User Space Gang Annex Bios

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User Space Gang

Plan 9

• Name: Plan 9 from Bell Labs
• aka: Plan 9
• Debut: 1993
• Height: 160cm (5'3")
• Weight: 51kg (121 lb)
• Eye Color: grey
• Hair: light grey or white

• Quick Facts:
  • -Of all the Unix-tans, Plan 9-tan could be the most physically like Bell Labs Unix.
  • -Except for their shared obsession with simplicity and elegant solutions, she has little in common with her mother.
  • -This difference caused a rift between them, that eventually culminated with Plan 9 renouncing her position as heir to the Unix throne.
  • -A nonparticipant in the Unix Wars, she advocates the need for unification and peace between all Unix-tans.
  • -Has an extremely strange, but harmless, personality.
  • -Has trouble expressing herself clearly, and talks awkwardly.
  • -Described as "alien: by her fellow OS-tans-- a label compounded by the fact that she, indeed, owns and pilots a flying saucer.
  • -A necromancer.
  • -Enjoys camp culture and B-horror movies, especially Ed Wood films.
  • -Has white bunny-ears and short light grey hair, typically dons an astronaut outfit or a low-cut "Vampira"-style dress and wears glasses.

Inferno

• Data Pending

Dragonfly BSD

• Data Pending

Free BSD

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• Name: FreeBSD-tan
• aka: "FreeB-chan"
• Debut: Nov 1993
• Height: 172 cm (5'8")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Green
• Hair: Light red

• Quick Facts:
  • -The de-facto leader of the User Space Gang, her larger-than-life demeanor overshadows Plan 9.
  • -Younger sister to NetBSD, and older sister to the other Open Source BSD-tans.
  • -Fun-loving, highly extroverted and ambitious, and loves to take the initiative with anything.
  • -Has long light red hair and wears a red minidress with long black boots and gloves.
  • -Carries a shapeshifting pitchfork-flail combo weapon.
  • -Laid-back and informal, to the point she's mistaken for a slacker, but is very intelligent.
  • -Was drafted into the Unix Wars, but deserted.
  • -Escaped arrest for desertion due to simple but clever tactics, met Plan 9, NetBSD and OpenBSD and the four of them co-founded the User Space Gang.
  • -Gets along very well with the Open Source Unix-tans plus A/UX (who is closed-source but shares their ideals) but speaks little about the rest of her family.
  • -Has an impressive appetite and can eat just about anything.
  • -Values freedom above all.

Midnight BSD

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• Name: Midnight BSD-tan
• aka:
• Debut: unknown
• Height: 176 cm (~5'9.5")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Yellow
• Hair: Black

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is outspoken, has a sense of humor that can range from sophisticated to downright bawdy.
  • -Closest friends with OpenBSD-tan, the two love to exchange jokes and song parodies.
  • -Admires NeXTSTEP-tan and sees her as a role model (Midnight BSD's GUI looks much like NeXTSTEP's)
  • -Doesn't live with the rest of the User Space Gang, but affiliates with them.
  • -Wears her hair up in twin buns that resemble cat ears, tied with a red ribbon.
  • -Wears a light blue sleeveless kimono with a butterfly pattern and butterfly-shaped sash.

NetBSD

• Data Pending

Octopus

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• Name: Octopus-tan
• aka:
• Debut: unknown
• Height: 169 cm (~5'6.5")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Red
• Hair: Orange

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is Plan B's daughter/clone and Plan 9's granddaughter.
  • -Calm, focused on order and thinking outside the box.
  • -Has a gentle, playful demeanor.
  • -At times, she accidentally causes more chaos than she tried to stop.
  • -When created, she didn't turn out how Plan B expected, and at first saw Octopus as an abomination, but soon accepted her.
  • -Despite being Plan B's clone, she has a curious resemblance to Inferno.
  • -Is fire-resistant and has retractable tentacles. Her hair is even prehensile, but not very functional.
  • -Wears a white dress and boots with a tentacle theme to them.

OpenBSD

• Data Pending

Olive BSD

• Data Pending

Plan B

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• Name: Plan B-tan
• aka:
• Debut: unknown
• Height: 160 cm (5'3")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Dark grey
• Hair: White w/ purple tips

• Quick Facts:
  • -One of Plan 9's daughters, actually a clone created by Plan 9 to assist in managing the User Space Gang.
  • -Sticks close to Plan 9 and writes down everything that she [Plan 9] says as notes to teach the young Inferno, even if it is embarrassing.
  • -Is very nonchalant to the point nothing appears to surprise her.
  • -Is incredibly resourceful and excels at improvising.
  • -Usually quiet, but known to be the deadpan snarker of the group.
  • -Has short, spiky white hair with purple tips, and perpetually droopy, dark grey eyes.
  • -Wears mini-dresses with long, fin-like sleeves.
  • -Taking after Plan 9-tan, she has created a clone of her own (Octopus-tan).