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"Mature Content!" |
| “ | Well ya' might as well know so you spread the word about racism, it's a galaxy wide issue. A filthy concept. Honestly, if I see discrimination of any kind, I shoot 'em. The universe may be vast, but there is no room or excuse for it. One discriminatory comment and yer' done. People see it as harsh, I see it as cleaning. | „ |
| ~ Ethyl Countrisyde. |
Ethyl Countrisyde is the main protagonist of Crystallic’s Starbound Trilogy, serving as the main protagonist of all three stories. He is a novakid outlaw who is dedicated to wiping out discrimination across the universe, shooting anyone who make any discriminatory comments. Despite being an outlaw, he is a good man, who cares about the well being of others, and his crewmates. He became the captain of The Black Nebula, and later helped rebuild the Protectorate, being one of the leaders at the time, until the end of the third story, where he sacrificed himself to destroy the Backup Plan, saving the universe from destruction. He posthumously became a symbol of hope.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- He stood up against Desert after he started becoming worse, leading Desert to betray him.
- He felt a lot of remorse for joining Desert, and strongly wishes that he didn’t, due to what happened to his mother while he was in jail.
- After he escaped jail, he stopped doing armed robberies, as they often hurt innocent people.
- He dedicates himself to stopping discrimination, going around the universe and shooting anyone who he sees make a discriminatory comment. He is also willing to save innocents whenever possible, not letting them be harmed.
- He helped Robin and Lexie fight against some stargazers.
- He stood up to Mika when she was being nasty towards Katsu and Tori, and the only reason he didn't shoot Mika right there was because of her popularity and the place, and the fact he didn't want to cause a scene or outrage.
- When Katsu and Tori's publicity got ruined by Mika, he promised to clear their names, and he did.
- He respects any member of the Terrene Protectorate.
- He helped fight against Tatasia when she was trying to kill an ex-miniknog member who felt remorse, and stopped her from getting out of control.
- He (albeit unwillingly at first) took Katsu, Tori, Robin, Lexie, Nightheart and Tatasia under his wing once it was revealed they had no ships to go back to.
- He tracked down Desert when he was located in the Solunar Nexus killing dozens of innocent people, fought against him when and apprehended him so he wouldn't kill anyone else.
- After he explained his past to his soon to be crew, he began to trust them, as they grew on him. He then officially called them his crew, and became their captain.
- When Katsu offered him, he joined the protectorate and stopped being an outlaw.
- When Tori was captured by Desert and Mika, he formulated a plan to save her and her village. In his role, he lured FEO agents away from the florans, and killing them off slowly, so Lexie and Nightheart could rescue the captive florans.
- He helped fight against the Floran Extermination Order, shooting quite a few agents and tried to kill Mika in her office so she couldn't fire.
- He destroyed the fourth fuel station for Mika's superweapon, saving the planet Solunar Nexus VI from being destroyed.
- He defeats Mika Aikawa, and kills her so she couldn't refuel her super weapon, saving the entire Solunar Nexus star system from being destroyed.
- After Mika was killed but activated a self destruct out of spite, he encouraged his crew to leave without him, so they wouldn't die looking for him, showing he is willing to die for his crew's safety.
- He fought against stargazer ships that were attacking a grounded village on Solunar Nexus IV.
- When Moonquill attacked his ship, he sabotaged her ship and used it to blackmail her into spending her attack.
- He made a promise to Azima that he would get her crew back from the Glitch Empire.
- He stopped a racist serial killer from hurting more people by killing them.
- He and Azima fought Ezalco in the temple while the rest of the crew searched for the staff.
- He and Azima beamed up the crew after Lexie urgently requested to, saving them from Xochtal.
- When Xochtal was torturing him, Robin and Lexie with hallucinations, he attacked the staff right before it seemed like Xochtal was going to kill them, which ended the illusion due to Xochtal’s attempt on their lives being legitimate.
- He substituted some of the stardust in the large container with gunpowder, then covered it up, tricking Xochtal into absorbing it without suspicion, and right as he did, he lit a match, which began destroying the staff once it was absorbed, then he shot the gem, blowing up the staff and killing Xochtal, ending his terror for good.
- He refused to join Stormlance, following the rest of his and Azima’s crew to do the same.
- During the escape from Stormlance’s castle, he retrieved everyone’s belongings.
- He, Nightheart, Kumiko and Ludvig fought against Kleriya and Ironwall while everyone else was looking for ships. He in particular tricked them by acting as if they were in the house behind them.
- He helped Azima and Ludvig with their plan to remake the protectorate.
- When the mayor refused to evacuate Solunar Nexus, he took action and made an announcement to the whole star system, pretending to be a terrorist with planet destroying bombs, in order to evacuate everyone to keep them safe from the upcoming invasion.
- He and Tetra defended Solunar Nexus II from Ironwall, who was killing innocent people.
- He along with several others went to rescue their captured teammates.
- He accepted a redeemed Moonquill onto his team, while making 100% sure she wasn’t tricking them.
- He, Nightheart, Tatasia and Moonquill snuck into a glitch planet and destroyed their connection to the glitch empire, and helped the civilians know the truth.
- He fought against Stormlance with Azima and Moonquill for quite some time, before the rest of the crew arrived.
- He eventually got into the backup plan after tricking Stormlance. After realising that the AI was going to destroy star systems if nobody controlled it, Ethyl decided to drive it into a star, sacrificing himself to save the universe from that omnicidal threat, and that so nobody could ever pilot it. He tells his crew to keep living on without him, and not to blame themselves.
- While Ethyl originally starts out as cold and untrusting, due of what Desert did to him, he later warms up to everyone and learns to trust his crew, growing to care for them.
- He has a sense of honour, as he is willing to put his weapons away and follow the rules of places, even if it means getting in the way of his goals. He also puts his gun away while in busy places, so he doesn’t disturb the peace or scare the public.
- Even after his death, he is still seen as a symbol of hope, in that anyone can become a hero.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Ethyl’s methods of fighting discrimination are very extremist. For example, him shooting people who discriminate, while well intentioned, is too extreme and lethal for him to quality as PG or NPG. And even outside of discrimination, Ethyl tends to be lethal in general, as he’s willing to kill his enemies without hesitation, only keeping them alive if he really has to. He even threatened Moonquill that he would detonate all of her ships if she didn’t let them go, and while that was for the safety of his crew, it was still a very lethal threat.
- He is willing to con, scam or rob innocent people to get pixels (aka money), even stating that he is good at manipulating people. Although, he mainly does this as a last resort to survive and make a living, and he did stop doing armed robberies due to them often getting people hurt.
- He endangered the mayor’s life by leaving him tied up in order to “preserve the scene” that he was a terrorist. Albeit, this is justified as it was done to save billions, and the mayor was being negligent.