Gentlesophonts:
Scheherazade Wavecatcher appeared in *Melbourne Times* #1. She ought to
be easily adaptable to just about any Traveller campaign - even the dreaded
New Era. :-)
Scheherazade Wavecatcher
Scheherazade is an attractive, middle-aged Dolphin female. She is somewhat
small for a female Dolphin and her soft build reveals her non-athletic nature.
In atmosphere, Scheherazade is always dressed in a stylish e-suit with integral
waldos, voder and contragravity. In hydrosphere, she is typically unclothed.
Scheherazade usually scorns the use of translation devices, relying instead
upon here own linguistics skills. Just in case though, her voder is equipped
with a full translator for use in emergencies. She often carries a
computer-recorder and comm-link.
Scheherazade speaks native Delphinese and understands most major Human
languages as well as Meren and several Aeroi dialects. She can speak all these
languages with the use of her voder. Her words tend to come quickly when she
is excited or angry, but she has learned to control this in professional
situations. A natural diplomat, Scheherazade is gregarious and a facilitator
of conversations.
Scheherazade has mastered the social skills required of a diplomat, but several
of her assignments in less sophisticated areas of society have led to her
comfort among them as well. She is also quite able to persuade others of her
point of view. She is an innovator and highly adept at adjusting to new
situations. She is often looked to as a leader. Her own respect for authority
is generally tolerant.
Scheherazade has few interests outside her work. Fortunately, the work of a
freelance diplomat requires a broad range of interests. Scheherazade has
extensive contact throughout the diplomatic community, especially in economic
and criminal law fields.
Scheherazade has two co-mothers to whom she is very close. She is similarly
close to her sole brother. She has a single birth-daughter who has not spoken
to her in years. She is closer to her two care-sons. Recently, she has become
involved romantically with Ulfilas Yellowknell, a writer of some renown.
She has made professional enemies of Pelham O'Boyle, a Commonwealth army
officer who was court-martialed as a result of her investigations early in her
career, and of Akbar Aubademaker, an instructor at the Universidad de Lima who
attempted unsuccessfully to take credit for her research. She counts
Jacqueline deVlaminck, a pirate encountered while negotiating the Nyanza
Anti-piracy Protocol, and Dean Quadros, a belter she met during her work on the
VanMaanen Mining Accords, among her professional friends.
Somewhat typically of Dolphins, Scheherazade is an idealist. She has gone
freelance to pursue her belief in greater harmony among all peoples, a position
that was not always fostered in the Commonwealth diplomatic corps. Her
continued association with Hsun Li, her former superior in the Corps, has lead
to several challenging assignments for a wide variety of clients. Most
recently she has served as a trade negotiator for Aeroi interests in Ourora
subsector in the aftermath of the Markets War.
*****
Happy Travelling,
David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA
Houston: The first word spoken from the surface of the Moon.