Lieutenant JG Jupiter "Fingers" Aphrodite Black

Jupiter "Fingers" Aphrodite Black

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jupiter Black

Name:	Jupiter Black
Alias:	Fingers
Age:	26
Hair & Eyes:	Brown Hair, Blue Eyes
Faction:	Air Wing
Position:	Lieutenant JG
Colony:	Picon
Play Times:	8p - 2a
Timezone:	Eastern

Biographical Info

History

Family

Jupiter Aphrodite Black was born on Picon to Dalen and Veronica Black, on a hot August night, twenty six years ago. Just shy of three years later, Martin was born. Jupiter's reign as only child was brief, and she never really got to enjoy it.

Mother: Veronica (Ronnie).
Ronnie is a substitute teacher with an eye for community service. She's big on the giving back, loving each other, and the whole village to raise a child thing. She's a substitute teacher, and she's about as adorable as you imagine. Sometimes, I think I'm adopted.

Father: Dalen (Dale).
Dalen works in a manufacturing plant. I'm not… really sure what it is they manufacture. I never paid that much attention. I'm Dad's little girl, no matter what I do. He refuses to see anything other than the angel I'm not. It works for me. And it paid for my first car. My little bro, Marty, almost swallowed his tongue when he saw it. Aw, kid brothers are life's payback for adolescence.

The transition into big sister held more amusement than necessary. There were many stealing of a and smacking with toys in those early years. A sibling rivalry blossomed early between the Black children, who quickly displayed a penchant for escapism and destruction, with the occasional petty larceny. (Their cousins never forgave them for the birthday heist, age 12 and 10 respectively).

Though both children were known to step outside the bounds of polite behavior, Martin often caught the blame. Jupiter's sweet face and her ready explanations shifted the blame more than her share of times. Though her academic pursuits were average, she was a pretty fast learner in other spheres of life, including, but not limited to, conning people out of things, stealing things, and building an impressive alcohol tolerance at a young age. She also rarely, if ever, got lost. Useful when running from cops. A top notch reaction time, and a few well placed tears, kept her from ever seeing a record. She also dated a cop for a while, as a senior in high school. That worked wonders for the reckless driving incidents.

Brother: Martin (Marty).
I haven't seen that little shit for months. We both pulled leave that overlapped by a couple days for Ronnie's last birthday. I dinged the family car with the mayor's … aide, Marty tripped over Ronnie's birthday cake and landed face first in our family doctor's wife's low cut dress, and I'm pretty sure we set the neighbor's dog on fire. There was practically a parade when we boarded the transport out of town.

Education

When she graduated high school, Jupiter did the only thing she knew to immediately get herself off of Picon. She applied to the Colonial MIlitary. It had an added bonus of pissing off her parents, which only sweetened the pot. Early aptitude tests pointed toward a sharper mind than her academic test scores showed (who goes to class in high school, honestly?). Her reaction time and hand eye coordination got her through to other testing. Eventually it landed her in pilot training, much to the horror of her parents. They were hoping for a nice, safe desk clerk position. Perhaps supply. With pencils and things. Though it was first just an excuse to mock Marty, who was stuck back home on Picon for another year), Jupiter quickly became pretty engrossed in her training.

Reputation (or Mil. Service)

I was pretty shitty at driving a car, so it came as a surprise when I was able to handle a viper. I think it has something to do with not having to parallel park.

The progression to Lieutenant LG was right on course, and Martin Black was right behind his big sister. He signed up a year after her, just as soon as he could. No one back home on Picon could decide if it was a good thing both kids were off world, or it it was a bad thing that they had been handed so much firepower. Time progressed, nothing much exploded, and both Black's earned their callsigns and their pins.

About six months before the planned end of her cruise rotation on the Battlestar Orion, Jupiter received inked papers for a transfer to the Escort Carrier Kharon, on special assignment.

I'm not sure who I pissed off, but it must have been someone sleeping with my CAG…

Distinguishing Features

• Engaging personality.
• Loudness.
• Tattoo: A large tattoo of the Furies (Tisiphone, Megaera,and Alecto) across her upper back.
• She has a habit of wandering around half clothed in the berthings/head.

Trivia

• Big sister to LtJG Martin Black.
• Has an extensive collection of lace thongs.
• She earned her callsign due to her habit of obsconding with things.
• Most of her current shipmates do not yet know this.
• Her affinity for caffeine is legendary. If she hasn't had it, she better get it.
• Jupes … doesn't really get along with marines.

Skills

• Piloting.
  • • … too fast.
    • … whilst talking shit on comms.
    • … and distracting bandits.
    • … with one hand on the stick.
• Bar brawls.
• Drinking.
• Pissing on Marine parades.
• Five finger discounts.

On the Grid

Known Associates

Black

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The Skinny

Lieutenant JG Martin "Dash" Black. Boner is what you'd call all bark and no bite, at least when it comes to me. I wouldn't poke him with a stick unless you got fast reflexes. He's still sore Daddy prefers me to him, and that I got the better car growing up. He's kind of a pain in my ass, but at least he's easy to blame for stuff. Oh, don't frak with him unless you're prepared to frak with me. I mean it. Rabid bitch behavior. No lie.

Pilots

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	Captain Karim Aiteru "Spider" Marek. Smokin' hot. If I had could get away with selling tickets to his showers, I'd be rich. No, but seriously. He's a good leader. He's just commanding enough to get a response, and just damaged enough to be real. It makes him good, in my book. Plus he's a shit hot flier. I fly better on his wing. When I say yes, sir to Spider, I mean it.
	Lieutenant Samantha "Case" Passi. She still crosses boundaries, but Case isn't so bad as all that. When she was messing with my brother, Marty, it really pissed me off to have to even be around her. Now that she's moved on to the other berthing, I find it easier to be around her. She's not a bad pilot, and she shouldn't have to apologize to anyone over where her heart takes her, unless it's into my little brother's pants.
	Lieutenant JG Willem Price. Good butt. The squeeze test confirms. Plus he was an awesome wingman. When I got totally smashed at the party (which one, I don't recall), he helped me make it up the stairs and back to the Berthings without a single feel copped. That right there is a gentleman.
	Lieutenant JG Castor Leda. You know, he's that guy on every cruise, that guy who someone needs to terrorize until he learns that terror is just in his head. Leda is my guy, I think. Every time I turn around he's doing something weird. Sometimes it's someone weird. But every wing has to have this guy, the quirky misfit with the penchant for stealing panties. He's like the little brother I never — oh wait.
	Lieutenant Abraham Hale. Bunny is the pilot I've flown with most often of all my fellows on the Kharon. We get along real well, and he tells it like it is. I hope he gets to have his dream and lots of fat babies one day. He'd make a good father, and his kids probably wouldn't be total pantywastes. Now that he's married, I'm gonna have to stop imagining him on his knees. Shucks.
	Lieutenant Fenris Valasche. We had some friction, early on, when Mudguts didn't think I could handle myself with Yuuri. She stepped up a little hall monitor-like, but that blew over. She's an excellent pilot, and not a bad flight instructor, from what I hear.
	Lieutenant Alexander Nikolo. He's an ass with a fine ass. I heard he was serving coffee bare assed in the corridor the other day, but I was elsewhere the entire time. That's sad on so many levels. I think I might cry.
	Lieutenant JG Indigo Mars. She's grumpy as frak, but she didn't give me too much shit when she caught me climbing out of the CAG's bunk one time. She's a decent flier, so I'll forgive the tiny snarks. For now. If I had to vote most likely to go into a killing rage, though, it'd be her. Hands down.
	Ensign Eddie Morales. Mooner. Gods, we would have been hell on wheels if we ever got to hit a bar on liberty together. I think we have a lot in common, and she watches my back even though we don't talk a lot. I'll have to start a bar brawl with her sometime. I think it could be epic. There might be poetry written about it for generations to come.
	Captain Thea Legacy. We shared a spin cycle once, and a chat in the laundry when I'm pretty sure she was high and I was drunk. Or maybe I was high and she was drunk. Somebody was high or drunk, and we shared a spin cycle. I like her. She's good people.
	Lieutenant Kyle Sparro. This guy is a little out there. Sometimes he confus — most times he confuses me when he talks. I'm not sure if it's a generation gap or what. He fished my ass out of the asteroid soup, so it doesn't really matter either way. I'm alive, and that buys a lot of credit.
	Lieutenant JG Nadiv Roubani. You know, he really doesn't say much, but that probably just makes him smart. He was a pilot, and then an engineer, and now I guess he's a pilot again. One day he'll get his head on straight and pick one!

Marines

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	PFC John Tobias. Don't know what the frak his problem is, but he could use a good beating. Something about that marine just rubs me the wrong way. I know what you're thinking. He's a marine. Yeah. That too.
	Lance Cpl Ashe Swift. We fought, we fought, we frakked, we fought, we frakked, we frakked, some more frakkin', the rumor mill caught it, we fought, frakked, he rufied me, and then I broke up with him after a month of silence. Don't feel good about it, but everything's coming apart at the seams. Protocol has to mean something. Now, if I could just stop thinking about him naked…
	Corporal Epiphany Jarot. Sweet. Epi is sweet. She's a genuine, good hearted person, and I don't know how the frak she became a marine. Well, yes I do. She gave me the story. Still. She's Swift's best friend, and she gives him advice. I was sorry to have to tell her about her ex's behavior, but she's a woman I consider a friend. Departmental lines do not count with her.
	Sergeant Barnabas Volker. I hate it when marines turn out to be real people with brains and emotions. I think the coma made him smarter, which just figures for a jarhead. He's my friend, and I punch him.
	Master Sergeant Peri Nikos. I think I grabbed his ass when I was drunk. I grabbed someone's ass, and if you've ever seen his… you know why I can't be held accountable. We've never actually spoken, which is probably for the best. He's a marine marine. I don't think I'd win if we arm wrestled.
	Gunnery Sergeant Gerald Steele. I flirted with him at Colonial Day when I had a few drinks in me. It's good to have the Sheriff on your good side. But then he made a mistake. He put his hands on me when I was injured and he was in a committed relationship. Baby did a bad, bad thing.
	Sergeant John Elder. Dutch. What a pushy frakker. He and I have exchanged many words. There's a lot of friction here, and not the good kind. He's an arrogant jerk, and if he wasn't so good at his job, I might try to shove him out an airlock just for being a pain in my ass.

Navy

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	Crewman Georgia P. Nikolai. George is an aircrew specialist. She's gotten some mystery stains out of my flight suit, patched my gloves, and caught an improper seal or two before they became a problem. I'm pretty sure she heated my viper seat when I had a cold back when she first came aboard. I'm pretty sure she left me a twinky once.
	Lieutenant Camille Locke. She prescribed oral sex once when I was injured and she refused to give me morpha. That's how that whole Steele fiasco started. Damn hippies and their herbal tea, free love, 'here, put this in your mouth' ways.

Resistance

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Deceased

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	Lieutenant JG Typhys "Typhoon" Yuuri. He made the mistake of taking the bunk below mine. He talked a lot, he mouthed off, he pissed people off, and he never learned. Then he died on a mission, and his bunk, below mine, is still empty. I took all of his shit. I drank to him many times since. I kinda miss him, the shit.
	Lieutenant Ajax Crydel. Ex-marine turned priest. Used to avoid him because of that marine stink. Least I was. We connected a little bit, had a chat, then he punched me out and offed himself in a storage closet. Kind of a weird way to make friends with somebody. I'm not particularly up on the Gods, but he was into that. So I hope he's found a home with them.

Timeline of Events

Title	Date	Summary	Other Participants
Sensitivity	PH#143	Jupes and Castor talk sibs.	Castor.
Couch Buddies	PH#141	Ashe, Martin, and Jupiter torture people in the General Lounge. People flee.	Ashe, Martin, Komnenos, Ezra, Jules, & Selene.
A Long Time Coming	PH#135	Jupes and Barnabas continue their discussion from the laundry.	Barnabas.
Laundry Foes	PH#133	Barney and Jupiter have a talk in the Laundry. They don't talk like other people.	Barnabas & Castor.
Trash	PH#130	Trash talk & trash novels.	Barnabas.
My Drug Problem	PH#122	Fingers wakes up in medical (again) and lights a fuse in short order.	Praxis, Barghest, Pike, Kai & Martin.
Sneak Attack Air Wing	PH#122	CAP gets a little surprise attack on the edge of an asteroid field.	Antioch, Kai, Hale, Willem, Sparro, Timon & Legacy.
Friendly Competition	PH#114	A scheduled CAP and training exercise.	Seriy, Magnus, Komnenos, Willem, Kai, Blake & Praxis.
Solon II Facility Recon Briefing	PH#108	Kai briefs the wing, mission follows.	Samantha, Komnenos, Matto, Kai, Legacy, Ferris, Eddie & Willem.
Lost In Translation	PH#107	A bra went missing. Justice is served.	Epi, Ashe & Dutch.
Ice Water	PH#082	Jupes in the head, Ashe walks in, and you know what happens next.	Xanthus & Ashe.
Good to Have You Back	PH#082	A weird moment in the stairwell post rescue mission.	Kai, Komnenos, Komnenos, Eddie & Castor.
Rescue Me Air Wing	PH#082	Rescue Op to Scorpia.	Xanthus, Antioch, Hale, Mars, Castor, Eddie, Willem, Praxis & Kassia.
A Long Day's Night	PH#072	Jupes recovers in sickbay.	Camille, Willem, Xanthus, Hale, Xanthus & Matto.
There Is No Bail	PH#070	Jupes invades Marine Country.	Levesque & Ashe.
Oh By Golly	PH#070	Marines invade the Red Berths.	Antioch, Ashe, Matto, Kai, Eddie, Levesque, Willem & Dutch.
Tickled	PH#069	Dutch interrupts a private mourning ritual.	Dutch.
Officer Grooming	PH#067	A Captain, two Lieutenants, and an Ensign walk into the Head.	Kai, Roubani & Hale.
Holding Up Bulkheads	PH#064	Just a vignette in the corridor.	Sheridan & Kai.
Injured Not Dead	PH#063	Roubs gives Jupes some info. Hale & Thea wander in.	Roubani, Hale & Legacy.
Handcuffs and Dirty Laundry	PH#062	Jules has a chat with Hale about the wing.	Hale.
Fight Night II Return of Fight Night	PH#061	Fight Night II.	Barghest, Jason, Komnenos, Legacy, Ashe, Kassia, Roubani, Dutch, Mars, Kai & Castor.
Fight Night	PH#059	Fight Night. Jupes beats Sam. A lot.	Hale, Ashe, Dutch, Samantha, Kai,Eddie, Roubani, Kassia, Willem, Fenix & Peri.
Mixed Messages	PH#058	Jupes sends Sam a message and spars with Ashe.	Martin, Samantha, Ashe, Dutch & Castor.
What's the Big	PH#057	Hale drops some scuttlebutt on Jupes.	Samantha, Kai & Hale.
The Size of It	PH#057	Post CAP head time + one marine.	Ashe & Kai.
Beacon Beacon Briefing	PH#057	A series of training event logs.	Kai, Kassia, Xanthus, Mars, Jason, Eddie, Willem, Martin, Castor & Timon.
Long Walk	PH#056	Jupiter & Ajax talk a few shots then a long walk.	Ajax.
Drunken Storage	PH#055	Black & Swift exchange words in Storage.	Ashe.
Hope Is A Good Thing	PH#053	Pilot discussions.	Xanthus, Kai, Willem, Castor, Legacy, Matto & Poppy.
Hull Interrupted	PH#051	Repairs to Kharon's hull lure some raptors to the party.	Kassia, Kai, Hale, Roubani, Samantha, Martin, Willem & Sheridan.
Creeping Familiarity	PH#052	Something is strangely familiar between the LtJGs.	Yuuri.
Apologetic	PH#047	Jupes delivers a formal apology to Ashe.	Ashe.
Then It Got Weird	PH#045	People meet in the mess and things get weird.	Xanthus, Castor, Roubani, Martin, Willem, Jason, Eddie, Kai, Ajax, Samantha, Cygnus, Matto & Poppy.
Sound It Out	PH#044	A polite conversation turns heated.	Ashe.
Give Me An Order Baby	PH#040	Ashe & Jupes cross paths in the Head.	Ashe.
P I S S O F F	PH#039	Jupes walks in on the tail end of a discussion about her. Things get tense.	Drarelle, Steele, Ashe, Kai, Legacy, Kassia, Hale & Vendas.
Recovery	PH#036	Various pilots & visitors in medical.	Roubani, Legacy, Ajax, Matto, Samantha, Kai, Castor & Cygnus.
Sibling Scuffle	PH#038	A disagreements gets physical between the Blacks.	Samantha, Ajax & Martin.
Difference of Opinion	PH#038	Ashe comes to sickbay, sticks his foot in it, and Jupes says sit down.	Roubani, Ashe & Fenix.
Buoy Buoy Bandit	PH#037	A briefing, then a mission!	Kai, Legacy, Samantha, Roubani & Nine.
Squishy Moments	PH#036	Castor visits Jupes in the recovery ward.	Castor.
Crash And Burn	PH#036	The deck is alive with sound of crashing vipers.	Vendas, Castor, Cygnus, Kassia, Samantha, Kai, Roubani, Legacy, Nine, Sheridan & Ajax.
Hot Water	PH#035	Two priests and a pilot walk into the Head…	Cygnus & Ajax.
Cold Showers	PH#033	Tensions rise.	Legacy, Matto, Fenris, Ajax, Samantha & Castor.
Oh	PH#033	Jupes meets Ajax. Woops, he's a priest.	Castor & Ajax.
Insomnia	PH#032	Martin & Jupes talk about a lack of sleep.	Martin, Kai, Samanta & Roubani.
Bait	PH#032	An evening in the Red Berths.	Castor, Jupiter, Kai, Roubani, Samantha, Martin & Eddie.
Head	PH#011	Kai and his wrist slapping. Tsk.	Kai.
Accidents	PH#010	Jupes and Yuuri bond in the Game Room.	Yuuri.
Boundaries	PH#008	Marty finally catches up with Jupes in the game room.	Martin, Eddie, Willem & Samantha.
Hot and Steamy	MD#053	Back talk, love letters, and bust downs.	Kai & Yuuri.
The Name Is Dash	MD#037	Dash gets thrown into a bunk then under a bus.	Kai, Samantha, Martin, & Eddie.
Black v Black	MD#005	The Black siblings have a cheerful family reunion.	Martin.
Mother May I	MD#005	Jupiter makes her first marine friend.	Jules & Tobias.
No Log	MD#000	Jupiter boards the Kharon.	Everybody sings!

Quotes

• "If you're good enough for the CMC, I'm sure the CMC is good enough for you." (to Tobias re: What's wrong with being a marine?)
• "Don't get squishy. I'm just saying you haven't gotten anyone killed yet." (to Castor re: overcoming his past & surviving.)
• "I never yack on people. Except the one time at Marty's birthday, but come on. I had the flu and peppermint schnapps."
• "The toasters changed it for all of us. I'll never get arrested for domestic abuse, you'll never marry a blonde school teacher from Caprica, and our kids will never shove each other off the highest platform of the playground because yours talk funny and mine are cranky little pricks. I guess we have to settle for quick fraks in uncomfortable places, killing our enemies with brutal efficiency, and co-ed showers. … So, not all bad." (to Hale re: the future.)

Misc

Likes

• Fast rides.
• Alcohol.
• Adrenal rushes.
• Acquiring stuff.
• Fights.
• Danger.

Dislikes

• Cuteness.
• Inept Pilots.
• Unwarranted Arrogance.
• Mysogyny.
• Weakness.

Seeking

• Money.
• Alcohol.
• Men.

Song

(i'm no heroine, ani difranco)
you think i wouldn't have him
unless i could have him by the balls
you think i just dish it out
you don't think i take it at all
you think i am stronger
you think i walk taller than the rest
you think i'm usually wearing the pants
just 'cause i rarely wear a dress

well…

when you look at me
you see my purpose,
see my pride
you think i just saddle up my anger
and ride and ride and ride
you think i stand so firm
you think i sit so high on my trusty steed
let me tell you
i'm usually face down on the ground
when there's a stampede

i'm no heroine
at least, not last time i checked
i'm too easy to roll over
i'm too easy to wreck

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