jayrockin:

Another Runaway to the Stars character: Shyam Joshi is a machinist and heavy equipment specialist by trade living on a large terraformed planet originally funded by settlers from the old Earth country of India. She hails from one of the largest and oldest GMH populations, the tailed spacers, who were designed to withstand long periods of time in microgravity. In addition to a prehensile tail and gripping feet, tailed spacers also have extreme resistance to bone and muscle loss, layers of specialized pigment in their skin to help shield them from cosmic radiation, and numerous other internal modifications. Shyam herself is uninterested in space travel and has lived on-planet her whole life.

The crew of the Runaway encounters Shyam when they stop at her planet in need of repairs. Talita hangs around the shop to supervise, and during this time her and Shyam become (shuffles notes) …very close.

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