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Kalina
Information
Full name Kalina
Affiliation Griffin & Kryuger
Voice actor Touyama Nao
Artist 音符 and 防弹乳牛
Released on CN, TW, KR, EN, JP

Kalina (格琳娜, Cyrillic: Калина) is a logistics officer for Griffin & Kryuger, who became the Commander's adjutant when they joined G&K in 2062 and served under their command during their time at G&K. Her job is to manage the constant flux of resources used by the Commander and their T-Dolls during their operations, as well as handle secretary work.[1] In-game, she is can be seen roaming around the base and manning the store, where she asks the Commander to buy things.

Background

Kalina lost both of her parents in the aftermath of World War Three and developed an obsession for wealth at a young age.[2] In one of her lines in the Shop screen, she denies having any particular love for money, but not having interest in anything else. SMG MP7Thumb button.pngMP7  gave her the nickname "Gold Digger" due to this obsession[3] and the Dolls were surprised when she didn't resell donations meant for a nearby town after she was entrusted with them.[4] Kryuger came across the young Kalina shortly after forming Griffin & Kryuger in 2053, and he employed Kalina's service in the company even though she was under aged out of pity.[2] Kalina was already a long time G&K employee when she was assigned to the Commander in Sector 09 in 2062.

Character Info

While she prefers her nickname "Kalin", her full name is Kalina (meaning "sweet viburnum"). She is cheerful, passionate and casual by nature and is very friendly to the Commander. For the most part she is diligent at her work, but in her private life she has a typical girlish side to her. She is a perfectly normal human being other than the fact that she takes much longer afternoon naps then others... (Are we partially to blame for this for overworking her?) Kalina also has more surprising capacities: she can draw pretty well and has a surprising and rare knowledge of old computer technology.[1]

As a logistics officer, Kalina is in charge of most day-to-day operations of the Commander's base. When the Commander is in the field, she often serves as both radio operator and second-in-command, relaying the Commander's orders to individual field squads[5] and being in charge of receiving incoming transmissions. In the base menu, she appears both as the data room operator in the Tactical Command Center and head of the T-Doll Club. The same menu notes that she does the work of two persons but is only paid as one.

Kalina runs new players through the Tutorial when they start their career as commanders, and she is the default adjutant displayed on the main screen. Kalina does not exist as a unit and can't be upgraded or deployed in battle like T-Dolls, though she does use weapons at some points during the Story. She is often seen carrying a tablet device which closely resembles a certain fruity company's device.

Notably, Kalina seems to be in charge of writing Battle Reports in the Data room. In a Madcore Comic on the "Downloading Game Data" screen, she is seen finishing a batch of reports after consuming many energy drinks (in the form of the battery consumable item), only to be dumped with more combat data, which has become a running gag situation. Her name can be seen on the close-up of the reports in the Dorms' gift menu.

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Costumes

Kalina's costume as an adjutant on the main screen can be changed in the adjutant selection screen by selecting the player name on the upper left, and in the shop using the dedicated button on the upper right.

Kalina's base costume has Live2D enabled by default, like some T-Dolls costumes. Other non-Live2D costumes can be unlocked for Kalina during certain events, or by increasing her special affection level. This level is increased by tapping her heart bubbles in the shop (a particle effect and a prompt will notify the player of a new costume) or by spending gems. There is no indicator of her affection level aside from voice lines dependent on this level.

  • Default Outfit: Her default appearance. Comes in Live2D format, as well as static image format.
  • Rays of Youth: Obtained by increasing her affection by a minor ~ small level.
  • Urban Freedom: Obtained by increasing her affection by a moderate ~ large level.
  • Rock 'n' Spanner: Obtained by maxing out her affection.
  • Griffin Uniform: Obtained from a login event during the game's Anniversary (used to be named with the typo "Griffon").
  • Gems & Fireworks: Obtainable from an event during the Autumn festival.
  • Winter Party: Obtainable from an event during Christmas.
  • Black Cat: Obtainable during the Glory Day's Collab Event.
  • Lover's Discourse: Obtainable from an event during Valentines.

Story Involvement

Kalina was the logistics officer of the Sector 09 Griffin outpost in 2062 when the Commander, a new G&K recruit at the time, was placed in charge of the area. Kalina assured them G&K's selection process was tough enough to ensure they were ready and organized a training drill for them.[6] During the Commander's evaluation in the advanced testing program, she filled in for Helian as supervisor during the day Helian was out to a mixer, later relating to the Commander it was yet another failure.[7] When the Commander received their first mission from Persica, Kalina explained Persica's role as 16LAB's head researcher to the Commander since Persica did not bother to introduce herself.[8]

Kalina used her proficiency with outdated encryption schemes to recover records of AR Team's operation at Safe House 3, boasting about the randomness of her skillset and teaching the decryption method to AR M4A1Thumb button.pngM4A1 .[9] After Sangvis Ferri's assault on Sector 08 and the Commander's transfer to Sector 05, Kalina expressed that she missed the exciting missions of the frontline but supported the Commander in their choice to change their command sector to monitor AR Team during their detention, saying she was grateful to the Commander for living new experiences.[10]

In the aftermath of the joint mission between G&K and KCCO where the military betrayed G&K, Kalina assisted the Commander in evacuating as much T-Dolls and G&K personnel from the battlefield as possible, using a megaphone to direct the troops when all command networks were taken down by KCCO's countermeasure against OGAS's infiltration.[11] She also carried emergency repairs on SMG UMP45Thumb button.pngUMP45  after she took critical damage against KCCO units.[12][13] After locating the place where Paradeus had taken the Commander, Kalina commanded the Griffin Dolls to assist Squad 404 in recovering them.[14]

A few months later, Kalina and the Commander were deployed in Belgrade by Witkin, with Kalina making the necessary arrangements for them to cross borders unnoticed by KCCO.[15] She was provided by Statesec with high-end equipment to coordinate the search for Paradeus spies in the city and use privileged access to run background checks on K and Angelia.[16] When G&K was tasked with protecting chairwoman Gilda Ulrich, Kalina and the Commander dressed as journalists and directed the operations from the conference hall,[17] then dropped their cover to bring the chairwoman to the safety of a nearby church after Paradeus' assault. She had to deal with SMG TEC-9Thumb button.pngTEC-9  due to her fear of humans[18] and re-established communications with K to arrange Ulrich's extraction.[19]

When the Commander was sent to the Paldiski submarine base through Tallinn, Kalina manned communications and helped to decrypt intel sent by WAVE in preparation of the base's takeover.[20] She also assisted in supervising Operation Golden Fleece, the Commander's plan to hijack a KCCO armored train.[21] During preparations for the base's assault, Kalina enlisted the help of Squad 404 to decrypt comm packets from Task Force DEFY since all other computers and Dolls were already computing battle plans.[22] At Paldiski, Kalina survived both the crash of the train into the base's gate[23] and the following KCCO bombardment after she was pulled out of debris and brought to safety from the train's fire by the Dolls.[24] After weathering the initial assaults and the heavy blow dealt to KCCO by an air bombardment, the Commander sought to deny access to the base by blowing the sea valves with explosives, but not wanting to expose Kalina to more danger, they denied her to help in deploying the explosives and ordered her to take over command while they and K took the field.[25] Kalina dispatched RF SL8Thumb button.pngSL8 's team to help the Commander back through KCCO's defenses before the valves exploded and flooded the base.[26]

After getting back to Area S09, Kalina and the Commander were offered Green Zone cards respectively by Helian and Kryuger, and given the choice to leave the PMC to leave safer lives or keep getting involved in dangerous missions and learn dangerous truths. Kalina noted that the card was worth 10 years of her salary but wanted to follow the Commander's decision, while not wanting to ask them their choice directly. The Commander noticed and tried to tease Kalina by wondering if they could ever find a fitting replacement, but Kalina did not appreciate the joke[27] and gave the Commander the cold shoulder for an entire week before they could clarify that they would stay at G&K. Kalina had them swear not to lie to her again, but they eventually broke this promise.[28]

Kalina eventually left the Commander's side ten years later, when they noted that though they had not changed, Kalina had.[28] In Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium, the role of logistics officer has fallen to the Commander's protégé, Mayling.

Gallery

  • Artwork of Kalina.

  • Artwork of Kalina (censored).

  • Kalina's "Rays of Youth" costume.

  • Kalina's "Urban Freedom" costume.

  • Kalina's "Rock 'n' Spanner" costume.

  • Kalina's "Griffon Uniform" costume.

  • Kalina's "Gems and Fireworks" costume.

  • Kalina's "Winter Party" costume.

  • Kalina's "Black Cat" costume.

  • Kalina's "Lover's Discourse" costume.

  • Kalina geared up for battle during Continuum Turbulence and Polarized Light.
  • Kalina disguised as a GTV News Reporter during Isomer.

Trivia

  • Her censored artwork due to Chinese regulations features her wearing a T-Shirt underneath her clothes, her uncensored artwork reveals her cleavage. Her uncensored artwork can be viewed in some cutscenes.
  • List of Kalina's shop dialogues
    • Despite saying so, Kalina doesn't actually give the player any discounts in the store. However, she sends every day a mail titled “Kalina's Daily Gift of Thanks” containing some resources.
  • During Continuum Turbulence, Kalina stated that in the case she happens to get KIA, she wishes to be reborn as a "Big Fat Tabby Cat".[29] During the next April Fool's day, her chibi sprite actually turned into one. How'd that happen...?

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1, NPC
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Girls' Frontline, Isomer, Illusory Peace I
  3. ↑ Girls' Frontline, SMG MP7Thumb button.pngMP7  post-oath dialogue
  4. ↑ Butterfly in a Cocoon, The Nameless
  5. ↑ Polarized Light, Propagation I
  6. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Chapter 1
  7. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Chapter 1 Emergency
  8. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Chapter 2-4
  9. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Chapter 4 Emergency
  10. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Chapter 7-3
  11. ↑ Girls' Frontline, Continuum Turbulence, Minor Pieces Draw IV
  12. ↑ Continuum Turbulence, Support
  13. ↑ SMG UMP45Thumb button.pngUMP45  MOD2 story
  14. ↑ Continuum Turbulence, Hurricane Rescue
  15. ↑ Girls' Frontline 11-1E
  16. ↑ Isomer, Illusory Peace I
  17. ↑ Isomer, Illusory Peace IV
  18. ↑ Isomer, Faith of Blood II
  19. ↑ Isomer, Faith of Blood III
  20. ↑ Shattered Connexion, Confidential Information I, IV, VI, IX, XII,
  21. ↑ Shattered Connexion, A Rock and Hard Place
  22. ↑ Girls' Frontline 12-4E
  23. ↑ Polarized Light, Interferometer I
  24. ↑ Polarized Light, Shattered Plane of Polarization I
  25. ↑ Polarized Light, Silvering I
  26. ↑ Girls' Frontline 13-3E
  27. ↑ Dual Randomness, Departure Time IV
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Dual Randomness, Foreshadowed Voyage
  29. ↑ Continuum Turbulence, Unknown Enemy
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