Description and Background
Description:
Black hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion.
Background:
Indrani was born in The Belt on a processing station called New Montana. Much of the 50km asteroid’s interior had been hollowed out, sealed, and pressurized to provide a comfortable environment with spun gravity inside. Although a member of The Belt, New Montana maintained a small but capable naval defense force to protect the local population from a growing pirate menace.
Indrani’s parents were shipyard workers who also went out on the workboats from time to time. They saw the results of several pirate raids, and young Indrani grew to despise the practice. She grew to be an exceedingly bright student with a bent for things mechanical and computerized. She excelled in the local schools, and, as soon as she came of age, she applied for enlistment in the local defense force. However, she was turned down in favor of candidates with better scores in athletics.
Indrani instead went into The Black Rock Mining Corporation, which mostly cataloged new asteroids and assayed them for their mineral content. She learned the basics of shiphandling, and she was fortunate enough to be part of an experienced but gruff crew. Unfortunately, her ship suffered a powerplant failure during a mission, and there were no more crew positions available for her to fill. She was discharged on a small base halfway across the belt from home, and she spent her funds getting back to New Montana.
There, she tried to enlist in the New Montana Naval force, and again she was turned down. Frustrated, Indrani took whatever jobs she could find, moving from facility to facility across The Belt. She learned to survive by her wits from the best and the worst.
Indrani found herself on Sparks, another polity in The Belt that also maintained a defense force of a dozen small combat ships. Their population was larger than New Montana’s, and more spread out along the belt. She saved two little girls from a decompression accident, and their parents, both naval officers, helped her apply for the Sparks Naval Force.
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