Damn this thread was a long read. River Crab, the babershop quartet tips their hats to your mighty work!:tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
As to personifying spacecraft, I have some opinions on the DGIV. She should intensely care for the crew by worrying for the cabin conditions, like if is too hot or cold and if the oxygen percentage is alright. And of course she is willing to blow herself half up to (hopefully) give the crew a chance to survive, unlike R2(XR2 that is). Being on the ball enough(or however autopilots affect personality) to aid her captain to orbit and bring him back down if his reentry skills are up to par should be part of how she acts; I don't do anthropomorphizing enough

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to really be sure as how to do that.
As to the whole docking thing, what if if R2 and D4 were stuck with one on the the others head? The top of it, so no weird looks from the sane parts of the forums. It kills the kissing bit, but instead of romance we could see some comedy.
This is bit farther out than most of this thread, but would somebody draw Gemini? Its the little craft that could and its been my favorite real-life spaceship since I started reading about it. If it does get drawn, could it be drawn so that she can use the paraglider(meaning she can look down as she descends,kinda opposite of the way River Crab drew the STS orbiter). As to how she would look, the nose could be some sort of hat, the equipment adapter(white thingy behind the capsule) could be a skirt, and as for the capsule it could look like a one piece swimsuit. The windows could be worked in as wing-like things on her back.
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You know what, I may have just made the craziest post this thread has seen yet.