<div class="floatright">(http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1934868-3x2-940x627.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Sidney Leon<br/><strong>Nickname (if any): </strong>None yet<br/><strong>Age:</strong>27<br/><strong>Loyalty:</strong>Loyal to his crew but doesn't really have much love for the Alliance.<br/><strong>Shipboard Role and/or Rank:</strong>Pilot<br/><strong>Former Military Rank (if any):</strong>none<br/><strong>Creed (if any):</strong>Never take from those who can't afford it.<br/><strong>Strength (name 1): </strong>Sidney has a cool head for high tension situations. (trying to keep a several hundred ton ore transporter with the aerodynamic properties of a brick from falling out the sky can do that to a man)<br/><strong>Weakness (name 1):</strong>This may or may not be a weakness (let me know and I'll change it ). Sidney can often get attached to the ship he is piloting. swearing that it has a personality and issuing soothing words and sometimes talking to it (as one would talk to a favourite pet...to the annoyance of Sha-li).<br/><br/><strong>Character Skills:</strong><br/>Piloting (space vehicles),<br/>Driving (planetary vehicles),<br/>Animal handling (avians),<br/>Musical guitar,<br/>Singing,<br/>Re-wiring (mainly to fix a problematic pilot console).<br/><br/><strong>Legal Status:</strong>A few notes on his file about involvement with some low level noer-do-wells that could prove problematic if he comes into contact with the Alliance. But nothing that would mean he's shot on sight.<br/><br/><strong>Character Background:</strong>Sidney grew up on Haven a relatively poor world which seemed to have the only thing going for it being mining and vast amounts of rock. He was born the middle child in a family where the choice was work in the mine (with his father) or help run the cafe (with his mother). Sidney didn't fancy either of those choices but luck was at hand (for as much as luck was on Haven) in the mining corporations. With them came the chance of leaving the planet as part of the crew of one of the immense ore haulers.<br/>So when he turned 18 he enrolled at the nearest office. After a few years his technical aptitude showed and when the pilot was unavailable (read: got drunk and got beaten up...again). The captain was impressed and offered him a job replacing the Pilot where he found a natural affinity for flying. A few more years passed and the tedium of gong to one planet, picking up ore. Going to another planet, dropping off ore. Then returning to the first planet. Started to get to him. So he handed his notice and set out on his own path, taking piloting jobs from planet to planet. Some legal, some<em>not</em>so legal. Having the occasional run in with the alliance.<br/>He earned himself a tidy sum saved up, when between jobs he was walking round a market when he noticed a blue parrot looking at him (http://0.tqn.com/d/birds/1/0/j/3/-/-/BlueParrotlet_parrotletparrot.jpg) wherever he walked. Even approaching the edge of the cage. the stall holder them self stating that they had never seen the bird act so tame before. Usually screeching and trying to attack anything that came near. Feeling (semi) flush with wealth he purchased it. The bird sitting on his shoulder, not even needing a cage. For the next few jobs, the two were an almost constant sight. The bird often becoming an ad-hoc mascot to whichever ship and crew they were with. More recently Sidney and Sha-li found themselves stood in front of a Firefly class transport. with nothing but their clothes on their backs (and a few spares in a battered old rucksack) and the prospect of adventure and wealth ahead of them.<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong>Female Blue parrot called Sha-li (often found perched on Sidney's shoulder or the console): 150, Musical Instrument (Acoustic Guitar): 250, Rucksack, Clothing: 85, Family picture, Bird seed.