Sex: Female
Age: 28
Race: Alkair
Physical Description: The Alkair appear to resemble humans for the most part, albeit slightly taller on average and with lithe, slender figures. Outside of their suits, however, the presence of biomechanical ports and circuit-like patterns on parts of their bodies make this similarity to humans skin-deep at best. Nierra herself is a pale, almost ghostly-looking young woman. The only real colour on her body is in her eyes, and an unnatural one at that by human standards.
Clothing: Nierra is rarely seen outside of her voidsuit. Lightly armoured and fully-sealed, her kind interface with such suits to act as a second skin. The helmet is little more than a featureless mask. Individual Alkair often adorn their voidsuits with certain embellishments, usually distinguishing markings for ease of identification. Over her suit, Nierra wears a duster coat befitting her lifestyle as a traveller.
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 121 lbs
Skin Color: Pale
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Cyan
Occupation: Starship Engineer
History/Bio: The Alkair are a spacebound race, rarely staying in one place for long and commonly viewed with wary suspicion by other races. Centuries ago, their homeworld was rendered uninhabitable in an event they refer to as the Collapse, leaving them with no option but to roam the stars. Nierra grew up on one of many nomad fleets like the rest of her kind, assigned from an early age to serve as one of the fleet's technical staff and given the necessary cognitive enhancements. Over time, this enhanced intelligence led to a certain inquisitive streak manifesting itself in the young Alkair's behaviour.
Yearning to learn more of the galaxy at large, Nierra left her home fleet some years ago, offering her services as a freelance engineer to the various ships she travelled on. While exploring a derelict station for salvage, she found an old paper journal with instructions to pass it on to the owner's next of kin. Out of curiosity and a desire to fulfil the request of the deceased, Nierra sought out this individual with the coordinates provided, which led to her joining the crew of The Blackbird's Cry.
Special Skills: With a lifetime spent working on various starships, Nierra is a particularly adaptable engineer, used to working with limited resources and even jury-rigging the technology of one race to work with another. Alkair augments allow for easy interfacing and operation of powered mechanical suits. Her extensive travels have also given her some experience with astronavigation, along with knowledge of several other spacefaring cultures.
