1. Bizz is the dude that sat with Alice, the Chief Engineer, back in the mess hall. He just now revealed as a named one. Slapjoe is the weird storyteller and Nayr the bosun which we found out at the beginning posts. You also randomly heard a name of one of the pilots of the ship, which totally doesnt like Amanda at this point of time (Katath).
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Eric Vales
we have yet to see what the enemy ship(s) are, as we had yet no visual. The corsair ships popped from hyperspace and, as indicated by the crew, will force the enemy off hyperspace via gravity well which the Naefar has (allied ship, no further details on it. Seems in general commnication is not the Soudforz's forte). So far, we are taking battle stations, waiting for what will follow.
With these said, always feel free to interract with crew and find out more about questions that arise due to insufficient intel btw! Nobody expects you to know what you havent been told afterall!
I posted the battle chapters too, so you get the idea of what comes next and can have the opportunity to pick posts for your characters you feel best (ganii dashing to engine room, you to Zenith and so on). Mind you, by having twin characters you will basically be able to play two scenes, one for amanda one for eric!