Michelle Saleno

Michelle Saleno
Race		Human
Gender		Female
Born		2096
Died		2185
Role		Test Pilot
Callsign		"Sal"
Branch		Amecanio
Unit		999th Test Squadron
Years of Service		2114 - 2156

"A test pilot’s job isn’t about taking risks; it’s about achieving results. It’s about safely landing again, just as much as it is about fearlessly flying forward."
Michelle Saleno

Michelle "Sal" Saleno (2096 - 2185) was a test pilot for the Amecanio navy, and later founder of the 999th Test Squadron.

Born on Earth, she learned to fly at an early age from her parents, performing crop dusting contracts with their in-atmosphere agricultural aircraft. At age 18 she joined the Amecanio Navy as a fighter pilot, operating in both atmosphere and space. After a decade of service, her excellent capabilities as a pilot where noticed by the Navy Admiralty board and was accepted into the Test Pilot Training Division.

After finishing the program Saleno's first assignment was working with new Quantum drive models manufactured by Roberts Space Industries (RSI). During which she became the first person to quantum travel past Jupiters' orbit in 2128.

In 2136, RSI turned to Saleno after a civilian test pilot tragically died during a broadcasted test of a prototype Zeus. Saleno convinced the navy to aid in the ships development, forming the first iteration of the 999th Test Squadron. Saleno however would spend a year convincing the RSI executives to change the hull design before successfully completing the Zeus' first test flight herself on the 19th of March, 2137.

The successful flight launched both the Zeus as the first commercial ship capable of quantum travel, and Saleno as a media sensation. Despising her rise in popularity and portrayal as Humanity's selfless risk-taker Saleno stated her intensions to die of old age.

Eventually retiring from the navy in 2156, she dedicated the rest of her life to teaching at a flight school for underprivileged youth before passing of old age in 2185.

See also

• Galactapedia: Michelle Saleno