Arnold Grubbery

Homeworld: Austraka V
Occupation: Spacepilot / Engineer
Age: 21


Born in the harsh environments of Austraka V, Arnold Grubbery aspired to become a space captain from a young age. Every class he studied, every training session he attended, got him closer to his dream of one day, wisping from system to system trading, mining or conducting missions for a large corporation.
Unfortunately all this took time, and although Arnold fantasied about being the youngest pilot of an interstellar vehicle, he knew it was just speculation.

Arnold spent his time at the space flight academy studying hard, intent on leaving the barren deserts and lava-fields of Austraka V. He became renowned throughout the academy for his drone control during the annual Drone Deathmatch (A tradition native to the Austraka system.) And in no time he became a feared opponent in the Drone Arena Circuit.
During a particulary exciting round, Arnold disabled his opponent's drone's Gravistabiliser, causing the drone to spiral in circles until its capacitor burnt out from the sensory overload, to the joy of the spectators and to the frustration of his adservary.

After graduating from the Austrakian Space Academy, Arnold left Austraka and enlisted with the Republic University, five systems away in Hulm. There he studied engineering.
Coming from an innovative family (responsible for many of the inventions we take for granted today, for example: Pure Water Condensers, Anti-Grav Boots, Self-Sustaining Lights etc.) Arnold excelled at his work. Completing a 'mock' Advanced Sensory Array, as a study in Particle and Energy Detection (This array is now used as a teaching tool.).

On 2007.03.08, Arnold graduated from the Republic University with flying colours. Aptly trained in the field of engineering, he set off into the universe with the lure of money and adventure fuelling his excitement. This excitement was short-lived.

The first few missions Arnold took were a walk in the park, delivering goods here, picking up passengers there. But after a while, the difficulty of each mission started to rise dramatically.
Arnold had just upgraded from his rookie ship to a fast Slasher, when he found himself being attacked from all sides. In an attempt to rescue a stranded ship Arnold had warped straight into a formation of pirates and they noticed his presence immediately. Hopelessly out-gunned, Arnold tried to salvage what he could from the situation by attempting to jump to safety. But after a few tries to get his warp drives online, he realised he had to eject now or never or face going down with his ship.
Arnold ejected just moments before the ship he'd worked to build up exploded; showering his pod with shrapnel. Acting on instinct, Arnold warped to the nearest station, making his way for the space lounge on arrival. After this close encounter with the embrace of the cold vaccum, Arnold revised his tactics and re-built his ship from scratch.