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The Lyssa Kordenay Missions is a fictional short story series available in SecondLife written by the avatar alecia Snowfall. The series is action/adventure/espionage about a former soldier that transistioned from male to female after being medically discharged from active duty. The series follows the protagonist and various other characters during the course of covert missions for the United States in service of a fictional intelligence agency: the Office of Immediate Covert Action. The underlying theme of the series is that although different and/or even damaged, people still have value and can contribute to that which they believe in.

List of Characters: Lyssa Kordenay- the main character of the series. Fomerly a male soldier in the United States Army Special Forces that went on to the Special Operational Detachment-Delta(Delta Force) and an even more classified team within called the DemonWraiths. Primary skills were light/heavy weapons, close-quarter combat, insurgency/counter-insurgency, counter-terror as a Special Forces A-teamer and Delta Trooper. Those skills became strengthened and augmented as a DemonWraith with espionage, assassination, advanced hostage rescue(hot extraction), hostile infiltration of any environment though specializing in jungle and urban warfare. There are also hints of psionic warfare training as it is rumored that Delta Operators are trained to resist possible hypnotic interrogation and the fictional DemonWraiths would be even more hardened against such methods, it is even rumored the DemonWraiths actively utilize Psionic warfare in the forms of telepathy and remote viewing. After a failed rescue mission which then required the then male Lyssa to be rescued by remaining teammates after watching several others that had been captured murdered and being tortured for several days, the head of an agency made contact for a more thorough debriefing and later on during medical review offered the chance to remain in service as a Non-Official Cover(NOC) operator. The offer was accepted with the proviso of transition from male to female and the male identity to be listed as deceased( removal from active service and be listed as missing/desertion/deceased commonly referred as Sheep-Dipping in military/intelligence community). During the transitional process Lyssa acquired additional skills: office management, dance and modeling. She then went on to excel in ballet to attend courses at Julliard and later on the reknowned Bolshoi Academy. During her time at Bolshoi her dedication garnered her the moniker Legend for her relentless pursuit of perfection as a dancer. As an understudy to a principal dancer during a production she managed to thwart the attempted drugged rape of herself and another dancer named Katya. Garnering much attention she redirected to Katya but still making them both darlings of the dance world and gaining her not only the title of Prima but also the addition of Ghost to her previous nickname, dubbing her: the Ghost Legend and enabling her to ask favor of other dancers in places she needed or did not need to be at any time. Modeling also afforded her that travedling ability along with connections to wealthy peoples that could facilitate her need for low visibility entrance/exit of various countries

Paul Dannigan- deeply entrenched in the intelligence world, Dannigan is his cover name(later revealed his real name could be Branton) and is often referred to being a Major. He utilizes contacts in various agencies and militaries to acquire data to enable mission success by Lyssa. He's also had previous contact with Rodrick Mason. the Major is the head of the Office of Immediate Covert Action and has a very small staff, the only one revealed on regular basis is his secretary Madison. Dannigan has the reputation of being extremely skilled but also tempermental when it comes to bureacrasy. the comment made "Everyone wants him under their flag until he goes to work; then they want to be shot of him double quick," is a more than fair summary along with being rather vicious.

Madison Dietrich- the secretary to Paul Dannigan. Unlike so many others that would be recruited from a military or law enforcement background, Madison was recruited out of college to work for the Major due to her language skills and office ability. She mainly occupies the office until later on in the series after becoming romantically involved with Rodrick Mason's co-pilot Pete.

Rodrick Mason- the love interest of Lyssa Kordenay, a former SEAL team 4 member that resigned his commission and became a charter pilot. Rumored to be a smuggler, he actually ran black flights(covert missions of delivery or infiltration/extraction) for various U.S. entities. He met Lyssa by accident in northern africa as she and several models were escaping from an attempted kidnapping and required a flight out. After a weekend in france in her company he kept up with her activities and even managed to find her secret residence on Grand Cayman Island. a very capable pilot rated to fly fixed-wing and rotor craft but his specialty as a SEAL was riverine and ship-to-ship operations with his preferred environment being swamp/mangroves. After helping Lyssa infiltrate/exfiltrate for a mission he noticed her demeanor changed and used his knowledge to go visit her at her house on Cayman. They fought hand-to-hand with Rodrick finally being able to restrain her(due to her not wanting to actually hurt or kill him). Slowly he helped diffuse her stress as they both began to fall in love with each other and then became operational partners as well as lovers. maintains his own airfield on a private bahamian island called Ram's Rock and has secret runways in countries all over the world.

Pete- former Marine recon and pilot that was used as a scapegoat for a failed mission in Afghanistan. He now works as Rodrick Mason's co-pilot rated to fly both fixed-wing and rotor craft. A fomer lieutentant in the marines he still has marine pride but a hatred for officers above the rank of Captain. Often refers to Dannigan as "Super-Spook". Becomes romantically involved with Dannigan's secretary Madison Dietrich.

Carl- ex-navy cargo craft loadmaster working for Rodrick Mason after ETS(Elapsed Time Served) from the navy. He spends free time as a scuba instructor/guide and has experience as a crewman on professional racing sailboats. Eddie- ex-navy aircraft mechanic and carrier deckhand now working for Rodrick Mason.

Titles in the series: Steel Butterfly Reprisal in Rio Latin Lethal Action Misdirection in the Mediterranean Butterfly in the Dark Glitter and Shadows Desert Butterfly Butterflies and Terror in Paradise Glamour and Collectors Butterfly and the Dragon's Den The Fortress Butterflies and Sharks Roses and Butterflies Butterflies in the Golden Triangle Butterflies chasing Cats Ghosts, Shadows and Butterflies Tinseltown Take Down Butterflies and Monsters (further titles have been written but unreleased)

The Lyssa Kordenay Missions
The Lyssa Kordenay Missions is a fictional short story series available in SecondLife written by the avatar alecia Snowfall. The series is action/adventure/espionage about a former soldier that transistioned from male to female after being medically discharged from active duty. The series follows the protagonist and various other characters during the course of covert missions for the United States in service of a fictional intelligence agency: the Office of Immediate Covert Action. The underlying theme of the series is that although different and/or even damaged, people still have value and can contribute to that which they believe in.

List of Characters: Lyssa Kordenay- the main character of the series. Fomerly a male soldier in the United States Army Special Forces that went on to the Special Operational Detachment-Delta(Delta Force) and an even more classified team within called the DemonWraiths. Primary skills were light/heavy weapons, close-quarter combat, insurgency/counter-insurgency, counter-terror as a Special Forces A-teamer and Delta Trooper. Those skills became strengthened and augmented as a DemonWraith with espionage, assassination, advanced hostage rescue(hot extraction), hostile infiltration of any environment though specializing in jungle and urban warfare. There are also hints of psionic warfare training as it is rumored that Delta Operators are trained to resist possible hypnotic interrogation and the fictional DemonWraiths would be even more hardened against such methods, it is even rumored the DemonWraiths actively utilize Psionic warfare in the forms of telepathy and remote viewing. After a failed rescue mission which then required the then male Lyssa to be rescued by remaining teammates after watching several others that had been captured murdered and being tortured for several days, the head of an agency made contact for a more thorough debriefing and later on during medical review offered the chance to remain in service as a Non-Official Cover(NOC) operator. The offer was accepted with the proviso of transition from male to female and the male identity to be listed as deceased( removal from active service and be listed as missing/desertion/deceased commonly referred as Sheep-Dipping in military/intelligence community). During the transitional process Lyssa acquired additional skills: office management, dance and modeling. She then went on to excel in ballet to attend courses at Julliard and later on the reknowned Bolshoi Academy. During her time at Bolshoi her dedication garnered her the moniker Legend for her relentless pursuit of perfection as a dancer. As an understudy to a principal dancer during a production she managed to thwart the attempted drugged rape of herself and another dancer named Katya. Garnering much attention she redirected to Katya but still making them both darlings of the dance world and gaining her not only the title of Prima but also the addition of Ghost to her previous nickname, dubbing her: the Ghost Legend and enabling her to ask favor of other dancers in places she needed or did not need to be at any time. Modeling also afforded her that travedling ability along with connections to wealthy peoples that could facilitate her need for low visibility entrance/exit of various countries

Paul Dannigan- deeply entrenched in the intelligence world, Dannigan is his cover name(later revealed his real name could be Branton) and is often referred to being a Major. He utilizes contacts in various agencies and militaries to acquire data to enable mission success by Lyssa. He's also had previous contact with Rodrick Mason. the Major is the head of the Office of Immediate Covert Action and has a very small staff, the only one revealed on regular basis is his secretary Madison. Dannigan has the reputation of being extremely skilled but also tempermental when it comes to bureacrasy. the comment made "Everyone wants him under their flag until he goes to work; then they want to be shot of him double quick," is a more than fair summary along with being rather vicious.

Madison Dietrich- the secretary to Paul Dannigan. Unlike so many others that would be recruited from a military or law enforcement background, Madison was recruited out of college to work for the Major due to her language skills and office ability. She mainly occupies the office until later on in the series after becoming romantically involved with Rodrick Mason's co-pilot Pete.

Rodrick Mason- the love interest of Lyssa Kordenay, a former SEAL team 4 member that resigned his commission and became a charter pilot. Rumored to be a smuggler, he actually ran black flights(covert missions of delivery or infiltration/extraction) for various U.S. entities. He met Lyssa by accident in northern africa as she and several models were escaping from an attempted kidnapping and required a flight out. After a weekend in france in her company he kept up with her activities and even managed to find her secret residence on Grand Cayman Island. a very capable pilot rated to fly fixed-wing and rotor craft but his specialty as a SEAL was riverine and ship-to-ship operations with his preferred environment being swamp/mangroves. After helping Lyssa infiltrate/exfiltrate for a mission he noticed her demeanor changed and used his knowledge to go visit her at her house on Cayman. They fought hand-to-hand with Rodrick finally being able to restrain her(due to her not wanting to actually hurt or kill him). Slowly he helped diffuse her stress as they both began to fall in love with each other and then became operational partners as well as lovers. maintains his own airfield on a private bahamian island called Ram's Rock and has secret runways in countries all over the world.

Pete- former Marine recon and pilot that was used as a scapegoat for a failed mission in Afghanistan. He now works as Rodrick Mason's co-pilot rated to fly both fixed-wing and rotor craft. A fomer lieutentant in the marines he still has marine pride but a hatred for officers above the rank of Captain. Often refers to Dannigan as "Super-Spook". Becomes romantically involved with Dannigan's secretary Madison Dietrich.

Carl- ex-navy cargo craft loadmaster working for Rodrick Mason after ETS(Elapsed Time Served) from the navy. He spends free time as a scuba instructor/guide and has experience as a crewman on professional racing sailboats. Eddie- ex-navy aircraft mechanic and carrier deckhand now working for Rodrick Mason.

Titles in the series: Steel Butterfly Reprisal in Rio Latin Lethal Action Misdirection in the Mediterranean Butterfly in the Dark Glitter and Shadows Desert Butterfly Butterflies and Terror in Paradise Glamour and Collectors Butterfly and the Dragon's Den The Fortress Butterflies and Sharks Roses and Butterflies Butterflies in the Golden Triangle Butterflies chasing Cats Ghosts, Shadows and Butterflies Tinseltown Take Down Butterflies and Monsters (further titles have been written but unreleased)