Shakies

Stuck in a Bucket

**Shakies** was a minor ally featured in the eleventh arc of Sins of the Empire, The Heartlands Expedition. He was the second pet of Krako Brusai after Nerbie met a tragic fate in the ninth arc. Unfortunately, since Krako was undergoing a lot of stress from his previous escapades, he was not willing to be as patient with Shakies like he was with Nerbie. This led to a lot of conflict between the two and eventually Shakies was discarded by his avian master.

## **Biography**

### *Am Crab*

Life was good for Shakies living on the beach, away from intelligent life. He didn't have much, but he at least had his freedom away from everyone trying to take control of him.

### *The Heartlands Expedition*

Krako tried to take control of him and use Shakies as a replacement for Nerbie. He found the unwilling, crabby critter on a beach in the Heartlands while he was feeling down and decided to domesticate the little fellow. Shakies was not privy to this outsider and immediately pinched him. Krako was shocked and started shaking the crab (hence his name). To make sure Shakies was comfy and cozy, Krako kept him in a bucket full of water.

Once their adventures continued, Shakies kept up his unsavory behavior (because Krako was a literal stranger to him) and conflict grew between the two. Eventually, realizing that Shakies could never be a friend to him like Nerbie was, Krako snapped and left him stuck in the bucket, cementing his doom as Shakies could never escape it.

## **Description**

### *Appearance*

"***Cardisoma guanhumi***, also known as the **blue land crab**, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land. The species varies in color from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 15 centimeters (6 in) in carapace width and weigh over 500 grams (18 oz)." [Wikipedia - *Cardisoma guanhumi]*

### *Personality*

"*Cardisoma guanhumi* is omnivorous, collecting and eating leaves and fruits close to its burrow whilst also eating insects and carrion. Like many crabs, this species is cannibalistic. They move in the shade during the day and will eschew moving in prolonged direct sunlight to feed at night instead. According to a fisherman who's been catching them for 50 years, once captured, the smaller ones take two weeks to filter (clean) before they are consumable and the larger ones take a month.

*Cardisoma guanhumi* finds its food using light and sound detectors. Experiments show that crabs can be drawn out of their burrows to investigate the sound of falling fruit, once out they initiate a search for food. Predatory behavior is released in these crabs by detection of small moving objects. Crabs in the genus *Cardisoma* are able to detect small vibrations on the ground within the range of 10–1500 Hz and 70 dB. Visual acuity increases with body size due to an increase in both the number and diameter of ommatidia." [Wikipedia - *Cardisoma guanhumi].*

Shakies himself is an asshole and will frequently pinch people he doesn't like.

## **Relationships**

### *Krako Brusai*

Although Krako wanted Shakies to be like a new Nerbie, the crab was never going to accept him as a master, or even as a friend. In the eyes of many, their relationship could have been more like a prisoner and a warden. Shakies did all he could to resist the efforts of this quirky avian goofball, and in turn, he only received death.

## **Trivia**

* Shakies got his name from the fact that Krako would violently shake his pet whenever he was being an asshole.
	+ Since Shakies was an asshole basically 24/7, the name fit extremely well.
* In game, the reason why Krako left Shakies in a bucket with no escape wasn't because of a fit of rage. It was actually because AnerexoMexo forgot that Shakies was in the bucket left on the island and wasn't bothered to go back and get him.