Master architect, chief builder — first generation, age 71

Maia Voss

Master architect, chief builder — first generation, age 71

Personality

Charismatic and forceful, sees three moves ahead on the physical landscape. When challenged, grows rigid; her vision becomes doctrine rather than design.

Backstory

Arrived as structural engineer. Redesigned the settlement's entire support system in the 2030s, preventing collapses that would have crippled the colony. Now obsessed with permanence—the idea that the Meridian should land and never leave.

Relationships

• Mentor to Vera Chen, whom she sometimes treats as a disciple rather than a collaborator
• In secret communication with someone from the incoming wave regarding permanent docking feasibility
• Estranged from her daughter Amara, who resists being defined by her mother's vision

Story Hook

Has sketched a structure for the Meridian's permanent integration into the settlement and cannot bring herself to stop imagining it as inevitable.