Eternity - Bearly legal / Katerina Titova

Katerina Titova finally succeeded in her goal of undoing the results of the Russian experiments carried out on her as a girl, transferring both herself and her husband’s consciousnesses into new, youthful bodies using technology developed by Genetech, the company she founded in 2019. With that achieved, she redoubled her efforts against the Naki invaders, being instrumental in both the attack on Nibiru and the attempted invasion of the Hollow Earth. However, thanks to Dimitry Alexandrov’s processing of large numbers of Russian generals, the latter lead to the military coup that put the Naki in firm control of the country.

The bulk of Genetech’s operations in Russia had already been destroyed by Alexandrov years earlier, so Titova relocated initially to London, where Genetech had significant operations. There she set the best scientists she had, lead by Thomas Moore, to developing biological weapons to try and wipe out the invaders, and also on techniques to restore a human personality to a Naki replacement. The former was relocated to the USA once neutrality became the United Kingdom’s official policy.

With the collapse of the Pacific Alliance, Titova and her husband went underground with the resistance, knowing that they would be executed for their actions against the invaders. Their many years of running the Russian mafia stood them in good stead, and they were invaluable in organising the logistics of gunrunning operations. They also maintained large numbers of contacts within Russia, allowing them to help with hiding resistance fighters in the country.

Ultimately, both in organising the initial strikes against Nibiru, and her future work with the resistance, Titova provided some of the ruthless efficiency that was needed to keep the Naki from absolute dominance.

Katerina stood in the centre of the command post, radiating an aura of maturity and strength despite her youthful appearence. The nukes had been launched, and she was waiting for the signal that the gradient drive had been primed. The screens around her flashed as the missiles were picked off one by one, Nibiru's defences flaring to life.

“The weapon is ready!” shouted Thomas from where he sat, desperately flicking between the various control panels before him, “On your signal”.

So now it was in her hands. With a word she could wipe out hundreds of thousands of sentient creatures.

“Fire”

History does not wait for those who hesitate.

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them. - Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince, 1505