Swarley

Trade Station Alpha

Eliza heard Chris speak about her giving the tour. She hadn't really been asked to do this but she wasn't particularly adverse to the idea of doing it, seeing as she thought she knew the ship well enough to be able to explain it and give a better experience than if one were to just walk around aimlessly. Another rule about navigation is to know the ship, if a navigator doesn't know the ins and outs of what they're flying in they may never be able to truly understand how to get the ship where they need it to be at any one time.

Eliza was about to speak up when the mercs went inside. This was a bit of a relief to her because, even though one of the mercs seemed fine and she had never met a chef she didn't like, the Russian seemed a bit meat headed, which was not something she was unfamiliar with having been near Julius for the last two years. She ran her fingers through her hair and turned to the captain's cousin. "Well I'd be happy to show you around if cap wants me too." She turned to look at the captain who nodded in approval. She smiled and turned back to the new guy. "Well if you want the 'grand tour' you can follow me around for a bit and I'll show you the ship, I don't know all the working parts but I know enough so you won't be confused. If not I think I'll just go to my cabin and smoke for a bit, but you can join me for that too if you really want to." She walked into the ship and looked behind her to see if she was being followed.

Trade Station Alpha

Trade Station Alpha, the first time Eliza had been there it was on a class field trip. That was the first of many though, in the last five years she had flown in and out of this station more times than she could possibly think to count. At this point Eliza was walking through the market, a smile rested on her face as her mind wandered. Minutes ago she was talking to a Hibros girl who she had seen a couple times before while she was here about the cultural differences between the Hibros' culture and Eliza's own. This was always something that sort of fascinated her, to be a good navigator you just needed to know where different planets and systems are in relation to yourself, but to be a great navigator you have to know at least a bit about those who live in these places and call them home. However, their conversation had to end as Eliza knew she would be needed back on the ship soon, she knew there would be some new recruits today and as much as she would like to just hang out it would probably be a bad example. So Eliza bid farewell to her new friend but said that the moment she got a chance they would continue their conversation. Eliza flagged down transport. "324 man." She said, without waiting for the driver to ask the question. She relaxed in the seat, knowing it would only be a short ride over to the ship.

Eliza arrived at the ship and got out, thanking the driver before walking over to where some of the crowd seemed to be forming. She knew one of them was the captain's cousin, but she knew very little about the others. Judging from the way they looked though, a couple of them seemed to be military guys of some kind, most likely mercs because who else would Julian end up hiring. She wasn't exactly sure why they would need them but she guessed it was better safe than sorry. She gave Julius a small wave and a smile to signify her arrival. As she got close after Amanda had finished speaking she introduced herself to the new ones, "I'm Eliza Marko, I'm navigating this ship so if any of you need anything in that regard I'm the girl you should be looking for. And don't hesitate to ask or whatever, I don't mind helping out." She smiled at the rookies, hoping that all would be well on this run.

What Are You Listening To?

This album is so good, I love it.

Trade Station Alpha

Ah okay, thanks, I was looking for it under my CS. I'll get started on my IC post.

Trade Station Alpha

Eliza Marko

Name: Eliza Marko
Age: 25
Species: Human
Personality: Chill and fun loving. Eliza is someone who seems to be happy pretty much all the time, but not in a way that is obnoxious, she is usually very relaxed for someone so outgoing.
Skills overview: Has been on ships since she was 17, been navigating since she was 19, has some experience running small smuggling vessels between worlds.
Position on crew: Navigator
Years on crew: 2 years
Bio: Eliza was born to a poor family in a colony on Mars. Her parents moved there looking for a new life after Earth became more and more crowded, though what they found on the new world was more or less the same than what they were living in on Earth. They did their best though, raising their daughter to the norms of the Tausav culture (A small sect of people living in Bosnia who thrived in the late 23rd century but whose numbers have been dwindling ever since). This involved constant dying of Eliza's hair as well as the cultural makeup. This was shunned by most of Eliza's peers, as many of them had not ever known of the Tausav people. Eliza looked to the skies for comfort, always dreaming of one day getting to fly in between the beautiful stars.

At the age of seventeen Eliza dropped out of school and took up a low level job on a cargo ship. She was particularly interested in navigation and spent a lot of time with the navigator on the ship. By the time she was nineteen she was junior navigator on shipping runs between galaxies for a few years before breaking out on her own to do some less than legal work. After a couple years doing that with moderate degrees of success she decided it was probably better she didn't run a ship without help. She stayed at Trade Station Alpha for a couple months before meeting Julius at a time when she was low on cash.

Trade Station Alpha

Hey, sorry, I'm not sure weather or not you saw me post my CS because I don't think I saw an acceptance or decline.

Trade Station Alpha

Name: Eliza Marko
Age: 25
Species: Human
Personality: Chill and fun loving. Eliza is someone who seems to be happy pretty much all the time, but not in a way that is obnoxious, she is usually very relaxed for someone so outgoing.
Skills overview: Has been on ships since she was 17, been navigating since she was 19, has some experience running small smuggling vessels between worlds.
Position on crew: Navigator
Years on crew: 2 years
Bio: Eliza was born to a poor family in a colony on Mars. Her parents moved there looking for a new life after Earth became more and more crowded, though what they found on the new world was more or less the same than what they were living in on Earth. They did their best though, raising their daughter to the norms of the Tausav culture (A small sect of people living in Bosnia who thrived in the late 23rd century but whose numbers have been dwindling ever since). This involved constant dying of Eliza's hair as well as the cultural makeup. This was shunned by most of Eliza's peers, as many of them had not ever known of the Tausav people. Eliza looked to the skies for comfort, always dreaming of one day getting to fly in between the beautiful stars.

At the age of seventeen Eliza dropped out of school and took up a low level job on a cargo ship. She was particularly interested in navigation and spent a lot of time with the navigator on the ship. By the time she was nineteen she was junior navigator on shipping runs between galaxies for a few years before breaking out on her own to do some less than legal work. After a couple years doing that with moderate degrees of success she decided it was probably better she didn't run a ship without help. She stayed at Trade Station Alpha for a couple months before meeting Julius at a time when she was low on cash.

Hope this is all okay and that I didn't screw anything up.

Trade Station Alpha

Extremely interested, going to get to work on my CS now.

La Vie Boheme (Slice-Of-Life/City/'90s)

Sorry if it seems if I've been AWOL for a bit, I've just kind of been waiting for the right time to post, but most of the stuff I'm seeing right now looks fantastic, keep up the good work.

What Are You Listening To?

This is the weirdest thing I've heard in a long time, but it's beautiful! I don't know what to say, even taking out the bizarre story behind the album (Which I implore you to read about here) the album itself has this amazing minimalist synth music and you cannot understand a single word the man says, but it all comes together to make something that feels almost transcendent. It's never something I would have expected to even hear, let alone enjoy but this album is just fantastic.