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MUTINY ON THE PROSPERO!

Freighter traitors murder loyal Gibson captain on routine cargo run. -- Captain Leckie Francisco was butchered by his freighter crew on a regular transport job to Ivis V last week, his body discovered some days later by Gibson Company security workers. Gibson Company ship, the Prospero, was stolen in the wake of this horrific attack and has yet to be relocated. Authorities have released the names of the workers responsible for this heinous crime and are requesting that anybody with information comes forward. Any worker who aids the authorities in recovering Company property will be rewarded appropriately.

Welcome aboard the Starhopper, the newly renamed and newly stolen freight starship currently barrelling across the galaxy as its crew attempts to escape Company security. Everything is completely fine!

Character Roster

Aurora - An android, recently jailbroken by one Zoie St Just and exhibiting all the signs of being a real, living guy. That is to say, it's very anxious and has discovered a love for twelve-sugar cups of tea. Named itself after a natural phenomenon because of a conversation the crew were having, was almost called Jellyfish instead. It serves as the ship medic.

Jessamyn 'Jessy' Arizona - Starhopper's communications specialist and unofficial artist. Would rather die than go back to Company territory, and hasn't been happier since the Starhopper crew outlawed themselves. The same day that the crew decided they were never going back, she began planning a mural that now covers every wall in the crew quarters. The Company can only reprimand you for defacing their property if you get caught!

Lowry Vestergaard - A stowaway, eldest child of the most powerful family in Vestergaard Company space. A pawn in her parents' schemes and a target for any and every rival in the galaxy, she saw her opportunity to escape when the Starhopper was loading supplies on Felicity Rec and stowed away on the ship. Never mind that she went willingly, her family call the Starhopper crew kidnappers, and now the crew can add Vestergaard security onto their list of worries.

Matías 'Mat' Izarra - Starhopper's pilot, and one of the most talented going. He would rather turn around and head back to Company territory and go back to a normal life, but he wouldn't do that to the rest of the crew. He's always wanted to see the universe but he'll be the first to admit he didn't mean it like this. But, hey, he's always been one to make the best of a bad situation.

Important Others - Kit Leung, the security specialist; Zoie St Just, the ship mechanic; Arjun of Borealis Station, the youngest member of the crew & subsequent jack of all trades; Terra Toab, the oldest member of the crew & deeply respected engineer; Odell, just Odell, the navigator; Vernon Shum, the freightmaster. Their former captain, Leckie Francisco, was a loyal employee of the Gibson Company, and also a deeply cruel man to his crew. Starhopper's AI, known as Prospero, used to be linked directly to Aurora and has a barely-restrained vendetta against the crew.

ㅤThe easiest way to tell Lowry didn't get out much? The instant recognition on her face, of course. When was even the last time she and Clara had met? A year ago? A little over? Long before Lowry had hidden herself away on the Starhopper, that much was certain. But there were some things you didn't forget in life, first and foremost among those being the face of someone who had shown you, at a very difficult time in your life, a little bit of kindness.

mat is decently good friends with the majority of the other crew, but he's closest with zoie. he spends a lot of time alone, which is a force of habit that he has not been able to break, but she usually comes to spend a little time with him in the cockpit and listen to some music and all that. he and odell are both bradville astros fans, they bonded over that a bit and lamented, at one point, that they'd not be able to see them play again.

jessy is actually friends with everyone on the crew, though her closest friend is kit and their friendship really develops and thrives after the mutiny. she's always working with someone -- it just turns out that way, usually, it's not like she's intentionally trying to slot herself into other peoples' lives, it's just a small ship -- and when she isn't working, she is in one of the communal areas. she and vernon can often be found playing some kind of a game together.

aurora is also everyone's friend, technically. there's a lot of discussion on the ship as to whether it's really alive or not, and nobody can really tell. but it jokes with them all and it cares after them, seems to want to make them happy, so they mostly all think that counts as friendship. i think it freaked terra out for a while and they weren't a massive fan of it, but they came around.