Difference between revisions of "Spensa's great-grandmother"

Due to her cytonic abilities, as well as by virtue of being part of the engineers of the ''Defiant'', Spensa's great-mothergrandmother is resented and feared by the other occupants of the fleet. Gran-Gran implies her mother was the only cytonic aboard the ''Defiant'', and the only one able to jump the fleet using faster than light travel.{{book ref|sky1|45}}

Spensa's great-mothergrandmother travelledtraveled as part of the ''Defiant Fleet''fleet prior to its crash onto [[Detritus]]. AsThe herengineers, including Spensa's great-grandmother, were feared for their control over the fleet's movement, though it is unclear whether all of the engineers actually had cytonic abilities. areGiven genetic,how andthe rest of the crew treated the engineers wereas feareda fordistinct theirgroup and that cytonic abilities are genetic, it is likelypossible that her parents were also engineers aboard the ''Defiant'' and that she was born on the ship. However, though it is impliedalso by Gran-Granpossible that those in the engineersranks wereof the firstengineering humanscrew towere reachmore space,flexible makingand itthis possiblefear thatextended Spensa'sto great-grandmotheranyone wasassociated bornwith on [[Earth_(Skyward)|Old Earth]]cytonics.{{book ref|sky1|45}}

At some point on or before her time on the ''Defiant'', she married Spensa's great-grandfather, a historian who kept the stories of [[Earth (Skyward)|Old Earth]]. It is unknown as to whether Spensa's great-grandfather was a part of the engineering corp before he married his wife, or if he was brought into the group through their union. The pair worked together in the engine room, with Spensa's great-grandmother using her cytonic abilities to jump the fleet. The pair had a child, Becca Nightshade, while aboard the ''Defiant''.{{book ref|sky1|45}} As Becca grew, her mother began teaching her exercises to help hone her cytonic abilities, which Becca would practice while sitting with her parents in the engine room.{{book ref|sky1|1}}

TheDuring daythe [[Third Human War]], the ''Defiant'' crashedfleet attempted to remain neutral and had limited contact with other groups, as communication across space had grown difficult and dangerous,{{book ref|sky1|45}} likely as a result of the [[delver]]s. When the [[Superiority]] coalition achieved victory, however, they decided that humans were too aggressive and sent out their forces to demand the surrender of all human fleets.{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}} When confronted, the Defiant fleet maintained that they were a neutral party and refused to surrender, resulting in the Superiority forces opening fire on the fleet. On that day, Spensa's great-mothergrandmother was with her husband and daughter in the engineering bay. After an explosion occurred on the bridge, the captain called down in an angry panic to relay orders to Spensa's great-grandmother, which she refused. The engineers sided with the scientists to defy the military and command staff, and Spensa's great-grandmother chose to bringhyperjump the fleet to Detritus, using her abilities to perform faster than light travel. However, thedoing jumpso shestretched madeher provedcytonic abilities to be beyond her capabilitieslimits and she died. It is unclear whether she was killed because of overuse of her abilities or becausefrom the shipeffort, crashed intothough the planet'sjump surfacewas successful.{{book ref|sky1|45}}{{book ref|sky2|28}}

Decades after her death, some within the [[DDF]] believebelieved that Spensa's great-grandmother brought the ''Defiant'' to Detritus specifically because it was what the [[varvaxKRELL|Krell]] wanted.{{book ref|sky1|45}} Becca, on the other hand, believed that she felt something on Detritus that she thought the members of the fleet needed.{{book ref|sky2|i|2}} After finding the [[taynix]] in the caverns on Detritus, [[Jorgen]] concluded that Becca's belief was correct and that the taynix were what had called Spensa's great-grandmother to the planet.{{book ref|sf3|15}}

Gran-Gran resented her mother following her death, as she was too young to understand her mothers choices. At some point during Gran-Gran's life, she accepted the sacrifice her mother made, and now views her mother as a warrior who made a courageous choice{{book ref|sky1|45}} and considers her a hero for knowing when to defy orders.{{book ref|sky2|i|2}} [[Spensa's mother]] prohibited Gran-Gran from telling Spensa about her great-grandmothers abilities, a request that Gran-Gran upheld until Spensa brought up the defect and how she thought she might have it.{{book ref|sky1|45}}