Rukais

Description:
Rukais is quite a tall human with opal black hair, hanging down across his forhead in a low diagonal fringe, the top strands reaching down to above his eyebrows. He also has slightly faded white highlights in amongst his hair running down to the back of his head. He has light pale skin and dark hazel eyes. His features are quite lean and he is quite thin with only a little muscle gracing his unathletic body.

The Lunite wears a blue button shirt, just to the right of his heart is a pocket with a small pen sized device in it: it could very well be a pen! He also wears a leather belt holding up a pair of dark pants. His shoes are also black and well shined.

History:
Rukais was born on Luna, brought up in the hectic environment of a popular labourers tavern where his mother lived and worked. Before his death, Rukais already felt he had lost his father to drink, a moody and arrogant man who was a desperate alcholic. Iconically, his parents met in the bar he was born in, the bar he rarely left, a bar that was home because his mother was too poor to afford much more than a two room apartment in the back of the bar. He used to tend the bar, take out drinks and clean backstage until his father, who was drunk as usual, started a fight in the tavern. Rukais was wounded during the fight and his father was severely beaten in the fight and died shortly after. Soon after he had recovered from the wound that scared him into avoiding violence and drink as much as he could. Rukais and his mother left Luna and moved to Antimone where his mother revealed that she had been saving since he was born, determined to give him a better life than she had led. He was able to learn how to fly cargo shipping craft, scoring a low-paying job which he held for a number of years, only managing to keep him and his mother above bankruptcy. His mother was unable to work, she developed leukaemia and lost the use of her legs. Before his mother passed away, she told him that to die was wonderful, the greatest euphoria she could express. These words stuck with Rukais while one sad life passed from the earth slowly. Stricken with the loss of his motivation and drive Rukais sold his small residence and left his job to explore, as a chance to gain a deeper understanding of life and his past.

Rukais first joined a ships crew, one that had touched down on Antimone a few times to haul cargo and he had known for some time through his work. He became their first pilot, although he didn't like the job. The cargoing lifestyle didn't leave much room for exploring any planet or having long spiritual journeys so, abandoning the ship when it had touched down on Ungstir he searched for a better job that suited him. He tried a number of ships and crews but nothing ever seemed right, Rukais felt that he wouldn't find what he was looking for. He was running out of money too and was forced to work behind the bar in the Rockhoppers for a while. Leaving the job after only a couple of months he said his goodbyes, abandoning the tedious work and using money that he had saved to travel to La Terre. He rented out a box with a bed, getting a small salary from odd-job piloting until one day he was killed

Death, in many ways, was the best thing that ever happened to Rukais. Things gradually faded away, memories and feelings became a blur and his mother's words found a true meaning. He found what he was looking for and with it consolation. He had the time to dream about his past, putting things in order, moving his past into his future. He felt like he had relived his life a million times, each time the world grew slower until it stopped completely and Rukais was frozen in the moment his mother died.

Life returned, Rukais was happy to be alive for the first time past his father's death. Once he had figured what happened, he left the planet and went back to Luna. He made his peace with his father, returning to his childhood in reality, the place he grew up. After that, going back to cargo hauling didn't seem that bad after all. So that's what he did, for a short while anyway.

His reputation had developed past his control, ships under his wing have had a tendancy to explode dramatically, not entirely due to his piloting. It was hard to get a job, any captain who did their research would turn him down on the spot. He was given a break, however, when a friendly captain - Neith took him on board the SVD Hyperion and he was accepted into the crew, only weeks before the ship was kidnapped.

Although not clearly stated in the press, Rukais was the only member of the crew that was not directly involved in stealing the ship after Neith had left the company. Although the Lunite had been on board when Brian DelMarenno was shot and escaped, he was working on board a smaller dropship and avoided the conflict. He evidently flew DelMarenno down to Ungstir and aided in his direct return to Sivad. Rukais was left without a ship and when the Interstellar Vroomhopper Racing League was created, he was left without a job.

Before he had a chance to sign onto the ships renewed roster again, Ikepedo went bankrupt and he was left job hunting again.

A trail led him back to Ungstir where he fell into bad drinking habits, blaming DelMarenno personally for his inability to get a job. His travels eventually took him to Tomin Kora, where he stayed in the Warren for a while, thinking it could provide better job oportunities. What was left was a blank period of time, where he neither worked or rested until the apparent death of Volari and the return of the 'King'.

Rukais made his way off of Tomin Kora, fearing the idea that he could get caught in something dangerous. Ironic that his next choice of travels would lead him into joining the fledgling New Luna Militia.

Logs:
And such action packed ones they are. You might think he lives for the adventure of it all.

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