User:Gothelittle

Character Description
Hi there. I'm Editha! I look pretty serious in my picture, but that's because I've got a pretty serious job to do.

You'll know which one is me. I'm the squirrel who isn't chattering as much as the rest. I try to dress comfortably for my piloting, but I like to look classy when I can.

Character Background
I've got a lot to live up to. My parents are both retired now. My mother was a Skyrate trader, my father an unabashed combat pirate. They told me they met when he tried to attack her and got more than he'd bargained for. I have a lot of older brothers and sisters, and they're all very successful and industrious little squirrels.

If I was the oldest, I'd get special attention just for doing everything first. If I was the youngest, I'd be spoiled rotten. I'm second to youngest, so I grew up being picked on by the older ones and trying to help take care of the younger! My mother was pretty sick after having her, so I was practically my own little sister's mother for a little while. Anyways, I've always kind of felt a bit 'on my own', but I don't mind. My family does care about me very much.

Still, I'd like to be kind of independent, to know I'm not mooching off of anybody. I've always like the idea of flying. Long stretches of nothing to do but relax and think, followed by short bouts of adrenaline-boosting combat and trading, trading, trading. I like the satisfaction of bringing a much-needed good to a needy Skyland.

I finally decided to be a trader. Why? Well, I like combat, and I do combat. But what determines my route is where I can make a good trade. Any combats I do just happen along the way. And I can't see the good of trying to get anywhere for no other reason than to just go there. If I can zig-zag to my destination and make a profit along the way, why not? I'm in no hurry.

Journal

 * I'm very happy here as a trader. I've gone from a cr4p to a Phantom. I know that's a combat plane, but it's got a decent cargo, and I like being able to shoot down anything that comes after me. The skies aren't all that safe anymore.


 * Hooray! I went from a Phantom to a Seahawk! This is very exciting. I'm making some good money now, mostly trading, but I go hunt sometimes if I really feel like it.


 * I hired my first crewmember, a mechanic.


 * Time to move on up! I absolutely love the Lancaster. It's strong, it's got a good cargo hold, and... ok, I admit it, I got it for the big shiny windowed dome in the front. What can I say? When all is said and done, I AM a squirrel.


 * Crash! I couldn't believe it! I got shot down by pirates! I came down on fire like a shooting star, made a rough landing near the Rotor and Prop, destroying the plane, and blowing the fuel tank in the process. It rained fish, I am not kidding. I wasn't badly hurt, but I caught an infection and was very sick for a while. Now I'm just angry. I want to get those pirates, to get them back for shooting me down. And I will, oh yes.


 * Aleksei has been simply wonderful. He got me through the infection, he handled the integration of my navigator into the crew, and he found me a new ship. Instead of setting up the Lancaster, he took over the finances and saw fit to set me up with a nicely-built Hades! He seemed a little wistful as he told me that if I was going to hunt pirates, I was going to have a plane that could do the job.

Character Personality
I know, I know, squirrels are chatty. That's just how they are. I'm kind of chatty too, but other squirrels tend to say that I'm very quiet. I was always kind of wanting to sneak off and wander about by myself when I was little, so that I had some room to think. There was almost always a quiet spot somewhere in the parks and such.

I guess that's a big reason why I picked piloting. I can get up into the sky with nothing but a bunch of clouds about and just contemplate existence all I'd like. Maybe I'll write a book on it someday.

Ship Bio
AB HOC POSSUM VIDERE DOMUM TUUM



It's an excellent plane! Maneuvers well in combat. My trading hold is bigger than ever before. It's comfortable in there, too. Good for the longer flights it can do.

Yeah, I bought it because of the big shiny glass globey viewspot in front. What do you expect? When all is said and done, I'm still a squirrel.

Previous ships:


 * Biter (Orcrist) - Hades
 * Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum
 * Breaded Wings - Seahawk
 * Deaf Leperd - Phantom
 * Bucket of Bolts - CR-4P

Crew
Mechanic: Aleksei Borisov

I'll put a picture up when I've got a good one. He's a little camera shy. He's a Chevron Cat, but he's not gold like the pictures here. He's kind of a chocolate brown.

We got off to a kind of funny start, because I thought he was female and referred to him that way for the first about a week or so. I was so embarrassed! But he's a bit of a philosopher, older and more experienced than me, and didn't mind what I called him. He's also quiet. We could go a full day without actually speaking to each other, but when I'm headed into combat, he's always got the shielding back up for me!

I asked him once why he stuck with me when there are so many more sophisticated places to work than for a young, inexperienced squirrel trying to do a good job. He told me it's because I don't talk much during flights, which is true. I like to take the time to think. I guess he does too.

Navigator: Min Gil

Min has assured me that she is in fact female. She's also a Chevron Cat, a pretty golden one. She seems to be a quiet thinker, like Aleksei. I wonder if they'll end up dating? Maybe not. They don't seem to share many interests, and she keeps to herself.