Aly Goodner

*"My mother would appreciate your loyalty."
"She's not the only one we're loyal to, Captain."*
―Monica Rambeau and Aly Goodner[src]
Major **Aly Goodner** is a United States Air Force Major who provided Monica Rambeau with the S.W.O.R.D. Space Rover.

## Biography

### Early Life

Aly Goodner joined the United States Air Force as an aerospace engineer and ascended to the rank of Major. She became acquainted with Maria Rambeau and her daughter, Monica, and developed a loyalty to both of them.

### Infiltration into Westview

Hoping to reenter Westview and convince Wanda Maximoff to end the anomaly she had created in a moment of grief, Monica Rambeau created a design for a vehicle she believed could help her. Rambeau called Goodner and asked her for help making the vehicle. Goodner created the S.W.O.R.D. Space Rover and brought it to the edge of Westview, where Rambeau and Jimmy Woo met her.

Rambeau cheerfully greeted Goodner and introduced her to Woo, who thanked Goodner for her efforts in designing the rover. Goodner explained that her loyalty to Rambeau's mother extended to Rambeau herself as well, and showed the pair the Space Rover, which Rambeau said was perfect. Rambeau entered put on a suit designed to keep her safe while going through the border and began boarding. Goodner expressed her pride in the rover and went to the observation area with Woo. Goodner watched intently as the rover approached Westview and was turned on its side, being rejected by the anomaly. Goodner and several other soldiers rushed toward the rover as it was launched back at them, and they stopped as it exploded. Goodner watched as Rambeau decided to run into the anomaly herself without the protection of the rover.

## Personality

Aly Goodner is a very loyal person. She was able to put together a space rover for Monica Rambeau within a few days of the request out of loyalty to Rambeau and her mother. She is also a very friendly person who cheerfully greeted Jimmy Woo upon first meeting. She is very confident in her intelligence as well. She expressed confidence that the space rover she designed was to Rambeau's specifications and would protect her going into Westview.

## Abilities

* **Master Engineer**: Goodner is an aerospace engineer. Within a few days of Monica Rambeau asking Goodner to build a space rover with exact specifications, Goodner was able to have the rover fully created and ready to be tested.

## Equipment

### Vehicles

* **S.W.O.R.D. Space Rover**: Goodner built a space rover to Monica Rambeau's specifications, which was meant to allow Rambeau safe passage into the Westview Anomaly. She brought the rover to the border of Westview for Rambeau to test.

## Relationships

### Allies

* United States Air Force
* S.W.O.R.D.
	+ Maria Rambeau †
	+ Monica Rambeau
* FBI
	+ Jimmy Woo

## Behind the Scenes

* The character was named after Aly Goodner, a friend of *WandaVision* showrunner Jac Schaeffer from her time at the Princeton Triangle Club theatre groupe.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *WandaVision: 1.07: Breaking the Fourth Wall*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *WandaVision: 1.05: On a Very Special Episode...*
3. ↑ *WandaVision: 1.08: Previously On*
4. ↑ “WandaVision” creator Jac Schaeffer ’00 discusses Princeton connections, sitcom inspiration, and female representation