PLAYER Name: Suki Age: 24 Personal Journal:esper E-mail: dreamoflife02@gmail.com AIM/MSN/etc: gingerybiscuit @ AIM
CHARACTER Name: Mileina Vashti Canon: Gundam 00 Age: 14 Timeline: Just before the beginning of season 2. If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: Mileina's personality seems to be completely incongruous to her setting. She's a mechanical engineer and tactical operator (read: bridge bunny) for a team that definitely leans to the terrorism side of freedom fighting, she spends her days elbow-deep in sprockets and engine oil, and she was most likely brought up in space, without the benefit of many other children, or playgrounds, or school. You would expect a certain sort of personality to come out of that, and Mileina is the polar opposite. She's bubbly, exuberant, and just a little naïve, greeting anyone that comes her way with good cheer and friendliness.
Mileina's natural happiness level seems to run about twice as high as anyone else's. In a situation where her family or friends are in immediate danger, she gets nervous and worried just like anyone else, although her training necessitates her being able to function somewhat better under pressure. But if everyone's safe and accounted for, she immediately starts looking on the bright side. She might get anxious when the ship's hull is breached and her father is injured, but once he's safe in his healing coma and repairs are started, there's nothing to worry about!
One of her biggest peculiarities is her tendency to constantly assume romance is in the air. Not directed at her-- at fourteen she's a bit young for her age in a lot of ways, and doesn't seem particularly concerned about her own love life-- but between fellow pilots? Pilots and beautiful enemy soldiers who have defected? Robots, probably? Sure! She trusts utterly in her own “maiden's intuition”, even though she's only right about half the time. This could come from the fact that her parents are very obviously in love, making Mileina literally the only person in the show with a happy family life, or it could come from the fact that space kids are a little weird. Probably some of both. It's true that she enjoys a good bit of scandalous drama like any teenage girl, but also, she genuinely values and cares for the rest of the crew, and is always happy to see them happy. And what could make them happier than finding love? Nothing, clearly!
All that being said, Mileina is extremely capable and bright, and takes her job seriously. Like any kid, she sighs and moans over having to do boring busy work-- but on the other hand, when lives are on the line, she's happy to work through the night and sleep in the engineering bay. The ship Ptolemaios II, on which she spends most of her time, runs with an extremely small crew-- aside from the four Gundam pilots, there are only five to seven crew members at any given time. This means that at the age of fourteen Mileina not only relays orders and maintains communications during battles, but helps maintain the ship's systems during downtime, as well as improving and repairing the Gundams-- and those are only the skills shown on-screen. Given the skeleton nature of the crew, and the fact that the ship's entire design lends itself to functioning in emergency situations, it's very possible that she would be able to help out in the medical bay or even perform some basic piloting duties in a pinch. What should be taken away from this is that although at first glance Mileina seems like a silly, cheerful teenage girl-- and is, in fact, a silly, cheerful teenage girl-- she's also incredibly smart and dedicated.
Background: Mileina belongs to the paramilitary group named Celestial Being. Here's a general overview of what they're all about, but basically, what they're all about is ending warfare through attacking anyone who attempts to start a war. This may sound counter-productive and just as terrorist-y as the terrorists they're fighting, but on the other hand, what brings people together more than a common enemy?
Mileina herself is a tactical operator on the ship Ptolemaios II, which essentially serves as a floating base for the Gundams to launch from, as well as command central for their various missions. Her main focuses are relaying orders and communications in battle situations, as well as general engineering and upkeep. Her father, Ian, is chief engineer aboard the Ptolemaios, which may explain why a fourteen year old is allowed in these sorts of situations... but on the other hand, the whole Gundam franchise is pretty notorious for skewing young when it comes to pilots and operators, so maybe no reason is needed.
Not much is explicitly stated about Mileina's history prior to the series, but we know enough to make some educated guesses. Both her parents are Celestial Being members-- her father was a mechanical officer in the European Union's military when he was given the choice to join after seeing some things he shouldn't have, while her mother was recruited at sixteen or so, because of her presumable scientific and engineering prowess. This means that Mileina has been raised in the environment of Celestial Being all her life, most likely on Krung Thep, their secret space colony. Likewise, it can be assumed that she has such an advanced skillset for her age because of her parents teaching her-- it's unlikely that she ever went to any sort of organized school, what with being in a secret organization, and probably learned piecemeal from whatever her parents deemed important. (It begs the question of how much of subjects like spelling and history she was ever taught, despite knowing postgraduate level physics.)
[CANON] Mileina Vashti | Gundam 00 | No reserve | 1/2
Name: Suki
Age: 24
Personal Journal:
E-mail: dreamoflife02@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: gingerybiscuit @ AIM
CHARACTER
Name: Mileina Vashti
Canon: Gundam 00
Age: 14
Timeline: Just before the beginning of season 2.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: Mileina's personality seems to be completely incongruous to her setting. She's a mechanical engineer and tactical operator (read: bridge bunny) for a team that definitely leans to the terrorism side of freedom fighting, she spends her days elbow-deep in sprockets and engine oil, and she was most likely brought up in space, without the benefit of many other children, or playgrounds, or school. You would expect a certain sort of personality to come out of that, and Mileina is the polar opposite. She's bubbly, exuberant, and just a little naïve, greeting anyone that comes her way with good cheer and friendliness.
Mileina's natural happiness level seems to run about twice as high as anyone else's. In a situation where her family or friends are in immediate danger, she gets nervous and worried just like anyone else, although her training necessitates her being able to function somewhat better under pressure. But if everyone's safe and accounted for, she immediately starts looking on the bright side. She might get anxious when the ship's hull is breached and her father is injured, but once he's safe in his healing coma and repairs are started, there's nothing to worry about!
One of her biggest peculiarities is her tendency to constantly assume romance is in the air. Not directed at her-- at fourteen she's a bit young for her age in a lot of ways, and doesn't seem particularly concerned about her own love life-- but between fellow pilots? Pilots and beautiful enemy soldiers who have defected? Robots, probably? Sure! She trusts utterly in her own “maiden's intuition”, even though she's only right about half the time. This could come from the fact that her parents are very obviously in love, making Mileina literally the only person in the show with a happy family life, or it could come from the fact that space kids are a little weird. Probably some of both. It's true that she enjoys a good bit of scandalous drama like any teenage girl, but also, she genuinely values and cares for the rest of the crew, and is always happy to see them happy. And what could make them happier than finding love? Nothing, clearly!
All that being said, Mileina is extremely capable and bright, and takes her job seriously. Like any kid, she sighs and moans over having to do boring busy work-- but on the other hand, when lives are on the line, she's happy to work through the night and sleep in the engineering bay. The ship Ptolemaios II, on which she spends most of her time, runs with an extremely small crew-- aside from the four Gundam pilots, there are only five to seven crew members at any given time. This means that at the age of fourteen Mileina not only relays orders and maintains communications during battles, but helps maintain the ship's systems during downtime, as well as improving and repairing the Gundams-- and those are only the skills shown on-screen. Given the skeleton nature of the crew, and the fact that the ship's entire design lends itself to functioning in emergency situations, it's very possible that she would be able to help out in the medical bay or even perform some basic piloting duties in a pinch. What should be taken away from this is that although at first glance Mileina seems like a silly, cheerful teenage girl-- and is, in fact, a silly, cheerful teenage girl-- she's also incredibly smart and dedicated.
Background: Mileina belongs to the paramilitary group named Celestial Being. Here's a general overview of what they're all about, but basically, what they're all about is ending warfare through attacking anyone who attempts to start a war. This may sound counter-productive and just as terrorist-y as the terrorists they're fighting, but on the other hand, what brings people together more than a common enemy?
Mileina herself is a tactical operator on the ship Ptolemaios II, which essentially serves as a floating base for the Gundams to launch from, as well as command central for their various missions. Her main focuses are relaying orders and communications in battle situations, as well as general engineering and upkeep. Her father, Ian, is chief engineer aboard the Ptolemaios, which may explain why a fourteen year old is allowed in these sorts of situations... but on the other hand, the whole Gundam franchise is pretty notorious for skewing young when it comes to pilots and operators, so maybe no reason is needed.
Not much is explicitly stated about Mileina's history prior to the series, but we know enough to make some educated guesses. Both her parents are Celestial Being members-- her father was a mechanical officer in the European Union's military when he was given the choice to join after seeing some things he shouldn't have, while her mother was recruited at sixteen or so, because of her presumable scientific and engineering prowess. This means that Mileina has been raised in the environment of Celestial Being all her life, most likely on Krung Thep, their secret space colony. Likewise, it can be assumed that she has such an advanced skillset for her age because of her parents teaching her-- it's unlikely that she ever went to any sort of organized school, what with being in a secret organization, and probably learned piecemeal from whatever her parents deemed important. (It begs the question of how much of subjects like spelling and history she was ever taught, despite knowing postgraduate level physics.)