If anybody here has played Terraria, they know the mechanic NPC. Why not have a taller, slender version of the mechanic and have some funny dialogue boxes that make easter eggs to Terraria?
'The Mechanic', a strange lass going by no particular name, is an unlikely space farer. The world on which she once lived began to fall stagnant and grow in hostility, all the while with terrible monsters ripping the population in half on a monthly basis. Through many experiments and not a small amount of luck, she managed to escape her previous world and travel to the stars. She carries on her person a few memoires of her old life, with some upgrades as well. The Ruler she is particularly defensive of. She specialises in somewhat ugly but highly practical contraptions to a smaller extent, and to a greater extent the dismantling and re-appropriation of other technology. Rumour has it she can dismantle a fully armed sentient killing machine, multiple times her size, with but a few swings and taps of her wrench. She sometimes has trouble handling the pencil. I HIJACKED THIS THREAD SORRY
Hah! Cool. I remember reading something about no Terraria references though. Many people already seem to think that Starbound is "Terraria 2", so having references to it could be a bad thing. I wouldn't mind seeing some myself.