Pandora?

She's definitely a pretty resistant Hacker - NWI, Zero Pain, the Dodge -6 for dealing with physical threats... I guess she'sactually one of the tougher hackers in the Bahram.

Then on the other hand, she is not really a gunfighter (she can maybe hold her own in active turn over point blank distance). Or melee fighter.
I'm not sure I'd find a role for her.

 

My Barid HD tends to hide in the back while the KHD moves up to throw pitchers. So I'm not too excited about paying 7-9 points to upgrade the HD who stays in the backline anyway.

 

Hmm. The entire Hacker credits list for Bahram:

• Ghulam. Cheap (16/ 0,5), bare-bones Hacker. Not that there's anything bad about it. Linkable.
• Govad. Realtively expensive (26 / 0,5, or 24 for KHD), but with better all-around stats, inc. BTS of -3. Linkable. Veteran, which makes him immune to Isolation.
• Ragik. Most expensive (32 / 0,5) of the Bahram hackers. Really decent all-around combatant. Dogged, meaning he'll likely die trying to achieive the goal - but sometimes it is the matter of do or don't. Combat Jumper, making him the most useful problem-solver IMO. Non-Linkable.
• Kameel. Cheap (15 / 0,5), but its EVO Hacking Device is incomparable to other HDs. Generaly niche, though in some missions of ITS 14 provides an extra Order (which is IMO totally worth having on its own, if you have slots available). Non-Linkable.
• Barid. Cheap (15/0 for a KHD and 17/0,5 - 17/1 for a HD Lt) and competent. Decent gunfighter, provides his own Pitchers, has a modicum of BTS (3). Semi-Linkable (as a part of a mixed Ghulam Fireteam).
• Leila Sharif. Inexpensive (20/0) but KHD only. Has BTS of 3. Competent gunfighter - in fact, I include her in my list primarily as a marksman, then sepcialist (and almost never to actually hack things). Linkable with Ghulam and Bahram teams.
• Pandora. Relatively expensive (24-26 / 0,5 - on par with Govad). Very resilient: NWI, Zero Pain and BTS 3, plus a rare Dodge -6 skill. Has Pitchers. Potentially useful as a backup medic (Medkit +1B), although she can't use it to achieve objectives. Decent shot, but armed with close-in weapons only, so she is not a gunfighter. Non-Linkable.

All in all, if you need a Hacker that'll stand in the back and maybe heal someone with the Medkit once in a while, that's the shape of a hole Pandora does seem to fill perfectly. I see no point behind her Flashpulse +1B, as Flashpulse for me is primarily a long-ranged ARO and deterrent. If I'm forced to use Flashpulse in Active Turn, it means something went horribly wrong. Her NWI is not paired with a Shock immunity, so her increased survivability seems kinda limited.

I can imagine a Bahram list in which I have my Fireteam full, and 24+ points still free, and one spare in a Combat Group to fill, but I'd need to be hard-pressed for a Hacker to shove her into that slot. More often I'd take, say, a Shihab REM myself...