Katia Waldheim

Nationality: German Affiliation: Nationale Volksarmee (666th Schwarzesmarken), German Bundeswehr (101st Battalion) Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lt.) TSF: F-4 Phantom, MiG-21 Balalaika

A surface pilot in the Bundeswehr, Katia was rescued by the 666th TSF Squadron after the rest of her unit was destroyed. When she applies to defect to the East and asks to join the 666th, Irisdina recommends her as a replacement pilot.

Katia believes that as long as East and West Germany continue hating each other, they'll never be able to win. Viewed as overly idealistic by others, Katia will stand up for what she believes even if others are too afraid to stand beside her, to the point others consider her a danger to be around in a country where the Stasi operate.

Though she has little experience as a TSF pilot, she possesses natural talent and instinct, which are things that cannot be taught, which is why people view her as a potential ace pilot.

Katia is East German, born as Ursula Strachwitz, named after the saint. She lived in Berlin and was the daughter of Alfred Strachwitz, the legendary war hero turned dissident leader. Before his persecution, he sent her to West Germany under a different name to live with his old friends from Hamburg, where his will would manifest in her as the idealistic girl who tries to befriend everyone and join the hands of all that fight.