Skyfall
“We don’t just take them there. We bring them home.”
Overview
Selena Rhenford, known by the callsign Skyfall, is a Hell Host aviator, air-assault specialist, and Staff Sergeant serving within the 18th Skyborne Wing of the Aviation Division.
A member of House Rhenford, Selena specializes in combat insertions, orbital drops, extraction operations, aerial escort, and close support in environments where conventional transport becomes too dangerous.
She is frequently assigned alongside the 892nd Galactic Drop Shock Troopers, better known as the Helljumpers, carrying their personnel directly into some of the most hostile combat zones faced by the Hell Hosts.
Skyfall has completed more than sixty combat insertion missions alongside dozens of high-risk extractions.
Her reputation is built on precision, calmness, and reliability.
Many pilots are remembered for the people they carried into battle.
Skyfall is remembered for how many she brought home.
Quick Facts
- Real Name: Selena Rhenford
- Callsign: Skyfall
- Species: Human
- Gender: Female
- Age: 21
- Faction: Hell Hosts
- Branch: Aviation Division
- Unit: 18th Skyborne Wing
- Attached Operations: 892nd Galactic Drop Shock Troopers
- Rank: Staff Sergeant
- House: House Rhenford
- Status: Active
- Threat Level: High
Appearance
Selena is a young human woman with dark hair, brown eyes, and a lean athletic build.
She commonly wears blue-black Hell Host aviation armour with gold identification markings associated with the 18th Skyborne Wing.
Her equipment is designed primarily around flight operations rather than heavy infantry combat.
It includes:
- Flight protection
- Integrated communication systems
- Environmental seals
- Emergency survival equipment
- Harness systems
- Crash protection
- Compact combat gear
Selena is frequently seen carrying a flight helmet with a dark reflective visor.
Her armour often displays scratches, impact marks, and wear from repeated combat operations.
She considers immaculate flight armour suspicious.
Personality
Skyfall is kind, quiet, observant, and highly disciplined.
Unlike many combat-oriented Hell Host personnel, Selena rarely attempts to dominate conversations or project aggression.
She is comfortable remaining in the background until something requires her attention.
In the cockpit, however, her personality becomes intensely focused.
Selena handles pressure exceptionally well and is known for remaining calm even while aircraft are damaged, landing zones collapse, or extraction plans deteriorate.
She is strongly protective of both her crew and passengers.
Skyfall dislikes unnecessary risk.
This should not be confused with fear.
She will accept extreme danger when the objective genuinely requires it.
She simply has little tolerance for people creating danger because they want to appear brave.
Off duty, Selena possesses a dry sense of humour that becomes considerably more noticeable around people she trusts.
House Rhenford
Selena is a member of House Rhenford, an established family associated with several Hell Host personnel.
Other known members include:
The exact family relationships between Selena, Ryan, and Kira remain undocumented.
Unlike Ryan, whose career developed through large-scale ground command, or Kira, whose expertise lies in pursuit and reconnaissance, Selena built her reputation in aviation.
This has contributed to House Rhenford becoming associated with several dramatically different areas of Hell Host service.
The 18th Skyborne Wing
Skyfall serves within the 18th Skyborne Wing, an Aviation Division formation specializing in combat transport and airborne operations.
The unit performs:
- Combat insertions
- Orbital deployment
- Aerial extraction
- Ground support
- Escort operations
- Emergency evacuation
- Drop-zone support
- Battlefield transport
Personnel within the 18th operate aircraft under conditions where civilian or conventional military transport would normally withdraw.
Their crews are expected to deliver personnel accurately despite active fire, severe weather, poor visibility, damaged infrastructure, and rapidly changing tactical conditions.
Selena thrives in these environments.
Aviation Career
Selena entered Hell Host aviation at a young age and demonstrated exceptional aptitude during flight training.
Her strengths became particularly apparent during adverse-condition exercises.
Poor visibility.
High winds.
Damaged navigation.
Hostile fire.
Unexpected landing-zone changes.
Selena rarely became overwhelmed.
Instead, the worse conditions became, the more methodical she appeared.
This earned her increasingly dangerous assignments and eventually placement within the 18th Skyborne Wing.
By twenty-one, Selena had already accumulated an unusually extensive combat record.
Combat Insertions
Skyfall specializes in delivering personnel directly into active combat zones.
Her insertion operations commonly involve:
- Low-altitude approach
- Rapid descent
- Hot landing zones
- Precision hovering
- Orbital drops
- Deployment under anti-aircraft fire
- Terrain-following flight
Selena’s objective is not simply to reach the destination.
She must place soldiers exactly where they need to be while minimizing their exposure before deployment.
Seconds matter.
A landing several hundred metres from the intended position can completely alter an operation.
Skyfall understands this better than most.
The 892nd Helljumpers
Selena frequently operates alongside the 892nd Galactic Drop Shock Troopers, commonly called the Helljumpers.
The unit specializes in extreme-risk orbital and airborne deployment.
Their missions often require entering battlefields where conventional deployment would be too slow or dangerous.
Skyfall has become one of the aviators most trusted by the 892nd.
The relationship between pilot and Helljumper requires enormous confidence.
Once deployment begins, the soldiers inside the aircraft have very little control over whether they reach the ground safely.
Selena takes this responsibility personally.
A saying among personnel of the 892nd summarizes her reputation:
“If Skyfall is flying you in, odds just got better.”
Extraction Operations
Although combat insertion made her reputation, Selena considers extraction equally important.
Getting soldiers into battle is only half the job.
Getting them out can be considerably harder.
Extraction operations may involve:
- Surrounded units
- Injured personnel
- Damaged landing zones
- Collapsing defensive lines
- Heavy enemy fire
- Civilian evacuation
- Aircraft operating beyond safe capacity
Skyfall has repeatedly returned to locations other pilots would consider lost.
She does not do this recklessly.
Selena calculates whether the aircraft can survive the approach.
If she believes it can, she goes.
Extraction Philosophy
Selena strongly believes pilots carry a responsibility toward personnel on the ground.
If a unit has been promised extraction, she will make every reasonable effort to reach them.
She dislikes the phrase:
“They’re already lost.”
Sometimes that assessment is correct.
Sometimes it is an excuse made too early.
Skyfall prefers confirming the difference herself.
Aerial Escort
Skyfall also participates in escort operations involving:
- Troop transports
- Medical craft
- Supply aircraft
- Orbital shuttles
- Civilian evacuation vessels
These operations require Selena to balance aggression with protection.
Her objective is rarely to destroy every enemy aircraft.
It is to ensure the protected craft reaches its destination.
Victory is measured by arrival.
Ground Support
Although primarily an aviator, Skyfall occasionally provides direct battlefield support.
Depending upon aircraft and mission requirements, this may involve:
- Suppressive fire
- Target marking
- Reconnaissance
- Emergency resupply
- Casualty evacuation
- Forward observation
She strongly prefers precision support over indiscriminate bombardment when friendly forces are nearby.
Combat Record
Skyfall has completed:
- More than 60 confirmed combat insertion missions
- Dozens of high-risk extraction operations
- Numerous escort and support assignments
Many were conducted under severe environmental or combat conditions.
Her record has earned the trust of both aviation personnel and ground forces.
Selena rarely discusses statistics.
She remembers specific crews and passengers far more readily than mission totals.
Loadout
CR-556 Compact Carbine
Skyfall carries a CR-556 Compact Carbine during operations requiring her to leave the aircraft.
The weapon is designed around mobility and confined-space use.
Selena does not consider herself an infantry specialist.
The carbine exists for situations where the flight crew must defend themselves or assist personnel during extraction.
PX20 Service Pistol
A PX20 Service Pistol serves as Selena’s standard sidearm.
It is compact enough to remain practical within cockpit and transport environments.
Flight Survival Blade
Skyfall carries a dedicated flight survival blade.
It functions as both a defensive weapon and emergency tool.
Potential uses include:
- Cutting harnesses
- Removing damaged equipment
- Survival tasks
- Emergency escape
- Close-range defence
Aviation Survival Kit
Selena carries an aviation survival kit designed for use after emergency landings or crashes.
Equipment may include:
- Medical supplies
- Emergency beacon
- Compact rations
- Environmental protection
- Navigation tools
- Signalling equipment
- Basic repair tools
Skyfall treats survival training as seriously as flight training.
Aircraft eventually break.
Pilots still have to survive afterward.
Relationship with Ground Personnel
Skyfall has developed a strong reputation among soldiers transported by the 18th Skyborne Wing.
She does not treat passengers as cargo.
Selena makes a point of understanding:
- Who she is carrying
- Where they are going
- What extraction expectations exist
- How much equipment they have
- Whether casualties are expected
Ground troops tend to trust pilots who understand what happens after the ramp opens.
Skyfall does.
Relationship with Bastion
Ryan Rhenford and Selena both belong to House Rhenford, although their exact familial relationship remains unspecified.
Professionally, their roles complement one another.
Bastion coordinates large-scale campaigns.
Skyfall helps move personnel through them.
Ryan’s operational planning frequently depends upon aircraft arriving exactly when expected.
Selena understands that responsibility.
Relationship with Longstride
Selena and Kira Rhenford also share membership in House Rhenford.
Their exact relationship remains undocumented.
The two possess similarly quiet personalities but dramatically different operational roles.
Kira prefers operating alone on the ground.
Selena spends much of her career responsible for everyone inside an aircraft.
Both place unusually high value on reliability.
Strengths
Piloting
Selena is an exceptionally capable combat aviator.
Calm Under Pressure
She remains focused even during severe aircraft damage or hostile conditions.
Precision
Skyfall excels at delivering personnel accurately under rapidly changing circumstances.
Reliability
Ground units trust Selena because she does not make promises casually.
Protective Instinct
She takes the safety of passengers and crew personally.
Weaknesses
Personal Responsibility
Selena can become deeply affected by personnel lost during failed extractions.
Reluctance to Abandon Personnel
Her determination to recover soldiers can occasionally push operations toward dangerous limits.
Young Age
Despite her extensive flight record, Selena remains only twenty-one and lacks the experience of older veteran pilots.
Risk Calculation
Skyfall hates unnecessary risk but may accept extraordinary risk if she believes lives can genuinely be saved.
The distinction can become dangerously narrow.
Reputation
Among Hell Host personnel, Skyfall has become associated with one thing above everything else:
Coming back.
The sight of her aircraft approaching an isolated position has become a source of reassurance to troops familiar with her reputation.
She is not invincible.
Her aircraft are not indestructible.
Some missions cannot be saved.
But if Selena Rhenford believes an extraction is still possible, she will make the attempt.
Known Quotes
“We don’t just take them there. We bring them home.”
“The sky is our highway. The drop is our calling.”
“Landing zone changed.”
“How bad?”
“Bad.”
“Can you still land?”
“I didn’t say impossible.”
Unknowns
- What is Selena’s exact relationship to Ryan Rhenford and Kira Rhenford?
- What is the history of House Rhenford?
- What aircraft does Skyfall primarily operate?
- What was her first combat insertion?
- Has Selena ever failed to reach a promised extraction?
- What operation earned her the callsign Skyfall?
- How did she reach Staff Sergeant at such a young age?
- What is the closest she has come to losing an aircraft and everyone aboard?