Clara Simon's Logbook

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The Engine is howling as Clara starts up the Clydesdale. Lights on the Console going on and off as the Engine is getting louder and louder. A Voice coming through her Headset, giving her Clearance to lift off the Station, the Gaian Wildlife in the Back barking and growling as the Swansea is slowly taking off.

The Station's Doors are opening, behind it the pitch black Space. The Freighter hovering towards the Door, hovering faster as it gets closer. The Swansea is leaving the Station, and in an instant the Communication Channel is filled with People's Chatter.

Clara's Clydesdale Class Freighter, build on Leeds in Bretonia is carrying Gaian Wildlife. The only living Wildlife ever found since the Colonization of the Sirius Sector. Clara's Goal is to bring the Cargo to the Cold Bay Depot in the Hudson System at the Border between Liberty and Rheinland - a Warzone. On her Way she could meet several Types of dangerous Criminals: Terrorists, Pirates, Freedom Fighters or just Idiots who think it is funny to shoot down an innocent Civilian.

Trading is a dangerous Job, but the Company Clara is working for pays well. Her wish is to climb up the Ladder, from a simple Freighter Captain to a Captain of a larger Transport. She longs for an own Crew, for Respect and Money.

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"Who is it doing this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?"

[schlurbi]

Clara was born in 791 A.S. at the Perth Station in Edinburgh - Bretonia. Growing up on a Station is different to growing up on a Planet. It is always cold, it is always busy. There are only little Opportunities to go to School and if, they only teach you the Basics. Maths, Language and History. If the Child would want to learn more, they would've had to visit a School on a Planet. But their Parents were stuck on that Station.

Because of the Lack of proper School and the small Population of the Perth Station, there weren't as many Children as she deserved. Mostly she played by herself or a halfway functioning Robot.

Clara's Mother was one of the Scientists working on the Planetforming for Planet Ayr. Experimenting with Alien Organisms and their Effects on the Planet's Surface. Other than Clara's Mother her Father was barely ever at Home. Her Father was a Transport Captain working for Planetform's Logistic Department. She always missed her Father when he was gone, but once he was back at Home, no one could stop her smiling.

She has always been more interested in her Father's Work than the Experimenting and Science Work her Mother does. She always loved the Arrival of her Father in his Percheron Class Transport. Her Interests in that Ship were unique, she even knew more about it than a few of its own Crew.

But one Day, her Father didn't come back. The official Report was that the Ship has been shot down by Gaian Terrorists between the Perth Station and the Jumpgate to the Leeds System. However there have been Rumors of it being shot down by unknown hostile Ships.

After the Loss of her Father Carla felt even more alone. Her Mother too busy, her Father lost, her only Person to talk to was a barely working Robot she found at the Dump. With her Skills she repaired it, so it was able to talk and walk. It was her lone Companion and of course it needed a Name, Rick-500. He was the Person she could talk to, play with, open her Heart to.

Once Carla turned 17 she started working on her License to fly a Ship. The Wish to step into her Father's Footsteps was larger than the Fear of getting shot down by a Criminal. After completing the License in 809 A.S. she successfully joined Planetform and started working at the Docking Bay. She did not get the Job she wanted to have, but has been accepted as a Mechanic to repair damaged Ships and Equipment. After three Years of hard Work she finally got promoted to be a Captain of a Clydesdale Class Freighter.

Her Mother wasn't really proud of her Daughter taking the Way like her Father did. She didn't hate her, but she disrespected her Path and they barely ever met nor spoke to each other. So it was still Rick-500 who was her only Companion. Even though the Clydesdale is normally a One-Seater, Carla modified the Ship so that the Robot can actually join her on her Flights.

Since then Carla is flying the Clydesdale, saving up Money to get an even larger Transport. Unfortunately Repairs and Upgrades on the Swansea slowed down this Progress.

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"Who is it doing this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?"