Eyes

> "*If it's between us and them, I'm going with us every time.*"
> ― Eyes
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**Eyes** is a vect gunslinger, and captain of the Privateer-class "Element" ship.

## Personality

Eyes has simple needs and many interests, taking in all of the universe in as many ways as he can. Stern and cautious, Eyes keeps strangers at arm's length, but demonstrates his undying loyalty to those he deems worthy of it. In addition to his calm demeanor, Eyes supplements his charisma by way of ensuring his presentation is always known by those he interacts with.

As a young vect, Eyes is a man of many words but few experiences. Forced to prove he deserves a shot at life, he works hard for what he desires and is a very hands-on person. Though he may have had his start from organized crime, he has a code of honor that he abides by, and is not needlessly cruel.

### Playlist Link

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZps00hxRrZm6ktg2QxKMxeez68qOz8zN

## Lore

### What You All Know

Eyes was found and retrieved from the outskirts of the Kiron city Yangtze, by a small local gang. He remained with them for a number of years before traveling alone as a mercenary. After providing protective services for Ohm on Kiron's moon station for 8 aught-months, he agreed to to work together with Set and Tsara, as well as agreeing to serve as the group's captain. With understanding in drug-trafficking, arms-running, and extortion, Eyes possesses much-needed street knowledge that might otherwise be missing from his crew of apparent intellectuals.

### Actual Backstory

Having initiated his first cold boot sequence on Kiron, Eyes was born a naturalized Kironian. His initial weeks of consciousness were typical of newly-booted vect: cold, confused, and cred-less in the cosmos. Though he looked quite unconventional for a vect, it was when he was approached by a gang of pseudo-vigilantes that he began to form his identity. Through this hybrid urban-western group called the Watchers, Eyes started his earliest days of work not stocking shelves of a corner store, but running in a kill house learning how to quickly and efficiently shoot to kill.

The gang taught him the importance of putting his all into his work, and pursuing that which he thinks is important. Most important of all, they insisted that he not go it alone in the 'Verse, even more so because Vect were especially susceptible to the effects of traveling alone. Despite the warning, he was hypnotized by the vastness the universe, and left the gang to try his hand at mercenary work on Kiron's moon. Unfortunately his advice was never better remembered some months after he left, than when he was jumped by bandits who thought he was poaching work. Ohm, an amoeboid he had met in passing only days before, saw this and ambushed the bandits, rescuing Eyes in the process and beginning a powerful friendship.

## Notable Equipment

### Non-Magical Equipment

#### Bandit Hat

A wide-brimmed, smooth leather hat, with a telescope gambler crease. Though slightly worn, it maintains a rich brown color.

#### Earrings

A pair of red feng shui string charms, each with singular, small wooden beads atop the hanging twine.

## Relationships

#### Ohm

*"Pilot, scientist, good friend--the list goes on. Normally I'm not one to group up with the meebs, but Ohm's alright in my book. Met her when she saved my sorry baseplate back on Kiron's moon station; I'd probably be scrap metal otherwise. I wanted to pay the favor back by playing bodyguard for her personal anthropology mission. Fast forward some aught-years and now we're real spacers together. Her brand of strange is real particular, but you could say it's grown on me some as the days went by."*

#### Tsara'Kii-Vo

*"The chief engineer of the ship. Couldn't meet a brighter weirdo, and I mean bright in both the smarts and visual sense: Tsara is an assault on the ocular sensors with those neon scales of his. I'm not gonna try'n pretend I understand anything about what he does, but he keeps the ship lights running and he sets his sights on bad guys. I've got some choice words about his little pet-project AI 'Flo' he's got going on though. Helpful or not, I wish he'd stop callin' her a person; last I checked, she's not a vect, and he definitely ain't a foundry."*

#### Set

*"Some kind of Avia-Ra Sun God reject. Guess that makes him a heretic, even if he still follows the beliefs. Glad he doesn't try to go'n push it on us like a zealot. Min Chen'd describe him as the strong, silent type, but he knows when and how to be wordy. Matter of fact, it's starting to feel like I'm the only average Joe here when it comes to hittin' the books. Not privy to that sword of his, but I'm a fan of the suit."*

#### Andric Merze Aidriss

*"A recent surprise addition to our crew of misfits, after our little stint with that space squid. He still hasn't fessed up to how he ended up like that. Maybe it's something he'll spill when we're sitting at a campfire. Far as I can tell he's a living, breathing representation of other drow, which makes me downright nervous if they're all like that. Still not quite sure I like him, but at least I know I can count on him in a gunfight. Everything else is secondary as long as he doesn't break my trust."*