Moonlight

**Moonlight the Quiet Switcher Tug** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse's TUGS spinoff series. He worked for the Salvage Fleet as their seventh member, before being sold to Captain Star and is currently the eleventh member of the Star Fleet. In the TUGS Survival AU, Moonlight is the ninth member of the Star Fleet.

## Backstory

Moonlight is one of the tugs who work for the Bigg City Salvage Company. He worked alongside his sister, Sunshine, who was often loaned to the team before she was sold to Captain Star. (Details regarding Earthquake, Kidnapped and Saving Bigg City to be added)

## Relationships

### Sunshine

Sunshine and Moonlight get along really well, despite being polar opposites. Moonlight often frets for his sister's safety as when shown when Sunshine's owner was dying from cancer and when Corona, Nightshade, Oleander and Foxglove kidnapped. He will also comfort Sunshine when she's really upset such as when Sunshine was betrayed by Corona and when Billy Shoepack was killed. In fact, the reason Moonlight decided to join the Star Fleet after the Second World War was because poor Sunshine was rattled by everything that happened and he felt he needed to comfort her.

### Ten Cents

When Sunshine was kidnapped by Corona, Nightshade, Oleander and Foxglove, Ten Cents and Moonlight formed a pair. They found her in the old shed near the dock of O.J.'s old fleet and quickly got her back to the Star Dock.

### Corona

Moonlight used to be friends with Corona until she tried to murder his sister Sunshine.

## Romance

### Sally Seaplane

Moonlight is shown to have a crush on Sally Seaplane. Unfortunately, before he could confess his feelings to her, Sally was bombed from the sky and was destroyed. Poor Moonlight was heartbroken.

In the TUGS Survival AU, Sally thankfully only got partly damaged. After she was repaired, Moonlight confessed his feelings, which Sally happily reciprocated.

## Personality

Moonlight is quiet, thoughtful and introverted. He often responses to observations or comments from his fellow tugboats with "mmm-hmm". Moonlight only really speaks if he feels he needs too. Deep down, he is a good and valuable friend.

He also cares deeply for his sister Sunshine as he was worried when she was kidnapped by Nightshade, Oleander and Foxglove so they and Corona could kill her. After Sunshine broke down crying from the day's events, Moonlight comforted her. It was this reason for him later joining the Star Fleet.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Moonlight is based on the Governor Irwin, a fireboat which operated in San Francisco, California from 1878 to 1909. She was steam powered. She participated in the recovery after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. She was owned by the State of California, she could only pump a modest 1000 gallons per minute.

Sunshine shares this basis.

### Livery

Moonlight wears the Salvage Fleet's white livery and wears a cap like his sister, albeit in blue.

In Aftermath, Moonlight gets repainted into the Star tugs yellow, red, blue and white cooperate livery and wears the number 11. In the *TUGS Survival AU*, he has the number 9.

## Trivia

* Moonlight is a nod to Sunshine being male in the original *TUGS* series.
	+ Because of this, the preferred voice actor for Moonlight is Shaun Prendergast, who voiced Sunshine.
	+ Had Sunshine not been genderflipped, Moonlight would have been Sunshine's sister instead.
* Moonlight's worst fear is losing Sunshine, which almost happened when she was kidnapped, and when her owner, Mr. Mitton, had cancer and there was nothing he could do about it.