History: Tasha (or Tanya) Wasil graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in music and a minor in social science. Displaying an early interest in music, Tasha picked up her first instrument at age four. She learned to play the guitar at age seven and has been hooked on it ever sense. Unfortunately Tasha spent most of her freshman year drinking, shooting up, and partying, nearly flunking out of college. She went into bouts of depression and was finally found by Julie before it was too late and she helped Tasha get back on track. They have since become best friends and always insisted on rooming together for the rest of their college years. Tasha joined the Ska Katz with Julie, who insisted that Tasha be brought along for the ride when Beau first asked Julie to play in the band. 

Age: 26

Species: Russian Blue (felis catus)

Instrument: Bass guitar

Other Instruments: upright bass, viola/bass violin, synthesizer, violin, electric guitar

Attributes and Personality: Beau is usually serious and intellectual but also has a humerous side, he likes to appear cool and evenheaded although he can get rather enthusiastic when he plays his bass during a show, considered a "pretty guy" by some and he enjoys playing that role, he's just a little vain in that respect but he's not a superficial person, likes to debate and practice his intellect, loves to argue apologetics and scientific theories, hates falsehood and relativism, hates carelessness/incompetance and dissorder, somewhat of a perfectionist but not to the point of being annoying 

Favorite Movie: Dead Poet's Society

Favorite Social Activity: discussing contemporary issues and current events

Favorite Past Time(s): visiting museums and other educational sites, attending formal dinners

Personal Moto: "I think, therefore I am." (this could be interpreted several different ways)

History: Like the rest of the Ska Katz, Beau Cartney attended Michigan State university. Beau graduated with a master's degree in philisophy, and a bachelor's in music. Long time Rodruquez family friend, Beau was responsible for Julie's entrance into the Ska Katz and ultamately Tasha's as well. Beau was a part of Joe's and Nate's inner circle of friends from the beginning and he joined the Ska Katz on the day it was created, athough he is not considered a founding member. Born into a rich family from Brooklyn, New York, he was able to stay in college longer that the rest of the Katz and therefore he adds an air of sofistiacation to the image of the Ska Katz, contrasting with Joe's crowd-hyping antics. Beua still retains much of his New York accent and so makes for an interesting person to talk to. 

 

Age: 28

Species: Tri-colored big-eared bat (Micronycteris sylvestris) 

Home Planet: Batania, Batania System

Position: Master Operative 1st Class (as well as Merchant Advisor)

Specialties: Crack shot, enforcement missions, criminal apprehention missions, escort missions, arms expert, STMG strategy and future planning consultant, member of the Council of Master Operatives (the council in charge of advanced mission assignments and Operatives policy reveiw), other classified duties

Attributes and Personality: Spurro is often impatient and irratable on the job mainly because his missions don't usually go exactly as planned (such is the life of a high-ranking Operative). He prefers his life to be orderly and quiet; a notion which is usually turned upside down when Vixanna comes around. However, when off duty or freelancing, he can be quite amiable, talkative and enthusiastic. He is a very deep person who spends a lot of time alone, lost in his own thoughts although he enjoys company whenever he can get it. Even though Vixanna usually disrupt his notions of an ideal life, he finds it very hard to stay angry with Vixanna. She and Spurro share a very deep bond, deeper than many romantic relatinships with roots in their early academy days, but that's another story (see below)

History: Spurro was the second child in a total number of four children born on the Bat homeworld, Batania to Rurro and Lanii Subnaltie. Spurro and his older brother Edrro became fascinated with the frontier of space very early in life and could always be found playing "space war" or "explorers" as small children. As they grew older, a willful and rebellious Edrro was able to earn enough money to buy his own ship and instead of furthering his education in college as his parents wished, he took his little brother Spurro with him to "see the stars". They were gone for a year. Their parents were vehemently against the whole thing and there was a falling out between them and Edrro. Rurro and Lanii were able to talk Spurro into coming back but Edrro defiantly set out alone to make his fortune for himself. For two years, Edrro wandered space. He tried to become a trader but he gambled his money away and soon became destitute. Edrro returned to his parents, brother and two sisters and reconciled himself with his parents. Rurro lovingly accepted Edrro back and they were a family once again. A humbled Edrro decided to attend the Foxaad Academy of Commerce and Exploration to become a merchant. His parents gave him their blessing. Upon graduating, Edrro joined STMG. Spurro followed in Edrro's footsteps and enrolled in FACE as well. A naturally shy person, Spurro found it hard at first to make friends. Then he met Vixanna Blackburn. Vixanna took Spurro into her heart immediately and laid it upon herself to 'educate' him in social skills and to be the one he could turn to even when all others walk away. FACE is also where Spurro met the rest of his current circle of close friends: Darkkan Nightrider and and Dawn Twilite. Darkkan, Spurro's childhood buddy came to FACE Spurro's sophomore year. After graduating they all joined STMG, though not all in the same year. Then tragedy struck. Because of a failed STMG experiment in which Surro was involved, Edrro, Spurro's idol, friend, and mentor was killed. Spurro did not respond well. Spurro left STMG and withdrew from sight for two years, refusing to be comforted and blaming himself for his brother's death. Spurro eventually rejoined STMG for purely convenience reasons. The memories of Edrro still haunt him and now he blames his superiors at STMG for his brother's death.

 

History: Nate Serkis graduated from MSU with a degree in nutrition (no surprise there), is one of the two founding members of the Ska Katz. He and his buddy Joe Young met during a visit to the MSU campus prior to attending and they immediately bonded like bacon and eggs. Inseperable best friends in college, Nate and Joe were always involved in the university music program and soon felt called to use this as their ministry. Nate learned to play drums in junior high and was the founder and drummer in his own highschool band called "The Big Guys".

 

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Species: red fox/fennec hybrid (3/4:1/4)

Home Planet: Foxaad, Foxaad System

Position: Overative-3rd Class (as well as a Senior Merchant)

Specialties: Extraction missions, search missions, electronics expert, virtual reality tools specialist, probes and communications specialist

Attributes and Personality: Hyperactive, impulsive, fun-loving/playful, emotional, sensitive, compassionate, very social and outgoing, a crowd-pleaser, rather timid in the face of personal danger but fiercely courageous when it comes to the life or death of her friends and the ones she loves, loves to sing karaoke, loves to help people, hates being idle for too long, hates long waits

History: Vixanna Blackburn was born on the red fox homeworld, Foxaad. The daughter of a freighter captain and, she has always had an interest in the way of the trader, wanting to follow in her father's foot steps. She went to

the Foxaad Academy of Commerce and Exploration where she studied economics, sensors and communications, and, ship-board electronics, graduating at the top of her class. Vixanna joined STMG immediately after graduating from the academy at age 22 and she was accepted into the STMG Operatives a year later. She rose quickly to the rank of Operative 2nd Class because of her savvy skills as a ship mechanic and handyness with sensors. Though her futher advancement in STMG seems to be hindered by her natural impulsiveness.

 

"True to the way of all good foxes, Vixanna Blackburn has proudly jonied the ranks of the trading community and now carries on the proud legacy of her ansesctors before her." --from Vixanna's graduation announcement.

Favorite Saying: "Oi!"

 

Little Known Fact: Vixanna has a hyperactivity disorder that she keeps in check with a regular medication.