User:Nik Toktiv

=Nik=
 * Age: 22 years
 * Height: 5' 3"
 * Build: Slim
 * Fur: Red/Rust
 * Occupation: Pilot for Yoo/Toktiv Cargo Transport


 * Most often seen in a weathered flight jacket and battered jeans, Nik is a lighthearted, carefree Skyrate. Running cargo with his business partner Jin Yoo, the squirrel ranges all over Skytopia, making deliveries, pickups, and more... discreet trading runs as well.

=Aircraft - Tier 0=
 * Nik originally flew a CR-4P called the Delta Vee, presented to him upon his graduation from the Flight School. Logging less than 50 hours of flight time in it, he managed to get just enough cash to trade in the aging airplane for something a little more agile, spacious, and reliable.

=Aircraft - Tier 1=
 * Keeping the Delta Vee name, Nik's second craft was a thirdhand Mastiff that had seen more jury-rigged repairs than anything that flies had a right to. Spending a few days fixing it up, he eventually took to the air again and was able to turn a tidy little profit running cargo in the core skylands and shooting down the occassional pirate. Somehow, he managed to get the money together to upgrade rather quickly and purchased another aircraft, some of the cash coming from an acquantaince of his named Jin Yoo, who became his trading partner.

=Aircraft - Tier 2=
 * Nik's third airplane - a Seahawk - spent several weeks in the hangar before getting the wind under its wings again. Declining the services of a mechanic, he threw himself into getting the airplane ready to fly - despite the fact that there was very little wrong with it. When he was done with it, the craft's small cargo area had been enlarged, the control surfaces had been redone to be more responsive, and the craft also had multiple concealed storage compartments added in. Unfortunately, these were spotted by a sharp-eyed official on Gonk, though they were empty at the time. Able to explain away the presence of the extra space by the vehicle's several previous owners, Nik was nonetheless told to either get rid of the obvious smuggling holds, or the airplane itself. Radioing back to his partner, the pair decided to sell the Seahawk rather than risk increased scrutiny from the authorities.

=Aircraft - Tier 3=
 * Purchasing a used Requin, Nik renamed it the Sirocco and embarked on another lengthy round of modifications. Modifying the engines for better range, the wings for better maneuverability, the cargo hold for more space, and the craft's nooks and crannies to add more concealed storage was a bit too much for one squirrel, and he had to ask for some help. Calling in on a mechanic, Nik began to make what he felt would be the perfect smuggling craft - fast, innocuous, and spacious.

=Aircraft - Tier 4=
 * His business taking him all over the Skylands, more and more frequently Nik came under fire from pirate attacks. The Requin wasn't quite fast enough to escape all of his pursuers before taking heavy damage, and didn't have enough firepower to defend itself adequately, once it was outside the Core. Fortunately business was good, and Jin found an excellent deal on a barely-used Hades. Renaming it the Mistral, Nik has only just started to tinker with it, determined to remake the airplane into the best craft he can produce.