Le Chevalier liked my idea for an ACE AND QUEENIE story dealing with modern-day Piracy......so,thanks to his inspiring me,here's Nastia! She's Russian by birth...her areas of operation include the African coast,the Caribbean,the Mediterranean,and the south Pacific....her weapons of choice are a Russian AK-47 and a British Ghurka Kukri knife....btw,"Nastia" is an actual Russian Woman's name,not a pun on "Nasty" (although she is that,in spades!)....^~