Anonymous:
"So what do y'need to become a Nova? Ya got an application form or somethin' somewhere?"

“Someone once told me that the best Novas were the ones that were ordinary. The ones that were always loyal, trustworthy, and plainspoken. An average person from an average life. We’ve always recruited individuals who best present the typical qualities of their species.”

"He’d said that they make the very best centurions. He’d said that they bring no arrogance or pride with them, no self-importance or elitism. That they understand the responsibility. When I first started out I hadn’t understood that responsibility.”

"He’d said that they appreciate the trust and embrace the duty, that they are the honest bedrock of the Corps. It feels like it was only yesterday when he’d told me this. Funny how things work in this universe doesn’t it?”