Sorry about being fashionably late with this :P --- Name: Ayla von Dahl Age: 28 Gender: Female Appearance: Medium-dark skin, black hair, round, amber eyes. Approximately 5'8" with a build that could be athletic with more physical activity. Ayla's father was from Austria, her mother was from India, and she grew up in East Coast Canada, along with her twin sister, Emma. A vehicular accident as a teenager destroyed her left arm, and she now has a cybernetic prosthesis. The base of the prosthesis can get signals from the nerves in her shoulder, and the arm moves with reasonable dexterity (both twins were left-handed before the accident; Ayla now has better dexterity in her right), but it essentially runs on specialized batteries, and the contacts between the arm and the base need to be cleaned regularly. Pack contents: A few changes of clothes including decent hiking boots, personal hygiene items, her left arm with cleaning kit, several spare rechargeable power cells for the arm, solar charger, tablet (with cartography-specific apps, as well as the guidebooks for Spera in digital format, some sparse entertainment media, etc.). Did you store anything in the cargo bay? Telescope and surveying equipment, additional clothing. Skills: Cartography, both satellite and ground. Education: Master's Degree, dual major in Digital Media and Xenogeography What was your reason for joining the colonists? Officially, to continue work in mapping the planet's surface in detail. Unofficially, she's been the geekier sister since they were children (though not by much), always into sci-fi. How did you get get accepted? Emma, who had already been accepted, pulled a few strings to get her sister's employment application accepted. What did you do before this? She helped piece together the satellite images that became the map of the planet featured in the guidebooks. --- Name: Emma von Dahl Age: 28 Gender: Female Appearance: Except for the artificial arm, Ayla and Emma are identical twins. Pack contents: A few changes of clothes (including the hiking boots her sister convinced her to pack), personal hygiene items, tablet, solar charger, portable networking and file storage equipment, basic electronics repair tools. Did you store anything in the cargo bay? Collapsable solar panels, high-gain antennas, portable radio equipment, the remainder of her clothing, the remainder of ger electronics repair tools. Skills: Network and communication specialist Education: Master's Degree in Computer Science, Bachelor's degree in electronics engineering. What was your reason for joining the colonists? Even a technician can have a thirst for exploration. Also, like her sister, she has always been a bit of a sci-fi geek. How did you get get accepted? As someone who had helped design many of the networking and communications systems currently being used on their transport ship, Emma was a natural choice for the crew's electronics technician. What did you do before this? Assisted in designing the communications equipment on the ship.