Space Pirate - Tekla by SamwiseTheAwesome on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

'Draw a space pirate (either as fanart of an existing character or a new character of your own design).'

This is Tekla Barbelli, space pirate but she’s often called a terrorist.

She grew up on Hera, the only child to simple farmers.

Her family did it’s best to keep producing during the war, staying out of the way of both the Alliance and Independents.

But being neutral didn’t matter when Alliance bombers mistook the farm equipment for enemy armor. Her parents were instantly vaporized, and she was severely wounded by shrapnel.

Luckily for her, the strike was seen by the Browncoats and they were able to stabilize her so she survived. But the radicalization had already happened.

She views herself as being saved for a purpose, an avenging angel for all those victims of ‘collateral damage’ during the war. She got Deuteronomy 32:25 tattooed on her arm:

In the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair.

Tekla joined the remaining Browncoats after the surrender, fighting as raiders against any Alliance military or political targets they could find.

She prefers a large bore rifle, .700 Nitro Express, able to punch through the outer skin and viewports of most Alliance craft. She has a penchant for going after Alliance ships in high atmo, just enough to decompress them as they hit space proper.

Pose is from JookpubStock