Spacer by birth, this veteran has no interest in settling down on some backwater planet only to be covered in mud. He hitches rides from starport to starport as the mood fits him. He earns food money with side jobs fixing machinery: the bigger the better.
Ruby felt ordinary, average... just a naga without a plan. It seemed she just couldn't stand out from the snakepit, until she went to space. There people found her downright alluring, and she's loving every minute of it.
Taus went AWOL years ago, leaving her beloved husband behind and running across the universe as far from Reticulan rule as she could get. She's fond of the first several licks of an ice cream cone and fashionable clothing. Her powers include fire, speed, and flight.
Teaspoon the Mad, the most slithery pirate of the infinite cosmic seas, is known by many names. We don't remember what they are right now. But they might all be strange.
