Nerva

Nerva is the auger of The Black Valiant. She is stored on a single type 2 tape, but uses Artus-II deconstruction, therefore requiring 2 tapes to be run and 3 tapes to be run with minimal downtime. Her body is stored in a kitbashed animate magnetizer located in one of the Klubirotikane's many secret rooms. Through many cycles of having been run on repurposed power tapes, she has been bestowed with mild ice powers.

## Appearance

Being an auger, her appearance is a projection of her spirit, and therefore a more accurate reflection of her self image than her physical body, which she rarely uses in its full capacity. Also due to her status as an auger, she relies on Retrolithic projectors to appear in a form that can interact with the physical world. As such she has a slightly transparent, ghost like appearence and upon close inspection can appear to be composed of numerous cross-section outlines stacked tightly atop one another.

She takes the form of a female Coyote, of average height and moderately curvaceous build. Her simulated fur is primarily light grey in colour, with darker cyan highlights. Her hair is a deep blue, with purple highlights that travel along the length of the strands in an irregular pattern. When she is relaxed, her hair is quite long and she wears it draped over her right shoulder primarily, however when she needs to concentrate it will shorten, to increase her visibility and free up cognitive space spent managing it.

An Auger's projected form is a direct reflection of their spirit, and therefore normally does not include clothing of any form, but unusually for her kind, Nerva is normally seen wearing a pair of stylish glasses without which she claims she cannot see. Nobody is quite sure how or why this is possible. When doing complex work, she will frequently summon translucent UI panels around her whose appearences vary depending on their purpose. She will also sometimes be seen with light-blue translucent wings, reminiscent of the feathered kind owned by bird species, that appear to hover a few centimeters off her back. These appear as a subconscious response to travelling at high speeds or altitudes.

## Personality

Like many augers, Nerva became so as she was dissatisfied with the limitations of her physical form, these being primarily to do with her gender and also her lack of physical prowess which prevented her from fully realizing her desire to explore her surroundings. She is slow to trust people with whom she is not familiar and often finds it frustrating if the other party struggles to understand what she is saying.She is most comfortable when talking about technology or history, about which she is extremely knowledgable. She is generally very cautious, and was unwilling to take the risks associated with becoming an auger until given certain assurances about her contract with Kyu. Despite this, she is far from shy and has no trouble sharing her thoughts and opinions with the crew. She is always honest, and if asked a question she will answer it truthfully, but can be very imaginative with what parts of the truth she tells, when it becomes necessary for her to do so.

Being born male, when in her physical body she suffers severe dysphoria, and when in spirit form will often jokingly make dry retorts to Kyu and Karrom, when they speak about the things they enjoy about being male-bodied. She enjoys soving problems, and exploring the limits of her spirit form and the technology with which she interacts. She finds great satisfaction in her role as a pirate auger because she sees it as an exciting challenge that allows her to explore these limits without restraint, as well as giving her the opportunity to visit diverse regions of the galaxy. In particular, she enjoys recognissance activities, at which she excels due to her extraordinary mobility. Nerva values logic, and employs it to great use in her work. Her skills in deduction are generally superior to those of her crew, and she takes great pleasure in impressing others by working things out unexpectedly quickly. Because of her logical nature however, she sometimes struggles with humour, and can get very agitated when conversing with someone whose logic she perceives as flawed, or whose conclusions she perceives as irrational.