Javier Almanzar

**Javier Almanzar** is one of the main characters in the first season of *Another Life*. He is portrayed by Alexander Eling.

He is a former hacker who is onboard the *Salvare* as an expert in computer engineering. Due to a mind probe by Sasha Harrison in the first season, Javier is left brain dead, although he is revived by Sasha's Achaian implant being placed into his head. Early in the second season, neutrinos from a magnetar destroy the implant, leaving Javier physically alive but once again brain dead.

## Throughout the Series

* Season 1
* Season 2

### Season 1

The mission was supposed to take six months – three months to Pi Canis Majoris and three months back. Assuming all went according to plan. A month into the journey and Niko is awoken from Soma sleep. She's been awoken because the Salvare hasn't yet reached Pi Canis Majoris.

Apparently, the scientists on Earth got the incorrect coordinates for the system – it will now take around seven more months to get there. William, the holographic computer (AI), informs Niko of all this.

Ian Yerxa was the previous captain of the ship, so there's a bit of tension around the leadership now that Niko's been put in charge. Most of the rest of the crew have worked under Ian and are ‘feeling a little awkward’ with this new situation.

The argument about the ship's course upsets some of the crew, especially Michelle Vargas, who feels that Ian should challenge Niko more. The crew can't seem to get along with each other, forget with their new leader.

Unfortunately for Niko, the crew backs Ian's play – they stage a mutiny and put her into Soma sleep. Niko puts up one hell of a fight and it was only Ian's backhanded tactics that got the better of her.

Ian threatens William, the computer, into following his orders. In fact, Ian seems to have considerable sway over most of his crew. Zayn Petrossian, the ship psychologist, isn't given much choice in declaring whether Niko is unfit to command or not. Sasha Harrison, the government representative aboard the ship, is put on the spot to recognise Ian's leadership. It's all hasty and rash, and despite William's attempted rebellion, he must follow Ian's orders now.

William changes course towards Sirius A and Ian commands the engineer, August, to engage the shield. Though the shield works, the flares damage the FTL (faster-than-light) drive and the ship is basically unable to fly away from the star. While Niko is peacefully dreaming of being back home with Erik and her daughter Jana, the Salvare is being torn apart.

In a panic, August wakes Niko up and she immediately takes control of the situation. Banishing Ian from the bridge, Niko takes manual control of steering and slingshots off the star to safety.

Niko may have saved everyone, but the ship has sustained plenty of damage. All comms are down and the Soma system is offline. There are replacement crew members asleep, and they aren't affected, but no new chambers can be activated.

Niko tells the crew of the Salvare that she killed Ian because he was a threat, which worries most of them and causes them to get angry. Bernie and Javier support her and Niko reminds them of the mission, but Michelle calls her a murderer and wants to throw her out of the ship. There is a crash and they start losing oxygen.

William tells Niko and Michelle that they have a planet which is different that what they were used to, but she asks Javier and Bernie to go outside and do visual inspection. Bernie asks why, when she could send August or Oliver and she tells him that they would go mine for ringwoodite, which contains hydrogen and oxygen.

Javier and Bernie check the planet out and the latter wants to grab a soil sample, but Javier does not want him to. There is an earthquake, but William tells them not to worry because the rift valley was very far away. Niko tells them to hurry up, so as not to be there longer than needed and tells Michelle to take a break because she was not doing all right.

Javier sees Bernie far away and is hit by a rock. He sees a moon rising and warns Niko. William says they missed it because it was in a low orbit. Niko instructs him and Bernie to get back on board. However, Bernie is busy collecting soil samples. Javier berates him and they run towards the Salvare, due to all the magna being pulled by the moon's gravity.

Later, Cas tells everyone that Ian was her rival at first, but thanks him for helping her grow as an astronaut and believed that in his heart, he thought he was right. However, during the eulogy, Petra starts retching uncontrollably and cracking her spine and other bones. Zayn does not know what to do and the crew does nothing but watch.

On the Salvare, Niko and Zayn carry Petra, who was still having a seizure, which Zayn believes to be odd. Niko asks if they brought something back from the planet they visited, but Petra interrupts asking them to throw her out of an airlock.

Michelle gets mad at Javier, who she tells she does not need his help. Cas tells her to go get some air, so she leaves.

August approaches Javier and thanks him for everything he did. He shows her that he fixed everything. She hugs him and tells him that they should go tell Niko.

August and Javier talk. Javier says that he does not trust soma tech and August suggests working in the mess hall. He tells her that he dreamed he was a dad, which would not happen soon. Javier says that he is not upset, but he tells her that he does not have parents who own an asteroid, which meant that he had not gotten the chance to go to a fertility clinic. She tells him that she got her eggs frozen so that her parents could have grandchildren if she died.

August, Javier, and Oliver clean mold. Oliver complains that if the mold ate through all the seals and gaskets, they would all die. August asks them if they would enjoy swimming, and Javier says that he would like to skinny dip, but Oliver says that he would not like to catch an infection and have his nervous system fly out of him. August gets up and leaves, and Javier tells Oliver that he thinks she is cute, but Oliver simply states that she is smart and their boss. Javier tells him that he might be into her and did not see the issue since he did not have a girlfriend.

Oliver complains that cleaning was not part of their job description and says he needs a massage. August says that she gives really good massages, so she starts rubbing his shoulders. Javier picks up a sponge and throws it at her. She throws it back and gets him, but Oliver tells them that they should not be wasting water. Javier tells him that he was always very serious and throws a bucket at him, which makes him slip and fall on his back, hitting his head. Oliver walks out of the room and August goes after him.

Javier asks Oliver how his head is doing and they start arguing. August tells them to stop, calling Javier a bully and telling Oliver that he is a suck. Oliver walks up and kisses August; Javier tells them that he will leave, but August stops him and kisses him too.

Three hours earlier, Javier tries bringing William back online, but they are not able to. Cas walks in and they find out the ship's systems are messed up, but Michelle thinks it is weird. Cas and Michelle go to investigate.

August is electrocuted, while Oliver and Javier assist her in finding out what caused the fires. She finds an electrified alien and she tells Niko that they were closer to fixing the problem.

Niko is surprised that William was taken out by the small alien, but Javier tells her that William is super complicated, but he needs a manual reset, which Niko does not support and tells him to find another way. William appears and thanks them for not resetting him and he tells them that he is detecting a fire in the mess hall, crew quarters, and in many places, but there was no fire. William started alarming the crew and telling them to return to quarters, starting the Go Home Protocol; which separated the Salvare. One half of the Salvare thought the other was on fire.

August tries clamping the ship back together, but there appears to be a short with the clamp on the outside of the ship, so Niko says that she would go out and fix it herself.

On the Salvare, Cas tells Michelle to keep trying to reach Niko on comms even though they were going faster than the speed of light. Cas tells Javier to get the override, but he was having a hard time with it. Michelle tells Cas that Niko is dead, but they all had a chance to go home, but Cas does not agree, telling her that all she had done was complain since day one. After this, the crew discuss whether to go back for Niko or not.

Sasha approaches Javier and tells him that he knew that he was arrested many times as a teenager for hacking. He tells Javier that people were hiding stuff from them, like fighting back when they landed. Javier tells him that he had investigated before leaving and tells him that there is something called Operation Brimstone, which included the bubble that could form around the ship. They can aim that energy into a beam and blow up an entire planet if the aliens were hostile. Sasha asks if that came from the president and Javier tells him that the instruction also came from his father. Sasha asks if Javier can turn William off, but the latter only says he needs to get back to work. Sasha pins Javier to the ground, ordering him to tell him how to turn William off and destroy the ship as his eyes turned white. Two needles come out of Sasha's eyes and go into Javier's.

Egan prepares to go inside the Artifact, but as he approaches it, sees Sasha drilling into Javier's eyes. He calls for his son, and Sasha turns around, but the Artifact starts turning black. Erik approaches from behind as Jana follows and a huge soundwave knocks everybody to the ground. Egan gets up and is blasted once again by Sasha.

Five hours earlier, William tells everybody that they would enter the field of dark matter in 25 seconds. Zayn approaches Javier, who says that he is jumpy because he has been working too hard. Niko flies them through the dark matter, which Beauchamp finds wonderful. As they enter the dark matter, the ship begins to make noises, but nothing too worrying. Beauchamp is left in charge of leading them on their way and keeping guard.

Cas asks Niko if she does not trust her, but Niko tells her that she does. Zayn and Bernie approach them, which makes Bernie point out that not everybody was happy. Javier asks who was happy and Bernie tells him that everybody. Javier grabs Zayn's tablet and sees that August and Oliver's oxytocin levels were high and asks why, to which Zayn simply responds that it is a human sex hormone.

Oliver and August call for Niko while having their shirts put on sloppily, but Javier simply goes to punch Oliver. He is stopped by Cas and both August and Oliver tell them about the lasers they saw shooting past the ship. Niko runs to the airlock and sees Erik outside, so she asks for a flight suit since Erik could not breathe and was dying. William tells Niko that Erik is not outside and she starts crying, but William makes her realize that it was a hallucination. William tells them to think reason and not with their emotions. They were being caused by endorphin levels being spiked, so Niko tells Beauchamp that everybody is high.

Sasha approaches Javier, which scares him, but he does not know why. Sasha asks what is happening with William, but Javier only sees the way that William looks at Niko, which he realizes were looks of love. Javier does not know how that would affect William, but is dragged away by August, who says that they have to become friends again.

August, Oliver and Javier start dancing together as Bernie approaches Zayn, who he describes as "sulky," and ze says that ze would never be in the DSM because it was not dark matter which affected them, but drugs. Bernie tells hir that they should dance and kisses hir, and ze kisses him back.

August, Oliver, and Javier are still partying in a small room, where August says that they need to get drunk. Javier complains that the vodka is peach and August says that she never thought she would be sharing it, so Javier says that he would not mind sharing and tells them to just go with it. August and Oliver admit they are virgins, but Javier says that is fine and kisses August, kissing Oliver next. After that, August and Oliver start kissing, while Javier helps remove Augusts' pants and they turn the lights off, starting to have sex. However, halfway into it, August pushes Javier away, which upsets him.

After leaving August and Oliver, Javier is locked out because his ID is already in use in the particle accelerator, which confuses him. He runs there and asks Sasha if he had hacked his access code. However, Sasha simply asks if it had worked, shoving him and pinning him against the wall. He complains that he had done everything he was supposed to do, grabbing it from his brain, but William still would not shut down. and says that he would now take everything.

Niko asks what was going on with William, who nobody had seen. August calls for Zayn and Niko when she finds Javier on the floor, who was still breathing.

Javier is brought to Zayn's lab, but William is still away. Everybody thinks Sasha is probably sleeping off the drugs, but August mentions that he did not have any and refused to take part in the experiment. Niko tells Bernie to go with her to the mess hall.

When Javier wakes and August greets him. She is happy he is back and holds his hand.

Oliver tells them how he defeated the Zakir alien and Javier tells them about what Sasha had done to him. August is silent, and says that while they did that, she discovered that she is pregnant. They both laugh, but she tells them that she is serious and does not know who is the father. Javier tells her that she does not have to keep the baby if she does not want, but she says that she does not know if it would be right to get an abortion after so many people had died.

### Season 2

Niko takes the long way to the mess hall and breathes deeply as she hears the Salvare creaking. In the mess hall, she tells the crew that the the Salvare was caught in a shockwave which was travelling at a very high speed and would disappear in 9 hours. August and Zayn say that they would not be able to last that long, so Niko tells them that they would have to leave, boosting the FTL bubble as much as possible. Javier wonders if the Achaians could track them, and is told that William had not deleted all the Achaian code and introduces them to a new AI.

Bernie and Zayn work on something for Javier's head, but Zayn wonders if it will work. Bernie tells hir that they would be all right and then he would like to take hir on a date.

Javier works on William with his new device on his head. He remembers Sasha drilling into his head and turns around to see Niko, telling her that he could not see Achaian technology on William. Niko tells him that the new AI did not take orders and wonders if he could delete her. Javier says that her code was meshed with a lot of the Salvare, so it would be complicated. He wonders what would happen if the implant on his head started messing with him and is told that Niko would deal with it.

August, Javier and Oliver tell Niko that the FTL engines were working fine, but the outer ring was damaged, so they would go out to replace the array and patch the holes on the ship, so they could jump back to Earth.

Oliver heads towards August, who cannot get free. Oliver tells her that he would cut her umbilical so they could buddy-breathe back to the ship. August tells him not to do it, but he does it anyway. Meanwhile Javier, calls for them to get off. Oliver promises August that they would make it, but they are hit by the plasma, which causes them to scream in pain before dying from the blast.

As Niko moves forward, she loses contact with the Salvare, which William says he is unable to fix. Bernie asks if they would send something, but Richard says that it is a negotiation. Tensions rise on the Salvare, but Cas calms everybody down. Cas asks Javier to make sure Iara's confinement was rock solid and wants to go out to finish what August and Oliver started, but Richard suggests that they should not leave Javier and Iara alone.

Iara asks Javier if he had been to the ocean because she knows that the ocean induces a meditative state in humans, but Javier tells her that he also likes silence. She tells him that she could change the room into a resort since he was grieving, but he says that that would not help. She says that the Achaians are not her friends, and tells him that he is also part Achaian; however, he says that they are not the same, which she agrees with because she is trapped. Javier changes the subject saying that the ocean is not very fun, but thanks her for thinking of him. She warns him that he is not really free either and he leaves.

Javier tells Richard that he is having trouble figuring out the Achaian language and wonders if they even have heads or tails. Richard asks him to tell him himself, so Javier asks if he has a problem with him, to which Richard responds that he does not with Javier personally, but he does with the thing on his head.

William tells Javier and Richard that he is picking up four more Achaian vessels headed straight for them, so Richard says that they cannot stay there and tells them to get ready to jump.

Javier tells Iara that he is trying to make them go even faster and grabs his leg, which makes Iara realize he is in pain. Javier says he feels like a thousand pins and needles are stabbing his leg. They talk about having a body and what it was like, and Javier asks if she could conjure up a different environment, but she says that travelling alone is not very fun. Javier takes off the thing on his head and tells her that he trusts her. She transfers some energy, and Javier says that he can feel her, which makes them smile.

On the Salvare, the FTL drive is stopped and Javie feels a large amount of pain. Dillon tells them that it was due to a magnetar; Iara tells them that Javier was having a seizure, so Richard tells Zayn to go there. Richard asks if they could stabilize the FTL array, but William tells him that there was no time.

Javier tells Zayn that he felt like his brain was on fire as ze administers a nerve-blocker. However, after another Magnetar explosion, Javier keeps having his seizure.

Richard realizes that they could use Javier to analyze the next blast, but Zayn tells him that Javier is a member of the crew and Bernie wonders if the implant had turned to dust. However, Zayn tells them that it had not turned to dust and it appeared that the immune system appeared to be shielding it. She tells Richard that removing Javier's implant was criminal since he was not dead. Richard says that they could not play defense and Bernie supports him, saying that they could save lives. Richard says that it was not a discussion and tells Zayn that if ze did not do the surgery, he would wake up a doctor who would.

Bernie tries supporting Zayn, but ze tells him not to talk since ze was busy doing keyhole brain surgery. Ze starts touching the thing in Javier's head, which wakes him up and he starts pushing everyone. He walks up to Zayn, but Bernie distracts him until Dillon punches him from behind his back and they hold him down, while Richard removed the small bug. Javier instantly falls and Richard says that his sacrifice would not be in vain.

## Appearance

**Season One (10/10)**

* *Across the Universe*
* *Through the Valley of Shadows*
* *Nervous Breakdown*
* *Guilt Trip*
* *A Mind of its Own*
* *I Think We're Alone Now*
* *Living the Dream*
* *How the Light Gets Lost*
* *Heart and Soul*
* *Hello*

## Gallery

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