So, umm.. history.. past..

This is me. This is where I started out.. This is kind of a resume I had to put together when I first hired on the Raven. What's the Raven? Well, you'll find out more later, but the Raven was my baby. She was what gave me freedom, a rickety old firefly class ship that I loved more than any man, woman, or child. She was my home, my sanctuary, my salvation. Anyways, this is how it all starts....

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Sabrina's in her mid 20's (looks 23 or so..) And has spent most of her formative years growing up on this rock. (Washtown's then-unnamed moon) Her father was a "Craft brewer.." (moonshiner) who supplied many of the border and rim worlds with alcohol and mudder's milk. Blue Sun and the Alliance didn't much care for this when Sabrina was a wee babe, which led to the family picking up and moving about a lot. Finally, the Alliance attention faded away some, at least enough to make a homestead at Washtown.

As she grew, she showed interest in the local rancher's machinery, as well as her father's brewing equipment. In time, she learned she had a natural aptitude for fixing things that broke down. She read as much as she could, technical journals, books, anything she could get her hands on. Unfortunately, reading material is scarce out this far of the 'verse. She's seen some travel magazines, and she longs to see the beauty of the core worlds. Sabrina has a lot of wanderlust, and wants to travel, see the sights, meet new people.. She's a romantic at heart. Also, well.. some of the ranchers around here and her folks don't necessarily like the fact that Sabrina really doesn't wanna settle down with any of the local boys. Or with any boy for that matter. So she wants to leave, and they don't necessarily pine to see her stay.

Which brings her to wanting to get off world. Hence, trying to find work on a ship.

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So, yeah.. that's how it all started. Strange to think that me likin' girls was such a scandal back then. It's been about 2 years then. I'm gettin' closer to 30 now, and much of what seemed so strange and shocking then is now so incredibly commonplace. *laughing*

So, as it turned out, the owners of the local bar in Washtown acquired a firefly, Raven.. and needed a crew to make runs for them. They hired a Captain, Rae Overholt, who is still captaining, as far as I know, and I was hired on as ship's mechanic and all-around wrench. We had some other guys, Gabe Keats, Lexi, Xiao Li our pilot, Rio our ship's Doctor, Elsbeth, Kevin.. Jadi Goodliffe was the liason between our crew and the owners of the bar and sent us out on jobs.

Turns out there was some behind-the-scenes stuff happening there, and we mutinied. Took the ship over. Eventually, I think Rae managed to basically buy the ship out from the Washtown folks. We still worked for them at times, but the ship was ours and we could choose which jobs to take.

So we took jobs, and things were good for a while. We had another crew member, too.. Shen. But that's a looong story for another post.