Mika Tachyon

Little is known about the individual calling herself Mika Tachyon, and any paper trail one could reasonably follow stretches no further back than 3002, when a person of the same name signed on as a service technician under the Sivadia Spacelines banner in Grand Enaj, Sivad. Over the next two years, her name would also appear in the employment rosters of Dominique's, an ill-reputed gentleman's club, and on arrest warrants for possession and sale of illegal narcotics and firearms.

Nevertheless, Tachyon left Sivadia in good standing in 3004 to pursue opportunities aboard the SVD Hyperion, flagship of Councillor Brian DelMarenno's interstellar shipping enterprise, Ikeopo Trading Company. She was promoted from engineering supervisor to captain not long after, and soon chose security chief Torr Peredus as her first officer. The working relationship between Tachyon and Peredus proved to be pure criminal chemistry, and in 3005 they would leave the Hyperion and lay the groundwork for Blackjack Shipping & Salvage.

While not a figure of any real notoriety, Tachyon's name is often seen with a price tag attached: she is among the better-known scoundrels in the Orion Arm, wanted in numerous systems for crimes ranging from theft to piracy to murder. She is known to have hastened the OATO-Parallax War by abducting the Nalia clone from the Above Nature facilities, and is rumored to have ties to both the madman Volari and the Demarian government.

Though it is unknown if she has permanent planetary residence, Tachyon was often seen on Demaria, the Junkyard, and Ungstir Triple-Niner, usually in the company of her sister crews aboard the DMS Faux, UKT Wolfsbane, and IND Satisfaction. Despite her shady reputation, she was never known to frequent Tomin Kora, reportedly due to shaky footings between her Jackals and Don Marcuccilli of the Warren.

Tachyon slipped off of the radar briefly in 3005 after a disasterous heist on Mars, during which she was separated from her crew and hounded mercilessly by authorities. She resurfaced briefly on Demaria to promote pilot Swiftfoot Starchaser to officer status, but mysteriously vanished again only days later. Though no concrete evidence exists to support this claim, she is believed by many to be dead.