Asni Clipper

Asni Clipper was a Phobian enlisted member of the Terran Royal Marines. Despite his easily-frightened disposition, Asni enlisted in the Marines after the passing of his father to help support his mother and five younger siblings, and narrowly graduated basic. He was stationed in a simple fort on a backwater colonial world, a posting which suited him fine, until he was recruited for a special mission by the legendary Major Kate Phillips and thrust into a galaxy fraught with perils far beyond what Clipper ever thought he could handle.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
===Enlistment===
==Personality and Traits==
Unlike most other sentient species in the galaxy, who develop intelligence through their role as carnivores, Phobians evolved from a prey species on their predator-filled jungle homeworld of Phobos. Their ancestors survived through extreme caution to escape the savage animals and carnivorous plants present at every turn, and it has left its mark on Phobian psychology. Clipper is no exception. Consistently cowardly and positively paranoid, Clipper is far from the ideal of a Terran Marine, and would like nothing more than to go back to his mother and siblings at home. He has, however, exhibited a few more noble traits. While he couldn't be called brave in any capacity, his enlistment in the military was an act of extraordinary self-sacrifice in order to support his family, and he has on several occasions been willing to put his life at risk to aid his fellow Marines.
Phobian evolution has affected their species just as much physically as mentally. Clipper's limbs are long and lanky, and while he has inherited the incredible dexterity necessary for taking to the treetops to escape earthbound predators, his bones are thin and fragile, and extremely vulnerable to breaking. Additionally, Clipper is famous for his lack of coordination on the ground, though amid the riggings of a ship's masts, he may be of more use. Like all Phobians, he possesses amphibian-green skin to blend into foliage and pointed elfin ears which are constantly on high alert, and long, limp black hair that has escaped regulation length, mostly tied back to keep out of his eyes.
==Notes==
*A bazillion thanks to Ell for the wonderful artwork.
*Perhaps following in the steps of Gavin Dunn and Torsun Raff, Clipper is an incompetent comic relief character whom I would love to see turn into a badass one day. Perhaps Major Phillips instructs him in the use of the Boarding Action Grappler Harness, and thanks to her expertise and a Phobian's natural dexterity, he excels. Additionally, he finally figures out how to use his laser musket, and in close quarters combat wields it as the staff of a martial artist.
*Alternatively, or perhaps later down the same line, I could totally see him getting stranded on some feral planet, and going completely off the deep end. When someone finally comes looking for him, he's become a completely crazy survivalist type.
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