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* '''Age''': 24 | * '''Age''': 24 | ||
* '''Gender''': Male | * '''Gender''': Male | ||
* '''Telepathic status''': Negligible, although some telepaths have reported experiencing a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia echolalia] when reading the Iotian mind. | * '''Telepathic status''': Negligible, although some telepaths have reported experiencing a disorienting form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia echolalia] when reading the Iotian mind. | ||
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* '''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. | * '''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. | ** '''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 | ** 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 whom he unwittingly referred to as "doll", "peaches", or "oh, you kid". | ||
* '''Temperment''': Even. Nickels was raised in a very challenging environment, and only the most adaptable survived. He is unique even among his Museum brethren for escaping the old city and making it to Starfleet by hook and by crook, and has learned to adapt and watch and wait. He is exceedingly patient, good-humored (if a bit chatty), and his anger is ground exceedingly fine. | |||
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* '''Religion/Spiritual Devotion''': | * '''Religion/Spiritual Devotion''': | ||