Narrowing down the cast (24/1/2014)

* Looking over the list of characters, I decided to write down at least two descriptions for each one so as to give my partner a choice between them. Granted if he feels changes, additions or combining should be done then I am ok with that.

Captain:

• Keeping a stiff upper lip for the crew's sake, the captain has been going through a lot recently and therefore the crew is keeping an eye on him. Otherwise, he is usually brave and fair towards his crew whom he trusts with his life.
• An older swashbuckler who is trying to relive the glory days. Over confident and loud, he often rushes into things without thinking because he's either bored or dying for some adventure.
• Similar to above, but far younger and takes 'leaps of faith' because he hasn't learnt to take responsibility.Could be seen as a 'Peter Pan' who never grew up.
• Kind and considerate to his crew, this character is far less inclined to fighting than most. However, when someone messes with his crew, his friends, he completely changes character and won't forgive them. 

Pilot:

• A light hearted and easy going pilot who often cares for others more than himself.
• An over confident pilot who loves to make bets, play games and do pranks on others. 
• A drinker, a gambler and a guitarist. Once part of a band, he now flies the ship without hardly ever saying a word. Only ever talking to ask simple questions or sing a song.   

Mechanic:

• Always complaining, the mechanic hates surprises and just wants to take on easy missions so he has nothing serious to fix.
• Full of pride and somewhat gullible, the mechanic loves his work, but will believe in anything if he wants it badly enough due to his old fashioned ways. He also hates to throw away things.

Muscle:

• A religious warrior who follows a creed / oath that states he can not kill anyone, but he can still hurt them.
• A large brawler who prefers actions over words to the point that he hates standing around and doing nothing. 
• A large kind hearted being who wouldn't hurt a fly, but to be useful to the crew he puts on the tough hard-as-nails persona so as to intimidate people into telling them what to do instead of resorting to violence. 
• A calculating robot who predicts things before they happen and finds it hard to determine emotions. Thus it can say the obvious or think others are being serious when in fact they are not.

The ship:

• More like a child, all the ship wants to do is have fun and doesn't know the difference between right and wrong. 
• A war ship at nature, because of this it always asks if it can destroy something. 
• An overly cautious ship that doesn't like to take risks and has often to be convinced into doing things.

Dock worker: 

• A tight fisted, grubby and greedy individual who only cares about one thing, money. 
• An overly optimistic character who is incredibly nosey and loud.
• A 'by the books', stuck up man who seems to talk down to the crew purely because of their occupations. 
• Someone who doesn't care about his job what so ever. All he wants is for the crew to be done with the payment and signing of documents as fast as possible so he can go back to sleeping or drinking.

Extras:

• Merchants trying to make a living.
• People talking. 
• Robots beeping.
• Alien noises.
• News reports.
• Advertisements.