Stella - Vice President

> *“You don’t wanna know what happens if you don’t smile” - Stella*
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## Backstory

As a child, Stella was violent. She frequently got into fights with her classmates, and was known to also butt heads with the teachers. Her father, an influential politician and a hero of the Third Airline Wars. Stella was never into her father's field of alliances and empty promises, instead finding solace with the blade of a knife. When she was only 7, her father had begun training her into a field operative. She learned sabotage, stealth infiltration, and unarmed close-quarters combat. To her, a dagger would never turn on its wielder, or share secrets to her enemies. Indeed, there was no place for friends in her life. For years, Stella would travel with her father abroad, always changing schools to accommodate his various campaigns for a "truly revolutionary airline". But Stella didn't care. Planes were nothing but machines made to bring people from one place to another. There was no future for her among those.

Around the time she turned 16, Stella and her father moved to the Swiss Confederacy, where her father was meeting with important delegates from some "Heaven Airlines". While at a meeting, Stella met a young Hanna and Lily, who were accompanying their grandfather, the CEO of Heaven Airlines. Stella was introduced to the siblings by her father. From there the three became close friends.

After Lily's death, Hanna succeeded her grandfather as the CEO of Heaven Airlines and renamed it to Happy Airlines in honor of her late sister. Initially, Hanna had a very successful year, but disagreements between her and Stella's father ultimately led to him leaving the company to form the First Class, a non-violent organization that protests what they call the "unconventional and destabilizing threat of the Happy Airlines objective". But Hanna was the only person in Stella's life who she could call her friend. She knew the effects of Lily's death on Hanna, and sought to stay by her side and help. After an argument with her father, Stella ultimately decided to stay with Happy Airlines, permanently straining their relationship. That was the last time Stella ever saw her father since then.

Following the incident, Stella was given her father's former position of Vice President, and set out to enact many reforms as well as recruit numerous talented and somewhat questionable individuals.

## Current Day

As Vice President of Happy Airlines, Stella is directly in charge of several things. Her most important task is managing the power and responsibilities of the Secretary and Treasurer, both of which report directly to her. She also serves as a representative for Hanna at all Board meetings, when Hanna isn't available. While largely uninterested in her duties relating to the board, often preferring to delegate the task to the secretary, she will often use her authority to freeze Board decisions, the legitimacy of which often comes into question, but no one argues with a Vice President that can legally be considered armed and dangerous while holding a pamphlet.

Contrary to popular belief among employees, Stella does not have total control over all departments, most notably the Sleep Police Division, which reports directly to the Board. However, the VP's approval is required for all domestic operations that directly involve employees of Happy Airlines.