Guan-Yin II/Crew

In order to create the image of the Guan-Yin II's being a fully staffed hospital ship, we have created several NPCs who are working aboard. They can be used for RP purposes. Their presence does NOT mean that the Guan-Yin is not looking for PCs. We are always happy to hire PC chars to replace NPCs. Talk to us.

Leaders

Fiona Allister: Captain

Fiona was a child during the war, in which her parents were pro-Independence and fought for the Browncoats. Her mother and brother did not survive the war and her father began an unsteady life as a smuggler, taking the girl everywhere. Growing up she became an accomplished pilot and gunslinger who could drink any man under the table. She left her father's side in a hasty decision to get married, but that didn't go well and she divorced half a year later. She drifted between other ships, married another man and they ran an operation together for some time with him as captain and her as his XO. But he had no head for business and when he cheated her, she dumped him and quit. During a particularly wild gambling night on Paquin, she won a Scarab off a luckless smuggler and started her own operation. For some years she was very successful, but made enemies along the way and eventually got caught up in things that saw her lose her crew and ship. By now in her 40s, she was tired of being constantly on the run and decided to try being a honest citizen. She joined the Guan-Yin II first as XO and moved on captain her when Cody_A._Martin left. She's still partial to a good drink (or seven) and knows too many curses that would make a miner blush, but so far she's managed to hold her new life together.

Andy "Buster" Benson: XO

Andy grew up in a rough 'hood on Boros where most people relied on work in the scrapyards and keeping their heads under the radar of the alliance. Andy had a gift for making things work from even the worst bits of scrap and passed the time making up lyrics for rap songs. In what little free time he had, he even did some freestyle rapping and battles with other kids from the area, using the stage name "Buster". He had a lucky break when he was able to fix a very expensive private Space Yacht whose owner offered him a job as mechanic. He was glad to get away from Boros, but wasn't happy with his new and posh boss who lived on Osiris, went on frequent business trips and forced him to wear uniform. Eventually he quit while on Persephone and soon got a new job on a transport ship, where he also learned the basics of piloting and how to shoot a gun. One evening he was putting on a little rap performance on Beaumonde, where he was spotted by Fiona. They got talking and since she needed a new mechanic on the Guan-Yin, she offered him a job. Asked or not, he always had an opinion on everything and she eventually became so used to him being at her side, she promoted him to XO.

Medical Staff

Dr. Kyung Hyeon-Gun: Trauma/GP

Hyeon-Gun was born into a well-off middle class family on Sihnon. He studied medicine at the best university in Lu'Weng and followed additional training courses on Ariel. During his university years he got involved with a left-leaning group Doctors for the Destitute who do volunteer work for free in the shabby corners of Lu'Weng. Eventually he got his first proper job as assistant doctor at Sihnon National University Hospital (SNUH). Much to his parents' displeasure he kept donating his free time to his volunteer group instead of finding himself a good bride. When the nagging of his parents became too much and he got in trouble at SNUH for giving meds away for free to poor people, he had enough of his home planet. Through his group he found out about the Guan-Yin and he offered his services on the ship. He's been around for half a year now and shows no sign of wanting to return to Sihnon. While he's specialized in trauma, he can deal with many different illnesses and apart from western medicine also has a good grasp of TCM.

Pritha Devi-Carlton: Head Nurse

Originally a hairdresser on Persephone, Pritha found that that job didn't satisfy her enough. She turned back to school to become a nurse and soon after graduating she joined the Guan-Yin II. She has become a valued member of the crew, always helping out with a warm, friendly and optimistic attitude. She loves children, and has gotten certified as a pediatric nurse. She has therefore become the go-to person on board when a babysitter is needed. After several years of dating, she has married Zeke Carlton (see below). The couple is unable to have children of their own, but this only seems to drive Pritha's desire to help look after everyone else's.

Other Staff

Aurora Lassiter: Junior Pilot

Aurora was an unanticipated addition to the Guan-Yin crew when she was six years old - the surprise daughter of Blake Lassiter. She grew up on board the ship. She was bright, cheerful, and inquisitive - following around any given crew member and getting involved in whatever they were doing. She knows the ship’s mission well (not to mention every one of its hiding places).

As a teen, she moved with her father to a ranch on Beylix. She liked the ranch, and thoroughly enjoyed riding horses, but the Black kept calling to her. She finished school with high marks in math and history, then went into the city to take a pilot’s training course. Now 21 and recently licensed, she has returned to the Guan-Yin as a junior pilot.

Ezekiel "Zeke" Carlton: Quartermaster/Engineer

Zeke is one of the ship's engineers and security men, also quite handy in the kitchen. He can be reserved at times, but opens up when among friends and knows plenty of great jokes. He is even known to sing on occasion. He is married to Pritha.

Huntley Kingsgrove: Head of Security

Huntley was born to a rich family on Londinium that could trace their ancestors all the way back to Earth-that-was and London. Many of his family members were in the military and involved in the war in some way, either being out there fighting or working at Headquarters on Londinium. Young Huntley couldn't wait to join the war and at 18 finally signed up as a junior officer. When the war ended two years later, he had won his first decorations and moved on to train with the SAS. He spent the next years hunting down rebel nests and destroying them. But his dedication to the military weakened the more atrocities he witnessed. When he was forced to arrest a young woman, leaving three children behind to fight for themselves and most likely being sold into slavery, he had enough. He freed the woman from jail and ran off with her, retrieving the children in the process. Living a life on the run from the Alliance on a rough Rim planet like Harvest was hard for him. On top of that his wife died a few years later, possibly from lingering wounds sustained during her time in Alliance jail. He did his best to raise the kids on his own and when they were old enough to make their own lives, left Harvest behind. Hiding his military training, he passed himself off as a gunslinger and worked security on various ships, always looking over his shoulder for the Alliance to come after him. A while ago he met Fiona on Persephone, who needed a capable head of security for the Guan-Yin and hired him. Rumours have it she likes him for other things, too. Eventually she got his whole story out of him and has sworn to protect him if the Alliance is still after him.

Amani Mvula: Security

Amani's home planet is Alexandria, where her middle class family runs a successful business in canning tropical fruit. While her siblings indulged in hobbies like ballet dancing, horse-riding and tennis, Amani was bored out of her wits by her family's complacent lifestyle. She preferred to train martial arts and hung out with a rough bunch. When her parents tried to force her to leave her boyfriend and threatened to send her to boarding school in Londinium, she ran off to Pellia with him and his gang. Her parents told her that she would be disinherited and they'd have nothing to do with her anymore, but she stuck by her guns (and boy). One day some of the gang, including Amani, were arrested. She blamed her boyfriend for selling them out and broke up with him. The time in jail made her even tougher. Once out, she sought her own way in the 'verse, finding jobs where she could put her skills with guns and her martial arts to use. This eventually led her to the Guan-Yin, where she can combine being tough with doign some good. Deep inside she's still angry that her family couldn't accept her the way she was and severed all ties with her.

Tommy Callaghan: Mechanic/Engineer

Tommy grew up in a working class district of New Paris, the capital of Bernadette. His parents worked hard, hoping that eventually their children would do better than them. Tommy wasn't very good at school, but he was forever fascinated by the Prometheus and stories of Earth-That-Was that kindled his interest in space flight. He collected model ships, which he loved to take apart and put back together and played endless simulation games. He spent a few terms studying Engineering at the New Paris School of Engineerung but was bored by he thought was backward thinking and too little interest in innovation. Instead he took a mechanic job on a transport vessel to earn money while developing what he is certain will be the next generation of spaceships. His mix of always knowing better and social awkwardness isn't to everyone's taste and he found himself sacked more than once. But Fiona gave him a chance on the Guan-Yin and just leaves him to do his thing as long as the ship flies.

Scrubs

Scrubs is a calico cat with tabby and white markings, huge yellow eyes with green stars in them, and a docile personality. As the story goes, he was found in a laundry basket of scrubs, and was thus named and gifted to the hospital ship as a suitable home. He is getting up there in years now and spends most of his time napping.