Cadet Happy [Space Patrol]

 

Cadet Flint Robbleson is an orphan left behind on a hulking spacecraft by uncaring parents when he was seven years old. Until he was twelve he spent the years stowing away on various commercial freighters traveling the cosmos, dodging capture, scraping together the clothes, food, and tools he needed to survive. 

During one such excursion, the craft he was catching a ride on was attacked by pirates. In the battle the craft was left derelict and floating among an asteroid field. Struggling to survive and the last person on the craft, Flint thought this might be his last trip until the Argo3 appeared just as oxygen was running out. Rescued by Cpt Jax and Lt Addy, Flint immediately took to the pair as adopted parents and when they attempted to drop him off at the nearest Space Patrol station, he simply did what he knew best and stowed away on the Argo3.

This happened five times. 

On the fifth attempt to leave Flint behind, Cpt Jax and Lt Addy found themselves in a tight spot and were saved by the ingenuity of the young, plucky boy. Realizing Flint’s  potential and the connection all three had made, Cpt Jax officially made Flint - who he nicknamed ‘Happy’ due to Flint’s eternal optimism - one of the crew. One year later, Cadet Happy is now the official technical wizard and mechanic of the Argo3 and an invaluable member of the crew.

Sure thing, Cap! One quasiponic thingamajig coming up! -Happy