Cassandra-Marie Dominique

Cassandra-Marie Dominique
Profile
Origin	Corsairs
Affiliation	Corsairs
Born	794 A.S., Planet Crete
Died	Still alive

Cassandra-Marie Dominique (4th May 794 AS - Present), informally just Cassie, is the current heiress to the Dominique Estate on Planet Crete and is at present in service to the family head, her grandfather, Ginuva Leandro Dominique. Although a Corsair, much of Cassie's childhood was spent in Liberty, where she still holds minor influence under a false persona.

Information

• Name: Cassandra-Marie Dominique
  • Common Aliases: '"Silver" Cassandra'

• Age: 25

• Gender: Female

• Appearance:
  • Complexion: Hispanic
  • Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Brown
  • Height: 5'10 (~1.78m)
  • Weight: 64kg (~141lbs)

• Occupation: Pilot, Independent Corsair

• Education: Liberty Master's Degree in Ship Engineering and Mechanics.
  • Korakies, Planet Crete - Theodoropoulos Private School (Ages 4-7)
  • Manhattan Metropolis, Planet Manhattan - Staten Is. First Academy (Ages 7-14)
  • Manhattan Metropolis, Planet Manhattan - Bellerophon State Academy (Ages 14-17)
  • Manhattan Metropolis, Planet Manhattan - Manhattan First Institute of Technology (Ages 17-22)

• Known Relatives:
  • Father: Cid Elias Dominique (October 7th 772 AS - Present, age 47); Disowned.
    • C.E.O. of Dominique Enterprises, a successful Manhattan-based shipping, insurance and business conglomerate.
    • Son of Ginuva Leandro Dominique, head of the Dominique Estate on Planet Crete. Cid's departure from his family in 801 AS lost him his family status and his ties to the Corsairs were severed.

• • Mother: Unknown; Possibly deceased.

• • Grandfather: Ginuva Leandro Dominqiue (May 19th 739 AS - Present, age 80).
    • Refers to Cassie as 'daughter' (hija) rather than 'granddaughter' (nieta) on most occasions. He does not acknowledge Cid as his son and skips the generation entirely in terms of those he treats as family - something in which be believes greatly.

Personality

Ambitious and determined, Cassie is proud of her Corsican heritage and values her re-connection with her people greatly. She believes the Corsairs are the "noble" unlawful of Sirius, treating situations logically and productively and with a degree of humanity - As opposed to your average petty pirate or Outcast half-wit. She is independent and strong-willed, having fought hard to return to the society she was robbed of as a child by her coward of a father. She is deeply loyal to her family and brothers and sisters of the Empire, standing strong beside them in any hostile situation.

History

Early Years: 794-808 AS - Ages 0-14

Cassie was born the daughter of Cid Elias Dominique, the then-well respected inheritor of her grandfather's estate and social standing within Corsican high-society. While she holds very vague memories of her mother, it is clear that the woman departed in questionable circumstances and left not so much as a name for her child to remember. Throughout the years of her childhood she witnessed her father losing the decisiveness and strength of will that his father before him had maintained and, after a series of bloody confrontations, he announced his leaving the homeland. With his daughter now seven he abandoned his roots in the Edge Worlds and emigrated to Liberty. Arriving on Planet Manhattan in the heart of New York, he annexed a small corsair-backed corporation registered under his father's name and, utilizing the money with which he'd escaped Crete, established his own business practice in Dominique Enterprises.

Although Cid was oblivious, Cassie despised him for running away. In every action he took she saw a man who'd turned his back on his people and his family. She began planning a new life mere months after arriving in Liberty, but eventually decided to gain what she could from the situation and remained with her moronic father until graduating from university many years later. She did, however, establish herself a false persona and begin working the Manhattan virtual black markets from the age of fourteen. Her first deals involved hacking her fathers' vast accounts and funding black market arms dealing and distribution efforts throughout the capital, before repaying the aforementioned accounts through a network of bribes and connections which left nary a trace of her activities and letting her personal investments and accounts soar.

Corsair Contact: 808-816 AS - Ages 14-22

After her initial haphazard antics to get back at her father - which largely succeeded without detection from either him or the authorities - Cassie used the contacts she'd gained in her operations to re-establish contact with Crete and her grandfather, who welcomed her back into the fold as his rightful heir - Continuing the family as if Cid had never existed. Her identity as a student in one of the largest cities within Liberty proved invaluable for information gathering, and for many years she was a go-between for many Corsair related activities. On the outside she remained dedicated to her studies, achieving high grades and qualifications merely for the opportunity and amusement of doing so. At age seventeen she received no less than four offers to enlist in police or military-backed academies among a plethora of other corporate interests, but declined them all.

She graduated from the Manhattan First Institute of Technology in 816 AS at the age of twenty-two, but wasted little time remaining in New York. With several million credits amassed throughout her black market operations during her stay in Liberty, she left without so much as a farewell to a father that barely noticed her presence at the best of times, and returned to Crete's open arms.

Present: 817-819 + AS - Age 25

Once again an official citizen of Crete, Cassie had herself initiated into the ranks of the Corsairs as soon as possible. While she is in the employ of her grandfather, many of her actions are independent or else contracted by other Corsairs. She has yet to devote herself to any particular cause or faction beyond the larger collective body of the Corsairs.

Ships

"Prudencia", an M9 Gladiator, Cassie's preferred vessel.

"Prudencia" - Prudence - M9 Class Gladiator Corsair Heavy Fighter.

Utilizing nearly all of her hard-earned money from her antics in Liberty, Cassie arranged for this custom-built M9 to be ready and waiting for her upon her arrival home in Omicron Gamma. Sure enough, the beautiful vessel was combat ready the moment she reached the hangars of Planet Crete. At first she was wary of it's flaws in comparison to the more dominating M10 Class, but soon she realized it's potential in combat as a superiority fighter. After her somewhat-merciful attitude came to light on the battlefield sparked a passing comment from one of her fellows, she opted to christen the ship as "Prudence", or "Prudencia" in Hispanic. That is, the virtue of exercising sound judgement and practicality or, more specifically, the ability to differentiate between virtuous and non-virtuous actions.

"Domina", an M14 Bomber, Cassandra's long range ship.

"Domina" - The Lady - M14 Class Praetorian Corsair Bomber.

Not long after returning to Corsican territory, the need for a heavier, long-range ship became apparent. With threats from the Bounty Hunters Guild and Outcasts ever present, in addition to failing relations with The Order, capital class vessels intruding into Corsair space rose to become a weekly occurance. "Domina", meaning "The Lady" in an old-Earth dialect which partially evolved into the modern Hispanic still spoken, was commissioned with the support of the Dominique family in order to counter these threats. She also serves as a strike vessel for Cassie's long incursions into hostile space. While it's cargo capacity isn't suited for haulage or looting, an impressive array of firepower is usually sufficient to earn a transport's paycheck.

"La Reina Audaz", an M18 armoured freighter, Cassie's underground and smuggling vessel.

"La Reina Audaz" - The Audacious Queen - M18 Class Correo Corsair Freighter.

Hand-in-hand with more ships and more responsibilities came increased expense. Cassandra's Correo, commissioned mid-818AS, was her answer; An agile, armoured craft that could evade hostiles and deliver small - yet valuable - quantities of cargo throughout Sirius. More daring still, it's wide arrangement of turret and gun mountings allowed it an exclusive opportunity for preying upon weaker trading vessels. For this reason it was named "The Audacious Queen", or "La Reina Audaz" in the common Hispanic tongue. It could commonly be seen operating alone within Bretonian sectors where exquisite collections of alien artefacts were bartered for food and other supplies to return to Crete. In the few short months of the Queens' operation it brought surprising extra wealth to La Familia de Dominique, but was eventually decommissioned the following year in favour of a heavier transport dubbed with the same name.

"La Reina Audaz II", a retrofitted SHI-1800 heavy transport.

"La Reina Audaz" - The Audacious Queen II - SHI-1800 Class Raba Heavy Transport.

With the wealth accumulated through the activity of the previous Queen, an upgrade to a larger, longer-range vessel was a logical step forward. Although of aging design and purchased second-hand, Cassie's Raba was dubbed with the name of it's predecessor and replaced her Correo entirely. Originally an M41 Prototype Corsair gunboat design, the SHI-1800 is now only in production through the shipyards of the Farmers Alliance, and lacks the Corsair technology it was designed for. The Dominique family have partially reversed this downgrade, replacing the Samura manufactured power core with one designed for the M42 Imperator, however the compact (if less powerful) propulsion systems were left intact to prioritize cargo capacity. With a vast hold for cargo, well-maintained weapons systems and an impressive strength of hull, the Queen II enables smuggling operations on a larger scale than it's predecessor, with destinations frequently as far afield as New Tokyo and New York. Although primarily used to haul cargo, the bays of the Queen II can be quickly converted into a makeshift mobile command deck for the Dominique families' larger operations away from home.