Well we are about a month in, and support continues to be great for The Girl Who Blinked. With only a week or so left in the Nerdist contest we are sitting about 15 or so readers outside of the top ten. Let’s keep spreading the word and see how far we can go.

 Today I’m going to share with you guys the first of a series of "Meet the crew" updates, where you guys will become a little more acquainted with the denizens of the galaxy. It seems only appropriate that we start with the girl herself. Art is provided courtesy of my excellent older sister Alexis Braud.

When most people from Equinox think of Adora, the first thing they dwell on is that she is an orphan. They look at the young, almost impish girl with eyes full of pity. Most orphans end up as corporate wards confined to company-provided dorms. They go to school until they are old enough to work off the cost of raising them in some corporate sponsored trade. This is not Adora’s lot.

Although she goes to the corporate school, Adora spends most of her time on the farm she shares with Clementine, her legal guardian. "Clem" , as Adora calls her, isn’t shy about putting the young girl to work while loudly claiming the physical labor will help her grow. It hasn’t. It has only encouraged Adora’s independent streak, which put the girl at odds with her fellow students and the faculty. 

When she’s not hiding the latest issue of "Ronald Raygun, Action President" from her teachers or helping Clem with the orchards, Adora can be found reading up as much as she can on space. Both of her parents may have been lost to the stars, but that won’t quell her wanderlust. She knows in her bones that one day she is going to be a spacer just like her parents, even if the only thing she can remember of them is her father’s laugh.