Saphie, one of the mods here, just chiming to tell you Zita's assessment is spot on and honestly, Nia sounds great. She could be friends and emotional support for people, she can big sister younger characters, like Yuri, since a lot of the people there don't really have time to, like...essentially raise a child while doing stuff to get them off the boat and going on missions. She could totally be taught to be a medic--like an EMT--to keep folks alive long enough to get them to the doctors. Folks can teach her how to use a blaster--heck, maybe a STUN one, since she doesn't like to hurt people.

There's a lot that can be done, a lot of different roles folks can fill, a lot of people willing to teach the stuff they know, and a lot of social time, too, so being emotional support and helping people through niceness is a-okay. She could basically decide whichever path to take and follow it.

So yeah, let's take a crack at her. If she doesn't work out, you can phase her out and try someone else--it happens sometimes. A lot of players try a character or two before finding one that clicks better--we have an IC way to deal with their disappearing.

If you have any other questions, let us know, and if you wanna hang out in the AIM chat, ping a mod (I'm psychicsaphie for instance) or self-invite to "boardthemeatship." It's not necessary, but it's fun.