Aster Holloway

Aster Holloway
Personal
Born	Circa 3053
Died	24 October 3067
Affiliation	Free Worlds League
Career
Rank	Cadet Fourth Class

Aster Holloway was, as of 3067, a cadet at the Nellus Academy.

History

Aster's family was known for the Holloway weather control satellites of Nestor, responsible for the planet's wine-favourable conditions.

In October 3067, Aster was part of a group of eight top Nellus Academy cadets sent on what was meant to be a straightforward voyage to Concord with General Gurald Eichner, in theory as a public relations event in honor of Nestor's new refueling station. Less openly, the cadets were meant to help detect a Lyran spy operating at the Nestor spaceport. After setting off on the Requirement on 21 October, Eichner and the cadets ran into trouble: hijackers, the Lyran-hired Bloody Stoats, who came to capture the general. Clashes between the cadets and the hijackers led to the DropShip crashing on Phobos, a planetoid in the Gienah system that held the Stoats' base. Fighting continued between the wreckage and the base, leading to the death of Aster's crush Lily Orit among others. Eventually the cadets managed to call a League force in for evacuation.

During the clashes, Aster suffered severe leg and hip injuries falling from a tree. While the other surviving cadets organized to raid the Stoats' base, Aster stayed behind at the wrecked DropShip. There, he buried Lily and, through a number of explosions, created a diversion for the base attack. His diversion attracted a few mercenaries, who he killed. Killing for the first time was traumatic for the teenager.

Aster was one of four League survivors evacuated successfully, alongside three other cadets, and was expected to eventually recover. As with the other survivors, he was to be given special honors and given a cover story to memorize and use; the League would attempt to control what was known about the incident.

Description

Aster had red hair.

Bibliography

• The Nellus Academy Incident