<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/13/ZilkinAvatarMacross2032JPG.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Lt Cmdr Zilkin Kaverosky<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong>Shinden<br/><strong>Date:</strong>Flashback 01 March 2032<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Moon Base Aluce Hangar/Officers Mess<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lt Maxine "Max" Cosinara<br/><hr/><br/>Standing down from alert watch was one of the best things in military life. Freedom to move from the Alert Room, the choice to drink something else than sweetened coffee or honeyed tea to keep the caffeine pumping in one's bloodstream. Zilkin Kaverosky was the newly promoted squadron leader of 'Dragon' squadron,<em>'Ryuu'</em>, as his ancestors of mixed origin would call them. Being a descendant from a mixture of Japanese and Russian bloodlines since 1945, Zilkin was educated in the ways of both people, with generations after generation slowly eroding the strong nationalistic sense of both peoples, eventually coming into a united consensus where educating their young would first be in how they could improve life for the people of Earth.<br/><br/>The VF-5s in the hangar caught his attention, Zilkin knowing their role as SEAD planes during combat operations. Suppression of Enemy Air Defences, they carried an extra-long range missile with a seeker to track radar emissions, possibly eliminating a radar or radar truck. Conventionally, SAMs would be located near the radar source, which called for a quick saturation right after the radar went down, or for a warhead strong enough to knock them off balance.<br/><br/>Zilkin's own VF-5, one of the newest single-seater fighters created for the Spacey Forces, was a beauty, but the ruggedness of the VF-1s brought their own appeal with them. Not that Zilkin would trade his fighter for an old 'utility' jet, but he did hope that there were capable pilots handling them. After all, space was simply a grand chessboard of moving pieces, and as a squadron commander, each of his men were chesspieces, with himself bearing an extra responsibility of leading them while fighting and trying to survive.<br/><br/>The Officer's Mess was right before him, as Zilkin opened the door for his squadron mates to enter. He wore a cap, hiding his red hair as he followed the last person, scanning the area for newcomers which came with the VF-5s the day before. Zilkin was undergoing his active alert duty for the past forty-eight hours, and although he was fatigued with only eight hours of sleep chopped into windows of two per rest, his eyes still shone with youthful vigor, as expected from one of the youngest lieutenant commanders to ever exist in the UN Spacey Forces.<br/><br/>A purple haired woman, wearing thin-rimmed glasses nearby caught his attention. Immediately, a name came out as a whisper as Zilkin blinked, making sure that he did not miss out. It was a familiar face, a face he knew well, perhaps too well back then. He remembered the rivalry which existed between them, each trying to upstage the other, each pushing the limits of their machines until they were either landing with busted machines, or with new data for the engineers to consider in developing the next machines. Zilkin could have joked that it was their antics which led to the development of the VF-5, their outrageous maneuvers showing that such a design, such a chassis had so much more to offer.<br/><br/><strong>"Alright..."</strong>Zilkin breathed, fixing his eyes on the woman as he approached slowly. She was sipping on a cup of coffee, so he silently waited for her to put it down. No point getting her scalded or messing up her clothes, before his two hands landed gently on her shoulders, before giving them a light squeeze, as if he was beginning a massage. Zilkin leaned over as he towered over the sitting woman, a smile forming slightly as he snuck a peek at her well developed body, especially the more<em>feminine</em>assets of his former colleague. Zilkin was a male after all.<br/><br/><strong>"Max, or should I call, Phade..."</strong>Zilkin whispered as his hands gave her shoulders a light squeeze.<strong>"Never expected you to be here."</strong>