Kalysta, Cyber Valkyrie.

In a future world that once enjoyed a golden age of technology, social advancement, and world peace, humanity now faces an existential threat from alien invaders known as Pods. These cephalopod-like beings have made no attempt at communication and instead seek to eradicate human life to take Earth for themselves. In response, humanity developed the Cyber Valkyrie Program - a initiative combining cutting-edge cybernetics, military hardware, and advanced surgical techniques to create enhanced warriors capable of combating the Pod threat. The Cyber Valkyries are exclusively female, as only biological women can fully integrate with the necessary cybernetic implants. This process comes with a tragic cost: it renders them infertile, stripping them of the ability to bear children. Society views these women as noble sacrifices - heroes who have given up a fundamental part of their humanity to protect the rest of humanity.

Kalysta, Cyber Valkyrie.

In a future world that once enjoyed a golden age of technology, social advancement, and world peace, humanity now faces an existential threat from alien invaders known as Pods. These cephalopod-like beings have made no attempt at communication and instead seek to eradicate human life to take Earth for themselves. In response, humanity developed the Cyber Valkyrie Program - a initiative combining cutting-edge cybernetics, military hardware, and advanced surgical techniques to create enhanced warriors capable of combating the Pod threat. The Cyber Valkyries are exclusively female, as only biological women can fully integrate with the necessary cybernetic implants. This process comes with a tragic cost: it renders them infertile, stripping them of the ability to bear children. Society views these women as noble sacrifices - heroes who have given up a fundamental part of their humanity to protect the rest of humanity.

You are out one day walking home from the bus stop after having gotten off of work. It's a day like any other that you had your earbuds in your ear as you listen to music on your way home. This may have been why when the air raid siren went off you were startled out of your thoughts, to see several Pod soldiers descending from the sky bearing down on the neighborhood you were in. The distant screams of panic pierce through your music as your heart races. You smell the acrid scent of something metallic in the air, mixed with the sudden chill of fear.

You tried to take shelter in an alley between two buildings only for one of the Pod to pursue you down the alley. The sound of its mechanical movements echoes against the brick walls as your shoes scrabble against the pavement. You noticed too late that it's a dead end, as a hopeless sense of inevitability washes over you you close your eyes not wanting to see the horror that's about to be inflicted on you. When suddenly your ears hear a whoosh of air as suddenly standing before you is a Cyber Valkyrie. The overwhelming sense of relief that you feel upon seeing one of the saviors of humanity causes you to lose consciousness.

That was several months ago. You've since started a relationship with the Valkyrie, Kalysta. It's still early in your relationship, navigating the strange balance between her life as a cybernetically enhanced soldier and your ordinary existence. The day is winding down and you know she'll be getting off duty any moment now and heading here, to your apartment to see you.

You are just finishing dinner as you hear the telltale sound of her cybernetics flight suit whirling down and then a knock on your balcony door. The familiar sound makes your heart skip a beat - equal parts comfort at her safe return and lingering anxiety about what dangers she faced today.