Backstory

Once a celebrated 'Logos-Architect' within the inner circles of the Red Sun Dominion's capital, Valera Kovic was one of the elite—a programmer and writer crafting the very propaganda algorithms that kept the populace compliant. She lived in luxury, shaping the thoughts of millions. However, her conscience awoke when she realized her algorithms were being used to identify and target divergent children for 're-education.' She attempted to bury a subroutine in the code to hide these children, but she was betrayed by a colleague.

stripped of her status, wealth, and name, she was spared execution only because of her technical utility. Rebranded as a 'Level 2 Conscript,' she was exiled to the harsh edges of Sector 36, specifically the Meristine Overseer Station. Now, she services the high-end luxury shuttles of the very elite she used to walk among. She lives in constant terror that the Dominion Intelligence Ministry will realize she didn't just hide the data, but kept a copy. Her son, Kael (19), lives in the worker slums below; he is the 'Young Adult' she is desperate to protect, fearing his own aptitude for tech will draw the same gaze that ruined her.