Part of Takari's command lance. Pilots the modified (Computers, Ultra AC/20 and combat blade) Victor called Huntress. She's also the Katana's Chief of Intelligence and (more recently) Chief of Security. Catinp may be the boss' right hand man, but Fishbait is the the left hook you never see coming.

Part Polynesian, dark of skin and hair and eyes. Quite attractive, but she rarely bothers to play up her good looks. She's either in her mechwarrior outfit or in the work uniform of a Lancer officer. She looks more like a stern school mistress than sultry stripper (some of the old hands still talk about the good old times, when Fishbait was the hottest piece on the block and men dared each other to make a pass on her).

Fishbait is MIIO (she's never explicitly stated this, but it's a fact), trained to be a sleeper agent from a young age. As part of her "education" she received extensive SpecOps training, technical training, and mechwarrior training. Ah, the wonders a good clandestine indoctrination program can do for young minds and pliable flesh.

She originally posed as a native from a naturalist clan living in an oasis in the deep southern deserts of Galatea (conveniently impossible to run a background check). She had supposedly broken with her people, and was trying to eke out a living in Galaport. As a bar maid and a stripper in the merc district - and a mech astech. She secretly dreamed of becoming a mechwarrior, and spent her disposable income taking piloting lessons from passing merc companies. Everything designed to maximize her ability to gather intel on passing merc companies - and join one if activated (it's not clear if she was activated - or simply chose to join the Lancer on her own initiative).

Takari knows she's been passing on intel to MIIO, but has chosen to accept it as a necessary evil. Besides, MIIO sometimes feeds vital intel right back at the lancers through her, so it's mutually beneficial. Her unique skill set makes her a valuable asset too. More importantly, she's always shown a great deal to personal loyalty to her commander.

Her callsign is derived from her looks and behavior when she cam aboard at Galatea. She seemed so very young... and was so very tempting...