Editing Core group

[[image:BrianConnolly.jpg|180 px|left]]<b>XO Brian Connelly:</b> Mid-30s, sandy brown hair, brown eyes. Friendly, smart, a soldier who spent the first year of the war in the Alliance with Shyla Kramer, defected when she did. He will tend to be fiercely loyal to those he calls his own – Kramer and Nika herself are the ones that he’ll drop everything for if they need him. Unlike a lot of the mercenaries out there, he’s still dedicated to the Cause. Not the Browncoat cause, per se, but the cause of any group dealing with bastards – he, like Kramer, went on to be part of the Resistance. He and Nika would best be termed “friends with benefits” – whenever they chance to meet (a few times a year), a hotel room is usually utilized for a good number of hours (or even days, if they’ve got the time). He’s a good shot, a fine horseman, enjoys a good stiff drink or three, and barroom brawls are a good way to pass the time if you’ve nothing else to do. His relationship with the pilot is currently in the air, and Brian has been badly injured -- he will be taken Core-side for burn treatment and reconstruction.<br><br><br><br>

[[image:HankGarron.jpg|120 px|left]] <b>Engineer Hank Garron:</b> Grizzled, crotchety, around 50 or 60 with graying dark hair and brown eyes, he knows engines like the back of his hand. He can tell you what’s wrong with one from two blocks away. He is Rina, only older and more experienced, and well... Uglier. Doesn’t much care who he flies for, so long as the pay is good, the food and liquor available, and the fights fun. He’s a good man to have in your corner, but he can also be a danger. He opted to remain on Pala when the crew of the ''Gift'' came looking -- he wants to retire and ths is a great place!<br><br> <br> <br><br><br>

[[image:PeiLingFang.jpg|100 px|left]]<b>Engineer Pei-Ling Fang:</b> Early 40s, dark brown hair, brown eyes. She’s not as good an engineer as Garron (or Rina), but she has a love of mechanical gadgets that has served her well in her capacity as engineer. She’s got a good eye for bargains, she likes to cobble together bits and pieces of things to create new ones. She’s one of the jack-of-all-trades types, too. She can do a little piloting, a little cooking, a little trading, a little soldiering, a little of this and that. People tend to like her, she’s personable, good looking, doesn’t mind being the ‘face’ of a crew. She’s also a practitioner of acupuncture and a masseuse, which is something she’s VERY good at. She’s put it to use to get information out of people before on behalf of the crew. She’s just an all-around nice person, similar to Kaylee with a dash of Zoey. She, too, opted to remain on Pala.<br><br><br><br>

[[image:JasonFraiser.jpg|100 px|left]]<b>Medic Jason Fraiser:</b> He is a walking, talking stereotype. In his late-20s, brown hair, brown eyes, he was a complete idealist. The Alliance was dead wrong, but Jason didn’t join because of that – he joined because good people were getting hurt. Alliance and Independent alike, but the Independents were in desperate need of good medics. So on board he came, with all his wide-eyed naivete and his innocent heart, both of which were quickly shattered when he came on board nine months before the end of the war. In spite of it all, however, he managed to rally his optimism and continue to believe in the Cause. Following events at Pala, Jason opted to stay on the island.<br><br><br><br>