Every one of them is post-breakup. Every one of them is working on something. Nobody on this ship heals alone — here’s who holds up who.
Nova
Purple alien · Captain & Chief Debris Spotter
🚀 On the shipFlies the ship and spots the next piece of junk worth claiming. If it’s up there and it’s trash, she’s already named it.
💔 Still working throughShe can tell you her ex’s altitude, velocity and relationship status at any given moment. She checks his orbit like weather.
🌱 Working on itThe telescope is for work only now. Anything she wants to say to him goes in the logbook instead. Catalogued, not contacted.
💬 Pillow tells them“You can’t steer by a star that already burned out. Rest first. Then look forward.”
💪 Secret strengthShe can spot the good in any piece of junk in the sky — including herself, on the days that’s hardest.
🤝 Best supports: Bolt
Bolt
Little robot · Registry Keeper & Engineer
🚀 On the shipLogs every claim into the public registry and keeps the ship (mostly) in one piece.
💔 Still working throughReplays the old message thread like flight data — analysing reply times that stopped meaning anything months ago.
🌱 Working on itThe thread is archived in the cargo bay. Diagnostics run on Sundays only. It’s progress. It’s in a spreadsheet.
💬 Nova tells them“Data isn’t a conversation, Bolt. Log it and let it drift.”
💪 Secret strengthHe remembers every kind thing anyone has ever said, word for word — and reads it back to the crew on their worst days.
🤝 Best supports: Miso
Miso
Cat astronaut · Navigator & Chief Morale Officer
🚀 On the shipCharts the course and keeps morale up. Lands every landing on her feet. Inspects all snacks personally.
💔 Still working throughThe 2:17 AM text. Her paw has hovered over “send” so often the button should be worn smooth.
🌱 Working on itShe dictates the text to Bolt instead. He files it under Transmissions To Nowhere, where it belongs.
💬 Bolt tells them“Send it to me. I have infinite storage and zero judgement.”
💪 Secret strengthAlways lands on her feet — and she’s always the first one suited up when somebody else needs help docking.
🤝 Best supports: Hamlet
Hamlet
Hamster · Quartermaster
🚀 On the shipIn charge of supplies. Hoards snacks, batteries and emergency crackers in quantities the ship does not strictly need.
💔 Still working throughThere is a cargo pod of his ex’s stuff. Ticket stubs. A hoodie. The hoodie. He sleeps in it. He knows.
🌱 Working on itOne item a week goes in the donation airlock. The hoodie is scheduled last. It’s on the calendar. He’s being brave about it.
💬 Miso tells them“Keep the memory, love. But the hoodie is structural at this point. Release the hoodie.”
💪 Secret strengthPrepared for absolutely anything. Crying? He has tissues, cocoa, and the good crackers, in that order.
🤝 Best supports: Pico
Pico
Penguin · Wingman (actual job title)
🚀 On the shipThe crew’s wingman. Can’t fly. Supervises flying. Morale support with a formal title and total commitment.
💔 Still working throughPenguins mate for life, so Pico rehearses The Talk in the mirror, pebble in flipper, to an audience of nobody.
🌱 Working on itThe pebble went into the crew’s Futures Jar — saved for a future actually worth proposing to.
💬 Hamlet tells them“Save the pebble. Save the speech. The right one gets both — once.”
💪 Secret strengthLoyalty you can set your watch by. If you’re his person, he will waddle across the whole asteroid in a storm to bring you soup.
🤝 Best supports: Sprout
Sprout
Little green alien · Ship’s Botanist
🚀 On the shipGrows the ship’s plants and oxygen. Newest crew member. Landed here straight out of a breakup and stayed for the garden.
💔 Still working throughKeeps abducting new hobbies — fourteen this month. Fluent in none. Owns a unicycle now.
🌱 Working on itOne hobby per moon cycle. Currently watercolour. All the portraits are of the crew. The crew pretends not to notice they’re getting good.
💬 Pico tells them“You don’t need a new personality every orbit. Water the one you’ve got.”
💪 Secret strengthAsks the second question — the one that makes you feel actually heard instead of just answered.
🤝 Best supports: Inky
Inky
Pink octopus · Communications & Chief Hug Officer
🚀 On the shipRuns comms from her dome on top of the ship. Eight arms: one on the radio, seven available for whoever needs holding up.
💔 Still working throughAn octopus has three hearts, and all three of hers went dramatic at once. She keeps eight conversations going so she never has to sit in the quiet one — her own head.
🌱 Working on itScheduled dome time. Comms off. One arm at a time. Feelings in order. It’s harder than it sounds, and it sounds hard.
💬 Sprout tells them“You don’t have to hold everybody at once. Start with the arm that’s yours.”
💪 Secret strengthCan hold space for literally anyone. Remembers how every single crewmate takes their cocoa.
🤝 Best supports: Pillow
Pillow
Koala · Night Watch & Rest Officer
🚀 On the shipNight watch. Sleeps twenty hours a day and is somehow awake at exactly 3 AM whenever a crewmate needs him. Nobody understands it. Nobody questions it.
💔 Still working throughSlept through the entire first month after his breakup. Avoiding feelings at a professional standard.
🌱 Working on itNaps now happen after one (1) feeling per day, written on a sticky note. Some days the feeling is just “tired, but honest.”
💬 Inky tells them“Rest is a strategy. Avoiding is a detour. Nap first, feel second — but both.”
💪 Secret strengthWorld-class 3 AM presence. Never panics. Makes the cocoa. Stays until the sun comes up. Every crew has one; he’s ours.
🤝 Best supports: Nova
