little jim hawking ^_^ 11 year old boy genius and expert compu hacker, he is gene's partner in the starwind and hawking enterprise. although jim doesn't want to asscoiate with fred, fred "just can't wait for james to grow up" i wouldn't blame fred, jim's a cutie too ^_~
although melfina is a part of the outlaw star;'s crew, fred is quite jealous of her and her relationship with gene. his first greeting to her explains it all. i'll get the soundclip soon. ^_^;
well in the first encounter they are *technically* not friends. but these two meet in episode 6 ( i believe..) suzuka was hired by one of fred's rivals to kill him. this is because of fred's increasing control in the weapons market on the frontier. well gene intervenes in exchange of equipment and weapons from fred (to save fred's life of course.. a body guard >.<) out of a strange turn of events.. suzuka joins the crew of the outlaw star.. and spares fred's life ( the first of all her targets ^_^ thank goodness)
i'm sorry to say i don't remember their names.. so i'll refer to them as the bodyguards untill i rewatch outlaw star for their names. always seen at fred's sides ( seen in the picture ) they surely must be *somewhat* good friends with fred. they often seem to be advisors as well
although aisha and fred haven't spoken much ( if any) to each other- yet aisha has a *small* tie. aisha actually wears the clothing that fred deisgns for gene and jim to wear when they make the winner's circle at the space race. ( on the right w/ jim beside her )
