Aki Hinamura

Name: Aki Hinamura

Rank: Tai-i

DoB: 1-7-3021

Call Sign: Saori

Affiliated Faction: Draconis Combine

Description
Late 20s or early 30s. Aki Hinamura is neither tall, nor imposing. She runs on the thin side, but is extremely fit. Her formerly black hair has been cut short and bleached blonde.

Traits
Deadly serious at all times, Hinamura is a consummate professional and a skilled MechWarrior. She is competent in both hand to hand and small arms. Though she preaches the virtues of restraint, she is a woman with a short temper who neither forgets nor forgives easily.

'Mechs
CGR-1A5 Charger "Kanashimi"

Mass: 80 tons

Cost: 8,435,370 C-Bills

Chassis: Endo-Steel

Power Plant: 320 Fusion Engine

Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h

Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h

Jump Jets: 4

Jump Capacity: 120 meters

Armor: Standard 240pts (480pts MWO)

Armament:

Right Torso:  Autocannon/20

Left Torso: 2  SRM-6s

Center Torso: 1  Medium Laser

Head: 1  Small Laser

Public Bio
Hinamura's first engagement as a MechWarrior was during the War of 3039. During an battle against Davion forces she managed to single handedly cripple and capture the enemy commander's Victor in her Jenner. As a reward for her service she was granted the Victor as a trophy and continued to pilot it for much of her career.

It was on the planet David, during a raid, that Hinamura first encountered the 201st Strykers. She cornered Gregor Heimler's Raven in the city, but overestimated his piloting ability when she leaped over his fleeing 'Mech. Heimler was unable to avoid her and crashed into the larger 'Mech, sending them both tumbling to the ground, the armored canopies of their cockpits shattered. Heimler managed to climb into her cockpit, beat her unconscious and then ejected her from her 'Mech. Before he ejected her he wrote on her hand "Call Me!" and gave her his contact information. She has not been able to live this down.

After their defeat on David, the Draconis Combine formed a specialized anti-mercenary unit with Hinamura at its head. She has used her position to hunt down the 201st Strykers. Though low on manpower the unit has good funding and Hinamura used it to hire Kraken's Commandos to assault the 201st base on Outreach.

Defeated again by Heimler, Hinamura was captured and tortured by Sturmwind before being abruptly rescued by a severely injured Heimler. She was released to the Outreach authorities who ransomed her back to the Draconis Combine.

The Combine was not happy with her high profile defeat and has refused to let her return to Combine space. Using the last of her funding, she has acquired a customized Charger 1A5 and is currently in the employ of Kraken's Commandos.