Sebastian

**Sebastian "Bash" Ilahaj** is the engineer of the mercenary starship Andromeda Six and one of the seven potential love interests for the traveler to pursue in *Andromeda Six*.

## Official Bio

Teranium, a junker planet known for three things: illicit substances, robotics, and arenas. Growing up on the streets of it’s capital city, Nos Vega, was rough. Alone and desperate, Bash found himself pulled into the violence of the arenas.

The spectacle of arena fights drew in thousands, and if you were fierce enough to survive the brutality of the matches, one could make a decent living.

Bash was good… but he knew he could be better. He walked a dangerous road, one that left both body and mind shattered, broken. Bodies can be fixed in a world where robotics and bionics are prevalent. But the mind is a difficult thing to put back together.

As Engineer of the Andromeda Six, Bash is as handy with a screwdriver as he is with his fists. If he’s not doing repairs on the ship, you’ll find him building his beloved Mechs; the kind of robots that dominate the elite, high-tier arena matches on Teranium.

But something in his past continues to plague him… an addiction he’s never quite overcome. Will you be the one to break him from his past and rebuild his future, or will you let him succumb to the darkness of his own mind?

## Appearance

Bash is tall, wiry, has short dark brown hair in twists, and has brown skin. His right eye is a natural green and his left is a glowing mechanical yellow.

His left arm is bionic and is comprised of a network of gray and black metal plates and connectors with orange lighting. It is partially held together by oil-stained bandages, and there have obviously been hasty repair jobs to parts of it.

His right hand has burn scars and calluses on it, courtesy of his engineering occupation.

He has three large tattoos and a fourth smaller one, all of which are a luminescent blue-green. The first, which is on his right arm and runs from his wrist to his elbow, resembles a circuit board and has three thin lines that encircle his arm at his elbow. The second also resembles a circuit board, albeit more loosely, and wraps around the ball of his right shoulder. The third and largest is a geometric tree that begins at the base of his throat, spans the width of his chest, and has its roots somewhere around his pelvis. The fourth is on the left side of his face around his eye, and also loosely resembles the lines of a circuit board.

He is always seen carrying a wrench.

## Personality

Bash is a bubbly man of many talents. Easy to get along with, he doesn’t sweat the small stuff and tends to speak his mind freely. He’s passionate about engineering and mechanics, proud of the bionics he possesses. Bash has a slight tendency to act before he thinks which he’s usually self-aware about, often catching himself before acting on impulses. He also has a mischievous streak, prone to gentle teasing and using comical exaggerations, though he’s not as impetuous or mischievous as Ayame. Despite being open about his thoughts and emotions, he’s surprisingly guarded about his past..

## Trivia

* Bash is the best cook on the Andromeda 6 after Damon.
* Bash’s playful notes and doodles can be seen posted around the Bridge.