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NAME: Tom David Jones
Age: 50
Race: Human
Home Country: British, immigrated and became a Dual Citizen with US to join airforce. Gave up dual for strict US citizenship to become an officer and work in the space program.
Occupation: Astronaut NASA (retired), Assistant director NASA r&d (current, part-time consultant)
Languages spoken: English, Russian, Japanese, German, and Anthean (Spoken and sign languages)
Personality: Curious, driven, and often bold, Tom is a father figure and mentor to most. He appreciates his life and wants to do something meaningful with it. He is prone to melancholy, depression and has issues with handling reality due to his experiences. Tom battles with addiction and alcoholism as a coping mechanism.
Skills: Aeronautics, Meteorology/Climate science, Resource conservation techniques, SCUBA, Water survival, Spacewalk Certified, Pilot (Jet and Space shuttle), Space Docking, Linguistics (English, Russian, Japanese, German, Anthean), Leadership, robotics and robotics repair, Scientific standards, research and experiment design, Anthean history and religion, diplomacy, Anthean research and space ship technology, Solar panel and solar sail install and repair, Child care (Especially for children suffering from genetic conditions affecting metabolism and development), Hydraulics, Electrical repair and circuitry, Aircraft maintenance and repair, Zero gravity first aid and basic surgery techniques, public speaking
History: Like so many boys born during the development of rocket engines Tom wanted to grow up and be an astronaunt. He attended the airforce academy studying atmospheric sciences and enrolled in the NASA training program. He volunteered for many dangerous projects during the development of spaceflight.
A manned mission was planned to do orbital research and a spacewalk. Major Tom volunteered and was selected for the mission. Two years married his wife worried he might die due to an explosion on the previous unmanned mission. He went anyway, excited to be the first to do an orbital spacewalk. The mission went well until ground communications went out. The missed thruster burn sent his ship out toward and eventually passed the moon.
Convinced he was about to die he sent a last message to Earth and his wife. After a day of floating he was found by an Anthean ship. Unconscious and suffering from radiation poisoning the onboard researchers knew some about human physiology thanks to one being on the training team that sent Tommy, one of their own pilots, to Earth years earlier. Aletayria, one of the researchers who specialized in biomedical and water reclamation took pity on Tom and saw to his recovery.
Tom and Aletayria, both researchers, spent significant amounts of his bedridden time talking. Tom learned about Anthean technology and realizing his treatment might take years gave up on returning to Earth. He eventually fell in love with her and a child was unintentionally conceived. Anthean and Human DNA were uncompatable but Aletayria believed either the radiation poisoning or the treatment had altered Tom enough that a child was born.
The child was born underweight and sickly from mismatched genetics. He possessed the normal 23 human pairs of chromosomes plus 15 extra, unmatched strands from his mother. It left him being biologically a human male and Anthean female. Hormone and genetic therapy were developed by the restless parents to save thier child's life. When his son was a teen Tom decided to return to Earth.
He had prepared himself for a very different Earth thinking that 20 years had passed, in reality the Earth had only experienced 2 weeks. Tom left in his 20s and returned at 45. He didn't speak of his family and his aging was blamed on radiation. He grew famous for surviving what was thought sure death for a human. He became part of the NASA spaceflight team but developed a drinking and addiction problem to cope with reality. 5 years later his son came to Earth and Tom used his government influence to make an identity for him. Tom also learned of the dangers to Earth from Ziggy and actively uses his knowledge of the superior Anthean tech to seritepitously improve human tech in ways to help prevent the ecological disaster the Antheans fear for Earth.
Semi-retired now Tom is equally likely to be found in a NASA lab as supporting his son's career. Currently consulting and researching environmental technology; Spaceflight water and air conservation and recycling and technology improvements to reduce air and water pollution. Still struggling with addiction, he desperately misses Aletayria but is too frail to return to space. He's also learned about the torture of other Antheans by humans, refusing to let the woman he loves come to Earth and possibly suffer the same. Missing her, addiction, and his knowledge that planet Earth may die leaves Tom melancholy and depressed more often than not.
Canon: Major Tom is a David Bowie character featured in several songs; Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hello, Spaceboy, New Killer Star, Slow Burn (possibly), and Blackstar. Also pulling from Peter Shilling's Major Tom (Coming Home).
Additional Notes:
Aletayria (Uses Susan as a human name); PB Karen Gillan
NAME: Tom David Jones
Age: 50
Race: Human
Home Country: British, immigrated and became a Dual Citizen with US to join airforce. Gave up dual for strict US citizenship to become an officer and work in the space program.
Occupation: Astronaut NASA (retired), Assistant director NASA r&d (current, part-time consultant)
Languages spoken: English, Russian, Japanese, German, and Anthean (Spoken and sign languages)
Personality: Curious, driven, and often bold, Tom is a father figure and mentor to most. He appreciates his life and wants to do something meaningful with it. He is prone to melancholy, depression and has issues with handling reality due to his experiences. Tom battles with addiction and alcoholism as a coping mechanism.
Skills: Aeronautics, Meteorology/Climate science, Resource conservation techniques, SCUBA, Water survival, Spacewalk Certified, Pilot (Jet and Space shuttle), Space Docking, Linguistics (English, Russian, Japanese, German, Anthean), Leadership, robotics and robotics repair, Scientific standards, research and experiment design, Anthean history and religion, diplomacy, Anthean research and space ship technology, Solar panel and solar sail install and repair, Child care (Especially for children suffering from genetic conditions affecting metabolism and development), Hydraulics, Electrical repair and circuitry, Aircraft maintenance and repair, Zero gravity first aid and basic surgery techniques, public speaking
History: Like so many boys born during the development of rocket engines Tom wanted to grow up and be an astronaunt. He attended the airforce academy studying atmospheric sciences and enrolled in the NASA training program. He volunteered for many dangerous projects during the development of spaceflight.
A manned mission was planned to do orbital research and a spacewalk. Major Tom volunteered and was selected for the mission. Two years married his wife worried he might die due to an explosion on the previous unmanned mission. He went anyway, excited to be the first to do an orbital spacewalk. The mission went well until ground communications went out. The missed thruster burn sent his ship out toward and eventually passed the moon.
Convinced he was about to die he sent a last message to Earth and his wife. After a day of floating he was found by an Anthean ship. Unconscious and suffering from radiation poisoning the onboard researchers knew some about human physiology thanks to one being on the training team that sent Tommy, one of their own pilots, to Earth years earlier. Aletayria, one of the researchers who specialized in biomedical and water reclamation took pity on Tom and saw to his recovery.
Tom and Aletayria, both researchers, spent significant amounts of his bedridden time talking. Tom learned about Anthean technology and realizing his treatment might take years gave up on returning to Earth. He eventually fell in love with her and a child was unintentionally conceived. Anthean and Human DNA were uncompatable but Aletayria believed either the radiation poisoning or the treatment had altered Tom enough that a child was born.
The child was born underweight and sickly from mismatched genetics. He possessed the normal 23 human pairs of chromosomes plus 15 extra, unmatched strands from his mother. It left him being biologically a human male and Anthean female. Hormone and genetic therapy were developed by the restless parents to save thier child's life. When his son was a teen Tom decided to return to Earth.
He had prepared himself for a very different Earth thinking that 20 years had passed, in reality the Earth had only experienced 2 weeks. Tom left in his 20s and returned at 45. He didn't speak of his family and his aging was blamed on radiation. He grew famous for surviving what was thought sure death for a human. He became part of the NASA spaceflight team but developed a drinking and addiction problem to cope with reality. 5 years later his son came to Earth and Tom used his government influence to make an identity for him. Tom also learned of the dangers to Earth from Ziggy and actively uses his knowledge of the superior Anthean tech to seritepitously improve human tech in ways to help prevent the ecological disaster the Antheans fear for Earth.
Semi-retired now Tom is equally likely to be found in a NASA lab as supporting his son's career. Currently consulting and researching environmental technology; Spaceflight water and air conservation and recycling and technology improvements to reduce air and water pollution. Still struggling with addiction, he desperately misses Aletayria but is too frail to return to space. He's also learned about the torture of other Antheans by humans, refusing to let the woman he loves come to Earth and possibly suffer the same. Missing her, addiction, and his knowledge that planet Earth may die leaves Tom melancholy and depressed more often than not.
Canon: Major Tom is a David Bowie character featured in several songs; Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hello, Spaceboy, New Killer Star, Slow Burn (possibly), and Blackstar. Also pulling from Peter Shilling's Major Tom (Coming Home).
Additional Notes:
Aletayria (Uses Susan as a human name); PB Karen Gillan
