The girl sighed and looked at her, "Oh its a heart breaking story," she said shaking her head, "and just a tad romantic."  She took a good bite of her food and chewed it contemplatively before continuing.  "He lived in New York before the disaster hit...you know, the attack? Before he was in the army he was a pilot for some Earth Walker line Dolta? Delta? Something like that.  Anyway, he was off on some trip when the attack happened.  He came back home to a crater where his home had been...the charred remains of his wife and their baby were eventually recovered.  After that he joined the army and threw himself into it becoming the best there was just so he could pilot one of the ships out here so it wouldn't happen to someone else.  He named this ship after his daughter...I think that is why he is so attached to it."