979
Tell us about something that disgusts your SC

Talisa Draken: Kira. No not her entire person. She developed this habit since Rose has shown her some hacking tricks. I know her for, I think 20 years. Yeah must be 20. Since the academy. Hacking is part of warfare & everyone needs to master at least basic levels to get their officers certificate. Kira was not very good at it, so Rose took her under her wings.
That's basically how they started dating before we get together & Anika left.
Never mind Kira's special is, to hack minor protected parts to get into a system & she mainly uses her skill to hack our enzyme printers, to dispense unrefined EQuil.
She puts in some extra spice but still it's a gooy soup with no own flavor & she drinks several mugs a day. Her spices make it smell like dead mater.
At times I am glad we're not together anymore, it's also what gives her away if she sneaks up on you..."

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960
Describe the longest romantic relationship your MC has ever had. (If they’ve had one.)

Arkham & Ashlei: Nope they hadn't really. Ashlei as an AI has very limited opportunities to date. Not to mention having emotions in the first place. And Arkham simply tried sex with people she thought she liked enough and realized it's not hers, neither Sex nor Love, so she moved one quickly. We will see how that thing with Kira will end...

Kira: Her relationship with Talisa & Rose. It started in the Academy after Anika made space for Kira in that polycule and held almost 10 years despite Kira having other partners in that time too. They are still good and close friends and Talisa and Rose married as soon it was legal. And yes they where in the relationship with Kira at that point and even asked her, if she want to marry too but Kira wasn't in to that idea.

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875
Does your SC feel like they fit in with their community or culture? Why or why not?

1/2
It's not a clash with their civilisation but with another that doesn't communicate, doesn't value life as equal still not all is shiny perfect fluff.

Yes some stick out at minor points like Talisa and Rose did, as teens because they knew they would marry.

J. has to deal with some prejudice because her parents eat traditional and if the topic comes up people that ate or still eat meat from other sentient creatures are seen as... Ash holes. Their is a reason they moved away.

Mondira as a Rim worlder has to put up with a lot on Eodin and especially with her Mom because she joined the Alliance. Which for most people of the working class is like treason at least if her mother's reaction is anything to go bye. Unless the Union supports Eodin in any capacity, than it's all great. She has to deal ➡️

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872
How would your SC react to being mocked or made fun of?

Talisa & Rose where mocked at times. Terrans despite empathy training are still pretty much like humans in some regards & many people don't understand their early commitment to each other. In fact Talisa was 110% (which is a feat if 100% is the maximum possible) sure she would marry Rose one day & always referred to her as her future wife, even using her future wife's last name. Rose always called her her number one. Sure they had other partners in the same time but they always made it clear that they will marry each other. Both know each other since childhood & grew up next to each other. As the Draken company/family became an international & interplanetary name for progress, Talisa was often seen as wanting to take advantage of it.
Her own family didn't mind, that she married so early & they are married for almost 20 years with ~35.

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3/3
⬅️ They even managed to get posted together on most of their assignments and pretty much the Adams family (without children).
They still live Anika and Kira but it's not in a romantic way anymore. They are together for such a long time that most people don't remember Talisa's birth name (it doesn't helped that she used to introduce herself as Rose's future wife since the started dating)

J. Aromantic, asexual, loves naked cuddling and closeness, if you look for a gentle giant to lean on she got you covered. But don't expect anything in a way of a relationship or anything beyond naked cuddling.
She can flirt like a devil but she always makes clear that she wants people to feel appreciated and liked, nothing more. She has no preferences in gender identity or species. She even has a cuddle club but we don't talk about that (1. rule of the cuddle club).

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09.12.2025
2/3
⬅️ Kira. Anika left as Rose and Talisa (at that time her partners) developed romantic interest in Kira and Kira for them. As Kira went all in with Tanya (well all in for teenagers in the 2300.) they stayed as close friends on occasion cuddling or sharing a quite moment.

Arkham: never was into anything romantic until the loss of her Captain and realizing she cared way more for Kira's well-being as that of the others. She had tried in her late teens but never connected with anyone in that regard so her interest in Kira is uncharted territory for her.

Rose & Talisa Draken: married they are together since.... Basically forever. They met as children, lived close to each other and married after they got old enough. Both where in a relationship with Anika as teens but later got together with Kira and stayed with her even after her Fallout with Tanya. Now they are still close friends.➡️

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14.10.2025
Who among your characters is the most cautious?

I wouldn't say that one is the most cautious a certain mix of cautiousness and recklessness is a trait a lot of Spacefaring people especially in the military have since it's their job to defuse dangerous situations by the means necessary.
Sometimes this involves talking sometimes this involves shooting.
The Union works hard in the educational fields to give any citizen am solid education that they can analyze their situation and find a valid solution that prevents harm. This is especially true for their military. One does not out guns into the hands of people who do not understand their danger or the consequences of using a gun not only for oneself.
Talisa is pretty much the quietest and to a degree cautious on the battlefield but that's only because she is usually the back up/sniper and not a defining trait of her character in general.

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26.09.2025
Does your character pay particular attention to any aspect of their appearance? Why?

Most of them do.
Selfcare is the least you expect from a soldier, to function properly a well maintained Uniform is a given since the Union uniforms are also emergency space suits and survival suits, including some protective measures and being linkable to the armor. The Alliance and the Union don't interfere with personal Style and you are free to wear your hair however you want, as long it doesn't interfere with the emergency helmets, this is why Talisa often wears a hair knot, bun or similar.
Arkham has probably the most iconic look in the whole Alliance since she basically sits in Hotpants & crop top or a bikini style outfit in the pilot suit. But she doesn't do it to Rebel or put her body into the spotlight, but for her performance which is the main reason almost all claims of Uniform violations are dismissed.

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788
Out of all of your characters, who would make a “plan,” who follows along, and who knows if the plan is going to fail?

1/2
In Star Ryde?
Plan: Anika VS Kira
they may be love each other like twins, despite being not even really related by genetics, but they are also often at opposite ends. Anika excels in Improvised & quickly assembled tactic missions while Kira is more in to long term strategies. That said both have more successes as they have failures & able to deal with the tides of a battlefield.

Following usually are Rose, Talisa and J.
The 3 Lady's are what is generally called "a Groundhog" infantry soldier's deployed from space ships for special missions, usually they get accompanied by a pilot and one or two Captain/XO/etc. Even if anyone of them is able to 'control' a whide range of smaller crafts regardless of the environment & knows how ➡️

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⬅️ 2/2
there would probably be Anika and Kira's families sweet and spicy chili with real Terran onions.
J.'s special blue fried noodles from her home colony and the Draken mysterious, greenish glowing, flame inferno pudding that is actually served flaming. Together with Lorgat stripes flamed on the pudding.
As drinks, whatever the Admiralty would bring.
Probably a few bottles of Romulan Ale,* if bottles of this licensed product could still be found, otherwise from Admiral RHA's private collection of fictional SciFi licensed drinks.

*Because Terrans love their Ancient SciFi, at least most of them, there are all kinds of food and drink from various franchises, in fact, they are the only licenses that still actively exist from those franchises.

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