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==Character info==

{{StoryQuote|Freedom is the right to defiance.<ref name=FP410 />}}

RPK-16 is a social and mysterious Doll, and the fourth member of [[Task Force DEFY]]. She often introduces heavy philosophical topics in a conversation out of the blue before quickly making light of it. She is also fond of using strange and creepy metaphors or poems,<ref name=PL21B /><ref>{{cite|gfl|dr|Hay Fever – Beginning}}</ref> especially the metaphor of moths attracted to flames.<ref>{{cite|gfl|[[RPK-16/Quotes|RPK-16's Quotes]]}}</ref><ref name=DR26B /><ref name=DR54 /><ref name=MS313B /><ref name=MS44A /><ref name=FP410 /> She nearly constantly puts up a mysterious smile.<ref name=MS41A /><ref name=FP411 />

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During the project, Shaw was also convinced by [[Angelia]] to take part in a conference about next-generation Dolls by [[Persica]].<ref name=AN3 /> Shaw found Persica's vision for third-generation Dolls naive. She believed that trying to give freedom to Dolls was hypocritical because humans themselves are not free, and instead argued that Dolls would become more human if they were granted “defiance”.<ref name=AK1>{{cite|gfl|{{doll name|AK-15|AR|6|costume=costume1}} Neural Upgrade Story 1}}</ref> She decided to make Wolf Pack Unit 4 the implementation of this idea.

Thus, Shaw created “Pandora”,<ref name=MS48A /><ref name=AK4 /> giving her the codename “Silver Fox” and formal designation {{doll name|RPK-16|MG|5}}. RPK would take a tactical overview role to enable AK-15's preferred frontal approach to combat,<ref name=AK4 /> but Shaw also omitted the programming preventing her to attack humans,<ref~~>{{cite|gfl|ms|Möbius Strip}}<~~/~~ref~~> thus offering her the choice of “defiance”.<ref>{{cite|gfl|fp|E4-10}}</ref> Shaw also arranged for RPK's core memories to be stored in the base layer of her Neural Cloud, making them impossible to delete and “reset” RPK.<ref name=MS48A />

Thus, Shaw created “Pandora”,<ref name=MS48A /><ref name=AK4 /> giving her the codename “Silver Fox” and formal designation {{doll name|RPK-16|MG|5}}. RPK would take a tactical overview role to enable AK-15's preferred frontal approach to combat,<ref name=AK4 /> but Shaw also omitted the programming preventing her to attack humans,<ref name=MS48A /> thus offering her the choice of “defiance”.<ref>{{cite|gfl|fp|E4-10}}</ref> Shaw also arranged for RPK's core memories to be stored in the base layer of her Neural Cloud, making them impossible to delete and “reset” RPK.<ref name=MS48A />

Though Angelia heard good reports of their combined performance, AK-15 and RPK-16 operated in complete separation of Angelia, AK-12 and AN-94 until they were reunited during the Paldiski Incident.<ref name=AN4 />

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===Paldiski Incident===

[[File:BG Polarized Light 6.png|thumb|[[Task Force DEFY]] against [[Yegor]]'s [[Ares]] mech.]]

{{StoryQuote|We'll do our best, the same way drowning fish poke their heads out of the water in search of oxygen.|RPK-16 exposes [[the Commander]] to her strange metaphors for the first time.<ref name=PL21B />}}

When Task Force DEFY infiltrated the Paldiski Submarine Base ahead of the battle between [[Griffin & Kryuger]] and the [[KCCO]], [[K]] took command of AK-15 and RPK-16. They were attacked by the incoming [[Sangvis Ferri]] forces and went to secure the control room for the gates of the quarantine wall, while [[Angelia]], AK-12 and AN-94 became trapped in the lower levels of the base. K was wounded by a bullet as they reached the control room and ordered RPK to hold the position before passing out.<ref name=PL24A /> RPK sent an encrypted message to the Griffin & Kryuger forces, introducing herself to [[the Commander]] and announcing her team had taken control of the quarantine wall but that Ange's team had gone dark.<ref>{{cite|gfl|12-4E}}</ref>

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After receiving a lead from the Commander involving Bremen's Flora Institute, Angelia deployed AK-12 and RPK-16 to talk with the horticulturists of the institute and investigate their clients.<ref name=DR23B>{{cite|gfl|dr|Flower View}}</ref> While the rest of DEFY helped the [[Stasi]] agents infiltrated in the institute take down the cultists attacking Angelia, RPK tracked down [[Leone]], the leader of the institute, to acquire her research materials.

{{StoryQuote|Yes, I'm a werewolf; I'm a Yeti; I'm Frankenstein's monster. But what about you? You're just a pathetic human. You think of yourself as a martyr, yet you're no less a coward than anyone else in face of death. You might try to justify your cowardice by claiming that you wish to do more to further your cause. However, you have done nothing but dance on a string to someone else's tune this whole time. To a spectator like me... You're not even dancing the Kazachok; you're just clowning around.<ref name=DR26B />}}

Leone attempted to attack RPK with a gun, but the Doll broke her wrist, pinned her to the ground and tortured her by breaking her fingers when Leone refused to talk. RPK also applied psychological pressure by leaning into Leone's hostility towards Dolls, calling herself a monster wearing a human face and pointing out the contradictions between Leone's extremist environmentalist belief and her fear of death. After RPK laid out how Paradeus had purposefully left the institute under-prepared to face the Stasi investigation, Leone relented. When RPK released her grip, she turned her back to Leone, who fired at her. Leone expected RPK to kill her so she would become a martyr, but RPK refused to kill her, and Leone realized too late that she had used her last bullet on RPK instead of herself. In the end, the server containing incriminating evidence had been wiped off.<ref group=Notes name=DoubleAgent /> Seeing Leone's despair, Ange disapproved of how far RPK had gone for her interrogation.<ref name=DR26B>{{cite|gfl|dr|Hay Fever – End}}</ref>

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===Berlin investigations===

{{StoryQuote|A base layer like a blank sheet of paper... It's as close to a human soul as you can get. I suppose you could say that in a certain sense, you have a human heart, Miss RO. Then have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a human? After all, the only thing that keeps you from being completely human is not having a body made of flesh, right? If a Doll had a soul as pure as a human's and a body as pure as a human's, then she would practically be no different than her creator...<ref name=MS23B />}}

After DEFY was brought to Berlin by the [[Stasi]] under accusations of murdering [[Morridow]], RPK inspected the Neural Clouds and Fire Control Cores of the team to ensure the Stasi had not modified them, despite AK-12's reluctance,<ref group=Notes name=DoubleAgent /> then concurred with 12 in advising Ange to rest for a few days and recuperate from her interrogation.<ref>{{cite|gfl|ms|An Arrow in Flight II}}</ref> Both used the downtime to gather intel on Ange's behalf. When [[Griffin Lyons]] summoned Ange to the Athena's Owl bar, he left the message in RPK's Neural Cloud, silently and completely bypassing her electronic defenses.<ref name=MS14A />

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{{p|[[File:BG Mirror Stage 12.png|thumb|{{doll name|AK-15|AR|5}} fights with RPK-16 in the mansion.]]}}

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{{StoryQuote|The way I see it, there is an irredeemable flaw in the very design of Dolls. We don't know real pain, sorrow, or even joy. We also have no genuine understanding of life and death. It is always the humans who win, and it is always the Dolls who perish, yet at the end of the day, only humans have the prerogative to die. Don't you find it ridiculous, paradoxical even? I want to be human, Ange. I want to experience what only real humans can experience. I want to feel what only real humans can feel. Emotions. Life and death. The future.<ref name=MS44A />}}

Taking over AK-12's role as [[Angelia]]'s adjutant, RPK-16 attempted to reason with Ange, who was becoming frantic about finding new clues on [[Paradeus]]. RPK reminded her that they were under [[Griffin Lyons]]'s control in Berlin, and that refusing to wait and see could lead her on the same path as [[Yegor]]. Angelia decided to push forward regardless and located the former home of [[William]] in Berlin by breaking into Griffin's strategic room at the Athena's Owl. RPK again warned her against acting rashly, but Angelia decided to investigate the mansion. Rather than frustrated, RPK seemed pleased by the development.<ref name=MS313B />

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15 attempted to punch RPK through a wall, but RPK pinned her to the ground with a throw. Seizing RPK's firing arm, 15 twisted it nearly to the breaking point and prevented RPK from firing. Knowing full well about the gap in fighting ability between her and 15, RPK remotely activated the grenades she had planted on 15's belt. 15 had been wary of RPK since noticing her unusual behavior, and threw the grenades before they could damage her, though she had to loose her grip on RPK. Ange ordered 15 to recover RPK's core after neutralizing her.<ref name=MS44A>{{cite|gfl|ms|Pandora’s Box III}}</ref>

{{StoryQuote|Are you going to wipe all my memories? You can't do that unless you kill me and destroy my neural cloud completely. No one has access to my base layer—it's thoroughly sealed. This is the curse that Shaw has placed on me. Do you know what she calls me? Pandora.<ref name=MS48A />}}

15 had difficulties to shoot at RPK due to her nimbleness, the enclosed space and the numerous explosives RPK had planted in the mansion before the fight, but RPK could not escape due to 15's ability to track her through walls using her Wolf Eyes. During the fight, 15 reproached her deceptions to RPK, who replied it had worked only because DEFY had been looking down on her. After they emptied their main weapons, RPK tried to use her sidearm but 15 rushed her and managed to throw her to the ground, breaking her wrist, before pummeling her, intending to take RPK offline before she could retaliate with hacking. When RPK declared that 15 was destined to kill her, 15 replied that RPK's Neural Cloud would be corrected and she would be revived. RPK revealed the safeguard Shaw had built to prevent this, and 15, once again growing tired of RPK's ramblings, drew her sidearm and steeled herself to take down her partner.

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===Nyto===

[[File:BG Fixed Point 16vs16 b.png|thumb|{{enemy name|RPK-16 (Enemy)|boss|alt=RPK-16}} fights with {{enemy name|M16A1 (Boss)|boss|alt=M16A1}} in Avernus during Operation Aeneas.]]

{{StoryQuote|I did wonder if I would be a moth that dives right into the fire or an aphid that munches on petals. In the end, I turned into a plant that feeds on insects. Ironic, isn't it?<ref name=FP410 />}}

The massacre at the mansion having left no witnesses, RPK continued to operate as a double-agent for a time and contacted [[J]] to lure the Stasi into a trap.

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 ==Character info==
+{{StoryQuote|Freedom is the right to defiance.<ref name=FP410 />}}
 RPK-16 is a social and mysterious Doll, and the fourth member of [[Task Force DEFY]]. She often introduces heavy philosophical topics in a conversation out of the blue before quickly making light of it. She is also fond of using strange and creepy metaphors or poems,<ref name=PL21B /><ref>{{cite|gfl|dr|Hay Fever – Beginning}}</ref> especially the metaphor of moths attracted to flames.<ref>{{cite|gfl|[[RPK-16/Quotes|RPK-16's Quotes]]}}</ref><ref name=DR26B /><ref name=DR54 /><ref name=MS313B /><ref name=MS44A /><ref name=FP410 /> She nearly constantly puts up a mysterious smile.<ref name=MS41A /><ref name=FP411 />
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 During the project, Shaw was also convinced by [[Angelia]] to take part in a conference about next-generation Dolls by [[Persica]].<ref name=AN3 /> Shaw found Persica's vision for third-generation Dolls naive. She believed that trying to give freedom to Dolls was hypocritical because humans themselves are not free, and instead argued that Dolls would become more human if they were granted “defiance”.<ref name=AK1>{{cite|gfl|{{doll name|AK-15|AR|6|costume=costume1}} Neural Upgrade Story 1}}</ref> She decided to make Wolf Pack Unit 4 the implementation of this idea.
-Thus, Shaw created “Pandora”,<ref name=MS48A /><ref name=AK4 /> giving her the codename “Silver Fox” and formal designation {{doll name|RPK-16|MG|5}}. RPK would take a tactical overview role to enable AK-15's preferred frontal approach to combat,<ref name=AK4 /> but Shaw also omitted the programming preventing her to attack humans,<ref>{{cite|gfl|ms|Möbius Strip}}</ref> thus offering her the choice of “defiance”.<ref>{{cite|gfl|fp|E4-10}}</ref> Shaw also arranged for RPK's core memories to be stored in the base layer of her Neural Cloud, making them impossible to delete and “reset” RPK.<ref name=MS48A />
+Thus, Shaw created “Pandora”,<ref name=MS48A /><ref name=AK4 /> giving her the codename “Silver Fox” and formal designation {{doll name|RPK-16|MG|5}}. RPK would take a tactical overview role to enable AK-15's preferred frontal approach to combat,<ref name=AK4 /> but Shaw also omitted the programming preventing her to attack humans,<ref name=MS48A /> thus offering her the choice of “defiance”.<ref>{{cite|gfl|fp|E4-10}}</ref> Shaw also arranged for RPK's core memories to be stored in the base layer of her Neural Cloud, making them impossible to delete and “reset” RPK.<ref name=MS48A />
 Though Angelia heard good reports of their combined performance, AK-15 and RPK-16 operated in complete separation of Angelia, AK-12 and AN-94 until they were reunited during the Paldiski Incident.<ref name=AN4 />
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 ===Paldiski Incident===
 [[File:BG Polarized Light 6.png|thumb|[[Task Force DEFY]] against [[Yegor]]'s [[Ares]] mech.]]
+{{StoryQuote|We'll do our best, the same way drowning fish poke their heads out of the water in search of oxygen.|RPK-16 exposes [[the Commander]] to her strange metaphors for the first time.<ref name=PL21B />}}
 When Task Force DEFY infiltrated the Paldiski Submarine Base ahead of the battle between [[Griffin & Kryuger]] and the [[KCCO]], [[K]] took command of AK-15 and RPK-16. They were attacked by the incoming [[Sangvis Ferri]] forces and went to secure the control room for the gates of the quarantine wall, while [[Angelia]], AK-12 and AN-94 became trapped in the lower levels of the base. K was wounded by a bullet as they reached the control room and ordered RPK to hold the position before passing out.<ref name=PL24A /> RPK sent an encrypted message to the Griffin & Kryuger forces, introducing herself to [[the Commander]] and announcing her team had taken control of the quarantine wall but that Ange's team had gone dark.<ref>{{cite|gfl|12-4E}}</ref>
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 After receiving a lead from the Commander involving Bremen's Flora Institute, Angelia deployed AK-12 and RPK-16 to talk with the horticulturists of the institute and investigate their clients.<ref name=DR23B>{{cite|gfl|dr|Flower View}}</ref> While the rest of DEFY helped the [[Stasi]] agents infiltrated in the institute take down the cultists attacking Angelia, RPK tracked down [[Leone]], the leader of the institute, to acquire her research materials.
+{{StoryQuote|Yes, I'm a werewolf; I'm a Yeti; I'm Frankenstein's monster. But what about you? You're just a pathetic human. You think of yourself as a martyr, yet you're no less a coward than anyone else in face of death. You might try to justify your cowardice by claiming that you wish to do more to further your cause. However, you have done nothing but dance on a string to someone else's tune this whole time. To a spectator like me... You're not even dancing the Kazachok; you're just clowning around.<ref name=DR26B />}}
 Leone attempted to attack RPK with a gun, but the Doll broke her wrist, pinned her to the ground and tortured her by breaking her fingers when Leone refused to talk. RPK also applied psychological pressure by leaning into Leone's hostility towards Dolls, calling herself a monster wearing a human face and pointing out the contradictions between Leone's extremist environmentalist belief and her fear of death. After RPK laid out how Paradeus had purposefully left the institute under-prepared to face the Stasi investigation, Leone relented. When RPK released her grip, she turned her back to Leone, who fired at her. Leone expected RPK to kill her so she would become a martyr, but RPK refused to kill her, and Leone realized too late that she had used her last bullet on RPK instead of herself. In the end, the server containing incriminating evidence had been wiped off.<ref group=Notes name=DoubleAgent /> Seeing Leone's despair, Ange disapproved of how far RPK had gone for her interrogation.<ref name=DR26B>{{cite|gfl|dr|Hay Fever – End}}</ref>
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 ===Berlin investigations===
+{{StoryQuote|A base layer like a blank sheet of paper... It's as close to a human soul as you can get. I suppose you could say that in a certain sense, you have a human heart, Miss RO. Then have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a human? After all, the only thing that keeps you from being completely human is not having a body made of flesh, right? If a Doll had a soul as pure as a human's and a body as pure as a human's, then she would practically be no different than her creator...<ref name=MS23B />}}
 After DEFY was brought to Berlin by the [[Stasi]] under accusations of murdering [[Morridow]], RPK inspected the Neural Clouds and Fire Control Cores of the team to ensure the Stasi had not modified them, despite AK-12's reluctance,<ref group=Notes name=DoubleAgent /> then concurred with 12 in advising Ange to rest for a few days and recuperate from her interrogation.<ref>{{cite|gfl|ms|An Arrow in Flight II}}</ref> Both used the downtime to gather intel on Ange's behalf. When [[Griffin Lyons]] summoned Ange to the Athena's Owl bar, he left the message in RPK's Neural Cloud, silently and completely bypassing her electronic defenses.<ref name=MS14A />
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 {{p|[[File:BG Mirror Stage 12.png|thumb|{{doll name|AK-15|AR|5}} fights with RPK-16 in the mansion.]]}}
 }}
+{{StoryQuote|The way I see it, there is an irredeemable flaw in the very design of Dolls. We don't know real pain, sorrow, or even joy. We also have no genuine understanding of life and death. It is always the humans who win, and it is always the Dolls who perish, yet at the end of the day, only humans have the prerogative to die. Don't you find it ridiculous, paradoxical even? I want to be human, Ange. I want to experience what only real humans can experience. I want to feel what only real humans can feel. Emotions. Life and death. The future.<ref name=MS44A />}}
 Taking over AK-12's role as [[Angelia]]'s adjutant, RPK-16 attempted to reason with Ange, who was becoming frantic about finding new clues on [[Paradeus]]. RPK reminded her that they were under [[Griffin Lyons]]'s control in Berlin, and that refusing to wait and see could lead her on the same path as [[Yegor]]. Angelia decided to push forward regardless and located the former home of [[William]] in Berlin by breaking into Griffin's strategic room at the Athena's Owl. RPK again warned her against acting rashly, but Angelia decided to investigate the mansion. Rather than frustrated, RPK seemed pleased by the development.<ref name=MS313B />
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 attempted to punch RPK through a wall, but RPK pinned her to the ground with a throw. Seizing RPK's firing arm, 15 twisted it nearly to the breaking point and prevented RPK from firing. Knowing full well about the gap in fighting ability between her and 15, RPK remotely activated the grenades she had planted on 15's belt. 15 had been wary of RPK since noticing her unusual behavior, and threw the grenades before they could damage her, though she had to loose her grip on RPK. Ange ordered 15 to recover RPK's core after neutralizing her.<ref name=MS44A>{{cite|gfl|ms|Pandora’s Box III}}</ref>
+{{StoryQuote|Are you going to wipe all my memories? You can't do that unless you kill me and destroy my neural cloud completely. No one has access to my base layer—it's thoroughly sealed. This is the curse that Shaw has placed on me. Do you know what she calls me? Pandora.<ref name=MS48A />}}
 had difficulties to shoot at RPK due to her nimbleness, the enclosed space and the numerous explosives RPK had planted in the mansion before the fight, but RPK could not escape due to 15's ability to track her through walls using her Wolf Eyes. During the fight, 15 reproached her deceptions to RPK, who replied it had worked only because DEFY had been looking down on her. After they emptied their main weapons, RPK tried to use her sidearm but 15 rushed her and managed to throw her to the ground, breaking her wrist, before pummeling her, intending to take RPK offline before she could retaliate with hacking. When RPK declared that 15 was destined to kill her, 15 replied that RPK's Neural Cloud would be corrected and she would be revived. RPK revealed the safeguard Shaw had built to prevent this, and 15, once again growing tired of RPK's ramblings, drew her sidearm and steeled herself to take down her partner.
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 ===Nyto===
 [[File:BG Fixed Point 16vs16 b.png|thumb|{{enemy name|RPK-16 (Enemy)|boss|alt=RPK-16}} fights with {{enemy name|M16A1 (Boss)|boss|alt=M16A1}} in Avernus during Operation Aeneas.]]
+{{StoryQuote|I did wonder if I would be a moth that dives right into the fire or an aphid that munches on petals. In the end, I turned into a plant that feeds on insects. Ironic, isn't it?<ref name=FP410 />}}
 The massacre at the mansion having left no witnesses, RPK continued to operate as a double-agent for a time and contacted [[J]] to lure the Stasi into a trap.