Difference between revisions of "Nedd Strong"

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|Fun is sitting at home, with your feet up, enjoying a mug of something warm. All of this is over my head.

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== Appearance and Personality ==

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|As our resident expert, I’d like to point out that the true coward’s weapon is a comfortable couch and a stack of mildly amusing novels.

 

A few days later, Skyward Flight was once again sent into battle against the Krell, this time fighting alongside full pilots. Shortly after [[Morningtide]] was shot down, Nedd paired off with Arturo, who had initially been Jorgen's wingmate, to prevent the Krell from being able to focus on either of them. Nedd survived the battle, however, both [[Bim]] and Morningtide were killed.{{book ref|sky1|19}}

 

Following the death of their flightmates, Nedd asked Spensa to give one of her speeches on honor and glory to help the flight process their friend's deaths. Although Spensa was initially reluctant, no longer seeing the point of her bravado, what she eventually said about their passing has the desire effect that Nedd had hoped for.{{book ref|sky1|20}} As the lesson continued, he joked with Arturo and [[Hurl]], likely in an attempt to also raise their spirits.{{book ref|sky1|21}}

 

Two weeks later, Nedd was paired with Spensa during a [[Starfighter#Inverted_Magellan_Pulse|IMP]] training. While they waited for their run, Nedd told Spensa about his upbringing, what he had observed of the other cadets, and how he thought they were coping. Spensa found his observations of the other cadets interesting, showing that Nedd's projected image of a dumb jokester covered his perceptiveness and intelligence.{{book ref|sky1|23}} Later, after the training exercise had finished, Nedd tried to diffuse the situation between Spensa and Jorgen by complimenting her fighting skills and shifting the situation into an educational display, also reminding Jorgen that he had provoked the female cadet.{{book ref|sky1|23}}

 

After the death of his brothers, Nedd stopped attending classes, leading to his dismissal from the DDF.{{book ref|sky1|27}} Nedd likely returns home to live with his parents outside of Alta Base. Following his departure, Nedd's Poco was assigned to another flight.{{book ref|sky1|32}}

 

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Nedd attended Skyward Flights graduation, however missed the actual ceremony instead running into Spensa during refreshments. He had planned to convince the graduating members of the flight to join the original group for a post graduation celebration, however, he was unable to find [[FM]] and Jorgen between the ceremony and their departure to defend the falling [[shipyard]]. Nedd and Spensa went to join the rest of the ex-Skyward crew to listen in to the battle on the Mendez family's personal radio. Although the group started listening in on the [[NAL|Assembly]] frequency, they eventually changed to the pilot band to hear directly what was going on.{{book ref|sky1|48}}

Nedd can see through Hurl's front of confidence and although he acknowledges that she is a good pilot, he does not think she is as good as she believes herself to be.{{book ref|sky1|23}}

 

=== Other ===

* [[Cobb]]: Cobb is well aware of Nedd's intelligence despite his propensity to play dumb.{{book ref|sky1|27}} Cobb believed Nedd's dismissal from the DDF would ultimately be good for him.{{book ref|sky1|27}}

 

== Notes ==

<references /><!-- Skyward: 8-11,13-16,19,20,21,23,25-28,32,34,38,40,41,46,48,49,52 -->

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