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K'RRZINA / XEMO-1

(Preface to Book One)

K’rrzina R’zir is a FASFUR racer that has gained quite a bit of notoriety and has captivated audiences throughout her racing
career, although the strange thing about her is that she never attempts to win a race. She merely hangs back and attempts to
annihilate any racer in front of her. Never speaking, never writing or communicating to anyone, she is an enigma with a
mysterious past. Her single-minded focus on destruction has earned her various nicknames such as: The Mistress of Pain, The
Mistress of Destruction, The Razor, The Hollow-Hearted Killer and various other titles.

K’rrzina was once a member of the Freeworlds Interstellar Military and a member of the Special Void Operations, Dark Matters
Squad. The SVO-DMS deals with missions and operations that are of the highest priority and highest secrecy. Her last mission
was on Priatoris III where she eliminated her entire squad. The FIM was quick to capture her and bring her to a military
tribunal of which the proceedings were kept from public knowledge. Some info was leaked to the public, but not enough to
properly understand completely what took place on the Priatoris III mission.

To this day there are many rumors as to what transpired. Some say that K’rrzina was trained to be the ultimate killing
machine and that the FIM utilized experimental training on her that resulted in a complete mental breakdown. Others say that
the mission was organized by a splinter faction of the military and involved an illegal operation that had conflicting
commanders, which resulted in the squad fighting amongst themselves. Still others say that the last mission K’rrzina was on
involved highly unethical purposes and that K’rrzina took it upon herself to prevent her squad from succeeding in their goal
by destroying them.

When she came back from the mission, in FIM custody, she refused to speak or communicate at all. A civilian specialist in
psychology was called in to analyze her ability to stand trial. While the psychologist could find no neural damage or
symptoms of an altered mental state, he pleaded that she be considered unfit for trial because the decision to refuse to
communicate in any capacity was not the action of a rational mind, but rather a symptom of extreme trauma. His analysis was
rejected on grounds that there was no hard data to back up his conclusions. K’rrzina was tried and sentenced to the Impulse
Rack for execution.

She refused her last meal and was led to the rack where she was strapped into place. The executioner engaged the device and
K’rrzina’s body was flooded with electrical energy. However, after the device had been deactivated, K’rrzina was found to be
still alive, but in critical condition. As standard procedure and to prevent “cruel and unusual” practices, the executioner
was only authorized to engage the Impulse Rack once. There had never been a recorded incident wherein the single surge was
not enough to terminate an individual’s life. The doctor on hand at the execution had no choice but to attempt to save
K’rrzina’s life, due to his medical oath.

K’rrzina was removed to a medical facility where she remained in a coma for three weeks in ICU. When she awakened the
psychologist who had attempted to help her before had her moved to a mental institution once she was capable of being
transported. While in the institution, K’rrzina made no attempts to communicate and showed little interest in events
transpiring around her. Having already technically served her punishment for her crimes, she was free, although this matter
was hotly contested in court. By taking K’rrzina under his care, the psychologist was able to allow K’rrzina back into
society, but with strict guidelines and only as long as she was kept under careful watch. He believed that this exposure
would help K’rrzina break out of her withdrawn mental state.

While the psychologist was giving K’rrzina a tour of her new city one day, she walked off suddenly and seemed attracted to a
vid-display of the FASFUR races, an extreme sport that involves racers on “hypercycles”, armed with weapons and attempting to
destroy each other while competing for first place. With her reputation well-known, she caused quite a stir as she walked
into the building that was showing the races.

By chance there was a promoter who was down on his luck. Seeing K’rrzina he seized upon the opportunity to have her race for
his company. It was a gamble on his part because from K’rrzina’s reputation he was afraid she might try to kill him or harm
him in some way. She was considered, after all, to still be unstable, yet in society now because of a loophole in the law.
The promoter offered to take care of all K’rrzina’s living expenses and offered her a considerable sum of money. Without
speaking, K’rrzina reached out, ripped off the corporate logo from the promoter’s jacket and affixed it to her own. The
gamble would pay off for the promoter and his company.

Initially the company was disappointed in K’rrzina’s performance because she never attempted to win a race. She would only
hang back in the rear and focus intently on destroying anyone in her line of sight. She seemed attracted only to violence.
However, after time her behavior caught the fascination of the FASFUR audiences and the company’s profits went through the roof.

It is a severe disappointment for the psychologist, who feels that the races only serve to worsen K’rrzina’s condition.
However, her decision is beyond his control now. The deep pockets that the company possesses have enabled them to pull
strings in such a way that K’rrzina is considered completely free now and is not subject to the psychologist’s
recommendations. In K’rrzina’s spare time she simply continues to focus on violence by engaging in realistic FASFUR simulations.

What secrets does her mind hold? Or does she even still have a mind at all? It is unlikely that anyone will ever know, but
for now she is an object of fascination and infamy, always commanding the attention of the FASFUR audiences.

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