Skip Carpenter

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George "Skip" Carpenter is the captain of a small cargo vessel that doubles as a smuggler ship.

History
Growing up in poverty, without a father, George Carpenter had little to lose when he stowed away on a cargo ship from his home in Sydney after his mother died. He was only fifteen at the time, and although the stowaway was given a job, the captain took him as his own and put him in a remote education program so he could finish school.

At nineteen, he joined the Coalition Navy, and stayed in the service for thirteen years before exiting alongside his former CO. Together they formed a crew for a small freighter known as the Vasa and began to smuggle "no-questions" crates and packages across known space under the protection of corrupt officials belonging to the Coalition Express. After three years, his aging captain retired and sold him the deed to his ship, making George the captain and eventually earning him the name "Skip".

Story
Skip is the Captain of the Vasa.

Personality and appearance
George has always been rather lanky, but has only acquired his almost reptilian 'debonair' demeanor in the last decade or so, growing a waiter's mustache and wearing lounge suits with slippers aboard his ship. The chain smoking, however, is a much older habit and was picked up during his time in the Navy.