Birds
The bird that can migrate thousands of miles without parental guidance, experiencing a period of silence before the migration.
What is the Artic Tern?
These two nationalities make up Asuka's mixed heritage.
What are Japanese and Mexican-American?
This was Asuka's role on the Phoenix.
What is an Alternate?
This Artificial Intelligence system monitors the crew's health, reminders them to exercise, and provides therapy.
What is Alpha?
This trillionaire visionary is the architect of the Phoenix mission and the founder of the elite EvenStar training program.
Who is Linda Trembling?
The bird that is extremely intelligent and develops strategies to protect their food stash from being discovered, showing they have the ability to plan.
What is the Scrub Jay?
This family member died during Asuka's time as a climate refugee after their home burned down.
Who is Luis, Asukas brother.
This person assumes command of the Phoenix after Captain McMahon dies in the explosion.
Who is Ying Yue?
This narrow, zero-gravity shaft connects the Habitat Wheel to the ship's central axis.
What is the Spoke?
Before the crew woke up to begin their mission, they spent this many years in deep-sleep hibernation.
What is ten years?
The bird that pushes other unhatched eggs out of their nest to claim all the food for itself.
What is the Cuckoo?
Asuka's mother joins this environmental activist organization and searches for patterns and messages from the universe.
What is Save Mother Earth?
Asuka and her crewmate Kat are performing this dangerous task outside the hull when the lethal bomb detonates.
What is a spacewalk?
To protect against the immense speed of deep space travel, the Phoenix is equipped with this protective "shield" at its front.
What is a radiation windscreen/nose shield?
This phrase refers to the elite status of the crew, though many—including Asuka—suffer from the feeling that they don't truly belong.
What is Imposter Syndrome?
The bird that demonstrates that humans are not the only species that can create art.
What is the Bowerbird?
This disaster destroyed Asuka's family home when she was 9 years old and forced them to live as climate refugees.
What is a wildfire?
Asuka struggles with this medical issue, causing her to feel like she doesn't belong on the Phoenix.
What is infertility?
The Phoenix uses these specific external sensors to detect "anomalies" or potential saboteurs approaching from the vacuum of space.
What are Proximity Radars?
This crew member is known as the "Navigator" and is responsible for plotting the course through the "Deep Sky" to Planet IX.
Who is Megumi?
The bird that parallels Asuka’s realization that the true threat is hidden within the crew.
What is the Robin?
This close friend of Asuka's dropped out of EvenStar training, allowing Asuka to join the Phoenix mission as the Alternate.
Who is Miki?
Following a devastating explosion on the ship, the crew must pivot from their primary mission to this immediate life-saving task.
What is damage control/firefighting/hull repair?
This is the location of the chips that bypass the eyes to pipe the "alternative reality" directly into the crew's brains.
What are temples?
This person is the Security Chief who initiates a "witch hunt" against Asuka immediately following the bombing.
Who is Valentina?