Social Life
Always in the public eye, Erica takes personal fitness and health very seriously, taking up a large amount of her free time while also adhering to a very minimal, strict diet and an extreme daily exercise routine to maintain her photogenic figure. Despite this concern for health and beauty, Erica does enjoy several guilty pleasures, the most prominent a heavy appetite for synth-coffee, especially caramel latte. Erica abstains from drugs though has been known to use capsuleer-grade boosters on rare occasions. She avoids alcohol almost completely, finding herself easily intoxicated due to her small size and high metabolism. Special events being the only exception.
Despite her high social exposure Erica is known to be somewhat of a wormhole-recluse with a growing distaste for Empire, it's people and politics. In contrast to this nature she does however lead a very active and vibrant social life from a distance, with frequent time spent posting on the Galnet forums along with regular public-sessions on holo-comms her face and authoritative voice are generally familiar to many in New Eden, especially those within the Anoikis community. On social outings Erica is known to always travel in her own vessels to appear in person, refusing to ever use the 'Interbus Shuttle service' commonly used by many capsuleers to meet in person.
Erica's open distaste for Empire hasn't seemed to hamper her social nature, however. Her dislike of known space and much of it's populace is thought to be a combination of factors, both negative personal experiences mixed with a deep seeded, thinly masked psychosis. Common to many capsuleers, Erica refuses treatment or medication for any emotional or psychological troubles she endures as a result of her illness that was diagnosed in YC 115, instead preferring spiritual methods of self control including regular meditation with her younger sister Kellie who's said to be quite versed in such techniques.
Over time corporate leadership within Isogen 5 began to notice the publicity the organization was garnering due to Erica's high public profile, busy social life and her regular promotion of Isogen 5's activities. Often referring to the corporation as her "family", Erica could regularly be found broadcasting holo-footage of their battles or relishing in public story-telling sessions, imparting tales of Isogen 5's exploits to any and all who will listen in various places such as the Galnet forums and various holo-channels. Today she can still be found doing the same, continuing to promote her corporation's activities and in late YC 117 she was granted the title of corp Publicity Officer.
Modelling Career
Despite having long-ago discharged from State Militia service, Erica didn't leave before being noticed by a prominent State Military propaganda officer who saw potential in the young woman to serve as a promotional and recruitment model for Caldari Navy. Erica's natural beauty, along with her with unusually long legs, made her ideal for the role and her images would go on to grace numerous military recruitment posters and several holo-magazine publications. Despite her years of service now being long-past, Erica's pinups can still be found in many ship galleys. Today she remains under a casual-contract with Caldari Navy to continue this service, occasionally traveling to Empire for a photo-shoot or autograph session with excited young Calmil Academy recruits.
Closer to home more recently Erica has continued to use her looks and social talents to privately promote her corporation and their combat activities, occasionally modelling for recruiting material or propaganda imagery as it's publicity officer, serving to showcase the corporation as well as boost morale within it. The result of this public exposure being a pilot and a corporation who've both become household names to many across New Eden.
Personal Life
Due to her workload Erica has never held much hope of a successful relationship, but has been known to date several men and at least one woman over the course of her career. These have included prominent nullsec fleet commanders and high ranking factional warfare pilots, though almost each of these attempts would end in heartache for the Achuran. Erica had all but given up hope of finding her soul mate in space when late in YC 116 she began dating a humble Matari pilot by the name of Badel Jramodarr. Having known each other for some years, Badel would go on to ask Erica out on a date one evening at a special place to him known as The Labyrinth - a spectacular formation of gates the former slave once used to escape his Amarrian holders. Since that evening the pair remained in a very close relationship, early in YC 117 becoming engaged to marry. The relationship continued to prosper, Badel forming close bonds with many in the family until mid-YC 117 when the Brutor was said to suddenly dishonor his vows, without warning abandoning the family he was set to Patron. Not heard from since mid YC 117, Badel is thought to have willfully fled planetside, likely indefinitely. While his reasons remain unknown the effect of his vanishing is said to have devastated the family, particularly it's Matron. Since this time Erica has noticeably recoiled somewhat from public life. A self-declared 'widow', it's said she states her heart will always belong to her missing Patron, despite the dishonor he subjected her family to and the measures they would later take restoring it.
Aurora's War
The unexpected disappearance of Badel, Dusette family Patron, at first caused Erica and her siblings a great deal of fear for his well being. After many months of distress it was discovered via multiple sources that Badel's disappearance had in fact been willful. While in hiding, the Brutor had continued silently watching the family's mourning while still remaining in contact with other capsuleers. This intelligence came to Erica like a slap in the face, the conscious breaking of his vows and promises seen as a severe act of public dishonor and disrespect against the family he was set to Patron as Erica's husband-to-be. Erica concluded that the only way to restore this honor and help the family move forward once more was to act and after a family conference it was decided to follow tradition and seek revenge against Badel and his family. Unable to enact this due to his disappearance, Erica was forced to choose the next closest target, that being the corporation and alliance of which Badel remained a member. Taking leave from corporate duties, Erica and her siblings enlisted the aid of numerous prominent Empire mercenary corporations to begin a two month long campaign of highsec warfare. Whilst this took place pilots from the Anoikis Ronin alliance, alongside contractors, located the Class 3 wormhole occupied by Badel's corporation W.OR.M.-S.W.A.R.M. In July of YC 117 Erica led a large mercenary fleet in a invasion of this system lasting three days, successfully destroying all W.O.R.M.-S.W.A.R.M. assets and evicting the corporation from their home.
Named after the daughter Badel had once promised her, Erica and her contractors would come to refer to this conflict as 'Aurora's War'. Seen as a turning point in the family's history, Erica would state the victory had successfully restored her family's honor allowing them to move on from the loss of her partner and the impact it was having on the lives of each of them. Despite being viewed by the family as a "necessary evil", Erica's demeanor is said to have noticeably darkened since enduring and overseeing this stressful chapter in her life, a significant series of emotional events that has seen the elusive wormholer only become even more reclusive as a result.
Personal Ship Choices
Whether flying personally or professionally, Erica's first choice of vessels has always been Caldari shield based ships. She's most commonly known to pilot Tengus, but is also partial to Stealth Bombers and ECM vessels such as Falcons. Despite her preference for shield based systems, Erica is also highly skilled with armor based vessels and has been known to fly them regularly when corporate doctrine or operational demands insist, most often Proteus or Legions. Erica is known to highly dislike flying frigates and her guilty pleasure is occasionally flying a Barghest class battleship.
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