Être appelé pour des réparations était une chose assez courante pour Aldous, et il ne s'est jamais plaint, vu que c'était son travail. Mais cette fois, c'était un peu différent. En tout temps, on lui avait demandé de monter sur le pont, il ne s'était jamais cogné la tête contre un rail et a été frappé inconscient. À son arrivée, il fut accueilli par l'obscurité de tous les côtés et une douleur soudaine et aiguë sur son front. Aldous a lutté pour s'élever, en utilisant le rail qui l'a frappé en premier lieu pour se lever jusqu'à ses pieds. Presque dès qu'il se tenait debout, il s'est presque effondré sur le sol une fois de plus.
Le mécanicien s'est posé sur un genou et s'est soutenu sur le rail avec les deux mains alors qu'il commençait à tousser hystériquement. Il a fallu un peu d'oxygène pour briser ses poumons. Aldous a pris un moment pour se demander s'il valait la peine de se réveiller sur un vaisseau spatial brisé avec un ridicule céphalée de quasi-asphyxie. Il a rapidement décidé que ces pensées n'étaient pas les siennes et il s'est finalement tenu debout à temps pour entendre certains des autres membres de l'équipage parler et se réveiller.
"Mécanicien par ici!" Aldous a appelé, bâillonnant maladroitement les choses autour d'eux alors qu'il bâillonnait son orteil et marchait accidentellement dans littéralement tout ce qui était possible sur le chemin alors qu'il prononçait chaque serment qu'il connaissait dans n'importe quelle langue.
Name: Aldous T. Boone
Rank: Default Head Mechanic (seeing as all the others are gone.)
Age: 22
Sex: Male
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 147lbs
Known Medical conditions: Mild caffeine addiction
Bio: Aldous grew up in a somewhat cramped home, with four siblings, mother, father, and grandmother. They didn't have much money, but a lot of mouths to feed, so there was a lot of give and take in their household. Due to this, whatever money came into the house was siphoned into a broad fund used for home repair, clothing, and food. Toys and entertainment pretty much became a nonrenewable resource which were constantly in danger of being depleted. As the older brother, Aldous typically needed to find a way to get these things fixed without dipping into the house funds. At first, he got his older friends around the neighborhood to help him out with rebuilding until he eventually became good enough that he could do it all by himself. It really sparked his interest in things, and it lead to him taking things apart to see how they worked. He learned very quickly, however, to stay within his limits. His mother made sure that the message would always stick with him.
As he learned quickly when he entered his older years, restructuring and fixing broken toys would only get you so far in life and he was burning to get a real job so that he could afford to help his family become better off. Advanced education was a definite no with the money that the family had to their name. So, he was forced to take job offerings. Random oddjobs, anything that he could, until he stumbled upon a pretty sketchy job offer. Learn about the construction of engines for space ships for a while, then be shipped off as a mechanic on many successful voyages(hopefully.) There were many problems with this for Aldous, mostly because he had no actual interest in space travel despite knowing of it's majesty. But drastic times called for drastic measures. So he went with it, and to his surprise, it wasn't as off as it seemed. So after a year or two of training with engines, spaceship infrastructure, and the basics of interplanetary travel, he was put on his first voyage.
How you got here: Whilst he wasn't originally on the bridge, he was called up for some kind of repair and was left on the bridge with the others during the accident.
Sorry for the wait, a big ol' steaming pile of life can do things to you.