History Characters / CassiopeiaQuinn

* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's easy to forget, given that she's diminutive, cute and friendly, but Motor Minx's body, which she designed, is at the absolute bleeding edge of cybernetics -- Headhunter stole it specifically to inform the design of his old combat droids, Dr Botz [[VillainRespect fangirls over Penny]] after discovering she was its creator, and Paloma Feti's starship is unable to scan it properly. With this level of skill, it's clear Penny could be a force to be reckoned with if she wanted to be.

* VagueAge: In-universe -- between different date systems used on different planets, time dilation from FTL flight and one time where she thought a cryogenic chamber was a walk-in freezer, she's not entirely certain how old she is. Then again, this is also something she deliberately plays up in order to pretend she's younger than she is.

---> '''Cassiopeia''': You think I want them coming after me for a crime as ''boring'' as tax evasion?

--> '''Toyn''': It's as though she thinks she'll simply get the last pirate ever at some point. And then we'll all be cured of the bad behaviour, forever.

* PetTheDog: [[ZigZaggedTrope In a somewhat backhanded way]]. In [[https://www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/inescapable-part-5 this strip]], she comments on the Omni-scrubber incident and unequivocally states that Vrax made the right decision to help the colonists and any Regency officer worth his or her salt would have done the same... But at the same time she sneers at the Vraxopeia residents for "having to steal to survive" and not just asking the Regency for help like (in [[PatrioticFervor her view]]) any ''sensible'' person would.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Played with. To a ''human'', the nickname "Old Salt" isn't very intimidating and feels like it would be better suit [[FatherNeptune some sort of sailor]]. However, to the gelatinous Vanaa, [[LogicalWeakness salt is an extremely deadly poison]], making the name something along the lines of '''Mr. Arsenic'''. Yeah. Not someone you want to mess with.

* BreakoutCharacter: Initially a comic-relief minor villain that appeared between main chapters, Dr. Botz eventually transitioned into the story proper by having a major role in ''The Body-Snatchifiers'', as well as starring in some of the comic's Patreon-exclusive pin-ups.

* ArrogantKungFuGirl: In fencing instead of martial arts, but otherwise she fits this trope to a T. She's introduced as the Regency's fencing champion, and steps onto the dueling arena with extravagant flourishes and crowd-pleasing, which Isidor notes is a breach of Regency ettiquite. When Vrax eventually stops taking their duel seriously and subjects her to some CherryTapping, Feti ''loses it'' and jumps the round starting timer to stab Maddie in the shoulder, costing her a match she had otherwise all but won.

** The action begins with her stealing a ship, but for the most part her "crimes" involve things like robbing a megalomaniac of a mind-control device [[spoiler:or "stealing" medicine from doctors trying to circumvent legal red tape]]. She's never seen to hurt anyone and refuses to guard her "loot" with guns, saying it's not worth killing over.

* PunnyName: Its name is a pun on "script kiddie", a derogatory term referring to amateur hackers who use pre-made computer scripts or code, lacking the expertise to write their own. [[spoiler:Doubles as a MeaningfulName when its revealed that Cass didn't create skriptkity herself; she merely found it, and it's Really700YearsOld.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Had a rather colourful past as a mercenary before joining the Prime Galactic Navy, although given that [[spoiler:his previous comrades include [[WouldHurtAChild Old Salt]], he may well be a VillainOfAnotherStory.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:His very justified mutual hatred of Old Salt, for betraying him and his Red Leaf comrades]].
* RetiredBadass: Not ''retired'' persay but his job as a science officer is much more laid-back than his job as a [[spoiler:Red Leaf Mercenary.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Toyn, at Headhunter's advice, is using her to try and get rid of Cassiopeia for messing up [[GovernmentConspiracy their sinister plans]]. Paloma knows nothing about this and believes she's just hunting another pirate]].

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He wants to share the vanaa's groundbreaking medical technology with the galaxy, but was forbidden from doing so by the Five Houses. [[spoiler:As a rebellion, he secretly hires Cassiopeia to steal a prototype medical transport loaded with the medicine on the condition that she brings it to a Regency medical firm for reverse-engineering, and then interferes with the pursuit by recommending that his ship deploy a flare to ignite Bemar's liquid methane sea to flush Cassiopeia out of hiding (which has the side effect of blinding his own ship's sensors so Cass can flee in an escape pod).]]

Doctor Karla Botz is renegade cyborg academic who believes robots will ultimately dominate all life in the galaxy. Consequently, she wishes to dominate all robots!