Lauren Dekara (Deh-kahr-uh)
Captain Lauren Dekara (a.k.a. Ten)
Captain of the Minerva III, GATE contractor, and all-round lovable rascal, Lauren Dekara may not be the most well-known spacer captain, but she is certainly a person that's hard to forget.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Dekara is currently comatose, and has been for several months.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Dekara is rather comfortably cis and identifies as a woman.
Sexuality
Dekara is a lesbian, and though she is now very comfortable with it, it was something she never dared entrust her family with knowing, and it took her quite a while to stop feeling anxious about people knowing and potentially weaponizing it against her.
Mental Trauma
For as much as she maintains an easy-going and upbeat demeanor, Dekara is never truly okay. Growing up in a hellish mining colony would have been challenging enough without a miserable home life thrown on top, but one of the bitter realities of the Belt's worst mining colonies is that no one there is doing well, and inter-generational trauma runs deep through the core of most Belter societies. So bitter and unpleasant was Dekara's early life that getting falsely accused of corporate espionage against L&Z, and being crammed onto a decrepit old cargo vessel for "Transportation"--a process of deportation that is known to come with a rather high body count on account of the piss poor conditions--to be permanently exiled was legitimately one of the best things to happen in her life. Even without a cent to her name, she suddenly found a life full of promise and futures other than working herself until her body broke down in pursuit of company mining profits she'd never see enough of to secure a better life with.
Since being exiled from Ceres--which additionally got her away from her verbally and emotionally abusive parents--her life has become significantly less traumatic, and her biggest mental health struggles have been coping with and coming to terms with her childhood, and having to navigate the challenges of loving someone with even more traumas than herself, knowing there is only so much she can really do to help.
Since being exiled from Ceres--which additionally got her away from her verbally and emotionally abusive parents--her life has become significantly less traumatic, and her biggest mental health struggles have been coping with and coming to terms with her childhood, and having to navigate the challenges of loving someone with even more traumas than herself, knowing there is only so much she can really do to help.
Intellectual Characteristics
Dekara is, put simply, whip-smart and dumb as a brick. She possesses a quick wit and insatiable curiosity, but those traits are not paired with the necessary amounts of wisdom, common sense, or self-restraint to keep her out of trouble.
Relationships
Nicknames & Petnames
Many a friend and acquaintance have been amused by the pair and their approach to pet names, as Jules tends towards rather tender, run-of-the-mill pet names, like "darling," "love" and "dear," whilst Lauren is generally like "Hey, dumbass" or "love you, you asshole" and saves any and all sappy pet names for private moments.
Shared Acquaintances
-The entirety of the MIII's crew (sans Galatea Koros, who Lauren has not met, being, y'know, comatose)
-Gavin Ward
Legal Status
Married
Ethnicity
Birthplace
Spouses
Julia "Jules" Stratisvinsky
(Wife)
Siblings
Children
Gender
Female
Owned Vehicles
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
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