Skye

Skye is a synthetic spaceship pilot, interstellar drifter, former bounty
 hunter, and unashamed pervert.  A former human, his body has been
replaced bit by bit until the only remaining organic parts are some
stray cells and bacteria that he just doesn't have the heart to purge.
 Technically that would make him a mezzode, but he just prefers synth.
 His ship is the Disaster's Embrace, a heavily modified light cruiser
reworked into an armed and armored cargo barge.  He makes his living
traveling and trading goods too dangerous for anyone else to handle.

## Appearance

Skye's a pretty small synth, in fact he's a relatively small humanoid
with a rather slight build overall.  His innards add a bit more weight
than one would expect, and he's a fair bit stronger than his appearance
suggests as well.  Compared to an average synth however, he falls a bit
short in the strength department.  His typical outfit is a set of black
combat boots, blue jeans, and a brown pre-space Sol-style bomber jacket
over a plain shirt.  The jacket has some patches on it from different
places he's been around the galaxy, and he even has a set of aviator
sunglasses to complete the look.  He keeps a sidearm on him most of the
time, nothing heavy duty but just a simple laser pistol for personal
defense.  His hair is bright red and somewhat messy, in a way that
almost has to be artificial as it's almost perfectly messy.  Cherry red
too, with a pumpkin orange stripe.  It contrasts shockingly with his
somewhat antiquated choice of clothes.

One of his few interesting programs allows him to switch his appearance
between a preset male and female look.  He can't shapechange in the
conventional sense, as both looks are preprogrammed.  Once one sees it,
it does make his hairstyle look quite androgynous.  Girl-Skye (who goes by the name Kina) is a
little more slight of stature, thinner in the waist with a small B cup
bust and fuller hips.  Her jacket tends to look a bit oversized when
like this, so she might be found without it, possibly having replaced
her jeans for camo pants.  She has a limited wardrobe, but may be seen in a minidress or other cuter and racier outfits as she expands her options.

## Personality

Skye is an odd one, almost as though he's trying to
juggle too many personality traits at once.  He attempts to be
respectful and polite, but can turn cold and confrontational when backed
 into a corner.  He seems to have a sense of morality, but frequents
strip clubs.  He refuses to smuggle or ship slaves, but he openly admits
 to killing any pirates who engage him on deliveries.  Having been once
fully human, he tends to keep the processing power of his synthetic
brain throttled down unless he needs it, keeping his general awareness
and intellect in the range of an organic human for most social
interactions.  He's the type who doesn't like to think deep because he
fears the thoughts he'll find there.  In a big universe sometimes it's
best to keep things simple, and he seems to be trying to do just that.

His girl side comes with some minor shifts in personality, though
nothing that completely alters him as a being.  She tends to be a little
 more open, a little sillier, a little more playful and a little more
feisty.  One could argue that Kina is Skye with his walls down, but
 to be sure it would probably take a root scan of her brain.  She
doesn't like people knowing she can switch and generally tries to keep
it quiet, but it's a somewhat poorly kept secret if she stays in any one
 place too long.  Eventually she ends up spending just as much time in both body shapes.

## History

Skye was born planetside somewhere in the Milky Way,
under a normal name, to normal organic parents.  But that was a -long-
time ago and the only reason he doesn't discuss it is because the
memories are hazy and uncertain with the passage of so many years.  The
process of synthetic upgrading began in his young adult years and he
took to space soon after, leading one to make an assumption that he was
either from a rich family or came into money early somehow, possibly
through inheritance.  'Skye' was a nickname from some point in his life
which would eventually stick.

He went through a few ships, trading each in for a
better one, but the first ship he bothered to name was the No Good Son, a
 heavy fighter which would gain him a local reputation for bounty
hunting.  Skye never went after anything big, but his upgraded reflexes
allowed for almost paltry collections of bounties on small time pirate
crews and petty thugs.  He may have even privateered for local militias
at some points along the way.  In spite of the steady work, he
eventually purchased his current ship and took up trading, adopting a
"shoot second" policy that would become his personal code going forward.

Skye has been a trader and delivery pilot for a long
time now, moving goods of high risk and high value.  Disaster's Embrace
is heavily armed, armored, and modified by him to do its job and even
though it's not intergalactic, it can cross the span of the Milky Way in
 about a day.  He's seen a lot of the galaxy and been traveling for a
very long time now, enough so that even he's not quite sure of his exact
 age.  His code is a simple one now, designed to keep him out of trouble
 and (hopefully) keep him honest in his dealings - Don't smuggle, no
slaves, shoot second.  Nothing illegal.  He's come to find out that
being above board actually can make life harder, but he's doing his best
 to stick by it.

Since making RBS a more permanent habitation, Skye has taken to running
cargo in a somewhat official capacity for the Administration Board.
 It's low level work, but it's also reliable and legal.  Having a "home"
 now is somewhat strange after being a drifter for so long, but Skye's
seen his ship as his home for so long now that it really changes little.
  As a girl, she might end up with a job at Deep Six Nine as well,
further establishing herself in this odd little corner of the galaxy.