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Name: Katherine Harvey Nickname: Sometimes she goes by her last name, Harvey. Gender: Female Age: 19 Age Appearance: Looks slightly younger than she appears to be Appearance: Katherine stands at a reasonable 5'8 and has a medium build. She is never seen without her flight goggles. Personality: Katherine is a mild, straightforward girl with an impressive wit. She is quite open and generally will be friendly towards those she meets, being someone who could quickly make friends in foreign lands. The kind of person that could walk into a bar filled with scary mercenaries and pirates only to be laughing and drinking with them moments later. Deeper down, she is a skeptical person, not taking things how they are and always asking questions. Like most pilots of small, flimsy bits of metal that have somehow gotten off the ground, she is pretty carefree and calm, even in the most dangerous of situations. Not to extent of near suicidal ignorance, but just happens to hold herself together under a lot of pressure. Yet despite having this seemingly strong personality, there is something lurking in the depths of her mind... something waiting to come out. Backstory: It was a warm summers day on the small agricultural island of Pasteir. A little girl ran through the meadows, a kite in tow. It was her favorite thing to do that day when she didn't have to go to school. She watched the kite hover in the air as the wind held it in the sky, her eyes gleaming at the sight. "Katherine! There you are, I've been looking for you!" a male voice said behind her. Katherine turned to see her father walking over to her. "Ah, I see your flying the kite you made. I'm glad to see you haven't crashed it yet!" He said with chuckle. "Do you want to come into town with me for some errands? I here the airship is back." Katherine's eyes widened. "Really? Let's go, let's go!" she said, hastily reeling in her kite and running back towards the house. Her father shook his head and chuckled to himself. "My my.... I wonder if she will get the chance to fly?" Katherine was born into rural community of the island of Pasteir. It had remained out of reach from the oppressive Crucible, but was connected to the outside world just the same. It was closer to a cluster of islands that made up a small state, Pasteir serving as the agricultural district. Since she was a little girl, Katherine had always had some sort of natural attraction to flying. During her younger days, she would read books about modern day aviation, befriended the airship crew that would come periodically to pick up and trade goods with the island. As she grew, she soon had read every single book her library had to offer on flying. Heck, even her pet flies. A Kulca she named "Ava" that had stayed by her side ever since it was a little hatchling. When she finished school, she began full time work on the farm with her parents. Despite her parents fully supporting their daughter's dream of flying, being a farming family meant money was always tight. Regardless, she began to work and save up. Katherine had been drawing up designs for aircraft for years, but now she decided she would design an aircraft she herself could actually build and fly. She began drafting up compact, cost effiecient designs, making paper models to simulate their flight characteristics, and studying various engine types. Soon her relatively small community began to take interest in her little project as she began to buy the parts for her aircraft. People would stop by the farm to check up on her progress, talk to her about the plane, and even occasionally help her out. Whether it be a metal worker taking on a special order for a unqiue part, or a machinist mysteriously putting a few key items on sale, it seemed the whole town was excited to see this project take off. About a year or so later, she had finally finished the aircraft. A rugged, small, push engine aircraft that looked like a quilt thanks to the miss matched plate aluminum that made up the aircraft's fuselage. One the day she was going to take off in it for the first time, many towns people came to the farm to watch. The Aura engine sputtered to life and the aircraft began to shakily move down the strip of flattened dirt that acted as a makeshift runway. Her parents watched with baited breath as the aircraft began to lift off the ground. Everyone suddenly cheered when the plane took off successfully and for many hours after the crowd disperse did Katherine finally land. Her parents ran over to her and hugged her. "I'm so proud of you.... to have such an amazing daughter makes me the happiest father in the world..." A few weeks later with much testing, Katherine decided it was time she left home. Her aircraft had a great range thanks to its small, light design and highly efficient lift to weight ratio. At first her parents were hesitant, but they knew was pointless to stop the now young adult from following her dreams. On the morning of the day she was to leave, only her father came out to see her off. "Your mother couldn't stand to see the sight of you leaving... She always said she hates saying goodbye. But here, this is from both of us." He handed her a small case. Inside were a pair of flight goggles, good ones at that. "Please come visit us once and awhile. I want to hear about that world your about to explore." With that, they parted ways. Katherine has been traveling from island to island for nearly eight months now with nothing but her pet Ava to keep her company. She only arrived at the somewhat isolated island of Krukow a few days ago, taking a rest after a particularly long and dangerous flight through a storm. Skills: Natural Skill of Flying Incredibly knowledgeable of all things on flying Very open mind, can easily absorb information and new ideas Techniques: Erm.... Techniques...techniques... Oh uhh... Dogfighting maneuvers? She hasn't learned many as she has only encountered hostile airborne forces twice, but here are a few things she's picked up "The Double Take" When an enemy aircraft is on your tale, you can use their high speeds to your advantage. By cutting the engine, lowering flaps, and snapping up you can send your aircraft behind the attacker. It requires great timing and control over your aircraft to preform. "The Death Spiral" A counter to the Double Take, it requires both the knowledge of the double take and the reaction time to pull it off. When the defender pulls up to rapidly slow down, the counter is to quickly roll right or left then spin your aircraft in the opposite direction. This will position you into a firing position aimed at the belly of the Defender's aircraft. Equipment:

A Luger like pistol Traveling Supplies (Food, water, ect.) A basic utility knife. Tools for working on the plane Other: Katherine's Pet Kulca named Ava:

Position: Scout Theme Song: Parov Stelar - The Mojo Radio Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BsAl6HVZ-Y&list=WL&index=84

Hello! I am very interested in making a character, but I have an idea that needs approval! If the idea does not work out, I shall take the 2nd Gunner spot. Sorry for the wall of text. So, perhaps there could be a pilot? Someone who flies a small, nimble, homegrown craft that will be built upon and grow like the character who flies it as the story progresses? The general idea is that my character has always had some sort of... natural attraction to flying, but being a member of a farming family, he/she (haven't really decided yet) never would have seem to have a chance. Regardless, he/she never lost sight of the dream to fly, and did whatever he/she could to learn about flying. Every book the library had to offer on aviation he/she checked out, read cover to cover, and kept learning. This character spend his/her freetime drawing up designs, making paper models of said designs, testing, learning, doing whatever he/she could. Now a young adult, she began to slowly build her first plane in the barn. His/her parents, while hesitant, never saw anything wrong with their child having such a passionate love for the sky, and thus tried the best they could to help his/her dream. Soon they became the talk of the town for a bit. People would stop by occasionally to see the progress on the plane. It was quite the attraction. Finally after a few years, the plane was finished. A unique design, pieced together by the pilot him/herself! The practically the whole town came to watch it take off from the fields. The plane took the skies, marking the beginning of the character's adventures. Soon after, he/she decided to leave the small town to explore the world in his/her aircraft. Saying a heartfelt goodbye to his/her parents, he/she took to the skies. Now my character will have only been traveling a few months and had arrived at the island of Krukow a day or so ago. He/She is from a rural island outside of the Crucible's grasp much like Krukow (Not for long as I read >:D), but it was somewhat bigger and not as isolated. Much more detail and backstory of course will be explained in both the CS and the actual RP. I just thought it would be neat, if not complete, to have a crack pilot aboard! :D. Well... I say crack pilot... He/She is of course, drawn to the flying, but I won't forget they only started a few months ago and have much to learn. My character won't just be "The Teacher" from Sky Crawlers right off the bat XD. Anyway, if that's not a good idea, I will just make the CS for the gunner slot.

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