Role: Leader of the Golyanovo II Bratva (the “Novos”)
Just a Brigadier (Capo) in the Bratva back when the crew knew her as kids, Yandee has climbed considerably since — she now runs the Golyanovo II Bratva outright, the organized crime syndicate that oversees most operations on Prospero’s Dream. The Tempest Mercenary Company operates as its muscle, and Commander Cutter of Tempest Co. is openly suspicious of her.
The crew first crossed her back when they were kids, at an abandoned train station where she and her men were waiting on a courier bringing them the location of Superstar Games and a shipment of Grand Theft Space 6000. The kids used a drone and a smoke bomb to cover their run at the courier — someone noticed, in the confusion, that the smoke didn’t seem to bother Yandee at all. They beat her people to the studio, made off with the game, and stole her car out of the garage on the way out.
The crew ran into her again years later at Quiet Contemplation, while meeting with Ukko/Ukka to get the details of their delivery job — they walked in on her handing Ukko/Ukka a parcel, a stern cardinal named Jael watching the whole exchange. On her way out, she recognized them immediately as the kids who’d once foiled her, deployed a cyberblade from her wrist, and pinned Jon against the wall. She’d known who they were the whole time, she told him — and let it go only because the Bratva had recovered enough of the stolen game to sell, and killing children was bad for business. They’re not children anymore. The debt is still owed, she said, and someday she’ll collect her pound of flesh. She retracted the blade and left — pausing at the door just long enough to mention, almost as an afterthought, that they also owe her a new car. She likes black.