Thread: Battlestar Valhalla : Character Profiles

RE Battlestar Galactica Valhalla Character Profiles img423x657 Name Drew Kelder AliasesCallsign Trip Rank Lieutenant Planet Aquarius Gender Male Sexuality Straight Marital Status Single Age 30 Hair Dark brown Eyes Deep dark green Height 5'8 1.78m WeightBody StructurePhysical Faults While he keeps his body thin but toned his back and left arm are scared with lattice of electrical burns that his sustained at an young age. The burns caused some nerve damage that occasionally will cause phantom pain. BeliefsReligion He believes in the Lords of Kobol particularly Hermes the god of his home planet. He does not believe that no one should devote all of their lives work to studying the gods but is a waist as they do not provide any service to the people of the colonies. Turn Ons What gets your character off? Turn Offs What sours your character's mood? Talents -Practical knowledge of basic Hydroponics -Natural pilot -Proficiency with the programming of Colonial military on board systems, this started as a basic interest with understanding the flight systems of Viper and Raptor class ships but grew until he was learning various systems on colonial fleet ships. Flaws -To curious, once he gets interested in something he keeps digging until he has satisfied the urge to learn or he has been ordered or disciplined enough to get him to stop. -Will seem to ignore others when he is deep inside a book or focused on a terminal or if he is pushing himself as he exercising and it can take a few calls of his name or a physical touch. The only time this does not happen is when he is in the pilot seat. Temperament -Willing follow orders almost to a fault as long as he sees it as up holding the law. -Very loyal to his friends but more than willing to dish out some revenge to those who cross him. Background Drew was the child of hydroponic farmers on Aquarius where he learned the family business. He did fairly well in school growing up but it was not until he accompanied his parents on a shuttle as they went into orbit to trade with a merchant ship. For the next eight years he pushed himself to excel in school and as soon as he turned eighteen he applied to the fleet where he got into flight school. After graduating in the top tenth percentile of his class he spent nine years on Uned. He spent his first year as a Raptor pilot before being promoted to Captain and given a Viper of his own. Everything went perfectly for years with him earning the respect of his fellow pilots but also made a few enemies within the crew including pilots and officers. His transfer to the Valhalla came after he had been hunting down smugglers and was ordered to disable their engines but either his shells missed or more likely to engines had been modified so instead of crippling the ship the fuel tanks were ignited destroying the ship. His enemies used this opportunity to take their revenge demoting him to a Lieutenant and sending him to the Valhalla as a Junior ECO which he had a basic knowledge of the duties. For the first few months on the Valhalla he spent most of his time studying the ECO materials and taking every chance he could to get on a raptor. He had hoped he would be able to show that his demotion and transfer had been an act of revenge but after a few months it sank in that he had been sent to the Valhalla to drum him out of the active ranks since the ship would soon be decommissioned. Tattoos The first tattoo of two snakes that look like they were winding around his spine coming in and out of the skin on either side ending with their heads on either side of his spine resting between the spine and shoulder blade. One snake was made of ice and the other is made of molten rock. The snakes wrapped around his spine symbolize the two snakes wrapped up Hermes staff. The Ice and molten rock symbolize the ice that covers most of Aquarius and the two Volcanoes on either end of the landmass that the continent that most of the Aquarius population lives on. The second and third tattoos are wings on the outside of either ankle which also symbolize Hermes and his winged shoes.