Eli 'Ender' Long
Stats
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 pounds
Gender: Male
Species: Faleen
Age: 14

Charictaristics
Eli is an outgoing person and an avid worker. He follows orders stricly unless those orders are compromised, or his CO is unfit to command. He gives advice when asked for and when it is needed.
Biography
Eli was born on the Faleen cruiser Swe'feck while it travelled through the Unknown Reigons. His mother died soon afterwards in an accident. At the age of two, Eli and his father moved onboard the platform Research where his father worked on the TIE Avenger and Defender models. When Grand Admiral Zaarin excecuted his coup, Eli and his father left the Research under the wing of Vice Admiral Thrawn. With him Eli's father Marsht helped create the Missle Boat. He died soon after.
After that Eli's life was uneventful. Then the beloved Emperor died.
Now Eli is signing up with the Vast Empire to follow in his father's footsteps and become and engineer.
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So here is my current story. My browser won't open the wiki but I'll fix that ASAP. I was told by Lieutenant Oops that there was an Engineering branch in the Navy (Engineering Corps's place is crap). That's what I'm here for.

Bio
Physical Appearance:
Homeworld: Fallen (native world. Eli never set foot there.)
Age: 13
Species: falleen
Native Language: standard
Gender: male
Skin Color: green
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 96kg
Hair Color: none
Facial Hair: none
Eye Color: yellow
Scars: burns on face from mechanical failure
Tattoos: none

Physical Description:
Eli is a tall and defined Falleen. His leaner muscles, formed by years of hard physical labor, show like ripcords under his green scaly skin. His preferred clothing are terrasteel woven engineer overalls in which any assortment of tools can be placed. He is taller than most at two and a half meters in height.

Emotional Overview:
Eli is a somewhat linear thinker. He always starts at point the logical point  A then to B and C and ect., and ends at point Z but can skip around between the two e.g. going from C to E and then, possibly, back to D (or he may bypass D altogether). He will follow orders with as much leniency as he can find in them. He needs a fair amount of flexible space to do his work effectively and, in most cases, creatively. He knows his boundaries set by his commanding officers and will not cross them unless they are severely flawed/unreasonable. 
Eli thrives on sarcasm and can sometimes slip into a sardonic or sadistic state. He is extremely loyal to his friends and is willing to lay down his honor, pride, and, if need be, life to protect them.
His creative nature can sometimes get the best of him causing him to be put in unnecessary danger. However, he is extremely lucky and can usually come out with minimal damage done.

Background:
Eli "Bolts" Long was a reptilian Falleen born on the SSD Devastator headed by Grand Admiral Zaarin as it was flying to Research station. Due to mechanical failure his mother died hours later. 
His father Dreezeil was an mechanic onboard the Devastator. After a battle Dreezeil was responsible for fixing the TIE starfighters. However, Dreezeil had also secretly been upgrading the vehicles with experimental schematics that they had made. After a number of pilots reported exponential increases in their fighters' performance, Zaarin looked into the phenomena. It was discovered that Dreezeil had been testing on TIE/in Interceptors.
Zaarin made a surprising decision. Instead of arresting Dreezeil, the Grand Admiral stationed the mechanic and his son, Eli, on Research. Zaarin also gave Dreezeil the title of an engineer.
For the next year Dreezeil, and secretly Eli, helped work on the new TIE/ad Advanced "Avenger" and later the TIE/D Defender. Eli presented many new ideas and was found to be incredibly adept with engineering. At six years old the tall and strong child could tear down and rebuild all of an Interceptor and most of the Avenger and Defender. 
When Zaarin executed his coup Dreezeil and Eli fled the Research and came under the protection of Vice Admiral Thrawn, a Chiss. Dreezeil helped the production of the Missile Boat, a craft designed to match the TIE Defender. Eli silently stuck around the engineers at Stygus Spaceworks, only making a few quick, useful, and sometimes sarcastic comments on the models they were working on. The scientists and engineers grudgingly came to terms with Eli's talent and came to him when they needed small tips.  The mechanics enjoyed Eli's company, however. Though they weren't engineers the mechanics had more hands on jobs with spacecraft. Eli hung around with them more as he grew older, making several close friends. Those mechanics gave Eli the nickname "Bolts" when he showed them a schematic of a starfighter dubbed the TIE Vampire. Months later Eli had made a fully functional prototype without any funding. He was given the gift of two advanced ion R-7 astromechs titled R7-H11 and R7-K4. 
 Dreeezeil and Eli were moved to the new Sinear designing HQ under now Grand Admiral Thrawn's orders. Eli was placed as a designer and tester of new TIE models. His orders were to create new advanced TIEs no matter the cost.... and the specifications ended there. Eli did his job well and produced several fruitful versions. Some were put on short production lines while others were locked away for a later time. In one test of the TIE Cyclone, Eli lost control of the craft and crashed into the docking station. Through mere dumb luck Eli emerged from the wreckage with only severe burns on his face.
Dreezeil was given a similar job. He was put to work on the TIE Oppressor project. However, as Eli's father grew older his skill waned.
Nevertheless, the two worked diligently until a month after the death of the Emperor. One night Dreezeil was found strangled in their apartment. DNA testing pointed to a Chiss suspect. Eli fled onboard a new TIE Enforcer with his two R7s for fear of Thrawn. 
Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps, Eli scanned the Imperial factions for a year. At one point, in an attempt to find a shortcut to the old Research station, R7-K4 made a hyperspace jump into Chiss airspace. There Eli was attacked by a patrol squadron of Chiss Clawcraft. He managed to decimate them but his Enforcer had taken some severe damage in the crossfire. Again with some stroke of luck, the hyperdrive was still operational. R7-H11 sent the Enforcer into Vast Empire space. There he was forced to stop at a nearby cantina where he heard talk of a new and well designed ship dubbed the TIE Modular from a drunken pilot. However, Eli was able to coax no further information from the human. With no ship, a Vast Empire recruiting station nearby, and a possible way to be a test pilot and engineer as his father, Dreezeil, was, Eli found himself with no other reasonable choices. He signed up.

ID Line:
TRN/CRW/Eli13778/B-3/S:137 "Raptor"/W:52"Javelin"/PLF [i]Cappadocious[i]/TF:TH/3Flt/SC/VEN/VE 
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Safari is still having issues with the wiki but I think this is an ok start.

Funny enough I was just checking the engineering and mechanic certification reqs out. If I say the Enforcer was scraped before I made it to a VE signup station does it have to change? After reading the wiki guidelines I was under the impression that the pre- VE backstories weren't limited and just had to be noncannon and possible in the Star Wars Universe. But I may have been wrong. And can I keep the R7s or do they have to go too? That's the one part I wasn't sure about.

Ok.

1. I've already looked into the tiers and pre-req skills in the engineering field for the VE.

2. Yea until I get some literary footing I won't have the skills to include them. It's just an interesting element that may come useful as I progress in my writing.

3. Complete linear thinkers follow steps to everything they do in their minds perfectly. They always go from the logical point A to point B and etc... I'm saying Eli, my character, does this for the most part but may have some sporadic leaps e.g. going from the logical point C to E, but no further. It's just a characteristic trait that, again, may add interest in time to my story arcs.

That ok?

Here's the wiki page: http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/Eli_%22Bolts%22_Long
IDline is below... Double check it cause I'm not sure it's correct.

My first story post is up on Raptor: Disaster! though I am ashamed to say I barely scratched by on the word count, and the writing is mediocre in my opinion, now that I've re-read it.

Errrr... Does that mean I edit the post on Raptor: Disaster! or wait for another topic to roll around?

Got it. I'll try to put in 600+ words this time. If you pass me, I don't want it to be on a measly post.

Ok it's up there. I hope you enjoy it. I think it might sound fairly n00b ish compared to the other posts, but it's thorough, with a beginning, middle, and end. An ok start in my opinion but I definitely need more work in the area of dogfighting.

This past week, (last Monday through now) did not include a large amount of posting. I had a RL school trip, that lasted until Friday night. Then, beginning Saturday, I completed my character Bio, wiki page, and ID line for Chapter 1. Then, on Sunday (yesterday), I wrote my first sim story post on Raptor: Disaster! Today, I posted my second sim story, thus completing Chapter 2 of Flight School. Now, I present my weekly synopsis report, as a part of Chapter 3.

Sorry if this is not the exact template I'm supposed to use. Safari, once again, won't even open the wiki before the browser force closes. In a day or two it will hopefully be working again. If you wish to with hold the credit for this assignment until I can place it in the proper template, I'd understand completely.

Uuuuh... Well that was unexpected. Anyways, I have a few things to say about your suggestion, Drac.

Don't give me this opprotunity because I have a background that fits it. That's a factor too, but it doesn't cover everything. Give me this chance if you think I have the ability to use it effectively in my writing. i.e. read my Raptor: Disaster posts, and go from there.

If you give me this chance, you better believe that I'll take it. But, if I can't integrate what I've learned in the Certs and related skills, there's really no point in letting me do this.

So, here's MY idea. Don't let me begin working on any of the skills/Certs, until I've participated in a major storyline. Then, go through those story posts, and decide if I've got the skills to really incorparate the Top Gun and Engineering Certs in an effective way, that benefits both my writing and others'.

But, the final decision goes to you Trykon.

*looks up at Trykon expectantly*

-Eli "Lucky Bolts" Long

I like the attitude, too, Crewman. 

As far as Drac's suggestion, my view is similar to your response, Eli: we'll see how you acclimate to the club and distinguish yourself as a writer, and when you have the experience/rank to start considering the trajectory of your Navy career, we can have a conversation.  Drac's point is well-taken: nothing's truly set in stone, even with the Certs/Skills programs, and everything only exists to make things fun.  With that said, your point is important, too: everyone needs to be having fun, and we only bend the rules for specific people when they prove they can handle it responsibly, without marring the experience for anyone else.

Eli, you've passed Basic Training, and Flight School, and have earned a promotion to Leading Crewman.  Congratulations!  Hold for just a bit; I'm checking with the brass about where to place you.  For now, make sure you're caught up with the current all-Navy story, Out of the Invisible, and prepare for placement in an active squadron!

-Trick

Remember that After Action Reports (AARs) can help you a lot there.

-Drac