Zak Kaiyo

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Zak Kaiyo is the pilot of the starship Free Spirit and captain of a crew of freelance spacers known galaxywide as the Freespirits. He is a Tokaya from the planet Terotewaukia.

Zak is a restless spirit, a veritable interstellar gypsy. He's very mischievous and likes to get into trouble, but can be relied on to get out of it as quickly as he gets into it… most of the time. Although he’s normally rather lighthearted and funny, he will occasionally show his darker side and bits of his complex past.

Zak loves to try new things... which more often than not results in dangerous adventures. He is also somewhat of a maniac and adrenaline junky; he is addicted to excitement and often struggles visibly when the crew has a long period in between jobs, pacing, fidgeting, and becoming irritable. Zak performs best when he's flying something fast through a dangerous situation with things blowing up and/or attacking him.

Zak acts fearless, but he is afraid of getting tied down to any one place or person. He avoids romantic relationships because he saw how that type of relationship affected his former best friend Tobias back on their homeworld. Torque got engaged, which effectively nullified his involvement in the life plans he, Zak, and Arcto had made together. Zak views romance and even attachment to his biological family as a threat to his freedom, which is the thing he values most. However, he considers his friends/crewmates to be his true family and is loyal to a fault for them.