User:Kesina

Biography
Born Maria Kesina Sarah Snowpaw to wealthy parents on Arcadia, she showed a knack for getting into and out of trouble at a young age. Sent to one of the most expensive and secure boarding schools when she hit puberty, she rebelled against the system and the nuns she saw as her captors and torturers. After laying low for a few years and planning her escape, secretly learning how to fly from the on-site pilots who saw her knack for mechanics and piloting, she broke free.

Maria hijacked a CR-4P bringing a supply of lemons to the facility and took off, opening the cargo bays as the nuns ran beneath her, shouting "Here's your damn lemonade, loves!" over the radio as she sped away, heading for the Flight School and her future.

She signed up using the name Kesina and an old translation of her last name she found in the genealogy records. After graduation, Kesina traded in her CR-4P for something with a bit more room and has been running cargo for a living since.

In 221, well-known Independent fighter Che'samo Sak took Kesina under his wing after nearly watching her die in a five-plane Pirate ambush. The two had been close friends during Flight School, and nearly watching her die made him swear never to let it happen again.

Personality and Mannerisms
Kesina is bright, charming, happy, and fun-loving. Until you fill her full of whisky. Then you have a terror on your hands. She's never found without her ever-present flight goggles, jumpsuit, or "lucky" jacket.

Her mannerisms and accent betray her Arcadian upbringing. Her penchant for lager and tea do nothing to help that either. She doesn't know if her family is looking for her, nor does she care. She's happy doing what she does: flying.

Crew
Hei Moon, a black lynx from New Hovlund, has come into her own as navigator for Kesina, continually piloting faster and faster routes between skylands and making the flights as safe as possible for plane, crew, and cargo alike.

Kesina recently hired Elena Ivanov, a deer out of Isla di Pisa, to help with the trading of the myriad cargoes she runs between skylands. Elena is experienced in the workings of the economy, having served under three different captains before joining on with Kesina.

Craft
Finding her Mkii Kismet lacked the range to be a good enough trader, she scraped together the funds after a few runs and upgraded into a Phantom she's dubbed Fighting Chance simply because of her knack for getting into more trouble that she expects, even with a decent navigator.

Her former craft, the long-suffering KittyHawk Serendipity, has seen more than its fair share of strife since coming into Kesina's possession. Its hull is now more patches and duct tape than metal, the port hydraulics need constant maintenance, and the engine is making a mysterious ticking sound whenever the afterburners kick in. The mole she sold it too said he could do something with it. Kes expects to see a line of Kittyhawk-hull sieves soon.