#079 Hyacinth δ

NOTE: Hyacinth Delta and Hyacinth Gamma are different characters spun off from each other.  It's a long story as to why they got this way, but rest assured, despite the similar face and same name, they're in different canons and different enough characters to warrant not being tabs of each other.  Sorry for the confusion.

The GS Izsak-Delporte

January 1, 999 GE

Crewmember: #079 Hyacinth δ

◆BIOGRAPHY:

▶Created in a long-running, secret human experimentation facility with a focus on clones, Hyacinth is the fourth to bear the name (hence her designation of delta, δ) and bioengineered to be particularly smart with machinery.  The facility got away with its deeds by being located on a remote, rural colony planet of mostly miners and farmers, hiding its projects from the villages nearby.  That is, until Hyacinth δ became sick of being cooped up in a cell, created a makeshift distress signal, and drew the attention of the Snow & Arrow crew. Human cloning and experimentation is very, very illegal, and after her rescue Hyacinth testified in a trial against her captors.

▶Needless to say, the facility was found guilty and the clones were given new jobs and lives.  As a reward for her bravery, Hyacinth was offered a position as an engineer for the Snow & Arrow crew, and she accepted without a second thought.  Since she grew up sheltered, this is her first real foray into the real world, and even though she has talent with machines, she's never had to practically apply her skills until now.  She's bound to mess up here and there, but she keeps on fighting with a smile.  But with clones having a predisposition toward poorer health, and being suddenly thrust into a galactic culture she doesn't fully understand, Hyacinth could be accumulating stress she's barely aware of.

▶Hyacinth acts like her past isn't a problem to her, but in reality she's frustrated at the facility and the unfair abuse the clones endured, sometimes inducing panic when thinking about it for too long.  She hasn't learned yet that it's perfectly healthy to cry, and forces a smile.  Despite her own attitudes, she gladly helps anyone else that's upset.  Obuo's assured her that if she keeps following her medical regimen, she'll have perfectly normal health, but is that really all it takes?  Hyacinth can't help but be worried for her future regardless.

▶On the ship, she finds a healthy distraction in chatting up [perseus] all the time, both about history and topics she's curious about, but also about [perseus]'s own nature as an AI.  She's also found a good friend in Morgan, who had a similar fish-out-of-water experience she can relate to.  Hyacinth strives to make her days productive ones despite any stress, and is currently musing about the viability of brain uploading.  The technology doesn't exist yet, but someone's got to invent it, right?  Might as well put her mechanical knowledge and interest in robotics to use.

◆FUN FACTS: 

▶She still keeps in contact with some of the clones from the facility.

▶Her favorite things are androids.  She’s tempted to start a blog about androids.  The title would be “musings of a transgender transhumanist.”

▶She’s never seen a hyacinth in person.  She really wants to, though.

▶She insists on keeping her bracelet from the facility, even though Azriel has said they could remove it or simply give it a hinge.

▶Her headphones are actually for noise cancellation when dealing with the ship’s equipment, but they also have a radio!