Kimiko Kurutsuki

Kimiko Kurutsuki
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Origin	Kusari
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Freelancer
Born	April 05, 806 A.S., Shinagawa Station
Died	Still alive.

"There is no magic in the human heart. All the magic is in the human mind. Magic enough to see an eternity of possibilities that can't even exist except within the mind." -Kimiko Kurutsuki, the last answer of her interview.

Life Before Kishiro

Born under the shadow of Planet Izu, Kimiko always felt special because of it. Though there was nothing unique other than being born at such a time that Planet Fuji was not in the line between the star of the system, Izu or the Shinagawa Station. Her mother, Amie Kurutsuki, was a freighter pilot for Kishiro Technologies who had gone into labor on a supply run. She had just managed to get to the station early into labor. Her father, Hikaru Kurutsuki, did not live up to his name and was a low-level executive who did not get much attention beyond his place keeping inventory and bookkeeping. However, this did not keep Kimiko from her own aspirations.

Kimiko had worked as an engineer on other mother's ship from the time she was six years old. She worked on the engines, doing hull repair, keeping the coolant systems in check, even cleaning out life support a few dozen times. Sometimes, she'd get to ride escort in one of the light fighter escorts, but she was always told to simply stay with the freighter and let the other escorts run interference. For the most part, this was a good enough plan, but once she had to fend off the actual attack after the initial diversionary attack at an earlier point in the space lane.

The excitement from the few fights she found herself in was nothing compared to installing new engines, or even making adjustments to squeeze out a bit more power, or a bit more speed. She would find herself working on new ship designs. This was the incentive her father needed to secure her position as the working wife of a company man. Because mature men did not like unintelligent wives, Hikaru enrolled his daughter in the New Tokyo Science Academy.

The young mathematical/engineering genius that was Kimiko Kurutsuki was well on her way to a career in research and design of new spacefaring marvels when she applied for practical experience as an apprentice researcher and engineer at Kishiro Technologies.