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| Russell Howard as Dave Wright |
| Alias: |
Shiner |
| Age: |
21 |
| Features: |
Athletic young man with a squint |
| Colony: |
Picon |
| Rank: |
Midshipman |
| Department: |
Air Wing |
| Position: |
Raptor nugget |
Background
Dave Wright, just another lower middle class kid enticed into the fleet by colourful rhetoric and striking recruiting posters. Former pool lifeguard, and now on the lowest rung of the ladder as an Apprentice Aircraft Handler on Cerberus's deck.
Coming from a generic, lower-middle class family on Picon, Dave Wright was never the smartest one in class, scraping through school only with considerable effort and the occasional exam resit. It's not that he's stupid, per se, more that there are so many more interesting things to be doing outside rather than stuck in a classroom poring over books.
Where he did shine, however (no pun intended) was in the pool, and swimming was one of his great loves. Every morning before school he'd hit the pool and he soon worked his way with ease into his school swim team, with the fortunate side effect that he was given extra time to complete assignments if there was a swim meet near the deadline.
On leaving school, he got work as a lifeguard at the local pool where he'd been swimming for years, but soon tired of the same routine day after day. By chance he spied a poster recruiting for the fleet, and on impulse went to sign up. His recruiter suggested the Aircraft Handling branch as suitable (by suitable, read: not too intellectually taxing), and he signed on the dotted line without hesitation. Passing through basic training without many problems (although his marksmanship leaves a lot to be desired), he got assigned to the Cerberus for his first draft, where in true Navy fashion as a Wright was immediately dubbed 'Shiner' and settled into the general grunt work of his duties happy as Larry.
Immediate Family
Shiner has his parents and one younger sister back on Picon. Or probably, more likely, doesn't any more.
Service Jacket
The Cerberus is Shiner's first posting. Way to welcome a guy to the fleet. By blowing up everything else. Thanks a lot, cylons.
Physical Features
A little over six feet tall, blond, tanned and athletic looking, with squared shoulders and a toned six pack, this young man could be a model. Or at least he could, provided his face was out of shot. Not ugly, per se, still his eyes are too narrow set and he has a slight squint, giving the impression that he's always particularly angry at the end of his nose. Still, his skin is clear, his ears don't stick out /too/ much, and he does have good teeth and a winning, if slightly vacant, casual smile.
On the Grid
Known Associates
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Not bad for an older chick. She's got a dry wit, and she'll humour me when I'm flirting. Besides, women in power are pretty hot. 7/10 Scratch that, she kisses girls. Hot. Seriously hot. 9/10. |
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Smoking ass, and seriously fit. I think we finally have a kind of understanding. I don't mention her pert little butt, and she doesn't kill me with sharp objects. It works well. 8/10 She's got some weird touching issues, so no wonder she hasn't been laid in six years. Think of all that stored up sexual tension, though. WOOF! 8.5/10 |
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Stunningly pretty, but kind of annoying. Still, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for crumbs. Provided she kept her mouth shut. Or better yet, full. Tricked me into a Raptor, chained me up and nicked my clothes. I'm not her greatest fan. Smartass cow almost got me chucked out of flying! 4/10 |
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Wise cracking pilot, and an absolute blast. When I wake up in jail, I want this guy beside me saying 'Woo! Let's do it again!'. If I end up half the pilot he is, I'll be happy. |
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This guy's teaching me how to fly, so I should thank him for it. He seems to be a bit more understanding these days, so maybe he's learning to be a human being as well as a pilot. The guy's on my side. I think. Not going to rely on that, but I think he means well. |
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Fresh out of nuggethood and a really sound guy. Decoy's a guy who's actually encouraging me to fly, and sure, maybe compare notes on the women, too. Got himself shackled to some chick, which makes him a perfect wingman for a scoring mission. We find a hot chick? She's all mine. Decoy's already spoken for. Result. |
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Jugs is more one of us than one of them, if that makes sense. She's more like extra deck crew than a hotshot pilot, and you've got to like that in an officer. Doesn't hurt that she's got this real easy way about her, so you can talk to her about anything. Cute, in a farmgirl kind of way, but frakking her would be too weird. Like frakking your mother weird. 5/10. |
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Stick thin, with no boobs to speak of and a kind of annoying laugh, this one's a nugget. She's learned to fly on some hick farm somewhere and is all about peace and shit like that. Whatever, sweetheart. 3/10 In good news, though, she puts out! And better yet, none of that cuddling shit. Result! Just need to drag her to bed, now. 5.5/10 |
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The Chief. Really sound guy, he'll have a laugh and a joke with the rest of us, and you can't fault his banter. He's really good at his job, too. Kind of puts me to shame. |
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Brina Radcliffe, she's smart, she's funny, and best of all? She's hot. One of these days I'll sneak her away to a locker and show her just how hot she is. 9/10 |
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Sure, she's fit. Yeah, I would. Real flexible, too, so you can just imagine what she's capable of. Another one with a bit of fire in her belly, though, she'll totally snap at you if you don't watch out. 6/10 |
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A more cracking set of jubblies on a woman there never was. You could bury your face in those for HOURS. She can be a bit shy, but she's sweet and pretty. If her thing with that pilot dude doesn't work out, she'll be back. It's all good. 8/10 |
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Small but perfectly formed. Little scrapper that she is, she can give out a fair beating to the marines under her command. She was real nice when I was in the slammer, though. And we're totally shot-in-the-neck buddies. I would. 7/10 |
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This marine is rough, tough, and scarily hot for all that. Of course she wants my body, but… wow. Didn't expect her to fight over it. And you can't say she doesn't put her money where her mouth is. Or whatever's a more appropriate turn of phrase under the circumstances. Sure, maybe she's a bit bossy in the bedroom (or, y'know, storage closet), but DAMN, that's hot. 9/10. |
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He's some kind of civvy doc, dragged into the fleet, and he's a bit sensitive. Probably gay. Still, can't fault him for his work, he's been sticking needles in me to make my legs work (don't ask how it works, he did explain but it was all a bit handwavey and 'new age' for me) and I'm improving. Can't argue with that. |
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Not bad to look at, for sure. Got a cracking set of pins on her for one thing. And, of course, there's that whole nurse vibe thing going on. Sure, she might insist she's all tough marine and everything, but I can't help but think she'd be putty in your hands in bed. Something about that accent, I think. 7/10 |
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She's fit, and she swims. Real competitive about it, too, and that's hot. Going to just drag her off and screw her brains out one of these days, I think. See if she's as enthusiastic and hardworking in the bedroom as she is in the pool. 8/10 |
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Whiny civvy girl who keeps going ON and ON about the children. All right, we get it! Looks are average, if you like them blonde and ditzy, but I wouldn't if she begged me. Besides, she just had a kid. It'd be like lobbing a sausage up a close. 2/10 |
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Chief Damon's bit on the side, once blind but now she sees, wait, isn't that a song? She's got a decent sense of humour and she's been real helpful with the whole math thing and helping with the academic training, though. If she and the Chief are in a rocky patch, well, it's my duty to help, right? Provide a bit of company for the poor girl? 7/10 |
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Legs! Oh yes! That is one fine set of gams on her. Maybe a bit old for me, and very opinionated. I guess that comes of being a reporter or something. Still, who doesn't like a women with a bit of backbone? 7/10 |
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One of the civvies who's lending a hand with the repairs. She seems a bit shy for now, but she's got to succumb to the Dave Wright charms sooner or later. She got a wall dropped on her with the attacks, and her hand's all squished up and stuff, so I showed her my neck scars. Bonding, dude, totally bonding. 6.5/10 |
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Jailbait. Totally jailbait. She can't be a day over sixteen, I'm sure, but she's got some kind of reporting job with Sawyer (she of the fine legs), and some kind of obsession with seeing me naked. Still, I wouldn't say no and I bet she goes like a belt fed wombat. As long as nobody saw. 6.5/10 |
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What is it with all the civvies we pick up being skinny chicks with no boobs? Yet another one, some kind of posh bint from Caprica, this one wants to join the medics on board. Best of luck to them. She can warble on to them about being stuck in a bunker for a year. Like she's the only one or something? Besides, despite being stuck for a year down there without anyone, she didn't even want a frak when I offered. Screw her, then. 3/10. |
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Lieutenant Duncan's sister in law, this woman is a foot doctor, she says. She seems nice enough, pretty enough, and prepared to listen and everything. Oddly don't feel the urge to sleep with her, though. Maybe I'm just tired, or maybe it's the thought of handling all those feet. Ugh. 4/10. |
Trivia
- Swims like a fish.
- Likes his coffee sweet enough to give you diabetes at 50 yds.
- But prefers tea, if he can get it.
- Most of his plans have the eventual goal of getting laid.
- Most of his plans fail.
- As the most junior man on deck, he'd been tasked the unenviable role of driving 'Henry', the big yellow poo truck, and keeping the civilian latrines clean on the starboard hangar deck. Shit happens. Literally.
- Recently, however, he's taken a fancy for flying (to get the girls, some unkind people might point out) and signed up for nugget training.
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