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Hana Song grew up playing classic games with her father, himself, a former professional gamer during his younger years. He was the one who introduced her to StarCraft, and her undeniable skill helped lay the foundation for her eventual e-sports victories in other games. Song has been friends with Dae-hyun since childhood. They would stay up late working on his hoverbike. Hana took part in a race with it and won, albeit at the cost of the bike and nearly her own life, due to its reactor overloading. Like her father before her, Song became a pro-gamer. She became a Mecha Guardian V player in high school, quickly ascending to the #1 rank, winning the world championship, surpassing her teammate Yuna Lee and rival Kyung-soo Hann. A fierce competitor, Song played to win at any cost and gained a well-earned reputation for showing no mercy to her opponents. She and Yuna became close friends while on the gaming circuit. At home, however, not all was well, as MEKA struggled to maintain its defence against the Gwishin omnics that repeatedly attacked the nation. As the omnics continued to adapt, they eventually disrupted MEKA's drone-control networks, forcing the military to place pilots in the mechs. Scrambling to find suitable candidates, the government turned to the country's professional gamers, who possessed the necessary reflexes and instincts to operate the mechs' advanced weapons systems, in addition to standouts from other fields that required similar talents. Top stars were drafted, including the 19 year old Song, along with Lee and Kyung-soo. She saw the new mission as a game and an evolution of her own career.