James Baxter

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Name: James Alfred Baxter

 

Age: 30

 

Gender: Male

 

Race: Human

 

Blood Type: O-

 

General Occupational Roles:

 

1. Atmospheric Technician;

2. Supermatter Engine Technician

 

 

Biography:

 

James Baxter was born into a middle-class family on Mars, and spent most of his formative years trying his best not to do too much of anything at any given time. This would backfire immensely when he enrolled in high school, and with a bleak future looming just over his long string of Fs, James would turn around and head towards the other extreme. By the time he was done with high school, his hairs had already gone white from self-induced stress.

 

Results, however, spoke for themselves. A lazy layabout turned neurotic overachiever enrolled into college and came out of it with a Doctorate in Fluid Mechanics and an ego to match. Following a bet made on his 27th birthday, James would send his application to become a Life Support Specialist aboard one of Nanotrasen's latest research stations. This is where his particular brand of temperament would surface.

 

Working in a department that rarely received any visitors, and even more rarely got any sort of appreciation by the higher-ups, James became insular, at best, and outright hostile to newcomers at worst. Atmosia was his fiefdom, and anyone who dared touch the pipes would soon meet the hardsuited punch of an angry, bellowing Atmos Tech (as he took to calling himself). This behavior was allowed to continue because, in the words of one Chief Engineer, "Someone's gotta work the pipes".

 

With his recent transfer to the Cyberiad, James has begun to mellow out. Somewhat. A slew of more competent Technicians and a much more relaxed atmosphere contributed to his hostility being reduced to mere verbal abuse. Where before he'd throw someone out, now he'll spend a whole five minutes explaining something before telling the trainee to "go patch some holes up".

 

Insular, detached, easy to anger and quicker with an axe than most people are with knives, James spends most of his days tinkering with the piping in Atmosia, in the neverending quest to find the fabled "Enuff Flow" setup.

 

Qualifications:

 

1. Doctorate in Fluid Mechanics;

2. Master's Degree in Solid Mechanics

 

 

Employment Records:

 

1. 2 years aboard the NSS Luna: Reassigned following end of contract;

2. Currently working aboard the NSS Cyberiad

 

 

Security Records:

 

1. Three Counts of Assault;

2. One Count of Trespassing (claims to have "needed to kill the fucking bird");

One Count of Major Trespassing (claims to have "needed to check Atmos")

 

 

Medical Records:

 

1. Congenital heart disease. Currently in experimental trial;

2. Chronic migraines;

Possible Antisocial Personality Disorder (diagnosis unclear)

 

 

Other Notes: Tends to alienate anyone who isn't an Atmospheric Technician, and outright threatens other crew with bodily harm if they try to come into "Atmosia". Appears to have an unhealthy fixation on piping.

 

[Mrs Dobbins]

Can confirm, James is a high-quality atmos tech. Its always nice to have him with me in atmos.

[Dumbdumn5]

Enjoyed giving him Maribel the Seal as a talking mouse.