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Who He Is
Dement Volerann is a well regarded Linguist and Engineer, perhaps best known for his affiliation and later managerial role with Amethyst Operations (co-created with Selyf Tresillian). A self-declared polymath and educated man, Dement is generally genial and tends to take life with a pinch of salt. Dement is played by James.
Quintessential Description
The most outstanding thing about Dement is his height, or apparently, the lack of it. Standing at a meteor 5 feet, with only 3 inches on top of that, he's no giant. If you were into that racial profiling business, you'd likely think he was an Ungstiri, or a dwarf. He has dark scruffy hair, the kind of dark scruffy hair that grows outwards, blissfully ignorant of forces like gravity, wind or hairbrushes. It appears the young man has made an effort to conceal his bushlike growth underneath a bright red beanie, though the hair in question seems to be in the middle of an escape attempt, spilling out around the edges of Dement's hat. Jumping out from a haze of fringe are his eyes, which tend to catch the light, and the observing eye, due to the unnaturally coloured yellow irises.
Dement looks skinny, in a manner that could be considered unflatteringly teenage. It is not helped by his choice of clothes, either, which are all several sizes too big for him, though there is a good chance that he is just wearing a tent. Whether this is a choice for comfort, or merely a lack of enthusiasm for dressing sensibly, Dement appears as though he was recently attacked by a crazed liposuctionist.
That outfit in question starts off with a solid pair of black hiking boots, steel capped and curiously industrial. Tucked into the top of these is a pair camo-pattern cargo trousers that are held up by a much needed belt. On the belt are a number of utility pockets and pouches that have been fitted after purchase, these include a wrench sock, a PDA, a couple of pouches and a sealed holster that hangs down against his hip. He has a bright red t-shirt tucked into his belt, which is prevented from merely floating off of his skinny frame by a very dark purple leather jacket.
Example Poses
What People Think Of Him
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History
An Electrical Start
Dement grew up not knowing what was beyond the hindering blockade that enveloped his homeworld but he had always wished he could travel up; up and away from Waldheim and his family. He didn't hate his parents but his relationship with his father was never stable and he longed for the freedom and independence he saw in the characters of fantasy and science fiction movies and books. He was a geek from the word go as nature programmed him with fair but oily skin, freckles, a nervous stutter and a collection of allergies.
He was hailed as a child prodigy in his school, inheriting his father's genius with electronics, mechanical objects and engineering and his mothers gift for linguistics. Thanks to this, alongside a good work attitude, he aced through the normal academia and was skipped through most of his primary and secondary education. Dement managed to get in collage/high school by the age of 13, a whole 3 years younger than most of his classmates. This did nothing for the young boys popularity, which took a notable downfall when his name started getting thrown about. Whether it was merely jealousy, or some of Dement's growing ego, people did not take kindly to him.
Into the Deep End
Though he was usually reserved, when the opportunity arose for him to travel out into the galaxy he took the chance straight away. Only having just gotten into University, Dement opted to study in Linguistics first, as it would be his ticket off. There were plenty of talented Engineers, but not all that many who could speak Terran Standard. He got through his course with high success, before he went on for two years of Engineering and Electronics courses.
He was one of the first non-political candidates to leave Waldheim, sent on a 'mission' to learn about the methods of modern spaceship Engineering in a DataSharing act. He was sent to Sivad for 4 months before being discarded with the others in his situation by one of the lecturers he was studying under. In a confused message, he was sent to Ungstiri to continue his placement, given a year long Visa to work and learn.
New Journeys
Dee met a man called Selyf Tresillian who helped provide him with further living arrangements. It was when living with Tresillian and becoming his casual partner, Dement helped him purchase the UKT Teamhair. The engineer was hired on a 'learner' mechanic. It didn't take long before he was an engineer as good as any other, his placement was ending and he was soon to go back home and become a lecturer at Berlin University. He chose not to return, however, but to continue as a permanent engineer on board the Teamhair with Tres. This caused some dispute with the University itself, who kicked him off as staff and fined him for breaking the contract details.
Virus
More time passed (as it does) and Dement got caught up with the Public Health Service so he could get some free training into a Nurse placement. It was decided on a whim, but ended up pulling him into the mess of the Thul Resequencing Virus. In a confused moment, Dement travelled back to Waldheim to investigate the effects of the virus before being infected himself and placed into one of the camps that had been set up.
When Captain Marlan Ranix investigated the mentioned camps, fighter planes were ordered to bomb those infected (along with the crew of the Athena). Dement was saved and taken on board, having not yet transformed, to test the cure. He was lucky, too, for he did not go so far as transforming. In the end, Dement was also exiled from Waldheim's DataSharing Act after his involvement with the Athena, and these events caused him to denounce his Waldhemian citizenship in favor of living with Tresillian, in Resilience and on their ship.
Amethyst Operations
After this, Dement joined with Tresillian in creating Amethyst Operations, prompted by both general interest and the need to organize their own part in the newly formed Interstellar Vroomhopper Racing League. To organize the company, they joined in a partnership with Stereoslyat Transport, a company Tresillian worked for himself. Since then their sister company was dissolved and Amethyst has become fully independent.
Shortly after forming Amethyst Operations, the UKT Seek and You Shall Find was purchased and Dement took up Engineering and joint Captain duties up there.
After a few months of hit and miss success trying to get jobs with their new ship, Tresillian went missing. This hit Dement hard and he dropped off the map for a while. Though he was often seen by his crew, they were put in situe and many of them either departed from the company or took holiday leave. Eventually, when his searching ended, Dement took over Amethyst Operations. He has faithfully ran the organization since then, regardless of success or validity.
Dement fell in with Rathenhope. Dirty bugger.
Dement is known to be slightly childish at times, hopefully in a loveable way. He's now a Captain working with the Osirians as he lost the Seek And You Shall Find.
Displacement in Hiverspace
Logs
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