Appearance

Physical Description

Hugh is trim and agile, being trained (and delighting) in acrobatics and athletics. His fitness often comes across as confidence, or occasionally as arrogance.

Apparel & Accessories

Hugh favors practical garments, usually those which either complement or emphasize his trim physique. Dark colors tend to predominate his wardrobe.

Mentality

Personal history

Hugh was brought up in a small enclave of non-indigenous races outside the city of Qabu on Uthis. Most were employed in local industry, but as a semi-autonomous settlement the locals took responsibility for establishing law and order among themselves.

Not being terribly keen on the life of a factory worker, Hugh gravitated toward law enforcement; however, it was not a lucrative decision. It was not long before he accepted his first contract in mercenary legal enforcement, a field which has been good for his finances.

Education

Hugh was educated in local public schools in Uthis on Orry. He was a bright student with varied interests.

Morality & Philosophy

A life in law enforcement has shown Barstead that morality must be flexible to allow for conscience and the necessity for survival, two often disparate poles. For practical reasons he reasons that laws are necessary and useful handrails to guide right actions in a given society, but (like handrails) may be unnecessary in some instances.

He likes to think -- rightly or wrongly -- that a life in law enforcement has taught him when and where exceptions exist.

person.sexuality

Hugh is a man of healthy appetites. He has relatively few sexual hangups, but is mildly repulsed by coupling with chitin.

Known Languages

Barstead is conversant in Common, Kasatha, Starsong, and Vesk.

Personality

Motivation

Having spent the majority of his life as an outsider in a restrictive and morally uptight society, Hugh sees freedom as his primary motivation. When presented with a starship (even one as old and rickety as Tsarevna Rho), the lure of freedom was too tempting not to take.

Social

Religious Views

Hugh is a nominal follower of Black Butterfly, a deity claimed to offer insights to hidden motives and desires.

Social Aptitude

Often taken for arrogance or overconfidence, Hugh's strong personality tends to have a polarizing effect. He is generally quite popular, but has few close friends.