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== Crew of the ''Savage Chicken'' ==

 

=== Sam Starfall ===

Captain of the ''Savage Chicken'' A sentient, distinctly nonhumanoid alien in a humanoid suit, he's an irresponsible, snarky, but pleasant rogue who delights in annoying authority figures, petty theft and general roguery. He's one of the only sentient aliens to currently be active in human society, though the novelty wore off a while ago.

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: As scavengers, Sam's species regard treachery and theft as impeccably moral behavior. Human attitudes make so little sense to Sam that he often doesn't even understand that his behavior ''could'' be objectionable.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The "cool" part is debatable, but by his species standards he is old (granted none have lived long enough to die of old age yet)

* [[Cthulhumanoid]]

* [[Expressive Mask]]

* [[Impossible Thief]]

* [[Indy Ploy]]: Sam's stock in trade. After all, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02125.htm "Improvise is one of the few battle plans that survives contact with the enemy."]

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Knows he is despised by the entire planet, and takes advantage of it.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Depending on your definition of the term "loveable". People somehow pay Sam to steal phones from people who are using them to be annoying, as seen in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01099.htm this strip].

* [[Mobile Suit Human]]

* [[Screwy Squirrel]]

* [[Shutting Up Now]]: As a self-preservation mechanism.

* [[Starfish Alien]]: But wears a humanoid exoskeleton suit.

* [[Sticky Fingers]]

** He's capable of [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00100.htm carrying his unconscious engineer] but can be beaten up by a small child.

** Also, the ability to carry his engineer is in doubt, seeing as later he can barely drag her across the floor.

* [[Walking Techbane]]: Demonstrated [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00563.htm here.] Sometimes he even [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00460.htm uses this fact to his advantage.]

 

=== Florence Ambrose ===

The head engineer aboard the ''Savage Chicken'', Florence is a Bowman's Wolf, which are a genetically engineered species created by Ecosystems Unlimited, the company which is also in charge of the terraforming operations on Jean. There are only 14 Bowman's Wolves in existence (11 females and 3 males), which means that they're in grave danger of being abandoned and left to die if they prove a danger to humans; thus, Florence seeks to prove herself trustworthy to everyone she meets, and to always do the right thing, which, naturally, causes her to butt heads with Sam on a regular basis.

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: ''Red'' Wolf. Which are part coyotes. The ears show this.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Winston.

* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]

* [[Mr. Fixit|Ms Fixit]]

* [[Multi Boobage]]: Flat, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00203.htm but multi.]

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: '''"DOGGY!"''' (whenever a robot using a brain created on Jean meets Florence for the first time)

* [[Public Exposure]]: In an example from the webcomic [[SSDD]], [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20091009.html this strip] had in the background a picture of Florence Ambrose posing nude with a piece of industrial equipment for a calendar, in a contribution from Mark Stanley to SSDD's creator. Between her fur, her build, and the pose, though, nothing "naughty" is really showing. The large version can be seen [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff/ssddcal.png here].

* [[Sudden Anatomy]]/[[Art Evolution]]: compare [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00098.htm this] and [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00419.htm this].

* [[Uplifted Animal]]

=== Helix ===

The ship's robot, of a nonhumanoid, round and modular design and the mind of a child. Sam's partner in crime and mischief. Originally built to pick up heavy things, carry them around and set them down.

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

=== The Savage Chicken's Computer ===

Fans call "her" Essie (from S.C. for Savage Chicken).

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Sapient Ship]]: Will frequently talk to the crew and makes witty retorts. [[My Car Hates Me|And try to kill Sam.]]

=== Polly ===

An emu Sam and Helix rescued from "a savage pack of tailgaters". Currently residing with the mayor (?).

* [[Team Pet]]

 

== Robots ==

 

=== Dvorak ===

* [[For Science!]]

* [[Logic Bomb]]/[[Brown Note]]: One of Dvorak's inventions is "Omniquantism", a religious doctrine that has been known to make one [[AI]] in three lock up when they hear it.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Of the well-meaning variety.

 

=== Sawtooth Rivergrinder ===

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Gentle Giant]]

 

=== Blunt ===

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]

 

=== Edge ===

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]}}

* [[It's All About Me]]

 

=== Benny ===

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: [[It Makes Sense in Context|Carries maple syrup to ward off waffle irons]]

* [[Drives Like Crazy|Flies Like Crazy]]

 

=== "Clippy" ===

* [[Evil Genius]]: A [[Punch Clock Villain]] variation.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]

 

== Others ==

=== Winston Scudder Thurmad ===

* [[Designer Babies]]: Winston doesn't explicitly mention being gestated in a test tube, but he ''was'' born to parents who were convinced that humanity was going to be all space, all the time by the time he grew up, so they had him [[Lego Genetics|genetically modified]] to fit; the most obvious mod is that he can't grow hair anyplace on his body, but there are others, mostly centered around maintaining things like bone density that would normally deteriorate in zero-gravity.

* [[Hospital Hottie]]: At least to Florence he is.

 

=== The Mayor ===

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: She has such a disdainful attitude towards AI that she sees nothing wrong with ''[[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]]'' Florence for [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02128.htm being scared of her.]

'''Florence''': ''Emotionally, much better. [[I'm Having Soul Pains|Intellectually, I think I'm screaming.]]'' }}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]/[[No Name Given]]

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]

 

=== Dr. John Bowman ===

The scientist who created Florence and other [[Uplifted Animal]] Wolves and released them in public. Also contributed to the robots' situation.

* [[Fatherly Scientist]]

* [[For Science!]]: One possible reason for his actions.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]

 

=== Maxwell Post ===

A "procurement expert" and radical agnostic hired by the robots as a spiritual adviser. Also notable for being the only human being known to have successfully picked ''Sam's'' pocket, although he failed to notice his own being picked by Sam at the same time.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]/[[Cool Teacher]]: Acts as this to the Robots, intentionally giving them information that the humans on planet don't want them to have. Such as teaching them long view ethics, or a form of religion that specifically precludes them from being commanded to believe a specific one.

* [[The Rival]]: Can keep up with Sam. Even pick-pocketed Sam (at the same time Sam was pick pocketing him).

 

=== The Mayor's Assistant ===

* [[Only Sane Employee]]

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]