Szilvia grew up in the harsh habitat of Callisto, daughter of a Nipponese third-rate corporate agent and a Neo-Magyar bioengineer. From a young age she knew that she wanted to GTFO of Callistown, and a spaceship was the only way. She didn't have the means to pay for the training legally, so she used her skills to find alternative sources of income.

Whatever the means, the end was achieved: she was signed up as a helm officer in a corporate ship, and has never set foot on Callistown ever since. A couple of times she has been almost accused of abusing her job to smuggle illegal cargo, but nothing ever has been proved. She's entirely too good to be caught.

Szilvia is a lithe woman, easily recognizable by the tattoos on her head. She has a fast tongue and a faster hand, and she's as handy with a gun as she is with the controls of a spaceship.