Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20190416183520/@comment-27416494-20190516140550

The character in question is named Nova (not to be confused with the Marvel hero), a self-assured genius with a genuine desire to aid in the continued evolution of her world's technology. For reasons unknown to her, she was harshly rejected from enrolling in the nation's most esteemed academy when she was younger, despite having all the necessary qualifications for it. Since then, she's been working in the mercenary field alongside her older sister (who's more or less the closest thing to a mother figure she has) and adoptive brother, where they're barely able to make ends meet.

Now desperate to gain more recognition for herself and her family, Nova forcibly branched herself out into multiple different fields of science, which has led to her become unfocused and develop a blatant disregard for scientific ethics. One day, she may be working to find a solution to the world's oncoming energy crisis (and accidentally shutting off the power to her entire district in the process), and the next, she'll drop secret ingredients in people's food to see how their bodies react to them. She's also got a strange habit of taking random blood samples without consent, as well as a hidden sadistic side that enjoys torturing people for information. The main plot's hunt for the bounty on Erin's head is simply another opportunity to gain recognition in Nova's eyes, and by some stroke of luck, this does lead to her getting exactly what she's been looking for when the party saves the life of an important member of the nation's Research Division in the Prologue. Her newfound connections with the Division do allow Nova to fulfill her old dreams, but they do end up placing a large gap in her relation with her sister over time, which has already grown strained beforehand.