An important point of interest regarding Lieutenant Gillette is the fact that he came to the Navy quite late in life and after having established something of a career for himself in the armed forces.

In a time when it was common to see boys as young as twelve pressed into service of the Royal Navy, and able bodied sailors were practically treated as trade goods, a man in his mid-twenties boarding a ship for the first time with a midshipman rank was rare enough; coming from the background he did, Gillette was subject to no small amount of scrutiny ( when he wasn’t getting sick on deck and facing punishment for refusing to answer superior officers’ inquiries toward matters he deemed immaterial to the missions at hand. ) Perhaps had he served among the marines, matters would not have seemed as unusual – but prior to boarding his first vessel at the age of 24, Gillete had never once been on deck of a ship.

Nevertheless, he persevered both out of his internal sense of duty and his familiarity with chain of command and general tactics and strategy. Although hardly familiar with the workings of a ship, he understood warfare intimately well and over time, earned his way through the ranks through wit and in no small part, his skill with sword and gun whenever boarding prize ships or being boarded by enemy combatants.

Gillette’s skills lie in equestrianism, swordsmanship, and long game planning. He comes from a politically aligned family, and has a strong sense of decorum and diplomacy when it suits him. He is intimately aware of propriety and generally will not do anything to besmirch the dignity of another. However, in times of duress, his top priority is always the preservation of life before the adherence of rank and dignity. If he sees a threat to a superior his responses are instinctive, and damn the fallout.