Nandi Tin

Nandi Tin is a Dodonan (Taimu) mech pilot and former member of Dipsos Root, now part of Dodeka. She pilots Mama.

Appearance
Nandi is a large wildtype Taimu human of East African-East Asian descent. She has dreadlocks that she wears pulled back in a ponytail, and a mechanical prosthetic right arm.

History
Nandi's large extended family is originally from Kleidos, where they managed a collective of a few small businesses; her parents' sedoretu ran a brewpub; ancillary material has mentioned aunties running a grocery store and uncles "cooking every tuber in the Pearlescent Expanse". Nandi was drafted at age 18; while she could have applied for conscientious objector status, she feared that doing so would expose her family to Tribunal scrutiny, and instead went through basic training and came out with far more familiarity with weapons than she ever wanted. She was assigned to Dipsos Root, becoming friends-in-shitheadedness with shitty fash boy Tmesthes "Fastball" Issos and actual friends (and a bit more) with Asterope "Centaur" Yehedarhed. She rarely saw action, up until a skirmish left Mama in wreckage. The others were ordered to pull out, leaving Nandi for dead and decommissioned; still alive, she pulled her mech limping through the desert, shooting at her gods and past as she went. She spent her time after that as a hired gun roaming Boneyard communities; so far, she's been reticent about this period.

Special Abilities

 * Divine Shield: If you set up a teammate, in addition to the usual benefits, they also gain +1d to resist any consequences the first time they take advantage of your set up action.
 * Focused: You may spend your Spark to resist a consequence of surprise or mental harm (fear, confusion, losing track of someone) or to push yourself for ranged combat or exploration.

Beliefs

 * Iskra Garomedon (3/4)
 * Iskra deserves someone else protecting her for once.
 * I can teach Iskra the harsh lessons of survival.
 * Iskra's a goody-two-shoes, and that's a bad thing.
 * Skoryy Feldspar (3/4)
 * I envy Skoryy's connection with her mech.
 * The world would be a less interesting place without Skoryy in it.
 * Skoryy's not competition.
 * Zoya Gabbro (2/4)
 * Zoya isn't a drama queen.
 * I'm comfortable calling Zoya a friend.
 * Asterope Yehedarhed (1/4)
 * I killed Asterope.
 * Kladi Demos (1/4)
 * Kladi's no worse a person than I am.
 * Zbinya Cinnabar (1/4)
 * I want that twink obliterated.