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|Spensa, on Alanik's appearance{{book ref|sky2|8}}
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Alanik is a humanoid woman with light purple skin, pale violet eyes, and stark white shoulder-length hair.{{book ref|sky2|7}}{{book ref|sky2|8}}{{book ref|sf1|6}} She has oddly pronounced cheeks, with white crystalline bone ridges that protrude out under her eyes and along the side of her "elfin" face.{{book ref|sky2|8}}{{book ref|sf1|6}} She has slender hands with sharp, pointed fingernails made of the same bony material.{{book ref|sf1|6}} Despite her strange features, humans would consider her beautiful.{{book ref|sf1|6}} Her body shape is the same as that of a human female{{book ref|sky2|7}}{{book ref|sky2|16}} and she is approximately the same height as [[Spensa]].{{book ref|sky2|10}} She wears a flight suit while piloting her ship.{{book ref|sky2|8}}
She has a quiet voice and her language sounds graceful to human ears. She speaks to Spensa in a rather enigmatic manner during their brief interaction, although she was severely injured at the time.{{book ref|sky2|8}} She later proves to be very pragmatic, and displays a notable distrust of authority.{{book ref|sf1|6}}{{book ref|sf1|9}}
== Abilities and Attributes ==
{{image|Alanik by Bernardo Curvello.jpg|side=right|width=250px}}
Alanik is the only UrDail cytonic.{{book ref|sky2|8}} She has more understanding of her abilities than Spensa, although she believes she still has much to learn.{{book ref|sky2|8}}
She is a relatively skilled pilot, as she manages to get through the Detritus defense systems with her ship "miraculously" in one piece.{{book ref|sky2|8}} Her ship is similar in size to M-Bot, and appears to be a long-range fighter equipped with [[destructor]]s and a light-lance turret.{{book ref|sky2|7}} M-Bot calls her ship "not very advanced", although he also looks down on DDF ships;{{book ref|sky1|43}} her ship's database contains a large amount of information about her people's history alongside planetary charts and her own mission log.{{book ref|sky2|8}} It also contains an interference module that can stop some types of cytonic attacks.{{book ref|sf1|10}}
She resembles a human with a few superficial differences, and her physiology is also fairly similar to a human's. Her body's circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive systems all seem to function like a human's, with small differences such as darker blood and breathing different gases.{{book ref|sky2|8}}{{book ref|sky2|16}} Her diet is also similar to that of a human.{{book ref|sky2|16}} Due to the former alliance between the UrDail and humans, she is able to speak Mandarin Chinese and a small amount of English;{{book ref|sky2|10}} the structure of her own language has some similarities to English, although the sounds are different and Spensa cannot understand any of it.{{book ref|sky2|8}}
|Alanik, to Spensa{{book ref|sky2|8}}
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=== Selection for Starsight ===
The UrDail and numerous other races who were not primary citizens of the Superiority were sent a message by [[Cuna]]'s agency seeking potential pilots for their military.{{book ref|sky2|8}}{{book ref|sky2|31}} Alanik was chosen as the UrDail's only emissary for the training mission;{{book ref|sky2|8}} Cuna presumably had particular interest in Alanik since she was a cytonic.{{book ref|sky2|31}} She was tasked with traveling to [[Starsight]] to train as a pilot. The hope was that a successful trial by Alanik would lead to additional UrDail pilots joining the military and eventual citizenship for the entire species.{{book ref|sky2|10}} However,
=== Crash on Detritus ===
Alanik never made it to Starsight; she heard Spensa's panicked [[cytonics|cytonic]] scream after watching video footage of a [[delver]]{{book ref|sky2|5}} and was able to cytonically determine the location of Detritus.{{book ref|sky2|6}} She hyperjumped directly to Detritus but was unfortunately unaware of the planet's defense systems, and she took a path that led her too close to the platform-mounted automatic guns surrounding the planet.{{book ref|sky2|6}}{{book ref|sky2|7}} The [[DDF]] was confused by the presence of a single alien ship that did not behave like a [[varvax|Krell]] and scrambled some fighters.{{book ref|sky2|6}} Her ship barely survived atmospheric entry; its [[acclivity ring]] was damaged and one of the wings nearly detached, but Spensa could sense Alanik and was able to save the ship from total destruction by using her [[light-lance]].{{book ref|sky2|7}}
{{image|Spin and Kitsen by Jillustrations.PNG|side=left|width=300px|Spensa, disguised as Alanik}}
After Spensa helped land the ship, she tried to give Alanik medical attention. Alanik was able to speak to Spensa using a translator pin, and told her about [[Starsight (station)|Starsight]]. She cytonically placed the coordinates of the station in Spensa's mind and told her not to trust the Superiority before falling unconscious. [[M-Bot]] was able to hack into her ship's relatively crude computer systems and was able to fill in the blanks regarding her planet and her mission.{{book ref|sky2|8}} Spensa quickly hatched a plan to disguise herself as Alanik and go to Starsight in her place in an attempt to steal a hyperdrive.{{book ref|sky2|8}} The DDF did not fully understand Alanik's medical needs and they simply monitored her as she remained unconscious for the duration of Spensa's mission.{{book ref|sky2|i|1}} The UrDail tried to contact her; Spensa attempted to explain the situation{{book ref|sky2|13}} but the UrDail were also in contact with Cuna and did not seem to know who to trust.{{book ref|sky2|33}}
=== Recovery and Departure ===
Alanik remained in a DDF medical bay under sedation for nineteen days while her injuries healed. DDF Flight Command had Alanik taken off the sedatives hoping that she could help them contact [[Cuna]], who had sent an emergency message to Detritus after [[Winzik]]'s coup.{{book ref|sf1|5}}{{book ref|sf1|6}} With Spensa absent, [[Cobb]] suggested that [[Jorgen]] and [[FM]] speak to her first. After some time for Alanik to adjust, FM struck up a conversation with her. Alanik seemed willing to work with the young pilots, although she became agitated when she learned that the Superiority had tried to contact the humans. She wanted to contact the UrDail regarding her mission to Starsight; Jorgen and FM did not have clearance to tell her that Spensa had taken her place.{{book ref|sf1|6}}
{{quote
|My people were punished because we fought alongside yours. Some on my planet think it is better to go along with the Superiority. To accept their peace. But their peace is a tool to maintain power.
|Alanik, to FM{{book ref|sf1|6}}
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She discussed the oppression of her people by the Superiority, noting some parallels to the plight of the humans. She emphasized that any "peace" treaty offered by the Superiority was false; FM realized that the [[National Assembly]] was considering the exact scenario that she was warning against. She told Alanik that she was ready to fight.{{book ref|sf1|6}}
Alanik seemed to be connecting with FM, but their diplomatic efforts were put to a full stop when [[Jeshua Weight]] intervened, treating Alanik like a prisoner rather than an ally.{{book ref|sf1|6}} Alanik immediately took offense and projected a message into Jorgen's mind telling him that he was powerful and should not allow anyone to control him.{{book ref|sf1|6}} She then hyperjumped to an unknown location.{{book ref|sf1|6}}
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