Michael Jay Feury
| Michael Jay Feury | |
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| Profile | |
| Origin |  Bretonia |
| Occupation | Bowex Trade Pilot |
| Affiliation | Border World Exports |
| Born | 791 A.S., Planet New London |
| Died | Still alive |
Michael Jay Feury (23rd December 791AS - Present) is an independent trade pilot dealing with legal goods distribution across the Sirius Sector.
Information
- Name: Michael Jay Feury
- Common Aliases: None
- Age: 35
- Gender: Male
- Appearance:
- Complexion: Caucasian
- Hair: Brown
- Eyes: Brown
- Height: 1.83m (6')
- Weight: 78kg (172lbs)
- Occupation: Trade Combine Pilot, Border World Exports, 814AS-Present
- Previous Employment:
- Independent trade captain, 813-820AS
- Planet New London spaceport, courier&contract handler, 807-814AS
- Education:
- City of New London, Planet New London - Anerley Primary School (ages 4-11)
- City of New London, Planet New London - Friar's Green Secondary School (ages 11-17)
- City of New London, Planet New London - Soho Hill Flight School (age 19)
- Known Relatives:
- Father: Tell "Tuscan" Feury (761-820AS), a former Bounty Hunters Guild operative killed by advancing GRN forces within the Tau Borderworlds.
- Mother: Diane Feury (762AS - Present, age 64), née Mason, a retired Bounty Hunters Guild operative currently living on Planet New London.
- Sister: Leah Marisa Feury (800AS - Present, age 26), a graduate of Rush Green University on Planet New London. The developing Bretonia-Kusari and Bretonia-Gallia conflicts of the 810's and 820's have isolated Leah from her own aspirations. Hardened by the endless strife of the war, Leah now fights to maintain order on New London as a ground-based officer within the Bretonian Police Authority.
- Grandfather: Charles Feury (730-808AS), a Cambridge-born founder and owner of a small Bretonian haulage asset, bought out by BMM following his son's refusal to inherit Charles' position as CEO.
Personality
Taciturn and calculating, Michael is the sort of man who prefers to know what situation he's getting himself into. Or out of. An adulthood spent plying the war-torn tradelanes of a struggling Bretonia does not encourage optimism, but rather realism and a healthy dash of pure-Bretonian cynicism. While not technically doing things exactly "by-the-book" on every assignment, he nevertheless endeavours to co-ordinate his shipping routes and contract details long before actually undertaking them, and has become a successful cargo pilot with a streak of opportunistic business acumen.
He is a conscientious and dedicated person, most importantly in regards to his actions as a ship captain. There is nothing more important to him than the lives and well-being of his crew, friends, and family. He is painfully aware that his actions can so often dictate the fate of those around him (not to mention the fate of his cargo, too) and places their lives and trust beyond any other calling. Unlike his parents, he prefers the steady and profitable career of shipping over the raw, edge-of-the-seat combat action found within fighter snubcraft.
History
Childhood: 791-806AS - Ages 0-15
Born on Planet New London to the somewhat-infamous Bounty Hunter "Tuscan" Feury and his wife Diane, Michael led a fairly secluded and protected early life with few friends and fewer relatives. The only non-immediate family he knew of was his grandfather on his fathers side, Charles Feury, whose connection to the three was patchy at best due to Tell's choice of the Guild over the family-owned haulage business. While generally quite the loner, Michael found a strong friend in Vale Waters, a child from his neighborhood and school, and the two spent much of their early lives as firm friends.
In 798AS, when Michael was seven, his father returned to active service within the Bounty Hunters Guild, often spending a few months stationed off-planet followed by an equal time back with his family. Two years later his younger sister Leah was born, and despite the nine-year gap in age the two children became very close. To no one's surprise, Michael grew to become highly protective of his younger sister. Gradually, their father Tell began working longer and further afield, slowly but surely returning to the life he'd put behind him when he and Diane had settled down a decade prior. By the time Michael was fifteen, his father would only be seen returning home a few select times a year during holiday seasons, sometimes remaining totally out of contact with his family for months at a time. The distant relationship did not reflect well on the small family, particularly with Leah.
Spacebound: 807-813AS - Ages 16-22
At sixteen, Michael began working within one of New London's larger spaceports. At first the work was menial—overseeing cargo trailers, guiding maintenance drones, and so on—but as he grew accustomed to the system and earned popularity with the regular clients and trade captains, he began working with shipping contractors themselves. Working amidst interstellar transports, their cargoes and patrons, he found himself chasing the passion of owning and flying his own trade vessel. He dedicated himself to saving enough credits to earn himself a license and ship, and achieved the former at nineteen. Another three years passed before he was able to invest in his first ship, a second-hand B-27-E Clydesdale Bretonian Freighter. He christened the ship the Calchas and pulled a few strings with local contacts to arrange his first few hauls within the business.
From there, there was only one way to go—up.
Naiad Dreams: 813-819AS - Ages 22-28
After the initial wonderment of space flight had run it's course, Michael found himself aiming higher and higher. He became more and more daring with his destinations, several times running supplies into the distant Freeports of the Omicron systems without escort—trusting only in the (relative) nimbleness of his small ship to avoid trouble. It was on the final leg of one of these trips, leading him to land on Planet California Minor in the Los Angeles system, that he met Jane Harmann, a Libertonian woman and skilled navigator. Harmann, like he, was a beginning merchant, but had lost her ship in recent rogue activity. Stranded on the planet with a full consignment of cargo bound for Bretonia and without ship to haul it, Jane cut a deal: Michael took over her supply contract and delivered both her and her consignment in return for a healthy split of profits. Upon arriving, Harmann decided to remain with Michael as a co-pilot on a temporary basis until she could afford another ship. That time quickly came and passed as the pair found little trouble earning themselves a tidy living with some skillfully-devised routes and back-to-back contracts. Eventually, with a substantial backlog of credits, Michael decided to sell on the Calchas in favor of a larger ship to speed the arrival of his dream.
He named his new Large Transport the 'Ilion' and returned to the skies with a hold many times more cavernous than before. Unfortunately, such a large ship made him a prime target for common piracy and left him unable to escape in the same way as with the Calchas. Despite this considerable strain on their profits (and lives), his trading routes remained much the same in pursuit of that ever-out-of-reach "big payday". On a particularly dangerous stint out to Freeport 9 in Omicron Theta, the pair met their third crew member, Isabella Falla. Izzy, a Hispanian girl of fifteen with little known history, instantly took to the duo and begged them to take her with them, but was denied each and every time on account of her age and vulnerability. Refusing to accept their denials, Izzy smuggled herself aboard the vessel and hid, emerging only when the ship was long departed. Despite Michael's insistence that they return the child, Harmann convinced him to allow her to stay (after all, returning to the Omicron sector was another considerable danger and loss of money). By the time the group next made station the three were good friends, with Jane and Michael finally overlooking Izzy's age in favor of her cheery attitude and bottomless persistence. She was also an astonishingly talented mechanic thanks to a childhood spent among the machinery and ports of Freeport 9, and soon cemented her place as an invaluable asset to the crew.
Michael was doubtful about the rising conflict in 813AS between Bretonia and Kusari. Assuming that it wouldn't amount to a full-scale war, he remained focused on his work, pooled his assets, and invested heavily in trade through the Omega sector and towards interests in Rheinland. The resulting intensity of the conflict took him aback, but his business forethought paid off well. He quickly realised that his part in the war was to keep Bretonia's markets flowing; the continuing strength of Bretonia, her economy and military, relied upon trade pilots continuing to brave the deep space routes. He was no combat pilot, but he knew spreadsheets and insurance paperwork as well as any man.
Finally, in 818AS, Michael achieved his dream of obtaining the Naiad, a Series-DL Border Worlds Transport. Unlike his previous vessels, he wanted to purchase this ship as new - skyrocketing the price but also the personal achievement. After placing an order and arranging the sale of the 'Ilion', he secured a refugee-evacuation contract from Planet Leeds to Freeport 9 and, less than a day later, departed in his new, dream, vessel.
Present: 819 - 826AS
Sadly, his fortunes with the Naiad were not favorable. A year after the vessels' christening, she was struck by tenacious pirates in the Omega-3 system. Unable to satisfy their rising demands, Michael gave the order to abandon the crippled vessel and watched on from an escape pod as his pride and joy erupted in the flames and fury of pirate bomber assault. Reunited with Harmann abroad Freeport 1, the two realised that Izzy, while thought to have escaped the exploding transport, had not returned, and the pair have not heard from their friend and colleague since. Wounded but undeterred, Feury turned to the security of an established company and applied for employment with the esteemed Border World Exports. A few short weeks of paperwork later, he returned to the skies in the newly christened BES-Penrose, a Shetland class Bretonian Train.
In 820AS, Michael learned from his family that their father, Tell, had been killed in action. Despite the fires of war, the famed bounty hunter had remained flying in the Tau sector, right up until advancing GRN forces became involved in a dogfight, shooting him and his wingmates down. His continued success had almost convinced his family that he'd never meet such an end, which somehow only made the news more jarring. While Tell's relationship was strained at best with his family due to his perpetual distance, Michael returned for the remainder of the year to settle his family's assets and spend quality time. In early 821AS, his sister Leah applied to the ground-based forces of the Bretonia Police Authority,
Ships
The 'Calchas', Bretonian Clydesdale Freighter:
After six years of saving, Michael purchased a Bretonian Clydesdale from a second-hand dealer and registered the vessel with the name Calchas. Although the ship was small and it's cargo capacity equally minimal, it's relative agility and stature provided a significant advantage against common pirates and other hostile vessels. Despite its size Michael made a significant amount of credits in a short time with the assistance of co-pilot Jane Harmann, and ended up selling the vessel in favor of a newer, larger transport ship.
The 'Ilion', Large Transport:
Michael's second ship, the Ilion, was a Large Transport. He bought the ship as a decommissioned BMM vessel and spent a little extra time and money in having it retrofitted before christening it. With the addition of Isabella Falla to his crew as a skilled mechanic, he frequently pushed the ship to it's limits with runs through the dangerous border and edge-world systems in a continued attempt to upgrade again to a Border Worlds Transport.
The 'Naiad', Border Worlds Transport:
Almost five years after first sitting at the helm of the Calchas, Michael succeeded in obtaining a brand new ship of his own - The Naiad, his goal ever since he first laid eyes on a similar hauler so many years prior in the New London spaceports. Although it boasted many more turrets and extra armor over the Ilion, he and his crew finally opted to follow the relative security of inter-house trade, slowly earning their fortunes across the Sirius Sector until the vessel met its demise in Omega-3 in 819AS.
The BES-Penrose, Shetland-Class Bretonian Super Transport:
In early 820AS, Feury entered into official contract with Border World Exports, and was granted the helm of the newly-commissioned BES-Penrose. A marvel of Bretonian engineering and perseverance, the Shetland train is a sign of Bretonia's continued commercial and industrial ability despite the troubled times. Manned by a crew of twenty, including Feury and Harmannn, it shall surely test the new captains' ability in command.
Crew Profiles
Jane Harmann:
Although her name implies a Rheinlandic descent, Jane hails from a large Libertonian family mostly living on Planet Los Angeles. By occupation she is registered as an independent freight pilot, but instead works alongside Michael Feury as a co-pilot and navigator. She also has a passing knowledge of foreign languages (with the notable exception of Gallic) which makes her invaluable within the borders of Kusari and Rheinland. Now in her late twenties, she boasts a fiery and often reckless personality, but rarely gets a chance to show it to anyone except her captain. Although the two clash often, they remain firm friends and firmer business partners.
She encountered Michael during one of his first contracts to Liberty space in the Calchas. Her own ship, a Rhino class freighter, had been crippled by rogue attacks and was deemed irreparable after an emergency landing on Planet California Minor. With a hold full of Optical Chips and a lucrative buyer already determined, she bargained a deal with Michael, himself present after delivering Alien Organisms from the edgeworlds, to take on her contract and deliver her and her shipment to Cambridge. Upon arrival Michael confessed he was impressed with her navigation ability and knowledge of the market and suggested they remain partners temporarily until she could afford another ship of her own—that time has long since passed and they remain in business, crewing first the Ilion, then Naiad, and finally as partners under Bowex aboard the BES-Penrose.
Isabella Falla:
A young woman of Hispanic descent, Michael and Jane encountered Izzy on Freeport 9 in the Omicron Theta system when she was only fifteen. Deserted on the Zoner station many years ago, she knows not her parents or actual origin. Never content with life on the station she attempted countless times to bargain her way on a transport to House space, but without luck. After taking a liking to the crew of the Ilion, she snuck abroad as a stowaway and only revealed herself after the ship had returned beyond the Omega systems, by which time it was safer for her to remain rather than return.
Despite the uninvited appearance she quickly earned a strong bond with Jane and Michael and continually argued her way into remaining on the crew as opposed to a safer life on a planet or station. In truth, growing up on Freeport 9 made her a natural mechanic and an odd attraction to plasma granted her the position of engineer abroad the vessel. With a lively personality, she played innocent to most things happening around her and maintained a "little sister"-esque bond with other crew.
In late 819AS, when she was 21 years old, contact with Izzy was lost following the destruction of the Naiad. Michael and Jane are forced to presume her death.
