Avens

Avens was a Nomai from Brittle Hollow who was part of the Ash Twin Project. He was the husband of Mallow and the brother of Daz.

Avens believed that finding the Eye of the Universe was worth the risk to create a new advanced warp core. Since he hypothesized that the Eye had stopped emitting its signal, he proposed to send an Orbital Probe Cannon into orbit around Giant's Deep to search for the Eye's location. After moving to the Construction Yard on Giant's Deep, Avens started constructing this cannon with Cassava.

Along with construction, Avens together with his spouse Mallow was responsible for testing the cannon and adjusting its launch power. Avens advocated for more launch power, but Yarrow and Daz were concerned about the cannon breaking under strain. Cassava and Daz gave Mallow and Avens a slightly lower maximum power setting than the absolute maximum to account for their enthusiasm.

Avens believed that since his friends knew his nature, he and Mallow should set the Orbital Probe Cannon to a higher power setting than the maximum power to create the highest chance of finding the Eye of the Universe. After hearing from Cassava that the Orbital Probe Cannon was put on indefinite hold, Avens and Mallow went to join Cassava and Daz at the Construction Yard.

His remains are most likely with Mallow's at the Construction Yard. Their power adjustment did end up being catastrophic for the Orbital Probe Cannon, which breaks apart as soon as it fired, with the Probe Tracking Module disappearing into Giant's Deep's ocean core.

Trivia

 * Avens is another name for the Geum genus in the rose family of plants. The genus is comprised of herbaceous perennials.