Meredith Firth

**Meredith Firth**, nicknamed **Meri** by some, was a female Symmerian privateer who served the Cassiopeian Republic as a participant in the expedition to the planet Heilyne. Firth helped found the Stilltide settlement on behalf of the Republic, alongside fellow settlers Hui Ying Yorod, Feng Eastsun, and Ruan Darach. As a founder, Firth was posthumously declared one of the four Mothers of Stilltide.

## Biography

### Early Life and Career

In 4850 ASA, Meredith Firth was born on the planet Xellura, a city world in the Metropolis Sector recognized as one of the biggest manufacturing hubs for spaceships. Firth grew up in poverty and lived in the slums of Xellura with her mother and twin brother. She frequently got into fights with other kids on the streets of the neighborhood. By the time she was a teenager, Firth knew for certain she wanted to lift her family out of poverty. Even during her years of schooling, Firth worked a job at a local shipyard and managed to make enough money to keep her family afloat. During her time as a shipyard worker, Firth accumulated knowledge on starship piloting and general maintenance.

As an adult, Meredith Firth decided to become a privateer and managed to acquired her own starship. With every job she took while traveling around the Cassiopeia Galaxy, Firth would always send a considerable amount of her earnings to her family back home. Firth's efforts were enough for her family to eventually be able to relocate and achieve a higher quality of life.

### A New Life on Heilyne

In 4894 ASA, by the time she was in her early-to-mid 40s, Meredith Firth was made aware about a proposed colonization project on the planet Heilyne in the Ice Quartz Sector. In hopes of starting a new, fresh adventure in life, Firth volunteered to participate in an expedition to the planet Heilyne as part of a proposed colonization project.

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## Personality and Traits

Meredith Firth was a Symmerian woman with yellow-colored skin, black hair, and black-colored eyes with orange pupils and scleras. She often styled her hair into a long braid.

Many regarded Firth as a generally faithful, considerate individual with a love for seeing new places and helping others. Her thought process was very logical, as connecting cause-and-effect and predicting the consequences of certain actions came rather easily to her. Her rational and practical thinking and problem solving skills made her a valuable member of any team. Firth was typically open to new ideas, new experiences, and new forms of collaborations with others. She had a good sense of diligence and efficiency.

As someone who grew up in poverty, Firth always preferred having a certain standard of living, so as to prevent herself from ever falling on hard times again.

## Skills and Abilities

As a privateer, Meredith Firth was considerably skilled in self-defense, though she primarily preferred melee combat. She had knowledge on piloting and maintaining starships. Other skills of hers included tinkering, cooking, and most things that required a degree of physical labor. She was an expert at socializing with others and getting any information she needed.

## Trivia

* Meredith is based off of a randomly generated colonist character from the sandbox video game *RimWorld*.