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Anke “Anka” Eisenhardt
Public
Villain/Russian (Soviet)
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35 (in 2000)
Single
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The Walking Armory, The Red Guard Gunnery Sister, Arsenal-Mutter
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Don "Major Deej" Finger
3 May 2026
Personality Traits
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Militant
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Tough
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Ornery
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Patriotic
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Blunt
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Aggressive
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Highly disciplined
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Intimidating
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Darkly amused by combat
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Loyal to Generalissimus
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Respectful toward true warriors
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Contemptuous toward cowards
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Short-spoken but tactically sharp
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More emotionally wounded than she would ever admit
History
Sister Arsenal was born in East Germany and came of age in a harsh, militarized world where loyalty, strength, and usefulness mattered more than comfort or personal freedom. Her natural size, toughness, and aggressive disposition made her an early candidate for military development programs. At some point during the Cold War, she was selected for experimental science-alteration procedures intended to create a superior battlefield operative.
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The experiments succeeded, but not cleanly. Her strength, stamina, reflexes, durability, coordination, and battlefield perception were all raised to extraordinary human levels. She became stronger, faster, tougher, and more dangerous than almost any normal soldier. Her physical abilities reached what the Red Guard classified as Excellent-level human performance across the board. More importantly, the procedures sharpened her combat instincts to an almost unnatural degree. She could read terrain, judge movement, track targets, identify weapon positions, and predict enemy behavior with terrifying speed.
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The cost was severe. The same experimentation that made her a military asset left her unable to have children. Sister Arsenal rarely spoke of this loss directly. Instead, she buried grief under discipline, aggression, physical excess, battlefield appetite, and absolute devotion to the Red Guard cause. She lived as if the war itself had become her family.
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By the 1970s, she had joined the Red Guard. Unlike many operatives who relied on a single power, mystic weapon, or armored identity, Sister Arsenal built her reputation through preparation. She carried weapons for every range, every battlefield condition, and every emergency. Machine guns, pistols, submachine guns, knives, grenades, launchers, grappling gear, field radios, rope, compact tools, explosives equipment, flamethrower units, ammunition packs, and specialized tactical devices could all be found strapped to her body at one time or another.
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Her comrades joked that she did not carry weapons.
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She wore a war.
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Sister Arsenal became the Red Guard’s primary gunnery officer and one of its most feared instructors. New soldiers learned quickly that training under her was brutal, direct, and humiliating if they were lazy or weak-minded. She mocked poor form, cowardice, hesitation, and soft thinking. However, she was not cruel for its own sake. A soldier who improved earned her respect. A warrior who showed discipline, courage, and practical skill could receive public praise from her, a rare honor that carried enormous weight among Red Guard troops.
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She eventually commanded her own attached unit of Red Guard soldiers. These troops were trained to professional standards in weapons handling, hand-to-hand combat, demolitions awareness, field movement, small-unit tactics, vehicle operation, survival procedures, base defense, and battlefield support. They were not elite because they had special powers. They were elite because Sister Arsenal refused to tolerate anything less.
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Her loyalty to Generalissimus was absolute. She believed in the Red Guard not as a political abstraction, but as a military brotherhood, fortress, and destiny. If Generalissimus ordered her into impossible odds, she went. If he pointed toward disaster, she loaded another belt of ammunition and walked forward.
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That loyalty ended with her death.
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On May 1, 2000, during the Soltan Invasion of the Greenland Base, Sister Arsenal fought during the second wave of attacking Soltans. True to form, she did not retreat from the breach. She held position with overwhelming firepower, rallying Red Guard defenders and buying time for others to reposition deeper within the base. The Soltans eventually overwhelmed her through numbers and alien force, but not before she turned her section of the base into a killing ground.
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Among surviving Red Guard troops, her death became part warning, part legend.
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The lesson was simple: even the Walking Armory could run out of ground before she ran out of fight.
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Powers
Sister Arsenal’s abilities came from Cold War-era scientific alteration rather than mutation, magic, or armor-based enhancement.
Science-Altered Physical Enhancement
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The experiments performed on Sister Arsenal elevated her physical capabilities to peak-to-superior human levels. In combat terms, she possessed Excellent-level physical ability across the board, including:
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Enhanced Strength: Able to carry heavy weapon loads that would exhaust ordinary soldiers.
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Enhanced Endurance: Could operate under punishing battlefield conditions for extended periods.
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Enhanced Agility: Despite her size and stocky build, she moved with surprising battlefield efficiency.
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Enhanced Reflexes: Quick target acquisition and reaction speed under fire.
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Enhanced Durability: Could withstand punishment, injury, recoil stress, heavy gear loads, and harsh environments better than normal humans.
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Enhanced Coordination: Exceptional control over firearms, thrown weapons, and close-quarters tools.
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Combat Perception
Sister Arsenal possessed extraordinary battlefield awareness. This was not precognition, but a combination of enhanced senses, trained instinct, spatial judgment, and tactical processing.
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She could rapidly assess:
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Enemy firing positions
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Likely ambush points
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Cover and concealment options
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Weaknesses in troop movement
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Weapon trajectories
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Environmental hazards
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Breach points in base defenses
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Where panic was about to spread in a unit
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This made her especially dangerous in chaotic battlefield conditions. She did not need a clean fight. She preferred a messy one.
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Marksmanship Acuity
Her science-altered nervous system and intense training produced almost superhuman accuracy with firearms and thrown weapons. She was deadly with pistols, rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, grenades, knives, and improvised battlefield weapons.
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Her greatest gift was not simply hitting a target.
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It was choosing the correct target first.
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Limitations
Sister Arsenal was still fundamentally biological. She could be wounded, exhausted, overwhelmed, poisoned, burned, frozen, or killed. Her enhancements made her formidable, not invincible.
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The experimentation also caused permanent infertility, a private loss that shaped much of her adult behavior and emotional armor.
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Equipment
Sister Arsenal’s field gear was legendary within the Red Guard. She carried far more equipment than most soldiers could manage, using reinforced harnesses, armored belts, bandoliers, holsters, and custom load-bearing rigs.
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Her standard equipment could include:
Firearms
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Heavy machine gun or squad automatic weapon
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Submachine guns
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Service pistols
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Backup handguns
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Compact rifles or carbines
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Specialty ammunition magazines
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Ammunition belts and reload pouches
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Heavy Weapons
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Shoulder-fired rocket launcher
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Compact anti-armor weaponry
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Flamethrower unit or incendiary field device
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Breaching charges
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Grenade satchels
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Thrown and Close-Combat Weapons
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Combat knives
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Throwing knives
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Fragmentation grenades
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Smoke grenades
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Flash or stun devices
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Utility blades
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Entrenching or breaching tools
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Tactical and Field Gear
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Field radio
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Rope
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Folded grappling hooks
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Ammunition pouches
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Tactical harness
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Tool kits
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Explosives handling equipment
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Field repair tools
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Signal flares
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Survival gear
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Red Guard-issue combat armor components
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Uniform Style
Sister Arsenal favored Red Guard colors: red, black, and gold. Her combat presentation usually included:
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Red-and-black reinforced combat uniform
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Gold-trimmed armor or harness elements
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Heavy boots
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Utility belts and ammunition rigs
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Armored shoulder or chest reinforcement
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Red Guard insignia
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Hair secured in a combat bun or braid
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She looked less like a conventional officer and more like a walking forward operating base.
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Talents
Master Gunnery Instructor
Sister Arsenal was one of the Red Guard’s premier firearms instructors. She trained soldiers in:
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Marksmanship
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Weapons discipline
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Reloading under pressure
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Heavy weapons use
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Suppression tactics
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Firing lines
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Defensive base positions
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Fireteam coordination
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Weapon maintenance
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Battlefield ammunition management
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Her classes were feared, but effective.
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Hand-to-Hand Combat Instructor
Although best known for weapons, Sister Arsenal was also a powerful close-combat trainer. Her methods emphasized practical survival over elegance.
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She taught:
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Striking
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Grappling
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Disarms
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Knife defense
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Brutal close-quarters fighting
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Fighting while wounded
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Fighting in confined base corridors
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Fighting while carrying full gear
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Military Tactics Specialist
Sister Arsenal was highly versed in practical military tactics. She was especially skilled in:
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Base defense
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Small-unit tactics
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Ambush response
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Defensive fallback lines
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Breach containment
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Heavy weapons deployment
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Troop morale under fire
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Urban and bunker combat
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Arctic base combat
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Vehicle-supported infantry tactics
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She asked sharp tactical questions and expected soldiers to answer quickly.
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A favorite method of hers was to present a battlefield disaster and demand:
“What do you save first: the guns, the gate, or the men?”
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The wrong answer earned humiliation.
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The right answer earned more questions.
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Weapons and Explosives Knowledge
Sister Arsenal understood weapons not just as tools, but as systems. She had strong working knowledge of:
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Firearms
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Ammunition types
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Explosives
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Demolitions principles
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Launcher systems
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Vehicle weapons
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Field modifications
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Weapon reliability
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Improvised battlefield solutions
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She was not merely a user of weapons. She understood how they shaped tactics.
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Vehicle and Field Operations
She was trained in military vehicle operation and battlefield logistics. She understood how to move troops, supplies, ammunition, and weapons through dangerous conditions.
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Olympic-Level Athletic Ability
Her enhanced body and constant training placed her at Olympic-level athletic performance or better in multiple areas, including strength, endurance, coordination, and combat movement.
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Leadership Style
Sister Arsenal was a take-charge battlefield leader. She was not diplomatic, gentle, or patient. She led through intimidation, competence, example, and absolute refusal to panic.
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She publicly humiliated weakness but publicly praised courage. That made her approval rare and valuable.
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