Nerissa Starsail

Early Life
As a Melodie child, she had more contact with off worlders then most, but that wasn't saying much. But because of those encounters she developed a interest in the Galaxy and wanted to sail the sea of stars! Her first chance wasn't what she had hoped for, while her people remained largely unknown to the galaxy there were rare times when one or two spacers would arrive, but this time a group of slavers showed up.

They were trying to evade the attention of a patrol when they detected Nerissa's village. When the patrol moved out of the system they attacked the village, Nerissa was one of the ones captured. Fortunately she wouldn't be a slave for too long. When she was thrown into the hold with other slaves she noticed what seemed to be a statue of some sort. It was flat with a boys front features poking out.

She instantly felt an attraction to him, she couldn't describe it. There was a sadness in his features and she only wanted to comfort him. The Slavers were soon attacked by the Rebels that were stationed on Yavin IV, mainly because the slavers got greedy and hoped to find other primitive settlements to get more "product" to sell.

Nerissa asked them to free the boy. They would discover that the carbon freezing was very old, there was a chance he wouldn't survive or at best suffer from numerous complications. As it turned out he had massive memory loss. Nerissa would stay with him and help in his recovery of the typical carbonite sickness, though his memory loss was something they couldn't help him with.

Because they helped them they both wanted to repay them somehow, despite the boys youth he was very handy with machines as well as apparently having some combat training, though he couldn't remember where he learned such things. Nerissa would tag along with him, which he didn't seem to mind.

Rebellion
Nerissa would survive the Battle of Yavin and escaped with the boy, who named himself Caden Light. She would learn during her time with the Rebels that she had a interesting knack for computer systems and programming. She was a natural, and would develop those skills to be a great asset to the Alliance.

She would be separated from Caden often due to him becoming a full blown trooper in the Alliance then later a tank commander.

Moving On
With the destruction of the 2nd Death star over Endor and the Alliance shifting over to become the New Republic, both Nerissa and Caden left the military. Caden felt he paid them back and spent enough time fighting. Nerissa fearing she would never see him again with the changes joined him.

Together they got a job/deal with Starlight Star Drives, they would work for them as a roaming dealer. The deal behind it was, With a large down payment, Starlight Star Drives would build them one of their Custom Frigates and a portion of their normal pay and all of their sale percentage would go to paying off the ship.

It was around this time she told Caden just who/what she was, mostly because she had to ask for special modifications that wouldn't make sense unless she did tell him. She had a small fear that he wouldn't accept him, but it was unfounded. He accepted her and even surprised her by asking if they could be more then partners. Tearfully happy she agreed.

The next few years Nerissa perfected her skills designing new devices and even full blown droids for Starlight Star drives. Earning a larger salary then Caden, it didn't bother him and was proud of her.

She would have many adventures with him over the next seven years, they would often visit Yavin VIII she Nerissa could be with her family and friends. Then came the time of her Changing Ceremony.

Changing Ceremony
Caden actually called in two of his old war buddies to help protect her during it. Apparently it was nearly a war zone during the three weeks she had gone through her changing. Caden and his 'Bros' had to fortify the cave.

Turns out Nerissa's change was different, she looked significantly different then the other Elders. Though no one knew why, but it defiantly attracted a very large number of predators. Nerissa looked predatory her self now, but that didn't stop Caden from embracing her when she finally came out.

After remaining on the planet for a while, to ensure Vayeate was able to support Nerissa properly. In the end nothing had to be done, Nerissa not only looked different but her biology was tougher then other Melodies. This kind of scared the others and she was starting to be shunned. Caden not liking the treatment she was starting to get said it was time to go. For the time being Nerissa didn't want to learn why she was this way, Caden offered up the suggestion that maybe she was the next evolutionary step for her race, that likely other will turn out like her. She wasn't so sure about this but she accepted it for now.

On their Own
By 15 ABY they had paid off Vayeate and the ship was officially theirs. To Celebrate they took an extended vacation from Starlight Star drives and traveled the Galaxy for a year. It was some of the best times of their lives. They would return to working with Starlight Star Drives, but were now free to take on other jobs as well. Vayeate was set up for just this time, a sizable cargo ship as well as a luxurious transport ship.

Nerissa was able to develop systems that she her self could hold the pattens for. They even took on some light mercenary work, with Caden's war buddies joining as crew members. They were one of the transports that managed to escape with a number of refugees from Dac during the recent battle between the allied forces and Sivter's.

Personality
Cheerful and a bit shy around new people. Doesn't care to be known by a lot of people, so she isn't likely to introduce herself to people she won't be spending an extended amount of time with.

She enjoys working on her droids and spending time with Caden and the rest of the Crew of Vayeate. Loves going to new worlds and seeing the sights, especially water worlds. She isn't very violent but will be when the moment calls for it.

Equipment
When Nerissa needs or wants to spend a long time our of the water she wears this skin tight suit which is designed to keep her moisture inside. The time she can stay in it depends on the planets climate and how often she and the suit can get more water.
 * Wet Suit

Used with the Wet suit it allows her to move around on land with little to no help. It basically just lets her float over the land and give her a little propulsion to move around. In an emergency it can get her out of danger at high speed.
 * Repulsorpack