Anastasia “Tasha” Severskaya

Cope: Former ace “Wings of Theve”. Despite global fame and recognition as an ace, Cope often runs away from danger, and is inexperienced. The lack of skill results in the other pilots having to keep “Wings” alive for the sake of propaganda. On his first mission with newly rescued Rex, the aircraft was shot down, and Cope crashed into the ocean. He did not survive the crash.

Rex (Nickname Ray) (Flight designation Joker 1) (casually Rex/Ray): A former helicopter pilot. After a crash landing in the water, he was rescued and brought onto the Endurance. Due to the lack of pilots, he was quickly assessed and sent to serve as Cope’s copilot. In the crash, Rex survived the crash landing, and was rescued from the water for the second time that day. To uphold the Wings of Theve propaganda campaign, Rex became the new Wings of Theve. He proved to be a far superior pilot, far more aggressive and risk-taking than the former Cope. He essentially went on to realise the idea of the ace pilot Wings, and gained the global recognition that the title once sought to achieve.

Baxter (Callsign Professor) (Flight designation Joker 2) (casually Baxter): A former teacher at a college, known for being mostly calm and patient, also the oldest of Joker Flight. As the wingman, his main objective is to keep Wings alive. This objective has mostly become redundant, as Wings is now a legendary ace. He also acts as Tasha’s teacher.

Coster (Callsign Noise) (Flight designation Joker 4) (casually Coster): Former bassist. He has a strong opinion of musical taste, and often plays it on open radio frequencies in a fight.

AWACS (Callsign Dealer) (casually Dealer): Operator for the carrier’s airborne warning and control system with a British accent. He’s a frequent poker player, and has both the knowledge in game theory and memory to play well. His hobby shows occasionally in his speech and analogies.

The pilots are all close friends, and call each other by their names (Rex, Baxter, Tasha, Coster)

Decades ago, a nation known as Belka had a leading team of engineers. When the country fell, it detonated nuclear weapons on its own soil, and its engineers dedicated their lives to develop weapons for other nations so that ensuing wars would be more destructive and costly. This has led to a leap in engineering around the world.

One such technology is the land battleship. A battleship with railguns and nearly impenetrable armour designed to travel across sea and land.

Another is the Tonitrus Spear, an orbital kinetic bombardment satellite that can hit a target with the power of a tactical nuclear strike in under a minute from launch.

One of the flights operating on the Endurance. Due to the lack of manpower, it had fabricated stories of an ace called Wings of Theve (or “Wings” for short), Joker 1. In an accident, the original Joker 1, Cope, had died. In his place is Rex, a new pilot with a different philosophy and far more aggressive than Cope. It consists of the following pilots and callsigns. Joker 1, Rex, flight leader of Joker flight, and almost entirely mute except for the occasional yes or no, or other short orders. Joker 2, Professor, nickname Baxter, Tasha’s teacher, a former professor at a college or some other place, also Rex’s wingman. Joker 3, Tasha. Joker 4, Noise, nickname Coster, bass player and fan of another group of pilots who are also musicians. Joker 5, the newest addition, only here because the previous sortie almost went horrifically wrong, and because the pilot freshly picked up from a downed plane has touched a plane before.

An aircraft carrier of the Federation of Central Usea (FCU) Navy. After the country’s capitulation in the war, it left port in search of a harbour that it could dock at. It carries aircraft, crew, and civilians that had not disembarked before the war started. It carries planes for Joker and Queen flights, as well as AWACS aircraft with operators with callsign Dealer. As the names would indicate, the flights are named after cards.

Born from, raised in, and with a family from Yuktobania, Tasha had a unique childhood. Her mother was a fighter pilot, and was credited for shooting down one of the most elite aces of all time, Luna (or Moon) 11 of Satoa. Anastasia dropped out of school, and joined a civilian air display team, flying jets in air shows and gaining a familiarity with fighter pilots.

One day, when the Usea-Satoan war broke out, she and her family became stranded aboard the aircraft carrier Endurance. Despite being a civilian, she joined the already undermanned fighter wing aboard the ship into Joker Flight.

Her legal name is Anastasia Severskaya, though her callsign as “Tasha” stuck, and she accepts it as a nickname.

Tasha wears a white jacket over a white corset with a pearlescent chrome finish when not in a flight suit. The dark green pants seem to always stay on.

Tasha has naturally blonde hair, but had dyed her hair pink before. As a result, her hair is mostly blonde, with pink ends. She has white skin, freckles, and brown eyes.

Tasha has a cheerful personality, and is rather outgoing. She maintains an idea that despite having killed people, it was out of necessity. Her innocence and pacifist nature makes her easy to traumatise, overstimulate, and induce other mental health issues.