Sekhmet

''"People always ask me - "Aren't you worried Heidi will get hurt unnecessarily? She's just a dog." I say it's a good thing we're professionals, then."''

Zalika "Sekhmet" Abadi is an attacking operator of Team Rainbow. She is accompanied by the team's first K9 officer, Heidi, who can track enemies or signal to Sekhmet when danger is nearby.

Biography
Zalika Abadi hails from Giza, Egypt, in a fairly traditional household. While her parents had ideas of what a woman should do and hoped that their daughter would marry off and bear children, an arranged marriage at age 18 had Zalika rebelling and threatening to kill herself should they try force her to marry. At the threats, her parents dropped the arranged marriage, but this resulted in tensions in the family growing. Her parents temporarily cut contact in the hoped that Zalika would come running back to them, but instead she joined the police force as a junior investigator.

Over the years, Zalika rose in rank and chose to become a K9 officer. At this time, her parents tried to reconnect with her, though she continued to push them away. Zalika was assigned a 6 month old Dutch Shepherd to raise and train, who she named Bahij. With Bahij, Zalika worked as a field officer and intercepted illegal drug shipments, as well as investigating bomb threats.

Bahij served for 12 years and retired after. He remained in Zalika's care and died a year later from cancer. When Bahij died, Zalika temporarily stepped down from her position, returning a few months later as a K9 trainer. It was at this time Zalika accepted her parents' attempts to reconcile and tried to build her relationship back up.

Upon returning to the K9 academy, Zalika was assigned a puppy that Bahij's brother had fathered. Seeing this as a chance to let Bahij's memory live on through his niece, Zalika had Heidi, a German-Dutch Shepherd.

Zalika and Heidi were in Kabul for a year and a half as part of a drug cartel investigation, where Heidi got to grow up. It was here that they met Maverick, who had a hand in raising Heidi. Maverick and Zalika had a secret relationship before Maverick went undercover and disappeared for two years, and Zalika and Heidi went back to Egypt.

They came to Six's attention at the word of Maverick, who at the time did not mention their relationship.

Psychological Profile
''Specialist Zalika "Sekhmet" Abadi is quite the character. Leaving home and enlisting in the police force following threats of suicide to get out of an arranged marriage has moulded her into an independent person who trusts her dog Heidi over all else. I could tell even as we spoke, Abadi relied on Heidi to decide if I was to be trusted or not. Good thing Heidi was all over me trying to get some attention in an instant, or I might never have gotten two words in with Abadi.''

''Over her career as a K9 trainer and an officer, Abadi has seen lots of dogs come and go, including that of her previous partner Bahij, who is the uncle of Heidi. She misses Bahij but he lives on through Heidi. She gets lost in conversation with Heidi and still holds onto the memory of Bahij. I can't imagine what the fallout is going to look like should Heidi meet an untimely end. Of course, Rainbow is going to do its best to protect our newest members as always. I'm sure the rest of the team is willing to treat Heidi like one of them, the way they have done for Fia.''

''Abadi is one hardened soul and the way she sees life is rigid, only finding relaxation and rest through Heidi. If Heidi wasn't around, Abadi would surround herself with work until she shuts down. It's clear she does most things and had comforts for Heidi's sake. Yet, she doesn't isolate herself from the rest of the world.''

''I wasn't entirely surprised when she told me she knew Specialist Erik "Maverick" Thorn, having met in Kabul when Heidi was just six months old. Thorn had a big part to play in raising and training Heidi and I believe that had forged a closer relationship between him and Abadi. What I was surprised to find out was that they had some kind of relationship. Abadi wasn't keen to tell me too much, but she laughed and said they were close. I'm not one to make judgement, and if Thorn's presence in Rainbow allows Abadi an easier transition from the streets of Giza and Afghanistan into Rainbow, it works for all of us.''

''Abadi holds herself strongly and it is no surprise that she has a strong sense of justice and morale, and self-worth. While she gives a lot to Heidi, she made it clear to me that I needed to agree to her terms, even though those terms seemed to revolve around Heidi's freedom. Greece has opened up a lot of opportunities for someone like Abadi. I can't imagine myself agreeing to this back in Hereford, so it's a golden opportunity to have Abadi and Heidi in Rainbow's ranks.''

- Dr. Harry Pandey, Director of Team Rainbow

Gameplay Information
As a fast, low-armour operator, Sekhmet relies on Heidi to give her signals of enemies nearby to act first. Heidi has a passive ability to react to enemies nearby or recent enemy movement, but can be sent out into the field.


 * If Heidi sees an enemy, she will start growling or barking.
 * If an enemy is within 5m but out of sight, she will growl and look around.
 * If an enemy has passed through within the last 15 seconds, Heidi will sniff the ground.
 * If gunfire has occurred in Heidi's location in the last 30 seconds, Heidi will sniff the air. This applies to both friendly and enemy fire.
 * If Heidi hears gunfire, she will look around.

Heidi
As a trained K9 officer, Heidi is able to listen and smell enemies nearby. She has several passive actions that occur depending on whether an enemy is lurking nearby, or if a fight has recently occurred in her location. Sekhmet can also send her out to scout the field on her own. When Sekhmet sends Heidi out, player control is given to Heidi and Sekhmet remains where she is.

When controlling Heidi, she can move anywhere on the map for 20 seconds or less. She is able to climb stairs, crouch, prone, run, and drop down hatches. She cannot jump up hatches, destroy anything, or walk slowly. Trails will be shown to see enemy movement, with the trail getting brighter the more recent it is. Heidi's vision is black and white, including allies and enemies, but enemy trails are red.

When controlling Heidi, she does not do any passive actions and will not bark or growl when spotting an enemy. If she is shot, she will immediately run back to Sekhmet and the player will control Sekhmet again, until Heidi's cooldown is over and she can be re-deployed.

If Heidi gets to an enemy without being shot, she can jump and bite them, dealing 15 damage and preventing the enemy from moving until she is pushed off or shot by another enemy. She can only bite three times. If Heidi is pushed off, she will run back to Sekhmet as well.

While controlling Heidi, Sekhmet is vulnerable. ''I met Heidi for the first time in Afghanistan when she was only six months old. She was still so small then, but she's really grown into a big girl since then. I had a hand in raising Heidi, playing with her and taking care of her while in the streets of Afghanistan when Zalika wasn't available. Throwing cans and bones for her to catch.''

''She's at the peak of her health, trained by Egyptian police force's K9 academy. Zalika trained Heidi herself, so there's no doubt that Heidi's on her best performance all the time. The funny thing is that Heidi knows exactly when to be a K9, and when to be a normal dog. She can be playing with Fia or one of the other guys one second, and ready to act the very second Zalika commands her, and right back to playing when Zalika says it's okay.''

- Specialist Erik "Maverick" Thorn

Trivia

 * Sekhmet and Maverick are in a casual relationship. Their relationship started when meeting in Afghanistan, but it fizzled out after Maverick when radio silent for two years. Since joining Rainbow, they have reignited their relationship.
 * Heidi is the niece of Sekhmet's first partner, Bahij. Heidi's father is Bahij's littermate.