Fiction:Aitriah

"Hi! I'm Aitriah! I'm an Aborin! I...uh..." *trips whilst getting off herself, but using her large blue wings to catch her balance* "I like sandwiches! Oh yeah. I'm also the space captain of a powerful empire! Yay!"

Aitriah is the Space Captain of the Aborin Empire. She's a blue color with a magenta tone for her shins. She has a reddish pattern lining her back, and dark blue flecks in her feathers. She looks like a normal Aborin, just slightly smaller, more regal and more decorated. She also has dress exclusive to that of the Aborin Empire Space Captain (or AESC for short).

Aitriah is a fierce fighter. Combined with her high intelligence, she's powerful physically in and out of her spaceship (a new model is yet to come out). With her normal Aborin features; antlers, spikes on her tail and head, and sharp claws, she's dangerous already in a 1v1. She has a maxed out Energy Slash, Pulse Blast, and Lightning Strike. With her Lightning Sword, she can swordfight quite well when it's turned off - and she can completely electrocute someone when it's turned on. In her ship, she has extreme lethal capacity - with insanely powerful weapons in almost every kind. Being an Aborin, she's extremely fast both in the air and on the ground.

When it comes to personality, Aitriah is pretty good, not the power-crazed captain you'd expect. Yes, she does like power, but she also wants to be liked. Aitriah is kind and selfless due to having somewhat of a dark childhood. She was bullied and picked on by other people in her pack. (Aborins are brought up in 'packs' with one or more adult 'admins' teaching them everything they need to know. Any brothers and sisters are usually in the same pack. Along with other young Aborins growing up in the same area. They usually didn't know their parents and were usually closer to friends and siblings and thought of them as family.) She had a few close friends, but she was bullied and picked on at first for being smaller and weaker than the rest of them. However, Aitriah ended up using this to her advantage. She quickly learned fighting moves; being highly intelligent she learned how to use that small size of hers to be fast and agile. She learned to dodge attacks and then slash and stab with her antlers, claws, and spikes. Of course, usually this was for self-defense. Other times, she would defend other people who were being picked on. Through this, she made friends who she considered brothers and sisters, and she has a good sense of what's right and wrong. It is also thought that she had a biological younger brother in her pack, who was kind of a nuisance but she loved anyway. However, this has neither been confirmed nor denied.

In her adolescence, looking back at her childhood, Ait began to be more of a fighter than a lover. She was fierce, and during battle training with other Aborins, she would nearly always win due to her intelligence and speed. Of course, she still had a feeling side - she kept those friends she made in childhood and helped them out whenever possible. When she took intelligence tests, she scored very highly - in fact, higher than every Aborin in her large pack of around 300. She used that brain of hers to come up with clever solutions to problems very quickly, and that combined with her honed fighting ability got her attention as her homeworld of Astones was getting itself ready for spaceflight. The government of Astones (which is somewhat like a democracy combined with a monarchy) chose her to be in the group of 30 potential space captains for the empire. They needed young minds to be the next great Aborins. Many of these 30 were larger and stronger than her, and they looked down on her for being the youngest. But Aitriah was the most resilient, having powered through hard situations in childhood and adolescence. Her fighting ability combined with her mind again proved useful as she quickly rose through the ranks and was chosen at only thirteen Astonian years. Most of her competitors were twenty years or older. One other story about her was that she had someone who was like a brother to her in those years of training for Space Captain. It is said that he betrayed her and the rest of the possible future Space Captains for 'some hobby that was unimportant and frowned upon', and Aitriah was heartbroken even though she never saw him as more than a friend.

Ait proved to be the best candidate and representative for the AESC. Within three years (she was selected as one of the thirty at age ten) of training, she had excelled in everything necessary to fly the craft. When she was given the right to fly the Paradoxial Serenity model 709, she was also presented with the opportunity to have a small crew of trusted pack members. She declined, saying that she works alone and it would be awhile waiting for them to learn how to operate part of the ship.

On her first spaceflight, Aitriah's mission was to colonize a nearby barren T0 planet in the Goldilocks zone of a nearby star. Legend has it that she looked at it and decided that wasn't what was best for her empire. Rebelling against the instructions she was given, she colonized a nearby blue-spiced planet named Homakis - which was a T3 and blue-spiced, having been mysteriously terraformed and left alone by some empire before them - and placed buildings; starting what would be one of the best economies in the galaxy. When she went back to her homeworld of Astones, the president, Dax'Nayal, was angry at her. She sassed him, feeling agitated that he didn't see the reason in her decision. In front of a huge portion of the population and live on television screens across the planet, she beat him in a fight and pinned him to the ground, proving that she was the right girl for the job. Since the Aborin Empire follows the Philosophy of Force and are Knights, they look up to someone with nobility, bravery, courage and fighting capability. Aitriah now had more power than than Dax'Nayal himself, albeit unofficially. She injured him, but not fatally.

Overtime, the technology of Aborins improved. They invented some highly advanced technology, different packs usually working on one advancement at a time and combining each advancement for the benefit of their empire, such as:

-the "Immortality Device" which took years and years to perfect and tweak. It's a device on an Aborin's wrist that regulates their immune system and helps fight off familiar or unknown diseases. It also stops aging almost completely by scanning neurons that control that process and slowing down the effects by almost infinitesimal percentages. It has a built in shield around it that protects it from being destroyed. It does not hurt the wearer. Because of this device, Aitriah currently is alive and healthy over a billion years of expanding the empire. It seems like a long time, but the device also helps regulate positive thoughts and helps the wearer not only with health and extremely long age but self-esteem and confidence as well. Also, if the wearer is sent out into space because of an emergency, it generates a suit that allows the wearer to survive until being rescued. This is only available to highly important members of the empire - such as secondary presidents of colonies, the space captain, or incredibly important figures.

-Faster-than-light space travel, achieved by using a mixture of electromagnetics and highly advanced technology as well as gravitational forces. It allows for fast travel through a galaxy itself. Because of this, Aitriah has explored the center of the galaxy and three of the five arms.

-Highly advanced weapons that, when a colony of another empire is being attacked, protects innocents whilst conquering the colony for itself. This technology is thought of as a huge relief because it allows Aitriah to be merciful to people who don't deserve to die painfully. Also, when the Aborins move in to the colony, they allow the original inhabitants to stay and assimilate peacefully and harmoniously into the Aborin culture without taking away their original culture.

-The ability to build colonies underwater, on land, or floating in the atmosphere of a planet. It allows for more people to inhabit the planet, an improved economy, better relations with nearby empires, and more space to expand. There are also designated wildlife reserves and areas where Aborins can live if they don't want to reside in an urban area; such as if they want to go to a forest where the very first Aborins ever lived, they can do that.

-Using radio wave and electromagnetic technology combined with a universal translator, Aitriah can successfully contact any space-faring empire, or alternatively, any sentient creature from thousands of light-years away.

Her ship is also equipped with other powerful technology that protect her and anything that's inside the ship. In a nutshell, she has some very highly advanced technology (some of which she helped design herself) that help her to go about her business.

She currently is going about the galaxy expanding her empire, selling hundreds of all different colors of Spice, and meeting new empires. She loves what she does and she still has time to talk to friends (who have been given Immortality Devices if they so please, so she doesn't have them die and is heartbroken. They also play important parts in the Aborin society.)

Personality-

Aitriah is highly energetic, motivated, and always ready to help a good cause. She enjoys making friends and has a silly side. She has a good sense of humor (even if it is dark at times) and always tries to put a smile on people's faces. Her self-esteem fluctuates based on if she meets her ideals or not; sometimes it will plummet, especially if she fails something. To make this worse, she sets extremely high expectations for herself and she can even sink into depression at times if she doesn't meet those ideals. However, she cares about others more than she cares about herself - and she's selfless, always trying to help when someone's in need - being attacked or suffering an ecodisaster, for example. Ait has somewhat of a pride. She hates losing. She also fears inferiority and being beaten. Being very awkward, sometimes she has trouble speaking and is clumsy (she tends to trip when she exits her ship, even after a billion years of piloting them!) She also stutters sometimes and likes to stick to her close friends when it comes to personal relationships, especially those who grew up with her in her pack. She's defensive of herself and others, and always has her guard up.

All-in-all, Aitriah is highly respected and renowned; she has acquired the title of 'Omnipotent' from her empire. She's always trying to learn more and help other people. Ait also has a high liking for sandwiches! She's colonized close to 75 stars by now - and that might not seem like much - but most are lush, terraformed worlds with high defenses and thriving economies, all of which contribute to the Aborin economy as a whole. The empire is growing quite fast, and she's eager to make a name for herself and her empire.

Fun facts-

She likes sandwiches so much that she nearly always asks for them when she's contacting other empires!

Not only is Aitriah a space captain but she also has helped in inventing things, such as the 'Immortality Gadget.'

She gets on sugar highs! It's hilarious to see the tiny Aborin bouncing off the walls.

In her childhood, Aitriah won 143 awards for her speed, agility, and tricks in races. She won almost every running and flying race they had in her pack!

Regardless of being so smart she finds it hard to pay attention at times.

She views life - and the universe - as a puzzle she must solve.

She's kind and caring to those that respect and/or are kind to her - and she's wiped out entire empires to those who were mean/disrespectful towards her. (Don't worry, she used the weaponry that protected the innocents!)

Ait also thanks you for reading this post. She hopes it's accurate because she didn't have time to write it herself!