Berkut

The history of Berkut begins in ancient times. He was born in the 60s in the USSR into a family of Soviet scientists. his mother was a geologist and his father a computer specialist. But his childhood was not happy. The parents were obsessed with the idea of ​​​​creating a Soviet superman and did not limit themselves to raising the child. The father made his son his own innovative project and, from childhood, implanted various electronic devices into the boy, accustoming his body to prostheses. The child was also raised in excessive severity: he was not allowed to have friends, play and was forced to constantly study in order to become smarter than all the children of his age. Initially, Berkut's name was not that. His real name is Seraphim Mikhailovich. Afterwards, he took the pseudonym "Berkut", as if renouncing his human nature. The Berkut's mother was in moral slavery to her husband and did not protect the child from cruel experiments. Moreover, she did not leave her abusive husband and when the child was injured, instead of helping him or escaping with the child from the father’s violence, she lied to little Seraphim that his pain was not the result of experiments, but some kind of random illness. She said when Seraphim woke up without remembering the event that happened: “You fell, that’s why it hurts so much” or any other lie. Seraphim's father did not encourage his desire to play and did not allow him to communicate with himself without permission and punished him if his son did not spend all his time studying but played. But Seraphim had a secret - he made himself toy men out of paper and played with them when no one was looking. He built them a military base from books. And then he hid it when his parents could see this yoke. When Seraphim's father died under unclear circumstances, Seraphim was already an adult and feigned tears at the funeral. Although everyone knew that he was afraid and hated his father. But he did not run away from his father in order to get a prestigious job through his father’s social connections. After this, Seraphim replaced his father at the Scientific Research Institute and became the chief aircraft design engineer. He was respected for his knowledge and genius. But Seraphim’s character was terrible. He was rude, moody, and disrespectful to employees. However, his employees respected him for his intelligence. Seraphim grew up as an ascetic: he did not like luxury, although he could build it for himself and devoted all his time to science. His little joys were invisible to others. Seraphim loved to look at lilacs in parks and gardens while walking near his place of work. And he loved to eat pies from the canteen at work. At such moments, alone with himself, he felt happy. Seraphim’s most important dream at this time was his project. He named it "Mechastat". In those days in the USSR, and throughout the world, the cult of the superman turned into the desire of all people to create a cybernetic body for themselves or to transfer their minds to some type of technology. Literally, children wrote in their school essays, “When I grow up, I want to be an airplane.” Seraphim was no exception. His body was deformed and ravaged by the experiments his father carried out on him. He grew up thin and tall, with an uneven skull due to implants. Seraphim had poor vision and wore glasses. His limbs: his arms and legs were too thin and long, and his ribs and spine protruded from under his skin. That's why he tried to wear baggy clothes, sweaters and a work coat. Therefore, Seraphim dreamed of making himself the most powerful and beautiful plane, and from it a magnificent ideal cyborg body.The political situation was changing and now there was a “Thaw” in the USSR. Citizens of the Soviet Union were given the opportunity to communicate and work with foreign companies. Then Seraphim began looking for a sponsor and partner for his project. It was multimillionaire Mortimer Grumman. Also a fan of technology and aviation. And now together they began to work on the Mehastat project. They wanted to cre