StarSheby
Player Bio:
Starsheby is played by a 31 year-old equipment
operator from the upper peninsula of Michigan (yes, way up north). I am
married and was blessed with a wonderful daughter the summer of 1999. I found
Starknights through Metal Knights while looking for something to do after the
3AM bottle. I am a big World War II buff and will watch anything related to
it on the History Channel. I race 4x4 trucks in the summer and snowmobile in
the winter. My computer skills are pretty much limited to the mouse. I now
started playing online games when I bought this computer for my wife; now she
has to fight to use it.
Character Bio:
In the early days of Edenia, there were frequent disputes about fair
pricing, questions about jurisdiction for crimes such as fraud and larceny,
and complaints about markets being governed by monopolistic partnerships
between major merchants. The Sheby clan, one of the few bands of merchants to
arrive at Edenia in the first wave of colonization, established the Trade
Union with backing from the Council of Elders. The Union resolved disputes as
crimes and monopolies dropped dramatically. With the vast collection of
freighters and permanent outlet stores, the Trade Union revolutionized
commerce and kept the citizens of Edenia supplied with all of the goods
required for comfortable lives. When the war with the Ephystians broke out,
the Sheby clan was asked to organize the Union to support the defense of the
worlds colonized by Edenians. Seeing that Globemaster the Eighth was more
than prepared to support the planetary needs of the citizens, the Sheby Clan
reached for the most distant stars to bind them with a common market.
Immediately, freighters were refitted with larger engines to support fleet
convoys as weapons were provided to civilians for defense in the event of
invasions.
Taking pride in their important role in the defense of the empire,
they designed a rather all-purpose ship and named it the 'StarSheby' model.
This ship by far became the most popular freighter as the StarSheby
Conglomerate of Freighter Pilots purchased more than four thousand hulls over
the first year alone. During this time, however, the Ephystian fleets began
disrupting StarSheby freighter lanes. With the Edenian war machine already
stretched beyond the limit, production was upgraded to the 'StarSheby B,' a
war-capable freighter capable of defending itself against several enemy
fighters at once. In convoys, with escorts provided by the mysterious Shadow
Knights, these freighters could swiftly destroy lone Dekkos and other capital
ships. As the war raged on, StarSheby fleets were further equipped and became
a fighting force as well as the dominant supplier to the Edenian battle
fleets.
