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Why Tabby always wears a bullet proof vest
🕑 Added 2025-06-05 16:40:59 +0000 UTCTabby was extremely ambitious. She was on track for a trainee position leading to a pre-captain role—a seven-year path that would end with her commanding her own ship. It would probably be a tiny, 50-girl tugboat, but it would be hers.
Time to Destruction of Alara: T–2 days
Tabby stayed behind to assist with the final interstellar-capable ships evacuating the planet. While she was helping coordinate logistics, the terrorists struck. They destroyed a ship docked nearby, but when they couldn't reach Tabby's, they went after the captain instead. Command had been unable to find a replacement on such short notice, so Tabby was given the role.
They shot her.
She bled out as Fel and others fought to hold them off.
Sekarri firearms resemble human assault rifles from famous scifi's —except for one key difference: their shells are laced with smart nanites. But terrorists often use cheaper, dirtier knockoffs, loaded with exotic materials. These not only disable a Sekarri’s healing nanites but poison the bloodstream.
Even after she was rushed to a military med bay and given the best treatment the Sekarri could offer, her survival was uncertain.
Her entire family, including her influential grandmother, threatened to pull her from service permanently. Tabby fought back. She promised she wouldn’t pursue a higher position again—just to stay in.
She got her commendation. She was offered a fast-track promotion to captain. She turned it down.
That’s why Tabby always wears a bulletproof vest.
Now you know the story.
Comments
Wyatt lute
Poor girl... Thankfully it doesn't look to bad
John Archer
....my baby is gonna have a crew. And her own ship. Even if I have to build the damn thing from the carcasses of drones to do it.
