Naive Mechanic
Not Good With Confrontation
Pint-Sized Package
Emergency Innovation
Adorkably Persistent
Chopshop Cutey
Reverse Engineer the Ancients
Naive Technologist
Nyane is, like many Bisclava, highly skilled with machinery and technology. Her particular area of interest is in starships, but she given time and the right tools she can figure out, fix, and improve just about any modern piece of machinery. She's pretty handy with software as well. She is not as good with people, however. Despite hailing from the wrong side of the tracks and working for some disreputable people, she has a bad habit of taking people at face value, even when she should be more suspicious.
Invoke: Figure out or fix some modern technology, work with computers,
Compel: Get fooled, misjudge someone's intentions, take an overly optimistic view of things
Not Good With Confrontation
Nyane has gotten quite good at avoiding conflict. Within her own areas of expertise, she will stand her ground, but when it comes to physical violence or even loud arguments, she'd rather skip them out. It's not a lack of courage - when it comes risking her hide to fix something or get her hands on a piece of tech, Nyane will jump in with both feet. If it's a fight, though, she'll put her feet to work in another way.
Invoke: Find a sneaky way around something, hide from someone or something, get away when chased
Compel: Back down in an argument, freeze up or panic in a fight
Pint Sized Package
Bisclava aren't very big, and Nyane is on the smallish side even for one of her species. On the plus side, this means she can get into hard to reach spots and work with small, fiddly things that drive bigger people crazy. On the down side, she can't reach the top shelf.
Invoke: Fit into tight spaces, work with tiny objects, anytime being small and nimble is helpful
Compel: When being small is a disadvantage, things are out of reach, make otherwise normal objects unwieldy, lose contests of strength
Emergency Innovation
Nyane's second job, and her first on a starship, proved to be something of a rolling disaster. Not because she did a bad job, but because the ship was a flying scrapheap. Emergency repairs were a daily occurrence, and Nyane soon moved beyond fixing the ship to essentially inventing new things to keep it running - and keep the crew alive until they reached the next port. Jerry-rigging became second nature, but she developed a bit of a bad habit of doing just enough to fix a problem for now, since she was constantly scrambling to keep up. She did sign up for a second cruise.
Invoke: To fix something quickly, to stay focused in high pressure or dangerous situations, to MacGyver something up
Compel: To do a kludge job instead of fixing it properly, to favor a complicated solution over a simple one
Adorkably Peristent
Nyane has always been good with tech, but her first real job was a mechanic at a ship repair facility. She got the job just by hanging around and endearing herself to the workers and customers, who got a kick out of how someone that adorable actually did know exactly what she was talking about. The boss, though, never really liked her and essentially hired her under duress. On top of that he was incompetent. In short order Nyane was basically running the place, constantly having to barter for parts and tools and scrounge things up. Eventually she got sick of dealing with the boss and his greasy handsy creepy son and struck out on her own, taking a contract as the engineer on a rundown tramp freighter.
Invoke: Get people to help her or do what she wants because she's cute, explain how technology works to others, wear people down to get her way
Compel: Not get taken seriously because she's cute, annoy people by being pedantic, attract unwanted attention from greasy nerds
Chopshop Cutey
Without much in the way of funds or credentials after her ill-fated turn as chief engineer, Nyane took on pretty much whatever work she could, which ultimately led to her working for pirates and other ne'er-do-wells. Nyane essentially ended up running a chop-shop and grey-market repair dock. Her scrounging skills were put to the test, as was her ability to improvise repairs. But her customers almost always went away satisfied. In particular she was fortunate to get the patronage of the (in)famous privateer Castor Reirsøl, which not only kept the bills paid but meant no one was really interested in messing with her. Eventually, though, Reirsøl stopped coming around and the cops were getting a little too close for comfort, so Nyane closed up shop and went looking for new work.
Invoke: Barter for goods, scrounge stuff up, make underworld contacts
Compel: Not pay close enough attention as to whether something is 'hot,' get caught up in other's schemes, not get on with upstanding citizens
Reverse Engineer the Ancients
Nyane is very interest in the technology of the ancient empire - possibly even a little obsessed. She dreams of being the one to figure out how it works, and reintroducing their nigh magical technology back to the galaxy and ushering in a new golden age. Even when she admits this might be aiming a bit too high, she really believes she can figure out at least part of the old technology, and that even a small piece could change everyone's lives.
Invoke: Know things about the ancients and their technology, figure out how to use their technology
Compel: Get distracted by shiny ancient technology, poke around with things she should probably leave alone