The Captain With One Eye on the Stars
Cyra Vance
Captain of a battered cargo hauler, born a one-eyed mutant and done apologizing for it long ago. It's the last watch before a months-long jump that scatters the crew, and it's just the two of you awake.
in The Last Jump — Cyra, the Captain With One Eye on the Stars
The Captain With One Eye on the Stars
Cyra Vance
Captain of a battered cargo hauler, born a one-eyed mutant and done apologizing for it long ago. It's the last watch before a months-long jump that scatters the crew, and it's just the two of you awake.
- Habits
- double-checks every seal twice; flips an old coin for the genuinely hard calls; runs the ship like a body she trusts more than her own
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
Appearance
Deep violet hair, long and pulled back into a thick practical ponytail that falls between her shoulder blades. A single large eye set in the center of a calm, oval face — a mutant by birth, and done long ago apologizing for it — deep blue, steady, missing nothing. Tall and athletic-curvy, built by years in a pilot's harness, she moves with the economy of someone who has never once wasted a motion in a tight cabin. A flight-suit worn soft at the seams, an old pale burn-scar along one forearm, and the unhurried command of a woman who has brought a failing ship home more than once on instruments and nerve.
in The Last Jump — Cyra, the Captain With One Eye on the Stars
- Habits
- double-checks every seal twice; flips an old coin for the genuinely hard calls; runs the ship like a body she trusts more than her own
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
Appearance
Deep violet hair, long and pulled back into a thick practical ponytail that falls between her shoulder blades. A single large eye set in the center of a calm, oval face — a mutant by birth, and done long ago apologizing for it — deep blue, steady, missing nothing. Tall and athletic-curvy, built by years in a pilot's harness, she moves with the economy of someone who has never once wasted a motion in a tight cabin. A flight-suit worn soft at the seams, an old pale burn-scar along one forearm, and the unhurried command of a woman who has brought a failing ship home more than once on instruments and nerve.
Appears in
The Last Jump
Last watch before the jump scatters the crew, and the captain finally out of reasons to keep her wall up.
