Hera

Biography
Hera is Hephaestus Station's operating system and "mother" program, a sophisticated interfacing system that runs all of the spacecraft's automated systems. Armed with advanced processing power, access to gargantuan databases, and a female voice scientifically designed to be "chipper and non-confrontational," Hera is the perfect artificial adjunct for the Hephaestus's Crew.

Or she would be, if not for the fact that, as the months have rolled by, Hera's programming has developed a series of... quirks. A recent incident where the empty aft-deck was sealed off and the air inside was lit on fire raised some eyebrows, as did the rising incidence of low, chipper, non-confrontational muttering coming through the station's speaker system at odd hours.

Hera herself remains her usual, upbeat self, nothing if not eager to serve... although exactly who she is serving is a question worth looking into.

In-Show Timeline
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Doug Eiffel
Eiffel and Hera share a friendship that has advanced from seeming indifference in the early episodes to a solid friendship by the second season. They're shown playing games and sharing interests together, and Hera gives Eiffel a transmission of Holt's The Planets as a birthday present. After the events of Christmas, Eiffel shows concern for Hera's mental and emotional wellbeing, and frequently checks in with her to make sure she's okay.

Renee Minkowski
Although Hera complies with most of Minkowski's orders, she takes offense at accusations of incompetence. In The Sound and the Fury, they get into a heated argument about whether Hera is up to the responsibility of overseeing all of the ship's functions. In episode 19, she admitted that those fears have become even more exacerbated since the events of Christmas. "Well, it was just a matter of time, wasn't it?! That's what you're thinking, anyway. I'm going to get someone killed because I'm all wrong now, because he brought me back wrong. You're going to have to unplug me one way or another..."

Alexander Hilbert

Renee Lovelace