Siria (Wolf 359)

> We're on a piece of tin circling a red dwarf which is actually blue now, I don't think anything we do can be classed as normal, Hilbert.
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> Cavill

Brigadier Air Commodore **Siria Cavill-Minkowski** is a member of the Hephaestus crew, acting as the AI engineer, Computers engineer & main engineer for the majority of the show.

## Biography

### Early Life

Cavill was born in Cambridge, England, to her mother and father, although her father was soon imprisoned for nearly murdering her mother. Although her mother tried to look after her, she "wasn't exactly great at the whole mother thing" according to Cavill.

At the age of 16, Cavill left school and joined the military. She'd always wanted to serve, and to protect her country since her best friend's mother was a colonel in the army. When she was 27, she transferred to the Air Force for a short while, before being stationed as a sort of liason between the two branches, working in both.

She has also been stationed abroad in America multiple times, acting as a liason between the countries. She was very well known in the military and the Air Force, in both countries. This is due to her high ranking, but also how relaxed she often comes off as, and also the amount of publicity material she's been featured on, due to her relaxed demeanor.

During one of her vactions, at the age of 23, she met Alana Maxwell. The two instantly hit it off due to the fact that Cavill's main specialisation was similar to Maxwell's. They became incredibly close friends, and years down the line, entered into a queerplatonic relationship.

However, when Cavill was 34, she and Maxwell had a massive falling out and completely cut each other off. This came about because of a friend saying something, and them completely disagreeing over it. It was over something completely ridiculous.

When she was 39, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier in the army, or Air Commodore in the Air Force.

One year before the Hephaestus mission, Cavill met Minkowski when they were stationed on the same base. They almost instantly hit it off, and begun dating within a month of meeting, fast for the both of them

When Mr. Cutter first approached Cavill to be the head computers-engineer onboard the Hephaestus, she was first hesitant due to the long nature of the mission, as well as how sudden it was going to be. She had no concerns over her job; she knew she'd get it back the moment she came back if she wanted it. She was concerned about Minkowski's reaction though.

However, when she learnt that Minkowski was going to be the commanding officer on the mission, she immediately agreed to sign the contract for the mission. On this contract, it stated that Minkowski was to be the commanding officer despite Cavill's higher rank, and that Cavill would not be allowed to pull rank over Minkowski.

When Cavill told Minkowski that they were going to be stationed on the same mission, they agreed to get married before they went up. They did this only two weeks later, with only Dominik as the witness. This led to Cutter having no clue that the two were together until much later.

### Hephaestus Mission

Cavill is first mentioned by Eiffel during Succulent Rat-Killing Tar. He mentions that she's often found alone, with Hera, and is also the one who ensured that they had entertainment on board, by bringing plenty of books and movies. Unfortunately, this fueled Minkowski's love for crew bonding movie nights and book clubs. She is first heard later in the same episode, when Hilbert sets his lab on fire, as she'd been near the lab when the explosion occured, and was concerned about Hilbert.

In the next episode, she is seen when the communications have been cut off, as she is outside of the comms room, trying to reason with him. She's not heard from again (although it's mentioned in Discomforts, Pains and Irregularities that she was working with Hera to keep tabs on Eiffel during the siege) until Hilbert and Minkowski break the door using acid. It's also revealed in {episode 13} that she was the one who suggested the broom closet as a brig.

Cavill is mainly unseen during Pains, Discomforts, and Irregularities, although she's mentioned multiple times by Minkowski, saying that Cavill was in engineering, working on a "faulty engine". This was, of course, a lie in order to escape from Hilbert's physical. She's later seen at the end of the episode, trying to track down the flame thrower because she noticed it was missing, when she learnt of what had happened with the plant monster.

During Cataracts and Hurricanes, Cavill is mainly unseen due to the fact that she is in engineering, trying to work on getting the comms system back online, as well as to restore Eiffel's mag boots functionality. She does, however, appear when Minkowski is planning a mission to save Eiffel. When Hilbert suggets that they simply abandon Eiffel, she is the first person to object, and is later waiting at the airlock for Minkowski and Eiffel. After Minkowski leaves Eiffel, she stays with him while Hera plays the transmission from earlier.

Cavill is completely unseen in Cigarette Candy, but she is apparently all for Eiffel resting up so that he can recover, even if that means that she cannot see him.

During Super Energy Saver Mode, Cavill is with Minkowski when she goes to find Eiffel. They'd already been together before Hera had gone offline. She goes down to engineering with Eiffel, due to the complexity of what had to be done down there, and also trusting Minkowski more with the computer than Eiffel to choose the right switches, even with help. She just knows Eiffel too well. She doesn't hear any of the whispering, but she also does believe him, and is curious as to what's causing it.

During The Sound and the Fury, Cavill is seen down in engineering during the argument. Hera begins ranting to her about Minkowski, and Cavill feels caught in the middle considering her relationship with the both of them. By the time she makes it to the comms room after Hera gets distracted arguining with Minkowski again, Hilbert is already speaking in praise of "The Blessed Internal" over the intercom. She proceeds to help Hera and Minkowski with administering the halothane gas.

Cavill is heard many times in Box 953, mostly going along with what Minkowski is doing. It is revealed that Cavill was the only one to turn up for the talent show at the beginning of the episode. Throughout, she can be heard with Hilbert warning him of Minkowski's love for theatre, and that he better stop talking to Eiffel or face her wrath. Toward the end of the episode, it is revealed that she was to play the Pirate King in Minkowski's rendition of the Pirates of Penzance.

During The Empty Man Cometh, Cavill is heard throughout, completely freaked out by the messages from Command. She proposes multiple times that it's some sort of trick, but quickly turns on herself and reiterates that Command wouldn't ever do something like that every time. She is seen working with Hera to check the sensors, as well as status of airlocks throughout, just in case the ion storm was messing with Hera's code and making it so that she couldn't properly connect with the station. When she finds out it was indeed a trick, she proclaims that she herself is going to be writing a sternly worded letter to Command.

In Extreme Danger Bug, Cavill is seen throughout, in a similar position to Eiffel. She is very much freaked out by the spider, and cowers by Minkowski the majority of the time, trying to hide herself from it due to severe arachnophobia. She is excused from helping to clear out the lab, and is seen accompanying Eiffel during his logs.

In Am I Alone Now? much is the same as it already was, although Hera comments on the fact that Cavill is the one closest to understanding her out of the crew, how she's the only who doesn't feel sorry for "poor, glitchy Hera going haywire", and instead tries to actually help Hera. During Minkowski's speech, Minkowski comments on how Cavill is doing well, before eventually revealing that she's just as freaked out as the rest of the crew while Hera reboots. Cavill's speech consists mainly of how much has gone wrong, and that she's worried she'll never get back to earth again, and see those she misses. She also comments on her relationships with Eiffel and Minkowski, calling them an 'oasis amongst a dry desert', as well as talking about how AI-human relations are so looked down upon. She finishes by commenting on someone unknown on her past, whom she no longer talks to, wondering if they're okay. It gives the feeling that they fell out on bad terms.

In Deep Breaths and Gas Me Twice, Cavill is seen first in the comms room, arriving with Minkowski. She comments on the fact that of *all* people, of course they had to be the ones to make first contact, and then volunteers to go on the E.V.A with Minkowski. Just like Minkowski, she is also locked out of the station, unable to get in. Before Hilbert cuts off the comms channel, she can be heard shouting, "Hilbert, you let us in or so help me God-". When they get back to the ship, Cavill heads straight for the central processor, intent on removing the code that Hilbert put in, not aware of what has happened to Hera while she was moving through the station. Minkowski opens a comms channel, telling Cavill to meet her in the bridge. When Cavill hears what happened to Hera, she goes into what could easily be described as auto-pilot mode herself, seeming to lose all of her own emotions, distraught by what happened. She refuses to talk about it, and will only go about doing her work. It's only when Eiffel says it's his birthday that the audience realise that Cavill has been in the room the entire time with him, when she speaks up to say 'happy birthday, Doug.' When they get the incoming pulse beacon relay, she's heard saying "let's do this shit," before the episode ends.

In The Kumbaya Approach, when Cutter realises that Eiffel is there, he asks if Cavill is, and all he gets is a curt, militaristic response of 'Yes, Sir.' She remains silent throughout Eiffel's speech to Minkowski, and at the end she simply states that she agrees, and that they shouldn't take risks with Cutter. She doesn't say anything else throughout, instead, quietly seething in the corner of the room. When Eiffel gives his speech to Minkowski, she hugs the woman, telling her that she fully agrees with every word that Eiffel said, before going to work with Eiffel and Minkowski to switch over to manual control. When Cavill hears the message from Lovelace, she simply freezes, stopping dead in her tracks, very creeped out, and also even more mad at Command than before.

In What's Up, Doc?,

In Painfully Ever After,

In Bach to the Future,

In Happy to Be of Assistance,

## Personality

At first glance, Cavill's only personally trait seems to be being gay. Almost constantly, she'll be saying 'I'm gay!' or, 'that outfit makes me so gay!' This is because, in actuality, she is gay. Very gay.

Cavill is also not very good at expressing her feelings. Along with this, she's also not very good at comforting people or talking to others about feelings. This means she can often come off as rude, or selfish, or as if she doesn't care. Don't mistake this for actual apathy though. Cavill is incredibly caring, wanting only the best for those that she loves, and will do almost anything for those people, including violence, and murder.

She also deeply hates those who want to harm those she loves, or who care only for themselves, such as Kepler. She is very outspoken, and will not back down from a fight with these people. She will see it through to the end, no mater where that end is.

Cavill is also a very studious and chaotic individual. she can be funny when she chooses to be, but it's usually a more chaotic sense of humour than most people seem to understand, which can often be mistaken as her having no sense of humour at all.

She's an incredible leader, and although she's often seen as quite relaxed, and someone who's not going to boss you around, she will still act in her capacity as Brigadier Air Commodore where needed, including issuing orders. There's a reason that she achieved that rank, and it's because she's truly a good leader.

A lot of her personality is based around making references to books, shows and movies. She also often steals the personality of characters she loves, and often her entire personality focuses around whatever her current hyperfixation happens to be.

## References

1. ↑ Maxwell and Cavill have both stated that it was silly, and they don't remember what it was over.