At first life was good on California, then we moved to Pittsburgh and then things seem to fall apart in our family. At the age of 6 my father was imprisoned for a domestic dispute and so my mom was left to care for the 5 of us kids on her own. She started drinking heavily and her new choice in men were less than desirable, she would pay a high price for these decisions. All said and done in the span of 3 years she had been shot once, stabbed 47 times, ran into a tree in a hovercraft and left for dead and beaten too many times to count.
Then she reunited with her High school sweetheart *sighs*. He was a hard working man, but...he was an extreme alcoholic. When sober he was a kind and gentle man when drinking he thought he was the meanest, baddest SOB in all of Sirius. Then he started drinking the hard stuff, this is when he started Waving his guns around and threatening to kill everyone. This is when I took up the Art of Martial weapons to defend my mom and myself since my brothers and sisters all moved out. Now guns he understood but my choice of weapons scared the waste out of him. My only advantage considering i was a stick of a kid and he was Built like Hercules.
I finished my schooling and joined the Navy as a cook, I served for 10 years. While in the service I continued My Martial weapons training and did Ancient re-enactments of sword fighting. Now you would think this would increase my aggression levels but fortunately I also Studied human nature and the passive lifestyle. Many of time have i had to put up with the Testosterone mentality of someone wanting to assert dominance because of my slight stature. Time and time again i proved them wrong.
I realized how fruitless and primitive these actions and the frame of mind was. Hence i devoted my life to be a Pacifist, a choice many do not understand. I felt it was better to avoid needless conflict and posturing and be at peace with myself. Then one day when i was on vacation, I was attacked by Unknown assailants in space. There were 4 of them in fighters and they swooped in upon my small shuttle, flashes of weapons fire burst out all around me. I was out numbered, outclassed and outgunned but i managed to escape my shuttle in real bad shape, hiding in an asteroid field I manage to get my shields back online. Knowing the extent was beyond my abilities to repair and my scanners offline I started limping at 35 KPH my new top speed toward the nearest base I knew of.
Then in the distant I seen it coming and it was Huge...The dreaded Ion Storm. There was no other option but to put as much power that my shuttle could afford into the shields and hid behind a large Asteroid. BANG..BAM...BOOM..the storm hit..my shuttle was tossed around like a feather in the wind...and I blacked out. When I came to there was nothing but searing pain, my ankle had been Shattered, my head was cracked open and bleeding. After regaining enough capacity to get my shuttle going again ..that's when I seen something even more horrifying than the Ion Storm, they came from everywhere in Hordes..The Space Bunnies, or at least what i call them. They chased me the entire way to the station, the sound of their nails scraping on my hull was enough to make the sane insane.
I was taken to Medical and took 4 months to recover before they released me. My shuttle they said was shredded to pieces and they had no idea how i made it back. So I took odd jobs and anything else to earn some credits. While working for the ship dealer on the station i found the remains of a Starflea hull that had seen better days. After some negotiations the ship dealer told me if i could get it space worthy it was mine. 2 years i spent working on it with some much needed help and finally it came to life. I was so ready to leave the base, I hot footed it out of there.
This is when the Space Bunnies became a common occurance but only while in space. The medical community could not help me. While out and about one day they came at me again, as i was evading them i came across a wrecked ship and while i was near it they kept their distance. After looting the ship the only odd thing I found was Synthetic MariJuana, and learned that while I had it with me they stayed at bay. After a time they became more emboldened and not even the synth kept them at a distance anymore. That's when I began to smoke it and that did the trick. Now as long as i have a supply I am free of their Hordes..but arises they problem of the Law taking my medicine. After searching for a solution to this problem I came across Irridium shielding use for Cryocubes after some modifications my medicine is now safe from Prying scanners and i only have to worry when my supplies run low.
Now I Travel,Explore and do my best to help my fellow man. At times I know I must defend myself but is my goal not to take a Human life. Some may think I am a coward but if that is what it takes to uphold my values then so be it!!! A great man once said " Mistake not the gentleness of the water, for at times it rages and becomes a Tsunami to wash away all before it".
Recently I have been Awarded The SRF Helping Hand Medallion, for helping Rescue a Damaged ship that was tumbling out of control toward the sun..I am happy to report all hands on board were saved.
