<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">Pilot</span><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/fAuAX.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Yamina "Mina" Kazi<br/><strong>Sex:</strong>Female<br/><strong>BattleMech:</strong>LCT-1V Locust<br/><strong>Homeworld:</strong>Astrokaszy<br/><strong>Original Faction:</strong>The Independent Caliphates of Astrokazy, Khalifeh ül-Rasul Rub al-A’alimin Mehmed XXIV<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Yamina is short, not even five feet tall, and slender.  Her hair is so pale blonde it looks white and she has dark, expressive brown eyes.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Astrokazy was ever a warrior's world, racked by brutality and sectarian violence.  Instead of banding together when invaded by the Marian Hegemony in 3025, the caliphates sought to curry favor with the invaders and continue their mindless violence against their neighbors.  As other Periphery governments came in, and finally a peace keeping force from House Marik, the civil war continued to rage, fueled often by covert support from House Kurita and House Davion.  Yamina was a young child-warrior cadet for one of the Sultans, and received her training due to unusual piloting aptitude which is sadly not mirrored in her gunnery.  Soon after actively joining the ranks of the Faithful, her city-state collapsed and she, along with others, had to find passage off world with what equipment they could in order to prevent being sent on to Paradise by their conquerors.  Mina escaped with a Locust and has found employ as a reconnaissance specialist with the unit.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Despite the background and opportunity, Mina is not a fanatic about her former home or her religion.  She observes the faith, but does not proselytize or hate the infidel.  She spends as much time building relationships with other members of the unit as some spend on their guns, Mechs or whiskey.  She has a soft spot for children.<br/><br/><strong>Speciality Skills:</strong>It has not yet come up, but Mina is a very accomplished battlefield medic.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">BattleMech Characteristics</span><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/mh2mQ.png)</div><strong>Chassis:</strong>Bergan VII<br/><strong>Weight Class:</strong>Light<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong>Little Bit<br/><strong>Description:</strong>Mina's Locust is in fair condition, though there's a long crease across the left carapace where an autocannon round from a Hunchback glanced off.  There are no distinguishing unit markings and her paint schemes are always subdued and appropriate to the environment she expects to operate in.  The only adornment is a bit of Arabic script below the left side of her cockpit hatch.<br/><br/><strong>Loadout:</strong>2 Sperry-Browning machineguns, 1 Martell 5cm laser.<br/><br/><strong>Modules:</strong>None<br/><br/><strong>Upgrades:</strong>None<br/><br/><strong>General Armor Values:</strong><br/>H 8<br/>CT 10/2<br/>R/L Torso 8/2<br/>R/L Arm 4<br/>R/L Leg 8<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>