Captain Yuui Curai Thundra

Aliases: Captain Thunder, Doctor Thundra, Yuu-yuu Thundergirl

Physical Description: A female diflaecan with platinum hair, and the usual thin frame and pale green skin, and gossamer dragonfly-like wings common to her species. Thunder is an average height for the females of her species, standing at about 1.6 meters (about 5'2"). She is fine featured, and has the appearance of being very fragile, if not for the cocky manner in which she carries herself. She favors clothing that "looks cool" with high boots and long jackets, though she often wears a flight suit, for practicality. She wears an eyepatch as well, but she has two good eyes, though the eyepatch does serve a purpose aside from making her look a little more "piratey".
Species: Diflaecan. The diflaecan species is somewhat fragile, with a light bone structure and a high metabolism, both needed for flight. While superficially they are humanoid, their internal anatomy differs greatly, with five hearts, and a high content of chlorophyll, making their blood a vibrant green. Coloration tends toward pale greens and blues, though shades of gold in hair and eyes are not uncommon. Culture-wise, diflaecans are matriarchal, and tend to focus on appearances. They are technologically advanced, with focuses in space travel, and starship development.

Personality: Though Thunder is highly intelligent, she prefers to act arrogant and eccentric. She lies often, making up stories of daring exploits, and pretending that she has always been a dread pirate. Despite her swagger, she is careful in planning, and not naive enough to trust just anyone. Past the front she puts up, she can be kind and generous, and even vulnerable and hopeful for companionship. She has a strong sense of justice, and is a hopeless romantic at heart, making her a somewhat complex woman.

Equipment: Thunder carries a small plasma pistol on her at all times, as well as a cutlass. The pistol is meant for drawn-out fights, though it is lower in stopping power, it is highly accurate even at a moderate distance. The cutlass is high-carbon steel and laser-sharpened, but has never seen use in battle. In addition to weapons, Thunder has an eyepatch that is directly linked to her ship, and contains a camera as well as a video recorder. The eyepatch can be used to communicate with the Escape Artist, and is usually used for just this purpose. She also carries small flashbang pellets, which are not as powerful as grenades, but usually are good enough in a pinch. She also carries duct tape, several hair pins, a chemical heat packet, three chemlights, and a small ball of carbon thread.
Ship: ATS-34790, or The Escape Artist, as Thunder named it, was a unique prototype, that was specialized for ship to ship combat. The ship itself is sleek and sharklike in shape, painted in a metallic gold. It features static field shielding, with a faraday cage that redirects most energy attacks to the shielding's power, as well as ball-joint thrusters for high maneuverability. The Escape Artist's AI is designed specifically for calculating the ships own movements, both in combat and when using jump-space capabilities. It is equipped with four heavy blaster cannons, two plasma slug cannons, eight slug autocannons, and one light railgun. The AI has limited decision-making capabilities, however it is unable to comprehend morality, and will always choose to preserve the programmed crew above all else [which means Thunder]. The Escape Artist has room for a crew of ten, along with reasonable cargo, and comfortable living quarters. It is classified as an attack craft, with fighter maneuverability.

History: Like many, Yuui Thundra was the only daughter to loving parents, born on Diflaeca Prime. She attended private schools, eventually attending prestigious colleges, and graduating at the top of her class, specializing in artificial intelligence and astrophysics. She was considered a genius among peers, if a touch eccentric due to her love of romantic fantasy novels. Soon enough, Thundra was hired by the Diflaecan Empire in weapons development where she spent a few years working on the ATS-34790 prototype. The ship was meant to be the peak in space travel both in long and short distance, seeking to outclass Dogenphlo mobile suits, and Stelanian armored attack craft. Over the course of the project, Thundra grew cold and distant from the others on her team, even those she had been close friends with before her government employment. While this was a mystery to others, the reason was the war atrocities that the Diflaecan Empire was committing under the claim of "bringing peace to the galaxy". Thundra couldn't stand the thought of her work being used to oppress races that couldn't defend themselves. One day she simply snapped, programming the prototype to respond only to her commands, and destroying all information and blueprints. That was the day that the pirate Captain Thunder stole the prototype ship "in the name of love and justice". Armed with the most advanced starship that had ever been built, Thunder was able to escape with several million credits of technology, as well as several million more in stolen food and goods from cargo ships. Yuui Thundra chose to leave her life behind, discarding her name and identity for the persona created from the novels she read. To her, the next course of action was clear: she needed a crew. Thus, the scientist Yuui Thundra was lost to the dread pirate Captain Thunder.