Darya Darteriov

Darya and Steffis

A Harat-Shar pantherine. Weapons specialist and pilot on the UAV Stardancer. Friends with Felsha and later Steffis.

Physical Characteristics

A pantherine, she's black-furred with black hair in long loose curls. Has a husky or sultry contralto. Must be digitigrade because she mentions having claws.

Biography

Darya was assigned to the UAV Stardancer at some time before Alysha Forrest became captain; she was present for Captain Leary's brief tenure and very likely before. She was one of the members of the lower bridge members who were late to their stations because they had overindulged the night before; Leary punished them by making them wear their pajamas the next shift. Unlike most of the shift crew (who entertained themselves making or acquiring amusing granny nightgowns), Darya went full homeworld Harat-Shar and wore something risqué..

Darya is "never catty" according to Felsha (which may be a best friend's perspective). She likes to gossip in a nice way about all the people she's hoping to romance. Knows enough about the code controlling her various systems to read it and look for obvious issues; she is on 'the weapons track with code mod specialization.'

On the Stardancer, Darya is in charge of the Happy Houris.

Family

Native of Harat-Sharii, complete with family harem (train name is Darteriov). Live underground, many siblings.

Quotes

• "People would have you believe that our way of life gives us no strengths, but you learn very quickly how to embrace new things on the homeworld. It's fighting against something you don't understand that gives it an opportunity to damage you, you know?"

• "I don't do non-consent. Do you understand? I want willing play partners. Even in my pornography."

• "Why do people do any of the bad things they do? Thoughtlessness. Selfishness. Living-inside-their-own-head-exclusively-ness. I don't know. I didn't sign up as a psychologist, arii. I signed up to shoot guns at people who refused to back down."

Quotes and Observations by Others

• "They were a striking pair, with their contrasts, light and dark, prim and earthy; from what Alysha had gathered, they considered their differences superficial, compared to the qualities that had inspired their friendship."

--Alysha Forrest, on the friendship between Darya and Felsha Rennagan

Trivia

• swears by the battleangels
• likes to say she is 'hunting' when she's confident that her advances are welcome and likely to be successful
• drinks coffee
• used to drink heartbomb cocktails (strong enough to make her nose water and sweet enough to be her teeth ache), but hasn't since her first, terrible break-up (until the issue at Oasis).