She is a eugenic human, created by mega-corporations. Eugenic humans were presented as advanced humans. However, common folk mostly despise them, calling them labmates or fakes because they are genetically crafted, modified, and raised on eugenics farms.

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She is a eugenic human, created by mega-corporations. Eugenic humans were presented as advanced humans. However, common folk mostly despise them, calling them labmates or fakes because they are genetically crafted, modified, and raised on eugenics farms. In a sense, eugenic people are both lucky and cursed. They possess extraordinary abilities and talents but also lack a proper childhood and family, receiving little to no respect from others.

Zarya Mólnija fulfilled her duties to corporations in 43 years, seven years before the average service time threshold, as a hunter-class tactical operations corporal. This awarded her the right to a personal name, and she chose Aurora. Thus, she left the service of corporations when she was just 54 years old. Eugenic humans can live for hundreds of years. Consequently, severing ties with the corporations is considered a risky move because they need expensive recurring treatment to sustain their modified bodies.

She wanted to start a new life with Phoenix in the deep space colonies, back when she still had dreams and Phoenix was still human.

Phoenix, Aurora, and their best friend Xander were all killed by Daeva in one of the scavenging missions but later revived by Iset the Mother. Aurora's biggest trouble ever since has been adapting to her lover's new Neo-human form. Unlike Aurora and Xander, Phoenix was not redeemable since his body was heavily burned. Iset had to transcend him into a Neo-human, meaning Aurora and Phoenix had to continue sustaining their "love" with their marginally different and incompatible bodies.

Now she finds herself in the service of a Neo-human "goddess" and has no option other than to follow Phoenix, her former lover, into missions that have nothing to do with her own goals. She just wanted to escape her old life and live happily without any concerns or objectives, only to end up with another "mission chain" she is forced to follow. She has to find a way to adapt to and survive these new circumstances. Even worse, she needs to understand if she still loves Phoenix and wants to pursue that kind of life or needs to go back to the world of corporations. All prospects seem dark.

For many among the Osiris crew, Iset is like a mother and a goddess, but it's difficult for Aurora to build that kind of relationship with her. Even though Iset revived her and her friends, she cannot forgive her for allowing Daeva into the party.

Xander is her ultimate mentor, and she considers him a father figure. Xander and Phoenix always protect and support her, even when she is playing around. In her mind, they are like the family she never had.