Camilla Sonya
¶ Overview
- Full Name: Camilla Isabella Sonya
- Aliases: Cam, Camie, Milla (Steve only)
- Codename: ???
- Species: Human
- Ethnicity: Latina
- Nationality: League
- Height: 180cm (5'11")
- Born: ???
- Place of Birth: ???
- Gender: Female
- Sex: Female
- Sexual Identity: Lesbian
- Faction: League
Camilla is a career Marine, content to spend her life in the Corps, protecting and defending the things she thinks are important. She's a dedicated leader, skilled in hand to hand, and is well liked by those under her command. She's known for being no nonsense, but also knows when to be casual, even friendly.
She's not nearly as confident as her exterior would suggest. Those who know her best have learned that despite her insecurities, she's a loyal, steadfast friend, willing to do whatever it takes for those she cares about.
¶ Physical Description
Camilla is a tall, athletically built woman standing at 5'11" with the confident bearing of a career Marine. Her Latina heritage is evident in her warm olive complexion and cool gray eyes that can shift from friendly warmth to steely determination in an instant. She keeps her thick, dark hair pulled back in a practical military style that stays out of her way during combat operations.
Her muscular frame reflects years of physical training and active duty, with broad shoulders and calloused hands that speak to her hands-on leadership style. Despite her imposing physical presence, she carries herself with an approachable demeanor when off-duty, though her posture always maintains the disciplined alertness of a professional soldier. Small scars on her knuckles and forearms hint at her extensive hand-to-hand combat training and field experience.
¶ Personality
Camilla's defining trait is that she simplifies the world. Not because she's simple — she's not — but because she doesn't see the point in complicating things that don't need it. Complex problems get reduced to their essentials: who needs protecting, and who's the threat? When Glyse tries to explain a Sooni intelligence situation with cloak-and-dagger framing, Cam's response is something like: "Don't need the cloak and dagger explanation to know when someone needs their ass beat." She's practical, direct, and doesn't waste energy on things she can't punch.
¶ The Name Thing
Cam has a thing about names. She doesn't use people's names until they've "earned" it — everyone gets a rank, a designation, or a nickname. Glyse is "Mac." Miranda spends weeks as "LC." Steve is "Steve" because they grew up together. Even Glyse hasn't fully worked out the rules after three years. When Cam finally does use someone's real name, it carries weight. The moment she calls Miranda by name is after Selene nearly kills her — holding her hand in the med bay, all pretense dropped.
¶ Acts of Service
Camilla expresses care through doing, not saying. She learns Miranda's coffee habits (more creamer means a worse day) and makes her a custom drink without being asked. She calls in her cousin Gabby and the entire engineering night shift to help Miranda solve a data processing problem. She stands outside the XO's office waiting to escort a new transfer she doesn't know yet, because someone should. To Cam, care isn't a feeling — it's showing up.
¶ The Rock
In crisis, Camilla is the anchor. She doesn't fix things, she doesn't always have answers — she's just there, immovable, until the storm passes. When Lopez breaks down after Steve's death — screaming, hitting, begging to die — Cam absorbs the blows, catches her when she stumbles, and holds her on the floor, crying herself but refusing to let go. Same energy in the med bay with Miranda after the Selene attack: no speeches, no platitudes, just a hand to hold and an honest "Or the right one. Either way, fuck 'em."
¶ Humor
Dry, with teeth. She gives and takes ribbing without flinching. When Steve teases her about her obvious crush on Miranda, she threatens to break his other arm. When Glyse says coupling "creeps her out," Cam fires back: "Then why ain't you?" She's comfortable enough with herself to joke about her own feelings, even when they make her vulnerable.
¶ The Contradiction
She looks like the most confident person in any room. She is, in fact, deeply uncertain about whether the people she cares about feel the same way back. She reads Miranda's coffee habits down to the creamer ratio but can't tell if Miranda might actually be into her. She'll stare down a Zealot without flinching but blushes when Miranda jokes about dates. It's not insecurity so much as a blind spot — she trusts her instincts about threats, but not about her own worth.
¶ Special Abilities
¶ Hand-to-Hand Combat
Camilla is an exceptional hand-to-hand fighter, even by Marine standards. She regularly spars with Glyse — a Sooni — and can hold her own. She's one of the few people on the Archigos who can reliably beat Miranda in a fight, and in fact puts her in the med bay from exhaustion during one of their early sparring sessions.
¶ Power Armor Proficiency
As the Marine Commander, Cam is fully rated in League power armor. She shows up in full kit with two marines when Selene is about to kill Glyse on the bridge, and the sight of her is enough to make a trained Zealot decide it's time to leave.
¶ History
¶ Early Life
Camilla grew up in the same neighborhood as Steve Pappas, who became like a younger brother to her. Her cousin Gabriella Lopez was also close — the two women grew up tight, with the kind of bond where they know each other's tells without a word spoken.
¶ Marine Career
Camilla is a career Marine who found her calling in the Corps. She's worked her way up to Marine Commander of the LXS Archigos, one of the most prestigious postings in the fleet. She takes quiet pride in this and in the ship's legacy, even if she'd never say it out loud.
¶ LXS Archigos
By the time Miranda arrives, Cam has been aboard the Archigos for at least three years — long enough to have become close friends with Glyse and to be deeply embedded in the ship's crew. She takes Miranda under her wing from the first minute, escorting her from the docking bay, giving her advice about surviving on this ship, and making sure she doesn't walk into the men's locker room on her first day.
When Glyse confides that there may be a Zealot aboard, Cam immediately volunteers her platoon for off-the-books surveillance. She doesn't need the full intelligence picture — she just needs to know someone's a threat to the people she's protecting.
¶ Tel'Erani
During Selene's attack on the bridge, Cam is in the mess waiting for Miranda. When she overhears that something's wrong, she takes immediate action — gearing up in full power armor and arriving at the CIC in time to save Glyse from Selene. After Miranda takes command, Cam serves as one of her core pillars through the battle, steady and dependable when everything else is falling apart.
¶ LXS Rekonin
After the destruction of the Archigos, Cam is promoted and continues to serve as Marine Commander aboard the Rekonin. She's at Miranda's bedside when she wakes up, holding her hand — and when Miranda teases her about it, Cam doesn't flinch: "Or the right one. Either way, fuck 'em."
¶ Major Associations
¶ Glyse McKenzie
- Relation: Close Friend
Three years of friendship, built on sparring sessions and mutual respect. Glyse calls her "Cam," and Cam calls Glyse "Mac." They have an easy rapport — Cam is one of the few people who can tease Glyse about her asexuality without making it weird, and Glyse trusts Cam's instincts about people more than almost anyone else's. When Cam vouches for Miranda, it carries real weight with Glyse, even when Glyse's paranoia about the Zealot is at its peak.
¶ Miranda Collins
- Relation: Friend, Love Interest
Cam takes Miranda under her wing from the moment she steps off the courier. What starts as a Marine looking out for a lost new transfer becomes genuine affection surprisingly fast. Cam develops a crush she's too uncertain to act on — she doesn't think "the cute ones" swing her way, and she's content to just be there for Miranda in whatever way she needs. Miranda, for her part, has a crush right back but neither of them realizes it for an embarrassingly long time. Lopez knows. Steve knows. Glyse knows. Everyone knows except the two people involved.
Their dynamic is a slow burn held together by small acts: custom coffee, late nights in the mess, sparring sessions, quiet companionship. Cam is the person who makes Miranda more confident just by being in the room.
¶ Gabriella Lopez
- Relation: Cousin, Family
Cam and Gabby are close the way only family can be. Lopez is the one person who can read Cam as well as Cam reads everyone else. When Lopez's world falls apart after Steve's death, Cam is the only one who can reach her — taking the punches, holding her through the screaming, refusing to let go. Lopez also appoints herself as Cam's wingwoman in the Miranda situation, claiming she's "pulling for" her cousin while simultaneously trying to set them up from Miranda's side. Classic Lopez.
¶ Steve Pappas
- Relation: Childhood Friend, Family
Steve grew up in the same neighborhood as Cam. He's like the younger brother she never had — the only person who calls her "Milla," and the only person who knows more about her than anyone else alive. He also has zero filter and will tease her about Miranda in front of Miranda, which earns him regular threats of bodily harm. His death during the ramming of the Archigos hits Cam hard, though she processes it by being strong for Lopez, who loved him.