Editing Dimah Tchakova

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|birth=c. [[2510]]
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{{Quote|My mother [is] Secretary of [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and my father is a high-rank intelligence officer, so I was born to do this.|Dimah Tchakova, 2525 [[Hastati Squad]] interview<ref name="Squad">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6rPEXGuqzM&hd=1 '''YouTube:''' ''"Squad" - Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Special Preview'']</ref>}}

'''Dimah Tchakova''' was an officer cadet of the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="IGN 7112012">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4skHcCpT4&hd=1 '''YouTube:''' ''First Look: Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn (Live Action Series)'']</ref> She attended [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] as part of the class of [[2529]]. Like many colonists from [[Reach]], Tchakova was of Eastern European descent.

==Biography==
Tchakova's mother was the Secretary of [[UNSC Fleet Command]], and her father was a high-ranking officer in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. While attending [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] in [[2526]], she was assigned to [[Hastati Squad]] under the leadership of senior cadet [[April Orenski]]. Early on in the school year, her roommate was [[Junjie Chen]],<ref>'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: Cryo]]'''</ref> but she later came to share a room with [[Michael Sullivan]]. She exhibited a standard academic performance in training exercises.{{Ref/Reuse|wp dimah}}

During the [[Battle of Circinius IV|Covenant's attack]] on [[Circinius IV]], Tchakova joined her squad in the queue of cadets to be evacuated via Corbulo Academy's [[space elevator]]. The stress of waiting ultimately proved too much for her, and she disobeyed orders and broke ranks with Hastati Squad, forcing her way to the front of the queue. Tchakova made use of her mother's position to intimidate a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and let her aboard the next elevator car. This, however, led to her death when a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} destroyed the space elevator.{{Ref/Reuse|fudp3}}

==Personality and traits==
[[File:FUD - DimahToy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Dimah holding her [[toy|stuffed toy]].]]
Tchakova put great stock in her family connections while at Corbulo Academy, to the point of irritating her squad leader [[April Orenski]].<ref name="fudp3">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 3'''</ref> Tchakova regarded her family connections as making her "born" to join the UNSC,{{Ref/Reuse|Squad}} and despite most of the cadets coming from prestigious backgrounds, she set herself apart from the others and felt that she did not fit in. She was the only child and stated that she wanted to make her parents proud, aiming to follow in the footsteps of either of them as opposed to ending up serving in the field.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/fud '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Forward Unto Dawn Special Edition - Interview: Dimah Tchakova'']</ref> When he was discovered hacking into a top-secret combat recording which showed the UNSC's first encounters with [[Covenant]] troops via a then-unknown [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan's]] [[helmet recorder]], [[Michael Sullivan]] believed that she could use her connections to protect him from [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]].{{Ref/Reuse|fudp3}}

Although she performed up to standard in training exercises and maintained a facade of confidence, Tchakova ultimately appeared to be less emotionally mature than most of the other cadets of Hastati Squad. Combined with her over-emphasizing of her parents' position at every opportunity, her collected demeanor and courage would quickly evaporate at the first sign of actual danger. In addition, she would occasionally comfort herself by holding a small plush [[toy]] which she had taken with her to the academy among her personal effects. Like most other members of [[Hastati Squad|her squad]], Dimah had a negative view of [[Thomas Lasky]], whom she perceived as an "[[Insurrectionist|Innie]]-lover". In response to Lasky disobeying an order he felt was not sensible, she responded that "Doesn't have to make sense. Just follow it." However, the threatening situation during the evacuation of the academy quickly caused her to put her own safety ahead of the adherence to the chain of command.

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Fractures: Entrenched===
{{Notice/Fracture|Entrenched}}
'''Tchakova''' was a Sky Marshal astro-ranger in the [[United Nations Space Command|Unified Nations Security Confederation]]. During the Final War, she was a part of a battalion of 300 Sky Marshals in a raid on the Project: PERPETUA factory complex on [[Covenant#Fracture: Entrenched|Covenant]] occupied [[Luna]]. During a firefight with Covenant forces she was shot down from her overwatch position by arcanotech fire. By the time Commander [[Kolby]] found her it was already too late and she died grasping the Commander's wrist. She left behind a pair of Nocturne Goggles for Commander Kolby to salvage.{{Ref/Site|Id=TLSM3|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-the-last-sky-marshal#part-3|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=STORY SHARD: THE LAST SKY MARSHAL - PART 3|D=15|M=8|Y=2022}}

==Production notes==
*Tchakova is portrayed by Bulgarian-Canadian actress {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3304127/ Kat de Lieva]}}.
*According to Tchakova's {{Plain|[https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1070049_481808731903810_1509695184_n.jpg dog tags]}} created for ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'', her date of birth is 1/7/2512; this would make her fourteen years old during her time at Corbulo Academy. Given that Thomas Lasky's birthdate (also dated 2512 in his dog tags) was later retconned to the corresponding date in 2510, it is likely the same applies to Dimah and the other cadets as well.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:FUD - Interview - Dimah.jpg|A portrait of Dimah Tchakova.
File:FUD - DimahTrainingGear.jpg|Tchakova clad in her Corbulo Academy training armor.
File:FUD - SullyDimah.jpg|Tchakova and Michael Sullivan examining the classified footage uncovered by Sullivan.
File:FUD - Dimah.jpg|A production shot of Dimah Tchakova.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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