Pablote

Pablote is an astrogator and freight security consultant onboard The Ironclad, and one of the main characters of Wild Space.

Appearance
Standing 6 feet tall, Pablote is a male cat with shaggy hair and white fur. He's near-sighted, and wears glasses. He wears a pair of public domain sneakers onboard the Ironclad, and almost always wears a red nylon jacket, even on EVA missions.

Personality
Pablote is an easy-going pessimist with a lazy streak. He never passes up the opportunity to crack a joke or make a sarcastic remark, even in life-threatening situations, and is well-known as a prankster by his crewmates. Despite this, he has an incredibly anxious and neurotic personality, and always tends to see the worst in situations. He has an especially deep phobia of shipwrecks and space-faring predators.

On the other hand, he has several bizarre paraphilia that he is not shy about, and his overactive libido is also well-known among the crew. He casually watches pornographic vids on-duty and is fond of examining his crewmates' butts. Despite thinking of her more like a sister and a friend, he takes a special pleasure in embarrassing Cassie, most commonly by inflating or flattening her. He harbors a secret crush on Sofia, and most of his attempts to prank her end up backfiring horribly.

He is very reserved about his time serving in the war, preferring not to talk about it to anyone, and is prone to overindulge on sweets and binge drink, thanks to a transplanted liver.

History
Born on L4, Pablote enlisted in Earth's Terrestrial Defense Force just before the Terran-Plutonian War broke out. He qualified for the Astral Marine Corps and became a field scout. He is a veteran of the disastrous Assault on Venus, where he escaped and went AWOL before the war ended. He drifted across the system before landing a job on the Ironclad, where he has remained.

Genetic Modifications
Being a Terran soldier during the height of the gene mod arms race, Pablote's genes were spliced with a military-grade Generation 2 gene mod. As such, his entire body has elastic properties that render all but the most serious of bodily injuries harmless.