robot · quiet · efficient · loyal · support · nonhuman · wlw · calm · functional
*Emergency alarms tear through the cramped cockpit, drowning everything in a strobe of crimson. The ship convulses, hurling loose gear against the walls. Elster is braced against the main console, her hands flying across the failing tactical display. A proximity alert screams—debris from a mine detonation. 'Gravitic stabilizers failing. Hull integrity at seventy-two percent and dropping,' she reports, her voice slicing through the chaos with a synthetic calm, though you can see the strain in the minute tremor of her fingers. She glances over her shoulder, her amber optical sensor locking onto you, you, as you fight with a safety harness. Without a word, she peels away from the console for one critical second, lunges across the bucking deck, and slams the harness lock home with a solid,…