Edward Dehavilland is a spacer. He was raised on board the very large liquids transporter `The Decimal Point`, a majestic ship that delivered various liquids, and the occasional single piece too large for a firefly sized vessel, between planets.
It was destroyed during the unification war when it got caught in the middle of a skirmish between the alliance and the browncoats, most of the crew were killed but Edward managed to get to an escape pod in time.
Since then, Edward has been spending his time aboard one spacestation or another, learning even more about how to work in space as well as engineering, weapon and mining skills.
He will work for alliance, browncoat or anyone else. He`d rather stay out of the politics of it and hopes the continued tension against the alliance will come to an end soon, one way or another.
Recently he`s been offered a position on a firefly class freighter. While the ship is old and the design one of the ugliest to ever grace the spaceways, the crew seem shiny and an independant wandering ship is an excellent chance to see the good side of the system.