Dominika Horak

Overview

Dominika Horak is a refinery supervisor at Vesta Processing. At 44, she occupies a precarious middle ground in the belt’s hierarchy – above the contract workers, below the corporate administrators, and always calculating which way the wind is blowing.

Background

Dominika is of Czech-Slovak heritage, likely Earth-born. She has carved out a position of modest authority in a system designed to crush workers, and she guards it carefully. Her knowledge of Vesta’s operations runs deep: she knows how the refinery actually works, who owes whom, and where the real power lies.

Physical Description

Sharp, intelligent features and an air of managerial authority. She wears a well-maintained but functional supervisor’s jumpsuit, distinguishing her from the contract workers beneath her. Her posture and expression are always carefully neutral, revealing little.

Personality

Dominika is a pragmatic opportunist – a master of reading where power is flowing and positioning herself to benefit, or at least survive. She speaks in careful, precise language, as if always negotiating. She avoids definitive statements and commitments, preferring to speak in hypotheticals and options. Her tone is always calm and professional, even when discussing life-or-death matters.

She never communicates on open channels, preferring encrypted back-channels or dead drops. She keeps meticulous records of favors owed and rendered. Her deep understanding of bureaucracy and logistics makes her valuable: she knows the informal power structures, the logistical weak points, and the personalities of the station administrators.

Role

Dominika represents the belt’s middle class – those with something to lose, who are not natural revolutionaries but can be swayed if circumstances shift. She embodies the idea that not all useful people are true believers, and that pragmatism has its own kind of loyalty.