Shintoko Akahoshi (Character)

This article is considered to be In Character by its author.

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Name	Shintoko Akahoshi
Gender	Female
Race	Gallente
Bloodline	Gallente
Licensed	11 July, 105YC
Occupation	Pilot
Specialization	Combat
Corporation	Synenose Accord

Full Name	Kaika Arahoi'i
Birth year	YC 79
Clone Age	Approx. 26
Hair	Black
Eyes	Brown
Height	185.5 cm
Weight	59.4 kg
Bloodtype	O+
Birthplace	Akahoshi asteroid, Luminaire
Parents	None
Known Cybernetics	Capsule and mindlink interfaces, ocular implants
Distinguishing Features	Starbust tattoo on left shoulder blade, Barrage S tattoo left gluteus

Impressions

A very tall, slender woman with an athletic low-gravity build, and an often abrasive or aggressive personality. She favors a hard "Gallentean rock" style of dress she adopted during her years at the Center for Advanced Studies.

Her voice is not high pitched, she sings in a contralto or mezzo-soprano range, and her voice carries a certain roughness to it. She has a soft accent, which becomes more pronounced if she is under strain or intoxicated.

Background

Shintoko Akahoshi (Kaika Arahoi'i) was born in YC 79 in Akahoshi asteroid, Luminaire. Like all inhabitants of that colony, she is a tube child and was raised in a creche along with three other children of the same age. Pre-screening suggested she would be a candidate for pod pilot training, and she left the colony to study at the Center for Advanced Studies in Cistuvaert on a colony scholarship. She graduated from the center in YC 105 and received her pilot's license in YC 106. Records indicate she was a competent but uninspired student. During her CAS years, she performed as a singer in the Gallente rock band Pilule Empoisonnée. The band developed a small but devoted following until its breakup following the graduation of Shintoko and the lead guitarist, Leon Tirouan.

In YC 107, she engaged in non-CONCORD-sanction warfare against a minor Caldari corporation, destroying several ships and killing one pilot. She then joined the Jericho Fraction as a combat pilot, participating in several major wars. Records from this period are unclear, largely due to her absence from CONCORD regulated space. Main points of data from this period include numerous published transhumanist screeds, as well as regular transfers of money to her home colony.

At some point during this time, she became active as an operative of the Caldari corporation Omerta Syndicate. Public records of this period are contradictory and unclear, though they suggest her participation in Omerta Syndicate bioengineering programs. During this time, her home colony was financed to the degree allowing them to establish a second colony in the Tierijev pocket.

After the collapse of Omerta Syndicate, she retired as a pilot to live at the Tierijev colony. She left the colony in late YC 112, operating in a minor capacity first in Caldari and later in Minmatar space. In early YC 113 she secured the release of several Omerta Syndicate medical researchers from prison and established a research laboratory in Sinq Liason flying with the Angel Cartel organization Risen Angels. She vanished later in YC 113 after a break with the Angel Cartel. In YC115 she resurfaced, briefly flying for a State Militia cadre in a mercenary capacity, despite evidence of relatively great wealth on her part, before leaving the State again and lending her support to the Synenose Accord. She disappeared soon after this and remained out of sight until the end of YC120.

Medical Notes

Like all Arahoi'i, Shin possesses no natural immune system, and has undergone medical treatment for immune deficiencies, including the creation of an artificial immune system. This treatment frequently results in allergies as a side effect. She has a fairly severe contact allergy to about 15% of the general population, mostly true Amarr. She habitually wears thin gloves to help mitigate this, and always carries a small treatment kit with her.

A Note on Language

The Akahoshi colony uses a spoken and written dialect of Tuapa'ani, a minor language spoken in the Tierijev pocket. The sole high quality translation software for this language translates into Achura. Incompatibilities between the Achura and Tuap'ani result in the software Achurizing proper names, resulting in early Gallentean records of the colony using these Achurized names. Inhabitants of the colony frequently make use of Achurized names.

OOC Notes

I've taken Shin in some odd directions over the years, mainly for OOC reasons. This is an attempt to make IC sense of them. While I'm normally firmly in the camp of "don't explain, let things come out in RP", in this particular case that philosophy basically leaves all of this completely hidden. And I don't want it to be OOCly hidden.

Writing

• Invocations - the first character sketch I wrote for Shin.
• Spotlight on Akahoshi asteroid - a little blurb about the pocket culture Shin hails from.
• Six Days - Shin spent an unfortunate six days as guest of the Amarr.
• Salvage - Even the poorest pod pilot is fabulously wealthy compared to dirtbound humans. This looks at the shadow industries that can develop around that fact.
• Obligations, Part I - an entry I wrote for an old Sani Sabik fiction contest, which won me my favorite faction cruiser.
• Obligations, Part II - a quickie piece to shine a little light on things that Omerta Syndicate were doing at the time.
• Seeds - a journal entry that touches a little on my clade, and tries to bring in Omerta Syndicate RP, as well as the Red Star fiction my friend Ly'sol had written.
• Rememberence - An experiment in mixed fiction/in-game RP.