Travis is a slightly paranoid individual. He doesn't trust very many people, and is a loner at heart. It takes him a while to get used to other people, and even longer to make friends. He considers his true friends to be the people who thus far have stood up for and with him, and that is typically the criteria for his future friends. He is always very cautious, sometimes even too cautious. He tends to take a lot of time to assess a situation whenever he can, and then will attempt to form a carefully laid out plan. Even so, he is still known to take great risks, and is sometimes a very daring individual, so long as it is part of the plan. Still, whenever he is presented with a situation where he doesn't have much time to make a plan, he has a tendency to panic (just a little bit). When this happens, his many years of smuggling experience take over, and he makes sure to "look out for number one" when this happens. This is not to say that he is completely heartless or selfish; on the contrary, he has shown several instances of complete selflessness. It means that he has a very self-centered nature, mostly due to his years living in an orphanage, which he is still learning to overcome in his work for the Rebels.
Travis is a very conniving individual as well, able to con and cheat people with some ease. He prefers to try to trick, con, or cheat his way out of a jam when he can, and only relies on force as a last (or second to last) resort. Travis is also a bit of an optimist. He is always trying to find a profit to be made, or the silver lining in the worst of clouds. It is this outlook which enables him to find his way out of trouble oftentimes, and even helps him to avoid trouble. However, he manages to hide this trait with a very sardonic attitude, which manages to permeate most aspects of his personality.
Unlike his friend Wilson, Travis is a bit of a lady's man. He is rather attractive, has great hair, and is of a lean, athletic build. His conniving nature allows him to take advantage of women when he can, and his sarcastic wit is also of some help. He is known to be a flirt (when possible) and enjoys being in the presence of an attractive woman.
Still, Travis' major motivation in life is money. He is greedy to a fault, and will almost never pass up an opportunity for personal gain in most forms. He is always in search of a way to make more money, to improve his ship, and to help himself. It would seem that with every big score he makes, the more he needs another. Greed is very central to his being. Even so, Travis is still a very loyal individual to his friends and shipmates. To date, he has never sold any of them out, and remains to be seen if he ever will.
By Thomas Hill