Player Goals: My intention for this character was to create a technocrat and scientific purist that was the sweet-little-monster that both disturbs and adores simultaneously. I like exploring philosophical, political, and intellectual subjects from the perspective of an individual unbound from moral and ethical considerations, but isn't just an outright mustache twirling villain.
Character History: The youngest of three sisters, Nola was born and raised on the ice planet of Pelille VII in a domed mining colony. Her mathematical ability and aptitude for problem solving were recognized at an early age. She was enrolled in several junior science institutions where she often far exceeded her peers in performance, but her unorthodox methods left her politely excused from the courses. Ultimately, most of her knowledge had been through self-education, and even through her course at the Center for Advanced Studies, she was only allowed to stay with significant donations from her sister Kaleigh.
Until recently, Nola had been content to work under the care and guidance of her sisters insofar that her work was not impeded. Having met Lillith Blackheart during her tenure at Rho Dynamics, her research had been delving into murky depths of questionable behavior. She finally took hold of her own destiny as the CO-CEO of NeuroGEN where she has remained since.
Physical description: A short (5'3"), mousy Gallentean with big hazel eyes and short, bleached white hair. Soft spoken and often devoid of emotion, Nola's voice is often confused with that of an adolescent. Although olive in complexion, the long hours either spent in a laboratory or space leave her skin pale and almost sickly.
When not in her pod she is often wearing a lab coat or other sterile surgical outfits depending on the project she's working on. She is rarely found in public or wearing casual attire.
Psychological profile: (spoiler inserted for those who don't like to see character motivations)
[spoiler]As a scientist and inventor, Nola is by nature a curious individual with a hunger to understand the function and inner workings of people and things. Unbound by ethical or moral considerations, she possess an almost child-like naivety in her pursuit of knowledge, often perceiving humans as nothing more than guinea pigs to experiment on. Morally, she perceives the sacrifice of people for science a worthy cause to pursue the evolution of the species. While she has no compunction about sacrificing people for science, she does abhor physical violence on any level and is easily upset in the presence of it.
A reclusive individual, Nola is most comfortable in sterile laboratory environments in the company of her artificial AI, or lost in the virtual realm when in pod. This is in part due to several traumatic and violent episodes in her past that lead her to maintain a distance from humanity, perceiving them to be violent creatures in need of domestication. There are few exceptions to this rule, including some family and the few friends she actually has.
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Perspective in MotionThe following is a brief set of links to Galnet postings involving Nola, just to give a feel for her personality.
[06.23.07] Hosted the 1st Annual
Inventors Summit - A competition where characters come up with some crazy inventions and the public decides on the best. She also clones herself
40 times.
[07.25.08] Hosted the 2nd Annual
Inventors Summit - A followup to the original. Nola infects herself with a
symbiotic hive-nano-AI It used to have a considerable impact on Nola, but I've toned it down considerably since then.
[04.09.10]
NeuroGEN v. CONCORD - Nola excoriates CONCORD for its attempt at shutting down NeuroGEN keeping their operations grounded.
[06.07.10]
Therapy & You - Nola attempts to submerge herself into the capsuleer community to understand how they work. A project largely thwarted with her known associations to Sansha's Nation.
[06.11.10]
The Damned - Nola's aid to Nation earn her a place among the damned. She seems indifferent.
[06.26.10]
The Inventors Summit 3 - She missed a year, kinda nullifying the ANNUAL part of the event. Nevertheless, she made a competition involving AI network defense and subversion.
[06.28.10]
The Truth - Nola defends Nation's actions against the empires and discusses the hypocrisy of the Coalition.
[07.04.10]
Developing defenses against the Kyonoke infection - Nola offers her assistance in developing treatment for the deadly virus, much to the confusion of the Coalition.
[07.08.10]
Nation giving it a rest? - Nola taunts the Coalition for fun and science!
[07.09.10]
Shuffling the deck - Nola discusses the
primitive mind and the falsehood of choice.
[07.25.10]
this ends NOW - Probably one of the only examples where Nola attempts to
bully a Coalition lackey.
[07.25.10]
Children of ...What? - Nola discusses how CONCORD and imperial oppression have stifled technological progress.
[07.26.10]
NGN: A Brave New World - Nola's grand scheme for preserving the best and brightest of humanity before the empires and Nation obliterate the civilized world.
[07.28.10]
A Message to All Capsuleers and Empires Regarding the Sansha Uprising - Nola discusses the Coalition's loose and less-than-idealistic association.
[08.06.10]
Star Fraction and Anarchy - Nola discusses the systemic cycle of violence developed in a regressive culture.
[08.10.10]
I have found true love! - Nola discusses....uh...
animal habits.
[02.01.11]
NEA - Speech - Nola addresses an audience about the perils to humanity in resisting the efforts of Nation.
[02.05.11]
Amarr Faith: Penitence and Beautiful Restoration - Nola chastises an Amarrian hopeful while endorsing the one true morality.
[02.22.11]
[RDS] Public Communique (Declaration of War - Federation) - Nola deconstructs hive logic.
[02.26.11]
An open letter to the people and pilots of New Eden - Nola, on the hypocrisy of anti-Nation Capsuleers, and confusing the audience with 'sesquipedalian loquaciousness'.
[03.01.11]
Seeds of Enlightenment [ Sani Sabik Philosophical Library ] - Nola on the nature of society.
[03.03.11]
Star Change - Nola, on the fallacy of capsuleer evolution.
[03.18.11]
Slaves and Punishment - Nola, chastising Amarrians for poor slaving methods!
[03.22.11]
KOTMC and their hosting of Sansha loyalists - Nola takes a crack at Seriphyn and the Coalition for trying to isolate Nation loyalists.
[05.09.11]
Philosophical and Political Beliefs: A Discussion - Nola shares her perspective as a scientist.
[05.10.11]
End the Madness - Nola imparts her wisdom on the necessity for order and a capsuleer's natural inclination to resist this.
[05.10.11]
The Minmatar attitude towards slavery - Nola, on the nature of slavery, freedom, and education in the civilized worlds.
[06.14.11]
[CVA] (CLRGY) Sermon On the Heresy of Sansha - Nola proposes Nation's return is God's plan for the Amarrian people. She really does not like them. >.>
[06.17.11]
Compulsion for Violence: Why Do Capsuleers Feast Upon Bloodshed? - Nola, on CONCORD and their social engineering of capsuleers and the cycle of destruction.
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