502. How do your characters feel about plastic / cosmetic surgeries and procedures, if this is something that applies to your universe?

It's a tool for people to express themselves or unify their inner pictures and their outer experience.
Most species have some sort of it.
Body modifications are more common as one might think from colored hair to tattoos, removal of such to appearance changing methods to reconstruction surgery including cloned limbs and organs.
Most people see it like this and it doesn't bother them.much if people align their external appearance with their own mental image of them.

It is kinda rare among most people to do something because the society as a whole has a more broad respect about beauty and body images. Of course this also depends on the world you are on but even Mondira's Home (which is very much Cyberpunk pure) is open for all kinds of people and accepts a broad body diversity in its media.

#PennedPossibilities 502 #StatRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

503. Do any of your characters know how to cook well?

Everyone can cook, it's a survival skill after all and thus teached at the academy.
However Kira,Talisa and J. excell in it.
- Kira has this ability to mix & match not so typical ingredients into a little sensation.
- Talisa takes great joy in learning the favorite recipes for most of the crews members so if someone is down she can "snatch" them some soul food.
- J. Is this giant squishy muscle package that doesn't get anything together that remembers remotely to food but somehow it tastes good.
- Rose is the artist, it's not about the taste but the experience, creating a cracker tower or an ice cream temple to a vegan roasted BBQ "pig" over "fire."
- Anika was especially good with alien cuisine reworked for Terran digestion.
- 2.XO William Troika excels in home cooking
#PennedPossibilities 503 #StarRyde #Writing #SciFi #WIP #KiraKnox #AnikaJohanson #TalisaDraken #RoseDraken #JHarveyGladstone #WilliamTroika #Cooking

504. Where exactly do you like to write? In your home, outside, in a café, etc?

As a vegan, diabetic type 1 that is also in early retirement thanks to a whole more health shenanigans I'm also living under the poverty line for Germany. So a café is actually quite to fancy for me & only extra cost in addition that I can't "enjoy" more than half of their offerings. So I never tried that. I'm aware of the real life trope but since my heating & housing are paid once a month (my top priority), I stick around at home a lot. So that's where most of my writing happens, I have a PC set up but it's just for stuff that I can't do on my phone. That said sometimes it's the kitchen (especially in my phases in which I'm so stressed that I smoke), often it's the couch in the living room or my bed in the bedroom. For some reason I haven't tried my hanging chair sofar. I have some parks in my area & grass around the apartment complex, but I find it too distracting.

#pennedpossibilities 504 #writing

505. Name a handful of authors who inspired you over the years.

- Gene Roddenberry with Star Trek. I'm a full blood Trekie however Star Trek wasn't Gene's Work alone.

- Terry Pratchett and his friends, Jack Cohen, Ian Stewart, Neil Gaiman.
- Rihanna Pratchett I miss our little conversations over Twitter tbh. Just small dialogues butt...

- H.P.Lovecraft because for what ever reason I stumbled upon him very early reading his horror stories & stuff from the Cthulhu Mythos as Early as 8 years thanks to my large number of clinical visits.

- Edgar Allan Poe he even came before Lovecraft thanks to the Simpsons.

- Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell)
- Mike Pondsmith (Cyberpunk)
both of their works are the probably most realistic dystopias we have okay minus the implants.

- Rumiko Takahashi geez you wouldn't believe the length I would go to to live in her stories. Especially Ranma.

- Naoko Takeuchi okay yeah second universe I would live in.
#PennedPossibilities 505 #writing #inspiration

506. How do your SCs come across to others? How are they seen?

Uff
- Leroy Jenkins, a hard but fair man in a sort of opposition to Kira.
- William Troika, heartwarming guy, loves music, husband, father of 3 daughters, loves cooking is the "social manager" next to Talisa.
- Rose Draken has this relaxed boyfriend energy, a "bit" nerdy. The AI/computer expert/hacker. Has all the nifty gadgets on the ground & even gets through to Kira in her stubborn moments. Best friend of Kira.
- Talisa, she is the ships "mum/soul"
She knows you, she cares about you, she is the sniper, the one that covers your back with the longinilance system on the ground and the one that thinks and works with portals.
- J. 2 meters tall 2 wide, 2 deep, 200% muscles & flirting, explosives, a heart as big as her whole body.
- Silas Crosby serious but good hearted security chief.
- Mondira Ramann, the way to young Rim export.
#PennedPossibilities 506 #StarRyde #wriring #SciFi #WIP #secondaryCharacters #SideCharacters

507. It's three in the morning and your MC is in the loopy giggling stages of being sleepy. What are they laughing about, and who are they with?

Arkham would be with Kira most likely, there would be a tough day behind them, maybe a good bit tough day like a birthday celebration of one of the crew members. Alcohol is still a thing in the 24. century for Humans/Terrans. Arkham would be tipsy while Kira would carry the smaller woman into her own quarter's or into one of 'the privates" added containers in the cargobay if she herself would be drunk. Arkham would have emotional chaos going on being relaxed and a bit aroused do to her partner and first real love interest being around, not used to the thoughts under alcohol she would giggle a lot how great she finds Kira and how jealous she sometimes feel...

Okay yeah fork it I make a scene out of this prompt.

#PennedPossibilities 507. #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

1/4
Kira carryed Arkham on her back, Arkham was drunk not only a bit tipsy but full blown hammered.
She even snored on her shoulder.

Kira's mind showed the lift, Ash didn't needed words in their conversation, simple images or memories where enough, it made things easier, Kira had a good portion herself, making her thoughts a bit slow.

"I bring the FC to bed," she throw into the filled cargobay.
J. jumped up:"Let me carry her your boozed yourself, Dragon."
"J. You know I don't like it if you call me that in the open. Stay where you are that's a drunk order and the FC is Captains territory or what is it called?"
"Responsibility?" J. offered not sure what to do.

"Right, I flipped? Filled her up, she is my girl I gonna care for her." Kira's voice where wonky but sturdy. "Carry out my ... Carry out whoever needs to be carried out of the room. And thank you for your service soldier."

J. felt awkward
#PennedPossibilities 507. #Extra #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

2/4
she hadn't as much alcohol as the rest of the crew, it was Bday party, 5 crew members had birthday in the last 2 weeks & being radio silent made parties a rarity. It was common to wait til a bunch of people had birthday otherwise they would celebrate daily or every second or third day which was with a community of 40 people a bit much.

Rose & Talissa tried their best to not eat each other while kissing like love drunk meets drunk teenagers, Mondira & Silas slept already on the lap of William. He gently scratched their heads, smiling, his head laid back to the wall behind him. Mondira was at the same age as his youngest daughter & she was at least as energetic as her but clearly needed to learn her limits.

Jenkins smilled as Kira passed by him. "HickxO," she muttered, "as the commanding officer I trust you to handle the crew."
"No worries captain, care for the FC I handle the crew."
"Aye,
#PennedPossibilities 507. #Extra #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #wip

3/5 -{missing element rewrite from memory}-

sorry for planing it like this."

"No worries, mam. I'm glad if others can wind up, calm down and I enjoy a little distance."

"Good. If you excuse me I have to carry my pilot home. She crashed because she is drunk."

"I'm not drunk you're drunk."
"Your talking from my back."
"No!"
"No?"
"I'm doin my job!"
"From my back?"
"I'm riding my captain into battle."
"There is no riding into battle, there is only my bed."
"That's where I want to ride you to to the bed-lefield."

Kira imagined the lift again.
"Listen Arkham this is not a mission you are drunk and I bring you into my cabine."
"Onto the bed-lefield! That is where I need you, for close combat training Soldier! Let us ride into the sunset.
She fell asleep again

It's my bed there will be no battle. No close combat, no melee, no artillery simply said there will be no trace of ...
#writing #SciFi #pennedpossibilities 507 #StarRyde #extra #Arkham #KiraKnox #Ashlei

4/5
any battle." Kira felt how Arkham tried to bite her ear. "But capt'n it's a bed-lefield all for cloth combat thehi." Arkham's face slipped onto Kira's shoulder. "You look so good tonight not only tonight but today more than usual." "It's the alcohol your talking through. Ash how long does this thing needs." "We are on deck 2 captain. The door is open if you would turn around you can see your cabine." Kira Shot Red in a second.

"Ash is my best friend," Arkham whispered, "she helps me stear the captain, hihi and now to the bed-lefield cloth combat need you naked. You lookso great naked. A'miral Pakthi out."

A soft hissing breathing sound came from Kira's back.

She carried Arkham the longer than usual corridor down, into her cabine, over to the bed she gently sat down turned and wiggled til she was sure Arkham laid secure.
Arkham Snickerd:"Onto the bed-lefield commander my great ass."

"Kira
#PennedPossibilities 507. #Extra #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

5/5
why is the FC so fixated on your naked body?" Kira layed down. "Alcohol intensivfies our emotions and some get very cuddly while drinking."
"You mean the lack of mindful thinking capabilities leads to a more narrow focus?"
Kira thought about a lesson about at the academy her teacher cited:"Mental capacity fells behind on higher level of alcohol consumption, thus making less space for 2. thoughts or selfcontrol thoughts, thus making every feeling more intense do to the lack of other stimulations the brain reacts to."

"I understand, thank you. So the FC was aroused & couldn't think about anything else."

"Ash can we not talk about this without her, able to react. It's her privacy & even if I like her talk more about my body and my 'ass' it's not okay to talk without her like this."

"As you wish commander. Setting alarm to?"

"0935, we will need that extra sleep."

"Done good night commander."
#PennedPossibilities 507. #Extra #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

508. How strong is your MC’s sense of ambition? What is something that they strive for in life?

Kira never really had the goal to become a shade or a soldier with higher ranks, she just did what she thoughtwas needed to be done. Together with her friends and Anika she had a pretty good way of dealing with decision making and everything else.

Arkham always wanted to be the best pilot, she hadn't much else what helped her focus in live so she wanted to be one of the best. She became the youngest and one of the best. Thanks to her abilities and a neurological issue she managed to flip around.

Ash just follows her programming, help the crew, defend the crew, be there for the crew.

#PennedPossibilities 508 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

509. Random: Would your MC or SC have a favorite joke or genre of jokes?

Sarcasm, despite it being thrown at the world in a hurtful way it's a coping mechanism. Dark Humor too because as long we can joke about it not everything seems lost, it's the shimmer of hope that a situation is controllable/not so bad at all. To prevent braking under the pressure we hull ourselves in words that often are funny because they are blatantly true from one perspective just to divert away from our helplessness.

Situational jokes practical as verbal. It helps to retain a sense of belonging together if you have situations that delight you and the ones around you.

In an situation like the Ghoz'Tarc's their is a strong bond of community but also a constant rub on each other. It may come down to bad jokes or hurtful jokes but this is not intentional if not made in stress du to an argument or a verbal fight with each other.

#PennedPossibilities 509. #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

510. What genre(s) do you like to read and / or write the most?

SciFi
Fantasy with a twist like Terry Pratchett or I forgot the Title/Authoring Person. I think it was "The last Fight of the Orks."

In which Orks stumbled upon an American military stash and it's never explained how or why just something a dragon collected.

On occasion grim dark like Warhammer 40k (it's not SciFi for fork's sake)

A good romance comedy like Ranma 1/2 or Epic romance meets Magical Girl like Sailor Moon*.

Good psychological Horror, body Horror or lovecraftian.

Erotic stuff no problem if it mixes with horror.

* For what ever reasons I can't stand monogamous cis hetero relationships and even trans* hetero relationships, it's okay if it is part of a poly relationship but most times I just skip that part in stories.
Give me gay couples, make one part nonbinary, gender fluid or what do I now. But Sailor Moon gets the pass in it. 🤔🤷🏾

#PennedPossibilities 510 #writing #reading

511. Does your antagonist / villain believe in luck or fortune? Why or why not? Where do they believe these things come from?

AI:"Luck a purely and typical Terran concept to summarize the odds and reasons for something to happen. Sadly it already spread through the galaxy because it's such an easy understandable concept.
Instead of calculating possible outcomes and line them up with certain scenarios, just call it luck. A very lazy way of describing everything that goes into a reason why something happened. You see brains are lazy, why summon up the whole eternity of action and reaction, probability and percentages, free will or the illusion of it when you simply call it luck and nobody challenges your assumption for more than some minutes?"

#PennedPossibilities 511. #StarRyde #AntagonistInfernale #Writing #SciFi #WIP

512. Are there certain limits to what your MC will or won’t do? Are there exemptions to their set principles?

Kira Knox: despite her having the right to hold a Field tribunal she rather does not, so far she hasn't, and from her POV she rather would not. At this point she also didn't use her authority, as a Shade, to force other Union military or Alliance Military under her control.

Arkham: she hasn't killed an enemy at this point, she managed to get away with the most basic training thanks to the need of good pilots.
Her battlefield time is less than 6 Month in over 5 years of training/service. So no one can say exactly how she will react if the push comes to it.

Ashlei: there are certain backups and instructions in place, in case of the ship falling into enemies hands.
She doesn't want to entertain the Idea at all but she has few choices if it happens.

#PennedPossibilities 512. #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #Writing #Scifi #WIP

513 Do you enjoy writing "descriptive" scenes?

Descriptive like detailed or "disruptive" like some persons bang each other like crazy sex scene?
Never sure if this sensitivity of some American people plays into such wording.🤔
Nevermind.😅

Both yes, but especially the combination, details for me are a way to slow down time without yelling at the reading person TIME FREEZE or something like that.
Especially in the later cases a good balance is necessary to don't slow out the reading person completely.

I tend to use less details in action scenes sometimes even less words than necessary for a sentence.

#PennedPossibilities 513 #StarRyde #Writing #SciFi #WIP

514. Has your SC ever felt as though they’ve been reborn? Have they ever desired the feeling of a fresh start, or a better understanding of themselves and / or the world around them?

A fresh start maybe some of them, reborn less likely, better understanding of themselves not sure one could call it this.
The world around them well it's an interspecies space war so I guess there isn't much to understand for the common soldier. On occasion they might think about this but generally their minds are occupied with other stuff.
I guess the real mind-blowing self aware moments are very rare in general.
I personally jumped of the reapers scythe several times and had no feeling of being reborn but more like shit I barely made it, so I maybe negative biased and despite my best efforts of understanding humanity or the universe I can't say I'm sure I even get it the slightest. So I maybe I am bad at recognizing such events.🤷🏾‍♂️

#PennedPossibilities 514 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP #

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#PennedPossibilities #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP #worldbuilding
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515. Where did your SC grow up? What was their childhood like there?

Mondira Ramann.
Mondira is a child of the Rim world Altruna. It was first colonized by humans in the late 2100. Before humanity united as Terrans. The people that left where cryonauts that left Earth in the early 2100. It wasn't planned to settle this planet but the Cryopods didn't worked well and the drive broke shortly after freezing the passengers.
The crash landed on Altruna, where the original plan was to settle a new world and start as a new humanity with best intentions. Sadly that didn't work out at all and now Altruna is one of the most Cyberpunk capitalist worlds you can imagine. It's an Economic powerhouse of a poisened world, nothing left of the Altruism the first settler's wanted to take to a new paradise world. Maybe things wouldn't have taken this path if they hadn't found live prolonging alien tech and were so desperate.

#PennedPossibilities 515 #StarRyde #MondiraRamann #Writing #SciFi #WIP

516. MC POV: How do you grieve? Do you struggle with it?

Kira:"That's none of your business isn't it?"

Arkham:"Aggression helps especially if you "lost" someone like my birthpod, na even "lost" is to much, sarcasm and zynic jokes is all she deserves. The only reason that I "grieve" about her loss is the fact that I made my way to a high position in the military and I can't rub it in her face. Others may have lost their parents and grieve, I grieved over my dad he was worth it. And about that person that gave birth to me... I hope she was alone in her last hours, knowing that it ends and no one cares because she was such a Swexer, may she ne reborn looking like she acted, full of shit."

Ashlei:"I am not programmed to grieve in any way however my patterns can be described as a habit, if I "get used to someone" their disappearance distorts my patterns.

#PennedPossibilities 516 #StarRyde #Writing #SciFi #WIP #KiraKnox #Ashlei #Arkham

517. Your SC is hosting a get-together at home. Who do they invite & what do they have planned for the night?

Home for William is difficult. He loves his wife and his daughters who would definitely be their. But if you ask him about home it's where his remaining family lives, the lunar city Berlyn in the sea of serenity. Berlyn was established as an early mining and space port settlement.
Today (2343) they still farm & mine Iron, Berlyn has the status of an moon metropolis. The people their struggle to adept because since most material can relatively easy be synthesized mined iron has lost value, still the Union supports their realignment as a tourist & education city.
So the party would have heavy focus on local goods like the food they farm, musicians from Berlyn etc.

Most likely he would have Kira and Anika around (if this takes place prior to the mission) and some other members of the crew.

#PennedPossibilities 517 #StarRyde #WilliamTroika #writing #SciFi #WIP #worldbuilding

518. If your MC (or you, for the MC) made a five-song playlist that suited their life, what would be on it and why?

Kira in Universe
- Samara's Tears - Kiss me Lover for the Dramatic background that the singers can't touch for long for their species incompatible biologies.

- Somwhar Ovate R'Einbo's Ancients Remixed Album opener Bob Marley Sun is Shining.
-- His own songs collection Archives last song Azure: Juwel of Sol
for relaxation and to remember her why she does this job.

- Dead Man's Warning - Executions in A minor a political motivated piece from after the corporations against states war in which the purge of society from persons is brought up if their doings clearly made things worse. Her favorite line is: "It's not th'end justify the means it's damage control.

- Visceral Triumph - Tranquility perfect for training even if it's a bit gory.

#PennedPossibilities 518. #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Music #writing #SciFi #WIP

519. Are there certain limits to what your SC(s) will or won’t do? Are there exemptions to their set principles?

Don't shot the Currier (unless he is sentenced to death for prior actions which is extremely rare and the Union only gives this sentence after 3 attempts of change already failed or in case of severe crimes against sentient beings like bringing war).

The ground rule is talk instead of act because talking is the beginning of understanding, even as soldiers they are ment to uphold peace with only the necessary force but in case of Eltaryn it's shoot on side, thanks to the fact that they sofar always attacked with the clear intend of killing other species. So if it's a giant blue gorilla or bug it's shoot in side til they start communicating peacefully.

Live at let live, unless someone clearly tries to endangers others or actively tried to hurts others.
Note correctional mention of miss behavior is part of that.

#pennedpossibilities 519 #StarRyde #Writing #SciFi #WIP

520. How does your antagonist / villain come across to others? How are they seen

1/2

AI. As a Box or a speaker. No one knows who is behind the Antagonist Infernale (I really need to come up with a name...) or what it's plans are. AI only talks through speakers, messages, calls. So he comes across as shadowy, untrustworthy, the voice doesn't even has any resemblance it's tuned to a gender neutral way, it's patterns are recognizable but most likely altered and a distortion wave lied underneath it that confuses Audio recognition devices as they try to digitize it, only garbled mess is given out.

AJ or AJohnson, AJ seems to be lost a bit or misplaced in their purpose on the Battlefield they excel and they is the best Agent of AI for a reason. No mission failure is acceptable and they act with certainty on the mission but outside without Armor, notes scribbled everywhere,

#PennedPossibilities 520 #StarRyde #writing #AntagonistInfernale #AntagonistJunior #AJohnson #writing #SciFi #WIP

2/2

Sticky notes inside the Armor, some seem carved into the inside of the armor others written on their skin, maybe even tattooed. AJ on Missions comes across as dry, dusty a feeling you watched a stranger walking into a desert town on a hot windless day at high noon. But also off as if you look onto someone that is slightly twisted in a way you can't decide on. Imagine a picture the part where AJ stands is cut, replaced with another person underneath, the person fits it's cut out like a glove but you see the edges or if you find a paper map that is folded the wrong way and you feel it as your fingers strive along the folds.

Reference pictures for AJ's Main inspirations.

#PennedPossibilities 520 #StarRyde #writing #AntagonistInfernale #AntagonistJunior #AJohnson #writing #SciFi #WIP

521. If your SC had a theme song, what would it be?

Because I tun a bit low on energy right now (recharge phase after to many social interactions I guess), om not willing to list 38+ crew member do I stick to some known ones.

Rose Draken: Motionless in White - Somebody told me, Link 1. underneath

Talisa Draken: Apocalyptica feat Sandra Nasic - Path volume 2, Link 2

Jennifer Harvey Gladstone alias J.:
Powerman 5000 - Bombshell, Link 3

William Troika: The Ink Spots -
I don't want to set the world on fire, Link 4

Learoy Jenkins: Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit, Link 5

Links
1.
https://youtu.be/RYazu20DUzc?si=cvLXK5IL1f_9Zg6o
2.
https://youtu.be/tbODwqGZNTU?si=NmNQ8ofd993k-5_D
3.
https://youtu.be/fnayvmyploE?si=glIer_jADuO0gZJC
4.
https://youtu.be/6l6vqPUM_FE?si=lc1Qwwk8ed4_czFx
5.
https://youtu.be/v2H4l9RpkwM?si=lpkROYEN6Hg-oWD4

#PennedPossibilities 521 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP #RoseDraken #TalisaDraken #JHarveyGladstone #WilliamTroika #LJenkins

522 Are you close to finishing any WIPs?

Can I rephrase that by moving the words around?

Are you finished closing any WIPs?
Than it's YES!
All locked up on USB backups...
Honestly the amount of stopped stories in my case is outstanding.

To answer the original question no.
Even Star Ryde isn't anywhere close and instead of writing I resort my notes at the moment into a system that my future me hopefully can still understand without reading the documens.

Lot of ideas I had over the decade plus and the "actual" story I'm working rn are so contrary to each other. If I punch everything into one story I could rival Marvels, DC's and Star Treks Multiverse all together and it's not even a time travel story.
Maybe I just collect all the patches, sew them together and call it Patch Work the SciFi Quilt.

Edit: Quiltwars surely I wouldn't be sued by Guilt wars for it ...

#PennedPossibilities 522 #StarRyde #writing

523. Would your MC ever kill anyone? What conditions would have to be at play for this to take place?

1/2
Absolutely, her training made her able to decide in an instant who is a real threat that needs to be delt with & who is worthy of keeping alive to give a chance to be better.

The 1. directive is protect everyone from being harmed.
The 2. is hold up the Unions standards.
The 3. protect the Union at all necessary costs.

As a Shade she also has the right to aquire Union troops to her cause, this is part of the Martial Law Pact that all Union member worlds have to accept, if they want to join as associated members.

The same pact allows her to judge & execute the judgement on the battlefield & beyond.

Only the highest Shade for a segment is known openly, others are deployed undercover to make sure that no one miss uses this power & keep active leading Shades in line.

And in case of Eltaryn its always shoot first.

#PennedPossibilities 523 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #writing #SciFi #WIP

2/2
This means that in order to protect the greater good, the institution of the Union and every upright citizen of it, from threats like the Eltaryn, Pirates, hostile forces of all kind or occasional from the inside, like people that try to undermine the Unions regulations & laws in any way or corrupt its system, shades are allowed to end this threat.

The usual way is to hand them over to the authority, because everyone deserves at least a 2. & a 3. chance, but if the crime is severe enough & a Shade is around, this will most likely shortcut to a single person's decision.

It's an imperfect solution to a otherwise very hard to beat problem.

Yes Kira has shot Terrans in order to protect other species. She has ended lives of Union & not Union citizens that broke the laws severe enough for a 3. time & she stand trial afterwards. She has taken many Eltaryn lives in the Act of defense. Herself, the Union & others.

#PennedPossibilities 523 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #writing #SciFi #WIP

524. When it comes to your characters, who do they turn to for advice?

Each other, the Ghoz'Tarc is a little village, a vehicle, a home, the crew are comrades, fellow soldiers, friends and even family.
On occasion to others outside of this group, their superiors, their biological families outside, people in the same position elsewhere.
Yo people that came before.

Talisa has a special place onboard, despite her just being a specialist for long range support, orbital strikes via the Longinilance systemand the most skilled Slip/Slyde operator she has an incredible understanding for her fellow crewmates, almost knowing everything about everyone, thanks to her empathy and compassion. She has a dang good memory for the Stories that surround her.

Of course Kira, William and Jenkins as the leading officers. Ashlei on occasion for a different view upon a topic or whoever might have some different views and may offer insight.

#PennedPossibilities 524 #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #SciFi #WIP

525. What is the number one thing your MC wants in life?

As @floofpaldi put it
Peace.
That's what most of the Union's core and associated member species wish for, to thrive in peace.
To be left alone from creatures and persons that try to use others for a selfish & unnecessary advantage that only exist in their world view. To be left alone from the attacks that aren't seem to have a purpose other than eradication of others...

Kira would love to make peace with the Eltaryn, however they haven't communicated in any other way than fight, brutal & without mercy...
Attacking worlds of the Union, the Rim worlds & who knows where else, nobody knows what happens in the area called the Ghost Stars.

This is why the Alliance exists as it does the Unions own military.
Imagine the last as a sort of UN blue helmet troups and the former as an NATO like organization. They share resources, troups etc but are two separate entities.

#PennedPossibilities 525 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP #KiraKnox

527 Does your MC have any habits when they’re under extreme stress?

Kira Not only under stress, she vibes all the time, that means she is constantly activating and relaxing all her muscles while not talking or actively relaxing. It has increased since her last near death experience.
The amount of EQuil (the unrefined Enzyme Printer Liquid or simply put a food synthesizer) she drinks also tends to jump up in stress situation if she can't train properly. That she is also able to move quite silently through the ship makes it sometimes even stressful for others. Imagine Our are just chatting about your fear that the XO now Captain is not fit for duty and than you hear a slurping sound behind you... She seems to sneak more if she gets stressed more. Still she appreciates the concerns and understands them still it doesn't stresses her less but she tries to lead by example instead of "punishing" the concerned crew members.

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528. Do you remember the first thing you ever wrote creatively?

No, it was something in my earliest writing trials learning what letters look like and what they sound like.

I remember my first He-man/She-ra fanfiction it was lived reenactment climbing into the wall mounted bookshelves fighting baddies with my cheap Ash light up plastic sword from a Jahrmarkt (Year market a group of traveling merchants setting up their business for 5 days to 2 weeks in a town closest thing Americans have are amusement parks the lower cheaper variants).

I remember my first big data loss whicht costed me 160 pages of a story, Die Nacht des Mares (- the night of the mares), a story how a cloned child could aquire a soul after dying, I remember another Story I started as a teen which was kinda postapolyptic superhero choosen one twin pair fights back against alien intruders with the help of demons, angels. I think I called it Fox & Raven because that where their persona basics.

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529 What language(s) does your MC speak?
1/2
Oh boy...
Kira: Terran Standard, Union Standard, Terran High, Union High this are her mother languages that are required on earth and basically High is more a dialect used for ceremonies of the Union or sort of Political neutral speech. Standard is complied from the shortest words for a concept so it doesn't sounds like anything we know today.
She had historical language lessons in German, English, Spanish, Chinese and Danish but she was not able to do much with it. She speaks Talil Standard fluent (Talithi Language), Roa' Standard as far as Terrans can reproduce Somwhar tones. Bare bone basics in Aszal/Trewal Standard. Bethos Standard with its melodic variations is out of her reach. Thanks to Ash she can understand binary, tertiary and up to decimal code however speaking in 0-9 numbers is crazy difficult and without Ash it's basically nonsense to her.

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2/2 as a trained and active Shade she also knows the Ciffer that is used as a language in a language to communicate necessary informations to other shades and something called brass knuckles which is the same concept in case of an hostile takeover of an enemy force.

Arkham knows Terran and Union Standard/High, English fluent, Talil Standard, Roa' Standard (better than Kira) and basic parts of Aszal/Trewal, Arkham has interest in old Terran and non Terran languages but it's all only for some words. Her Japanese studies failed and she had some Bethos lessons. But not really noteworthy, funnily enough she can recognize the Bethos melodic patterns with ease but can't reproduce any words in it, she also understands Brass Knuckles.

Ashlei: Ash as the ships AI can speak and understand all common, uncommon & rare Languages in the broader Union, she is also programmed as an universal translator.

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530. Pick one of your SCs and tell us how they strengthen and enrich your story?

Mondira's perspective is that of an citizen of the Rim. Her homeworld is much closer to ours, yes they have aliens but it was settled by Humans that left Terra before it was called that, before the Eltaryn attack and everything. They left in hope to build a better home for them self but where struck by bad luck and all their beautiful ambitions fell apart as they had to settle a planet void of most resources. Thanks to some alien tech left behind they managed and thrived, yet they couldn't rid themselves of the problems earth had in their time. So Mondira's next to being a slightly comic relief I hope offers a connection to our society which is pretty much like our world today but some generations ahead. It's the most truest cyberpunk dystopia in universe.
Irony that the world the founders left became what they looked for.

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Great question TLDR we will see

Ashlei: does an AI have the same psychological concepts as biological persons?

Arkham: if you don't push the wrong buttons Abbishek Pakthi is a delightful dark humored and sarcastic person but nice and carrying, if You push the said buttons Arkham is a hell fire portal of human rage, hurt and psychological Horror, her Nickname isn't Arkham for no reason. We will see what will be her fate/decision -> consequences in my WIP.

Kira Knox: Kira suffers from the fear of loosing people. Her parents, her sisters, her second dad, Tanya who simply left without any words, her first own led unit and now Anika.
She suffers from depression periodically but otherwise manages to keep herself a float. She swore to herself NOT A SINGLE ONE MORE!

Author-ity note: I don't hate them. I'm just cruel as it seems.

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