Adele Watanabe
Adele Watanabe is a human (mostly) and the protagonist in Hemelein Discovery. Adele is a First Lieutenant in the Interstellar Cataloguing and Exploration Service.
Physical description
Adele has slightly wavy and very dark brown hair, brilliant green eyes, and medium olive skin. She is 173 cm tall (about 5' 8"), 71 kg (about 156 pounds), with a wiry, strong, athletic build. Her ancestry is mainly Japanese, Hawaiian, and Irish, with a small amount of halfen from several generations back.
Personality
Adele is very impulsive, and often dives into projects or adventures without thinking of the consequences. While she has mostly grown out of this as of her mission to the Hemelein Prime system that began 21 March 4127, she still sometimes doesn't think through her actions before taking them. This can sometimes lead to sticky situations.
She loves learning and is extremely curious. She can spend hours or days researching a topic if it catches her interest.
She is kind-hearted and tends to give strangers the benefit of the doubt.
Biography
Adele was born on 8 January 4103 in ʻAlohimoana Bay on Malumaluakua in the Hana-ka-lau-‘ai system. She joined ICES and completed a successful pairing with Imiloa when she was 17, two weeks after her mother's disappearance on 26 February 4120. When she was told of her mother's disappearance, she was at her father's office at ICES. A halfen was visiting and happened to have a nearly-budding quima that budded while he was there. Due to Adele's overwhelming grief at being told her mother was missing, one of the newly budded quima was drawn to her and bonded with her. This was highly unusual, and may have been partly due to her having a small amount of halfen blood in her ancestry.
Career with ICES
- 4120-03-13: Begins ten month pairing candidacy with Imiloa. Officer Candidate.
- 4120-03-29: Achieves synchronicity with Imiloa, receives rank of Ensign.
- 4122-09-30: Promoted to Second Lieutenant.
- 4125-12-24: Promoted to First Lieutenant.
- 4127-13-21: Becomes first recorded human to enter the Hemelein Prime system. Events from Hemelein Discovery occur over the next month.
Family
Adele is the oldest of four children in her family.
- Keoni Watanabe – father, retired Colonel in ICES
- Saoirse Watanabe – mother, missing since a Kimmalevoi attack in 4120, presumed dead as no trace of her was found. Was a Lieutenant Colonel in ICES at the time of her disappearance.
- David Watanabe – brother, second oldest in the family, studying at university at the time of Hemelein Discovery.
- Go Watanabe – brother, twin, third oldest in the family
- Junior Watanabe – brother, twin, youngest in the family