Name:Laika Hsu
Identification Code: LWZ385
Aliases:N/A
Age: 34
Birthday: November 3rd, 2270
Ethnicity:Russian-Taiwanese
Birth Place: Olympus Mons Colony, Mars
Gender:Trans woman
Occupation: Chief Astor-Geologogist Officer
Features:Laika falls between a mousy appearance and athletic build. While she spends most of her time in the laboratory, she maintains regular exercise to combat space fatigue. Her dark brunette hair is kept no longer than past the shoulders to prevent any accidents. Also because of how annoying maintaining it can be. A scar encircles around her left shoulder after a meteorite accident. Due to her arm being amputated, it has been replaced by a metallic prosthetic. She felt discomforted by the realistic version. If the arm was going to be fake, she wanted it to look that way. A scar on her chest to her neck can be seen which originated from the accident as well.
Height:6'2
Weight: 228
Build: Athletic, with particularly long legs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Skin Tone: White with a warm undertone
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:There is a surgery scar on her left shoulder. While at the Saturn Academy, a space station orbiting the ringed planet, a meteorite hit near the lab she was in. Her left arm had to be amputated and replaced with a prosthetic limb. The meteorite incident also led to several scars on her legs, torso, and a mean scar on her left neck.
Personal Style:Field Attire: Laika's field attire is a white military jumpsuit akin to early astronauts. The shoulders and collar are green. Green stripes encircle near the wrist. Above the heart and on her right shoulder is the emblem of the ICU. On the left side of the chest is an embroidered tag with Laika's full name and ID. Her boots are made of durable leather. A utility belt is stretched around the waist carrying leather gloves and disposable gloves.
Lab Attire: Laika's lab attire is a white lab coat, a green undershirt, black slacks, and boots.
Personal Attire: Even while the missions aboard the Ganges can take a while to reach their destination, the incident aboard the Saturn Academy left her feeling like anything can happen at any moment. For this reason, she tends to wear practical attire. Usually she wears a leather jacket, a basic undershirt, jeans, and boots. Though on the rare occasion she feels like she can relax, Laika will don on the few dresses stored in the back of her closet. The only jewelry she will wear is a handmade meteorite necklace, taken from the crash at the academy.
*Friendly *Adventurous *Helpful *Opinionated *Stubborn *Scared
Personality:]Laika is known to be equally helpful and team-focused as she is stubborn and opinionated. Due to her father’s side of the family being a large force in her life, she is never afraid to speak her mind and set in her ways. Despite this, once someone becomes a member of her team, Laika always tries to lend a hand when available. She toned down the aggressive language and opted for the tactfulness of an angry, yet patient mother.
She believes that the foundation to any project is the strength of team-work and collaboration. For this, she often invites members of her team to card games, walks, and once liked enough, a few drinks at the cafeteria. For this she tries to be sweet to her friends. Laika still isn’t used to being so far from her family. It was everything to her when growing up. Now that she is light-years away, she tries to build relations with her crew mates to fight back against that loneliness.
Hobbies:Fears:- Fire
- Loneliness
- Not being in control
Likes:- Alcohol
- Mystery Novels
- Martian Hockey, go Sojourners!
- Collecting Rocks
- Card Games
Dislikes:- Meat
- Any Martian hockey team that isn't the Sojourners
- Humid and Hot weather. She grew up in the cold and brisk Martian climate
General Skills:- Astronomy
- Geology
- Atmospheric Science
- Drone Piloting
- Maintenance
What Is On Your Person:- Meteorite Necklace
- Dogtags
- A photo of her mother, father, and brother are kept with her at all times
Quarters:- Photos of her family
- A small collection of alcohol given by her mother: Venusian Wine, Martian Amazonis Planitia Rum, and others.
- Recordings of Russian,Taiwanese, and Martian-Folk music. Most of the Martian-Folk music originated from labor unions.
- Portable Movie Player
The Reason for joining the ITU Rescue Corp:The Saturn Academy was well-equipped to handle an on-site emergency, yet those deep-space freighters cannot rely on someone saving them at the last minute. If she can put her efforts to helping those like her, then the galaxy feels a lot more safe.
History:Laika was born at the Mons Olympus Colony on Mars to Artyom Derzhavin and Hsu Xiaoling. Her father, Artyom worked on a mining rig while her mother, Xiaoling, worked with the Mons Olympus Freight in logistics. Her father’s family came from Russian immigrants looking for work. Most of them worked either in the mines or the farms. Her mother’s family mostly lived back on Earth in Taiwan. Her mother decided to move to Mars finding the on-site career more profitable. For this reason, Laika became more familiar with her father’s side of the family. She would only get to visit her mother’s side every other year. Laika always felt in-between in terms of who she was. Her father’s side of the family was poor, yet with her mother’s lucrative job, she was part of the Martian middle class society. Laika has one younger brother, Sergei, who currently works as an agricultural scientist on Mars.
Education:Laika attended the Mars Institute during her undergrad before she transferred to the Saturn Academy for her PhD in Astro-Geology. During her fourth year there, a meteorite collided near the lab she was working in. Her left arm had to be amputated after the incident. Fortunately, she was able to afford a prosthetic-metal limb. While it allows her to function normally, the incident still shakes her at times. The prosthetics repaired some of the nerve damage, but she can still feel the difference from the artificial hand to the biological hand.
Work History:After graduating from the Saturn Academy, she traveled between research labs until they ran out of grant money. Finally, Laika landed a role as the Chief Astro-Geologist aboard the IPU Ganges.
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