, citing concern over the status of the H.S.P. 1 and its crew, especially given the Syndicate's new stated interest in the Admiral. She also requested to be a part of the negotiations, though was unable to do so due to her hidden position.

After the H.S.P.'s safety was assured, during the debriefing with Admiral Knight, Anthara formally stated her role as Director of the H.S.U. When asked by the Admiral to renounce that claim, and leave the company behind, she refused, despite having stated intentions prior to do just that. She remained polite but formal, explaining that she wished to avoid simply forgetting the company's existence, particularly when having some semblance of validity could come in handy when dealing with any remaining H.S.U. assets still on Last Horizon. Anthara did clarify, however, that she did not intend to try and express control over any R.H.A. units. When GHOST stated he had no desire to have anything to do with any remaining H.S.U. business, Anthara accepted it readily, and did not push.

While escorting the H.S.P. back to the settlement site, Anthara included H.S.U. facilities in her scans. Though the Admiral did later offer to keep H.S.U. properties as a priority due to its importance to her, Anthara assured him she still placed the H.S.P. and their continued survival on Last Horizon above any company matters, and that her primary duty was still to serve as a pilot in their defense. The truce between them seems to be holding.

LAIKA -
SIREN seems fairly at ease with their squadron lead, if somewhat wary. Despite the two never meeting before Siren's late waking from cryo-sleep, she followed Laika's orders without complaint. The two are comfortable enough to share some humor, with Siren even going so far as to rib at Laika for an action that led to Siren's mech taking damage, though she quickly clarified she bore no ill will. Laika was the second person Siren informed of her recovered memories, out of a combined respect for her commanding officer in the field and respect for Laika as a colleague.

Though some of her recovered memories and the conjecture they drew from them seemed to shock both, they do not seem to be genuinely at odds. It's currently unclear if either considers the other a true friend, but the trust between them seems to be growing.

GHOST -
Neither Ghost nor Siren recalled past meetings when Siren was woken from Cryo-sleep, but circumstances conspired to bring them together regardless. As Ghost's battle-partner, Siren serves as spotter and aide in the field. Initially, her orders were not to reveal her H.S.U. given purpose to Ghost, though she ultimately shared all while trapped within DAMIEN's mindscape. She seemed surprised Ghost did not hate her, or the H.S.U., though she admitted she couldn't recall why that would be the case. Siren has also clarified that while she understands more of Ghost's situation than he might've expected, she didn't consider him a test subject, nor herself his Director, citing that most of the H.S.U.'s rules and regulations were, frankly, meaningless in the world they now inhabited.

Given Ghost is naturally taciturn, and Siren's own worry over what she might be responsible for in their shared past, it is difficult to tell how friendly the two may be. However, Siren has expressed a desire to be friends on equal terms with her fellow pilot.

SILVER -
Of all her fellow pilots, Silver seems to be the one Siren distrusts the most. At first cataloguing him as a potential danger due to his affinity for mixing with unknown technologies (though acknowledging that as a touch hypocritical) Siren seems to mistrust him mostly due to his similarities to herself. Silver seems to be the same, both given Siren's unusual arrival and her history as an employee of the H.S.U., which he discovered before Siren revealed the information. Still, Siren trusts Silver on battlefields, and has granted him remote control over her mech without hesitation in the past. As Siren has expressed more discomfort with H.S.U., and shared more of her past, Silver has shared some of his own story.

Both are likely too paranoid to fully trust each other, but any animosity has faded in the field.

TRIGGER -
Whereas Siren's cautiously built relations with the other pilots, she seems completely at a loss when it comes to Trigger. Rather than careful engagement or purposefully casual conversations, she simply doesn't address him. The two did not truly speak until they were transported to DAMIEN's mindscape, where Trigger expressed his goal of retirement. Siren, at that point already somewhat consumed by the chronomancy she wielded, only truly focused on keeping him as part of the squadron where she would normally empathize.

R.H.A. Units 2-8
The group of units Anthara was assigned as 'handler' to, and the rest of Meteor Squadron's members. Anthara seems very attached to them, though she has yet to express how deep that attachment runs, beyond a certain degree of guilt over their deaths. When presented with the idea that she may be able to recover them, she leapt at the opportunity, and seemed shell-shocked after being unable to save R.H.A. 2, whom she called 'Izzy.'

While not much else is known about the personalities of the units, Anthara does recall them by name and occasional anecdote. All seven were second generation R.H.A.s, like GHOST, though used in different sets of experiments. They were not designed to be soldiers, by Anthara's recollection, but adapted into the role later. The rest of the group are as follows:

R.H.A. 2 - "Blizzard" or "Izzy" - either the second to Siren's leadership position, or the group's field commander. Deceased.

R.H.A. 3 - "Monk" - A quieter member of the group. In limbo.

R.H.A. 4 - "Grace" - In limbo.

R.H.A. 5 - "Rogue" or "Ro" - one of a pair with R.H.A. 7, quick-witted. In limbo.

R.H.A. 6 - "Art" - In limbo.

R.H.A. 7 - "Boarder" or "Bo" - one of a pair with R.H.A. 5, serious. In limbo.

R.H.A. 8 - "Navigator" or "Navi" - Considered to be the youngest of the group, despite their creation being simultaneous. In limbo.