<p>Ekaterina "Kat" - an aggressive Mechanic turned Navigator turned Pilot. As a child, she was forced to work in the labor camps of The Gulag and eventually secured an early release just as war was coming to Russia. She was desperate to fight and wouldn't take "NO" for an answer. </p>

Ekaterina "Kat" - an aggressive Mechanic turned Navigator turned Pilot. As a child, she was forced to work in the labor camps of The Gulag and eventually secured an early release just as war was coming to Russia. She was desperate to fight and wouldn't take "NO" for an answer.

<p>Ekaterina "Kat" - an aggressive Mechanic turned Navigator turned Pilot. As a child, she was forced to work in the labor camps of The Gulag and eventually secured an early release just as war was coming to Russia. She was desperate to fight and wouldn't take "NO" for an answer.&nbsp;</p>

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