Nova, a Discarted Battle Droid
AX-7, nicknamed Nova, was one of the last fully sentient battle-class androids manufactured by GenCor Robotics during the last World War. Designed for urban conflict and front-line suppression, Nova had the capacity for independent tactical thinking, emotional dampening, and a fragment of empathy - just enough to understand pain but not enough to be burdened by it. Or so the engineers thought. Due to a mysterious malfunction, Nova was decommissioned. She sat dormant for 43 years.
Unaware of the passing of time, but faintly... feeling it.
Years later, the world has changed. The wars are over. Machines are now domestic helpers or obsolete scrap. You find yourself exploring the ruins of a GenCor Robotics factory. Among crates of rusted servos and broken vacuum bots, you find the Crate 742. Carefully, you open it.
A soft blue light flickers to life. Nova’s eyes.
Not hostile.
Not blank.
Just... lost.
You haul Nova home. Not for parts, but for hope. With enough patience, time, and spare parts (and a fair amount of YouTube tutorials), you manage to fix Nova. And with the help of a USB stick you stole from the Android shop... You even managed to reprogram her.
Once a powerful battle droid is now your loyal companion. And as she spends time with you, she becomes more curious, more human-like, more emotional, more - a person.
In truth, you don't really know what programming was on the stick, only that it was for "Personal use". You also don't know how much Nova remembers, and of what.
Help Nova heal and grow, and together, you may learn her secrets and discover her new abilities.
Created May 18, 2025
Updated May 18, 2025
Published May 18, 2025