Today, we are featuring Siff Braghor, from Herald Petrel by Strange Seawolf, for our Character Interview feature.
The Interview
Welcome to TRB! We are really excited to have you over. Please give our readers a brief introduction about yourself before we begin.
*stares at you for a moment as if she is trying to see the bottom of your soul* Siff Braghor, Commander, first officer on the Herald Petrel, ship number 3342 of the Company Cargo Fleet (CCF). The type is a Stargazer Mark V.
What is your age and what do you do for a living?
35. As I just said, I am the first officer on the Herald Petrel.
How you like to spend your free time?
Exercising. I do a lot of sports. Won some competitions. I also hold the current title in Pokaran Procat Pull.
What’s that?
*rolls eyes* The most important skill competition for heavy equipment drivers. Are you Earthlings never educating yourself about what goes on in the universe outside of that ridiculous small blue planet? You are so pathetic!
I also heard rumors that you read books?
Who said that? *raises suspicious eyebrow* Are you trying to lure me into a trap? *cracks knuckles*
Let’s skip that. Please share some of your beliefs, principles, motivations and morals (can be social, religious or political or, etc. Anything that will help us get to know you better.)
I believe I shouldn’t trust strangers asking too many questions.
We already had Captain Galahad and Raffi answering the same question.
Did they, now? And when two of your crew mates are eating toxic trappel berry jam with pietec feet you do the same just because they did?
Let’s skip that as well, then. Tell us something about your family and childhood.
The crew is my family, now. They are all that matter. Everything else is in the past and doesn’t mean anything.
Tell us something about your dreams and aspirations? Were you able to achieve them or are you planning to?
I am very happy to be the Commander of the Herald Petrel. I don’t need anything else.
What is your biggest fear in life?
I don’t fear anything in this universe.
How would you describe your life in one sentence?
Good, considering the circumstances.
What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you?
You have no idea. Be glad you have no idea. *stares at you as if she sees all the bad things that ever happened to you and all the terrible things you ever did in your life and judges you for them*
Did it change you for the better or the worse?
People constantly change. Better or worse are dubious concepts that depend hugely on viewpoint.
What are your plans for the future?
Fly to Providence 5. Then see who the new captain is going to be. Because they can’t seriously keep that lame excuse for a captain around for much longer. I have no idea what they thought when they made Galahad captain, but he is not able to run a ship. He says he was a captain before, even claiming that he led missions in dangerous territory, but I don’t believe one bit of it. He just doesn’t have it. Being a captain needs grit, confidence, quick thinking and most of all passion. I sense nothing of that in Galahad.
So, you want to be a captain?
*spits out* Mother Goddess, no! I am not that stupid. I want to be first officer under a capable captain, that’s all!
Is there anything else you want to tell us?
No. Can I go, now? I have a ship to run.
Wow, thanks a lot, Siff, for your… enlightening answers. I look forward to knowing more about you and your adventures in the future!
Herald Petrel
If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead the crew of the half-destroyed cargo spaceship Herald Petrel back home. But nobody asks Harry.
An explosion leaves the ship helplessly floating in space and Harry reliving his own personal nightmare. He doesn’t want to be a captain anymore, and nobody trusts him as captain—least of all himself. The crew behaves strangely, his first officer is less than helpful, and the more he finds out, the more Harry has to challenge his own beliefs. While forced to relive the darkest part of his past, Captain Harold Galahad needs to figure out what happened and find a way back home.
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