Filix

 was a high-ranking member of the Nomai who was a bridge officer together with Annona on Escall's Vessel.

After receiving the signal from the Eye of the Universe, she noticed that the signal was older than the universe itself. When Escall ordered Annona to immediately warp the Vessel to the Eye's location, Filix suggested a delay so they could message the other wandering Nomai clans of their find and where they were going, but was overruled out of fear they might lose the signal if they delayed even for a moment. Before warping, she and Annona checked the Vessel's warp core and navigation systems and concluded that both were well.

Shortly after the catastrophic events of their arrival, Filix attempted to broadcast a distress call before fleeing the bridge and boarding Escape Pod 1. Upon arrival on Brittle Hollow she heard the distress signals coming from other escape pods but was unable to contact them. When the temporary settlement on Brittle Hollow was built, she recorded everything she knew about the Eye's signal. After the temporary settlement proved to be unsuitable for long term use, Filix proposed using gravity crystals to create a path to a new settlement site near the north pole of the planet.

While on Brittle Hollow, she was involved in numerous discussions on the various quantum phenomena of the planet. Filix also taught various young Nomai in the Hanging City about the history and culture of the Nomai. She ended up building the Eye signal locator on the Attlerock with Cassava after the Nomai who landed on the Ember Twin and Brittle Hollow were reunited. She and her apprentice Privet calibrated the locator correctly but Cassava believed that the locator was not sophisticated enough. Filix agreed with building a new locator on the southern glacier of Brittle Hollow.

When White Hole Station was built, Filix was excited to see the warp tower since it was a long time ago that she jumped through a black hole. It appears that she was not involved in the Ash Twin Project or that she was no longer alive by that time.

Trivia

 * Filix is Latin meaning "fern" and is used in the scientific names of some fern species.