Seri Trum-Cassthar

Seri (right) with her adoptive father Sarim (left)

Seri Trum-Casstar is a young Terran girl serving as the pilot of the *CS VIkham* on her travels through the galaxy. Despite her youth, she is quite an able pilot; but she is still a young girl at heart, and is energetic, excitable, and most of all curious about the galaxy at large.

## Biography

### Adoption

Seri was born in 2299 to two Terran drifters residing on Chor's Gutters, and when she was two, her parents would perish in a robbery-gone-wrong; luckily, they had befriended a drifter named Sarim Trum-Cassthar, and the Zaydran would adopt the young girl.

### Early Life

From a young age, Sarim raised his new daughter with self-sufficiency in mind; as a former ADF operative, Sarim was well-familiar with the dangers the galaxy had to offer. He instilled her with hope instead of fear, giving her the training she would need to survive, and the knowledge that this training could be used in situations otherwise too dangerous to consider engaging in.

Perhaps due to this training, Seri was a bold, adventurous child - as soon as she was able to leave home on her own, she would find herself getting into all sorts of trouble with local children, but even before that, Sarim seemed to encourage her adventurous side, sometimes partaking in escapades alongside her.

### Pilot Training

As Seri entered her teenage years, however, Galan Dablox tightened her control over Chor's Gutters, and with that, formerly innocent troublemaking proved more dangerous. Sarim restricted his daughter slightly, and to further keep her out of trouble, contacted Mei Zhao; he was aware Mei had a bridge simulator in her possession, and rented time in it to teach his daughter the useful skill of piloting.

Mei agreed, and until she left the Gutters, Seri would be visiting Mei's simulator often, alongside Sarim, to partake in flying lessons on a simulated bridge.

### At-Home Training

When Maius Wiks arrived on Chor's Gutters in 2315, Seri would already be a competent pilot, and would be working with Sarim to restore various facets of their home ship. Although they never planned to fly her, the bridge had been restored, and various bridge simulation technology moved in to allow at-home training without having to pay Mei Zhao for the use of her sim.

### Repairing the Vikham

The two's plans would change rapidly, however, when Don Santiago offered to restore the *Vikham*. Seeing a chance to return to the galaxy at large (or, in Seri's case, visit it in the first place) the two agreed to let the Vikham become flightworthy and accompany Maius, Zavis Halifax, and Kitadel Kluxared off the Gutters.

The next three months of Seri's life were spent with Maius, Zavis, Klux, and a Cader called Shan, bonding as the *Vikham* was being repaired.

Seri became closest with Shan, with whom she shared mutual restlessness and occasional irresponsibility; Shan's in the form of drinking too much. However, she also bonded with Wiks over guns (something she was particularly fascinated by), and Klux over mechanical work - even though Seri's "assistance" with engineering often did little more than annoy the Zumakan. Zavis and Seri, although they were on amicable terms, did not particularly bond during this time.

## Appearance

Short (by Terran adult standards), somewhat athletic, and boasting a b-cup bust, Seri is, at core of appearance, an average Terran teenage girl. What makes her stand out is her beautiful red hair, which, try as she might, she can never quite get to fall perfectly into place. She's also known to use makeup when possible, both to be more attractive to any cute teenage boys, and for her own self esteem.

## Personality

Despite growing up in Chor's Gutters, and with a former ADF operative as an adoptive father, Seri is still very much a young girl at heart. She's naïve, inexperienced in most matters, but easily excitable and eager to learn as much as possible to off-put her lack of knowledge.