Taylitha Basil
Taylitha Basil is a military officer in the Alliance Fleet.
Physical Description
Taylitha Basil is a brown-furred Karaka'An with deep red hair. [1] Her pelt is sufficiently thick that it makes it difficult for her to swim, as she becomes waterlogged and sinks easily.[2]
Pre-Service History
Taylitha was raised on an Alliance colony, in an area called Burbage Township.[3] She had several younger brothers and sisters. Taylitha didn't grow up near any mountains and was a poor swimmer due to her thick pelt. [4]She did not attend Fleet Academe due to her colony's distance from Terracentrus, but instead attended a satellite campus.[3] She was good enough with a sword that she considered going professional, but Fleet called to her more. [5]
Service History
- Ensign, UAV Nightslip
Ensign
As an ensign, Taylitha attended the ensign training retreat on Quickwater Reserve[1]; at that point, she had been an ensign for three months[3] and was still unsure what route she wanted to chart through Fleet ranks [6]. There, she met Alysha Forrest, who became a lifelong role model and friend, and first encountered Mike Beringwaite. During a disastrous canoe trip at the end of the retreat, their canoe hit strong rapids and broke up, leaving Alysha badly injured; Taylitha displayed courage and ingenuity in getting to shore and calling for help[7]. Because of this, although the group in general forfeited their mission, Taylitha received a commendation.[8]
Quotes
Trivia
- likes beer
- Reads several publications:
- The Eagle's Flight, an unofficial Fleet news-zine[9]
- Perspectives on Leadership, a training and development journal[10]
- is still friends with one of the people in Personnel and as such, has slight more access to Personnel records than is appropriate. (First Commanders do, after all, run the show.)
- has at least one off-duty outfit packed, a rust-red tunic over long-sleeved red shirt and dark brown trousers. [11]
- knows the exercises of the Donneret school of fencing
- has won the Alliance's most prestigious holoblade tournaments and placed several times.