Quote:Actually... her name came about solely because I remembered reading that Hayate translates to 'Gale' and thought it'd be a funny backdoor reference. Now that I went to check it, I can't find where it was.... I can change it if you'd like. Or at least the spelling.Nah, it's no problem. I just wanted to know if it was a coincidence or not. Space is a huge place. Encountering people with the same name isn't that unlikely. I've met no less than five or so different Garcias, and that's just where I work.
Besides, I think it might be interesting to have them related.
Beck could be visiting a relative during the Wolkenritter's attack on the station, and get in there way. Obviously, this doesn't end well for him, and ends with him needing to be cybered in order to live, while one of relatives (A brother maybe, or perhaps a cousin?) dies, and their little girl goes missing. And everyone knows what happens to people who go missing in Boskone attacks.
Perhaps he might even be on the team that locates her again afterward. But he knows that, even now, he's unsuitable for taking care of a child. Besides, he's far too busy hunting Black Hats. So, he leaves her in the hands of Wolkenritter. And after the war.... Well.
By then it's for the best if she never meets him again.