Nasham

Nasham Kem Unoth Ludhy Inku Pram Vasd (formerly -Pram Voy) is a Tribune in the Compact Space Force. He is the only member of the Compact of Species in living memory to survive multiple encounters with the UECNS *Nemesis*. Despite his many encounters with the warship and potential risk to the Compact's security, he remains the Compact's best source of information on the AI within it, and so is kept in an advisory position for hunters of "Gravestone."

## Personality

Nasham holds a deep hatred toward Red One for her actions against the Compact, and is notable for being one of the few characters that refer to the AI as "she" instead of "it." He was left deeply traumatized by the events on Invida, and required memory suppressants to escape his nightmares. After his second encounter with Nemesis, he vowed to never forget her crimes against him and the Compact. He displays great vitriol when referring to Red One, and when speaking to her at Gelhemma, he had a shouting match with the AI over whether the Compact is as culpable as she is for war crimes.

He is loyal to the core for the Compact, believing wholeheartedly that the Compact is organic life's only chance of survival in the universe. This loyalty is partially because of his experience with Nemesis, cementing for him the idea that the Compact's purpose is to defend civilizations against horrors like Red One. Because of belief in the ideals officially supported by the Compact, he cares for his client race subordinates, and is willing to recognize their abilities. Notably, he turned to Grace Proctor and trusted her judgement of Nemesis when they first boarded the ship, while other ruling races treated the humans in the crew with contempt. He also felt genuine grief at her supposed death.

## History

### Birth and Early Career

Nasham was born into a high ranking family, one that was quickly rising in prominence in the Compact's hierarchy. Due to his family connections, he quickly rose through the ranks of the Compact military and gained the rank of Group Leader, and was on the fast track to leading Expansion Fleets.

He was stationed at Invida Station to act as part of its security force for the excavation team, where he had multiple arguments with Column Leader Prime Yiven about its working conditions. He was present during the discovery and activation of the Echo platform buried in the previous Invida Station.

When Red One mounted an attack on Invida Station and Orbital, Nasham lead the defense of the station, managing to hold out for 49 hours before its shields were breached, and then another two days fighting a losing battle. After Yiven ordered the purging of all personnel on the station, Nasham broke into Invida's command center and killed his superior officer. From there, he continued organizing the defense of Invida until he was its sole survivor. He was spared by Red One, and given a message to carry to his superiors, that she would find Echo and that she still lived.

After being rescued and interrogated on the events of the attack, Nasham was put on a memory modification regimen, meant to suppress all recollection of Invida. He was demoted and removed from the command track, and had a name revoked.

### *The Last Angel*

At some point after the events of Invida, Nasham was stationed on the CSFWV *Bequeathed* under Group Leader Usul as part of the training crew for the human military recruits. He was part of the staff during a training exercise for the *Bequeathed*, to shock to the nearby Terrahope system and back. Upon shocking to Terrahope and discovering the UECNS *Nemesis* recharging itself on solar power, he found the derelict ship very familiar, though he could not remember why.

After the first few casualties on *Nemesis*, Nasham began to remember the events of Invida Station, his first concrete evidence being the attack by maintenance drones on Herut. Upon discovering the source of a mysterious noise in the ship was in fact railguns dry firing at the *Bequeathed*, Nasham's memory continues to return due to both the stress of the continued incidents and proximity to *Nemesis*.

With his nightmares worsening, Nasham turned to drinking to forget and settle his nerves. It was on one of his drinking breaks when Grace Proctor happened upon him. They talked about *Nemesis*, and after being told of a potential pattern in the onboard incidents, ordered Grace to continue observing what happened on the ship and report directly to him with new findings.

A few days later at a meeting preparing for *Bequeathed's* core tap with the derelict's primary reactor, Nasham pushed for the core tap to be abandoned and for Usul to contact local Compact command for backup, citing continued casualties and the discovery of the site of a murder suicide by previous boarders. His request was rejected, and plans for a core tap continued. After the discovery of a hull breach deep into *Nemesis'* core systems, he was sent with a team to investigate the breached decks.

During the exploration, his team was attacked by Red One's combat drones. He was attacked by the drones, and the attack restored his memories of Invida. He was told by the drone that he had been selected as a herald for Red One again. He refused and attempted to commit suicide, but was prevented from doing so by a drone.

After the destruction of the *Bequeathed* and the death of the rest of the crew, Nasham talked to Red One one final time, asking why she chose him as a herald twice. Red One responds with the fact that the Compact would believe him, and that he would tell the truth that she arrived at Terrahope on accident because he was "a good man." He was loaded onto a shuttle and left to be rescued.

Nasham was rescued by a Compact search party on the ship *Willing Triumph*. He was then brought to Compact command, where he was interrogated on what happened to the *Bequeathed*. He was also visited by his uncle Councilman Yunn (and fifteen names besides). Yunn informed Nasham of *Nemesis'* history with the Compact, and asked Nasham if he wanted to help track down the warship. Nasham agreed, vowing never to forget nor forgive Red One.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *The Last Angel* - Chapter 27
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Last Angel* - Chapter 50
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *The Last Angel* - Chapter 16
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *The Last Angel* - Chapter 21
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *The Last Angel* - Chapter 9
6. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 24
7. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 3
8. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 11
9. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 20
10. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 25
11. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 31
12. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 36
13. ↑ *The Last Angel* - Chapter 39