Alexis and Sierra

[Zapp]

Alexis Almira was born to a poor family on the desolate world of Pittsburgh. At an early age, she supported her family's meager income - by selling her body to strangers old enough to be her father. In this instance, cursed with a remarkable beauty, natural red hair, and eyes the shade of purple (a most unusual trait), Alexis attracted the unwanted suits of numerous 'clients'. By the age 18, when she got away from home, Alexis was adamant that she wanted nothing to do with men.

Having saved money from her previous occupation, Alexis bought a used ship and took to the stars, taking odd jobs to just keep the ship going. At first, it was great fun. As a matter of fact, it stayed great fun. Whether it were mining, trading, or escort work, Alexis had a ball with everything, eager to learn new things. Scarred by her past experiences, however, she found it hard to make bonds with other people, at least ones that lasted.

Eventually, she got enough money to buy a Sabre from the Zoners, off of a shady dealer on Freeport Nine. It worked a lot better than her old ship, however. Lonely, and wandering in want of companionship, Alexis, while having great fun in her line of work, considered suicide more than once. Always, however, something kept her going, over the next horizon to new and better things, hopefully.

And then she met Sierra.