Every girl needs a starship, part 1

A while back, I wrote an article about Lupe Bierak's personal starship whose name was Fury. I claimed it was part of the back story of the new novel The Milk Run. Here is how I presented it:

     In preparing the back stories for the upcoming novel The Milk Run, I decided that Lupe Bierak (Rome and Rei's daughter) was going to get a starship of her own. In the outline that I worked up, MINIMCOM gave "birth" to another spaceship when Lupe was about 12 years old. However, from the day she was born, Fury (the name of Lupe's starship) was clearly a female.
     It wasn't just that she was pink and curvy. It was also reflected by her design and her attitude. Whereas MINIMCOM and Junior (as he grew up) were more traditional transports, Fury was more of a flyer. She wasn't really built for hauling large quantities of items or people. She was just designed to get Lupe to places fast.
     Lupe's primary skill set and what she was trained for was first contact. She was trained to get into the minds of aliens and communicate with them before anything could get out of hand. So Fury did not need armaments or cargo capacity. She was just an advanced shuttle.
     Her livetar was also bright pink and very feminine shaped. Her voice was higher pitched than Junior's. However, think about her name. Fury. That should tell you something. She isn't one to trifle with, especially when it comes to Lupe's well-being.

Even though I had the best of intentions, that whole backstory got dropped because it really had no place in the story. But I still can't move past the fact that I want Lupe to have her own starship. Rome, Rei and MINIMCOM are one team. Aason, Aroline and Junior are another. Lupe really does need her own starship.

What for you ask? Someday I will write a book about The Shell War and the only two scenes I have outlined are Rory Bierak meeting up with Sh'ev B'oush's son, B'shev along with the two boys being hotly pursued by angry aliens and being rescued by Fury's livetar. So at some point, Lupe must get her own starship.

So over the next few days, I'll give you retooled origin over how Fury came to be. It'll probably change but it's a place to start.