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* '''Build''': Wiry. Under 6 feet tall, Nickels is built on slender lines, but strong and with notably broad shoulders. | * '''Build''': Wiry. Under 6 feet tall, Nickels is built on slender lines, but strong and with notably broad shoulders. | ||
* '''Eyes''': Set wide and slightly tilted, appearing almost black except under blacklight; strong UV lighting makes the irises glow bright violet. | * '''Eyes''': Set wide and slightly tilted, appearing almost black except under blacklight; strong UV lighting makes the irises glow bright violet. | ||
* '''Carriage''': | * '''Carriage''': Saunters like nobody's business, strolls at high speed. Has been observed bopping and skedaddling. | ||
* '''Poses''': Anyone who's studied 20th-century Terran mass media and been exposed to the cartoons of Tex Avery and Fritz Freleng will quickly recognize Nickels' mannerisms, from the way he slouches against walls when at ease with one foot up and one hand in his pocket to the angled lean of his shoulders. While a loyal, proud and forthright officer of Starfleet, his body language is that of a wolfish thug from the heyday of Earth's 1920s. | * '''Poses''': Anyone who's studied 20th-century Terran mass media and been exposed to the cartoons of Tex Avery and Fritz Freleng or the films of Edward G. Robinson, or Jack Nicholson's appearance as Jack Napier in Tim Burton's ''Batman'' will quickly recognize Nickels' mannerisms, from the way he slouches against walls when at ease with one foot up pressed to the wall behind him and one hand in his pocket, to the angled lean of his shoulders. While a loyal, proud and forthright officer of Starfleet, his body language is that of a wolfish thug from the heyday of Earth's 1920s. | ||
* '''Taste in Clothing (when off duty)''': Pinstripes - dark suits with white piping, crisp snap-brim fedoras, and French-cuffed shirts with cufflinks. He dresses exceedingly well - some might say over the top, but the big name gangsters of the '20s were not notable for their lack of style. | * '''Taste in Clothing (when off duty)''': Pinstripes - dark suits with white piping, crisp snap-brim fedoras, and French-cuffed shirts with cufflinks. He dresses exceedingly well - some might say over the top, but the big name gangsters of the '20s were not notable for their lack of style. At the Academy, he grew his own Iotian iarmyk flowers, bright sunbursts of pink and orange, to wear in his lapels. | ||
* '''Shoes''': Heavy-soled black leather | * '''Shoes''': Heavy-soled black leather oxfords with white spats, polished to a luster. | ||
* '''Voice''': Smooth and heavily accented Iotian with intranslatable Terran anachronisms that baffle species unfamiliar with Terran history. | * '''Voice''': Smooth and heavily accented Iotian laced with intranslatable Terran anachronisms that baffle species unfamiliar with Terran history. | ||
* '''Handedness''': Fully ambidextrous. | * '''Handedness''': Fully ambidextrous. | ||
==Manner== | ==Manner== | ||
* '''Quarters''': | * '''Quarters''': Nickels hasn't really had time to settle into his quarters on the [[USS Independence-A]] yet. Once fully set-up, he'll have his elaborate gun kit for stripping and cleaning and loading his heirloom .45s, his framed picture of his sainted mother Mary Catherine Alouette "The Hellcat" Hellene-Luciano, and his own small copy of the Book on its own shelf with the appropriate icons and apocrypha. He hopes to re-establish his flowerbox for his iarmyk lapel flowers, and is currently awaiting the arrival of his beloved pet Iotian clee, Alibi, once the avian is cleared for shipboard life on an active Federation vessel. | ||
* '''Mannerisms''': | * '''Mannerisms''': | ||
** '''The Nickel''': Like many of Earth's gangsters of the lost and misty past, Nickels is extremely superstitious and talismanic, and this is expressed through a mannerism that becomes immediately obvious upon meeting him. He is almost at all times toying with an Iotian nickel; this is a denomination of coin that came into circulation about 5 years after the USS Horizon departed the planet, about 2173. It's about 30.6 millimeters in diameter, with heavy smooth edges, and die-cast faces. Nicky Luciano's lucky piece is a 2268 nickel, featuring the profile of Boss Bela Okmyx on the head, and on the tail an image of a large boviform ungulate once referred to as a kyko in the Iotian tongue, but now more commonly called an Iotian buffalo. He flips the coin nearly constantly, making soft pinging sounds, and can roll it back and forth across his knuckles, spin it between his fingertips, and seemingly make it appear and disappear from hand to hand. It can be very distracting for people with him, but it helps him focus and center. He has also exhibited some minor skill with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis hypnotic induction] using the twirling, twinkling coin rolling across the backs of his knuckles or spinning slowly between his fingertips as a focus. | |||
** His speech is ladled with thick 1920s Terran vernacular and Iotian slang, a habit he can't seem to drop, although he does take care to follow proper protocols with regards to respect and rank as much as he can. His primary issues in that regard have been the occasional officer dressing him down for his drawling syllables and colorful metaphors, and once or twice being accosted by female officers who he unwittingly referred to as "doll", "peaches", or "oh, you kid". | |||
* '''Physical Limitations''': | * '''Physical Limitations''': | ||
* '''Temperment''': | * '''Temperment''': | ||
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==Family== | ==Family== | ||
Introductory information about family. | Introductory information about family. | ||
===Parents=== | ===Parents=== | ||