Mell
| Mell | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Race | Human |
| Magic | Aether Technician |
| Technician Gift | Androids |
| Faction | The Last Horizon |
| First Appearance | The Captain |
| Family | |
Mell is the Engineer of the Last Horizon. She fought and stole from the Advocates for years under the name Doctor Nova before becoming the Engineer of the Last Horizon. Mell has a deep fascination with the Zenith Devices, and requested to find the Zenith Devices as part of her goal to join the Last Horizon.
Appearance
Mell wears a dusty white lab coat and glasses that function as a console. She wears plain but comfortable black clothing underneath. After joining The Last Horizon, Horizon added a tiny ship logo onto the left side of the coat’s chest. As Doctor Nova, Mell wears a white coat lined with blue.
Biography
Childhood at Stellar Synthesis Labs
Mell never had a family, as she, alongside others, was grown in a lab by Stellar Synthesis Labs. Her full name is Mell D-One-Twenty-Five [1]. She was cloned from the DNA of four human Aether Technicians who were believed to have worked on the Zenith Devices. Stellar Synthesis Labs were attempting to mass produce Aether Technicians, and though the project was overall a failure, Mell was a success.
The living conditions of the lab were mostly good, and Mell was well taken care of. However, when Mell and the others broke a rule or when they were being transferred, they would be placed in a small, tight room, at which point they must wait until they are released. Mell hated this and she would end up developing claustrophobia as a result.
When Mell grew up and awakened her gift, she told the lab workers to stop with the small rooms. For the most part, they did stop, but one time when she was nineteen, she was placed into a small room for a transfer into a new lab. Mell never ended up figuring out what happened, suspecting that she was forgotten, but she was kept in that small room standing overnight, with barely enough space to sit. She had no access to the Subline, toilet, or to food.
Mell received an apology afterwards, but she was at her limit. That night, Mell tore the lab apart and sabotaged the inventory system, causing them to lose their funding. Since then, Mell has kept Stellar Synthesis Labs from rebuilding by continuing to sabotage them, such as by stealing their deliveries[2].
Creating Starhammer
After escaping the Stellar Synthesis Labs, Mell built her first Nova Bot, Starhammer. She wanted someone who would protect her and never forget her. She made him using the Evolution Engine and the Temporal Field she stole. Her goal with the Evolution Engine was to work around the restriction that prevents most Aether Technicians from making multiple masterwork Aethertechs. She wanted Starhammer to be able to handle anything, and to develop abilities Mell couldn’t make herself[3].
Despite having romantic intentions when making Starhammer, Mell did not program Starhammer to love her. Not only would she not trust it, but she wanted Starhammer to develop feelings for her organically. It didn’t take her long before she realized she couldn’t stand him[4]. Mell and Starhammer would stay together up until some unknown amount of time after Starhammer triggered the Evolution Engine for the first time.
