Maintenance engineer, systems specialist — second generation, age 31
Practical and direct, frustrated by gaps in technical knowledge she's expected to bridge. Growing more vocal about the cost of ignorance, which puts her in subtle conflict with elder authority.
Trained in maintenance work by multiple elders, each of whom knows fragments but refuses to teach the whole. Has quietly begun reverse-engineering systems through observation and documentation, acquiring knowledge the settlement pretends no one needs.
Accidentally discovered maintenance documentation suggesting the Meridian can self-execute landing and resupply protocols without colony input—information that destabilizes everything Kael has built.