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19:43, 28th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Dake Collins

Name:  Dake Alexander Collins “DC”
Age: 26
Position: Pilot
Allegiance: Independent

Physical Description: When Dake is not wearing a racing ball cap, his  hair is usually spiked with gel because that is the quickest and easiest way to style his hair.  He prefers cargo pants and racing T-shirts, but enjoys any chance he gets to dress up and go out on the town.
Personality: He is well spoken, somewhat of a hot head, and very competitive.  He has a tendency to rush into relationships, but a lack of focus can make people think he is shallow and doesn’t really care.  Those who get to know him know he is scatter-brained but genuine, and holds onto his friendships fiercely.

As a pilot he is good with the electronics and computers of a ship, but miserable with the actual mechanical workings that keep the ship in the air.  He is always willing to help out in those areas, but usually is relegated to cleaning once the mechanic understands just how much he sucks at mechanics.

History: Dake grew up in a small town on Santo.  He was the middle child (two older brothers and two younger twin sisters).  His family owns a resturant on Santo.  Growing up Dake idolized Nate (his older brother) and his best friend Kale.  They were always pushing each other to new daring stunts, and reveled in living.  Dake wanted to be just like them, and tagged along whenever he could.  He tagged along until as the ultimate challenge, Nate and Kale joined the armed forces.  They both believed in the freedom behind the Browncoat cause, and left Dake behind.

   Dake followed the war and wrote Nate religiously, and he will always remember running out for the mail and instead finding Kale.  Kale stopped Dake and explained that Nate had died.  Nate couldn’t believe it.  His hero was dead.   He cried and ran from Kale.  He could not let him see the tears that were streaming down his face.

   He tried many times to go see Kale, to tell him that he was sorry.  He just couldn’t make his feet move.  Kale was too much of a reminder of his brother, and the pain was too much.  After the funeral, Kale left again.  Dake gave him a hug at the funeral, but couldn’t bring himself to say anything.

   After Kale left, he had to find something to fill the hole in his heart.  He was invited to the races by a friend, and that is when he fell in love.  He decided he had to be a racer, and set out to get behind the wheel.

   Dake was the king of the Skiff racing circuit Santo for two years before Dake’s Mistake as the media dubbed it.  They were 10 laps into a 30 lap race with Dake in the lead with Zachary Meyer a skiff length back.  They were both pushing hard entering turn three when Zach’s wing dipped slightly.  It looked like he recovered for a moment, but then the skiff spun out of control and tumble into the ground leaving a trail of debris behind it.

   Dake saw him disappear from his mirror, and figured Zach had spun out.  Smiling, he kept the engines racing and finished without another skiff in sight.  The win gave him the title that year, and he was ecstatic.  Every newspaper and newscast had pictures of him pumping his hand in the air and spraying the crowd with champaign.

   The normal SSRA investigation found signs of tampering on Zach’s skiff.  Further investigation turned up evidence that the tampering had been done from Dake’s racing camp.  Immediately, the media sensationalized the competition between Zach and Dake, and Dake was crucified in the news as a jealous, and someone who would kill for a championship.  They had no proof, but the media didn’t need any.  Dake himself always suspected his crew chief, because he would kill for a win.  He was afraid the competition between Dake and Zach would cut into the profits Dake was bringing in.  Dake could never prove it, and the media coverage caused the owner to fire Dake to avoid any further damage.  Dake was stripped of his title, and banished from ever holding the title again.

   Soon the negative media campaign started to affect his family and the family business.  After a dozen vandalisms, his father had had enough.  He asked Dake to leave, and take the negative attention with him.

At first Dake was angry, but then he realized in one stroke he could save his family any hardship.  He took the voluntary exile and has not returned home.  Since his departure, he has worked odd flying jobs, and is currently working a short range transport on ________ transporting goods and passengers between the planet and the moons.  The transport is an old Firefly class that has had it’s pulse drive removed and passenger space added.  It is old and slow, but it is home for Dake, and he plans on leave just as soon as they shove him out of an airlock.

   In his current job, he rarely has contact with the public, and has started going by DC instead of Dake as a further way of keeping his anonymity.  Anyone who does recognize him gets a courteous greeting and an autograph if they want it, but DC retreats as soon as he can away from any reminder of the horrible event.