kel deronis
Character Name: Kel Deronis
Position, Occupation: Pilot (starships, starfighters)
Character's Political View: Neutral
Age: 31
Sex: Male
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6’ 3”
Weight: 236 lbs
Marital Status: single
Birthplace: Carida
Species: Human
Family: All Deceased & Unknown
Physical Description: Handsome, with a rounded face, a small sculpture-like nose, deep brown eyes and a regal chin. His hair is light blonde, sometimes a light brownish blonde and he wears it short, sometimes is shaven. His body is perfectly toned as he does 1,000 pull-ups and 500 sit-ups everyday, this makes his torso rock hard and perfectly shaped. He is lean, but he is quick and strong.
Professional History: Kel has been flying since he was 10. He stole a fighter from a smuggler and from that moment on he realized that it was his gift. He got his first paying job at 16, flying a cargo freighter on the Kessel run. He made a name for himself with Jabba The Hutt fending off pirates who wanted to steal a spice cargo. From that moment on he became a sought after pilot. He never stayed in the same place twice. At 21, he was forced to join the Imperial Navy, but when the GCW began he went AWOL. They chased him for a time but quickly forgot him after two years. He changed his name to further hide from the Imperials. He has flown every type of ship that needs a pilot, and has flown all the main trade routes of the Galaxy. He currently works for Kara
Dax on Serenity as her co-pilot.
Background: Born on the streets of the Capital City of Carida, Kel’s life has been tragic. A kind old lady had raised him from the time he was a baby until he was seven, the old lady died and he had no other choice but to steal food and clothing on the streets to survive. He was good at making himself invisble so that not even the street gangs took notice of him. At 10 years old he stole a starfighter that belonged to a smuggler, it had a hyperdrive on it and he never returned to Carida. It didn’t take him long to realize that he could use this gift as a way of making his way through the world. He went to many planets in those early years, at first he found the vastness of space scary but he came to enjoy it and relish the beauty of it. He learned a lot during this time, mostly by trial and error. He’d land his ship on out of the way places of a heavily populated city and would make a living, stealing. No one would give a job to a 10 year old and if he made himself visible someone might have taken him as a slave and a lot of disreputable men had tried it. But Kel was a slippery little boy, never getting caught always eluding the law.
In his travels he met a few good friends, a mechanic named Arlyn Reglia, a teenage girl who took pity on him and helped him for about 4 years. They were inseparable until she was killed by an Imperial Stormtrooper patrol during a firefight apprehending a criminal in the streets near the Space station. It was the first reason Kel had to hate the Empire. All the friends he had kept dying on him though, and he learned not to get too attached to people. At 16 years old the Starship finally broke down, so severely that he was unable to fix it. He never really was able to fix ships, his expertise was flying them. With Arlyn not around to scrounge up parts and help him fix the ship, he had no other choice but to sell the ship to someone who could fix it. He was 16 at this point and had fortunately been on Nal Hutta when he sold his starfighter. He got a job on a freighter that traveled the Hydian Way trade route. He had many piloting jobs from this point, but when he started working for Jabba that was when it all changed. He gained a reputation with the Crime boss that spread to all the seedier parts of the galaxy. By the time he was 21, he was a well-known cargo pilot who alluded anything that tried to catch him if he had a good ship strapped to the pilot’s seat.
But, this had its drawbacks. The Empire came knocking soon after, not to put him in jail but so they could use his services, so at 21 he became an unwilling Imperial Navy recruit. He was an Imperial pilot for 7 years until he finally decided he’d had enough and went AWOL. The Empire hunted him for two years until finally they gave up and went on to more important things like destroying the Rebellion. Truth be told he went AWOL because of the Rebellion. He himself was not exactly a man of ideals and didn’t want to fight the war on either side. Kel was tired of working for others and wanted to save up enough credits to buy his own ship that he could use to transfer goods for a good profit and maybe find a nice girl to settle down with.
About two years ago, while on leave from one of his many jobs, he went into a casino on Nal Hutta, just looking for a little fun, some drink and to make credits. Kel loves Sabacc. So he sat down and started playing and by the end of the night he’d won himself a female slave, named only Venus. She was a Zeltronian, a race he had come in contact with many times throughout his travels. But he’d never known one as crazy as Venus was. She has become his lover, his best friend and his companion, she’s also an engineer and so he and Venus make a good team—he flies the ship and she fixes it when it’s broke. Kel calls this symmetry. Though he adores Venus and enjoys the pleasures she brings him, he has treated her like a slave. Kel is not known for his ethics or a sense of idealism and has seen no need to free her or treat her differently. He has not harmed her and has always treated her gently and with kindness. But as far as he’s concerned, she is his property and has the papers to prove it.
He recently accepted a job with a Captain named, Kara
Dax who owns a ship called Serenity. He has only been on the ship for a month now. He is on the ship to make credits so he can buy his own large cargo freighter and become a Captain himself one day.
Personality: Kel is laid back, non-challant and really fears nothing. He’s survived on his own for all of his life and this reflects in how he sees the Galaxy. He’s very self-reliant, and hides behind a macho exterior. He is friendly, charming and finds a way to sweet talk all kinds of people. He is not dangerous unless angered, he’s been on the most dangerous planets in the Galaxy and is able to handle himself in any sort of fight. There are few equals to him in piloting ability, save those with Jedi skills.
Vehicle Of Choice: Whatever he’s hired to fly.
Base Of Operations: None, doesn’t even have a real home.
Weapons: a DL-44 blaster.
Form Of Dress: He likes variety in his clothes, but the usual is black pants, blue ragged shirt with the sleeves cut off and a brown vest. His black leather boots shine like he’s still in the Imperial Navy.
Augmentations to Body: A targeting computer in his left eye, his real eye is still in tact in the socket just has a micro-cybernetic tool grafted onto it.
Abilities: Exceptional Piloting skills, dead-eye targeting skills both in starships, starfighters and using a blaster. He’s strong, quick and allusive. He is a Teras Kasi master.
