Privet

Privet was a Nomai from Brittle Hollow who worked at the Orbital Probe Cannon which was crucial for the working of the Ash Twin Project. She was the sister of Idaea, who worked at the Sun Station, and the apprentice of Filix, a high-ranking Nomai from the Vessel.

Privet helped Filix make adjustments to the Eye signal locator on the Attlerock. She also helped build the more sensitive locator in the Southern Observatory. The Nomai ended up deciding that their methods should change as they continued their search for the Eye of the Universe. Privet believed that because they could not find the Eye's signal using two different Eye signal locators, they should discontinue this search method.

After the Ash Twin Project was set up, Privet started work on the Orbital Probe Cannon which would send a probe to search for the physical location of the Eye of the Universe. Once the construction of the cannon was finished, she travelled up to the cannon to install the probe tracking system. Privet made sure the Probe Tracking Module was ready to record each launch's flight trajectory and to transmit all relevant data automatically to the Ash Twin Project. Once a probe determined the location of the Eye of the Universe, Privet would have sent an alert directly to Yarrow and Ramie who were inside the Ash Twin Project. Privet would have been the first to see these coordinates.

Privet worked with Mallow at the Orbital Probe Cannon. She urged them not to ask the cannon to use so much power that it would break. Mallow told her that it did not matter if the cannon was damaged during launch because the probe only needed to be fired once. This worried Privet because it would be impossible for them to receive the probe's data if the Probe Tracking Module was destroyed. She told Yarrow that she was now concerned about the cannon's structural integrity and its crew's moral integrity.

When the Ash Twin Project was put on hold, Privet was with Mallow at the Orbital Probe Cannon. She returned from the cannon to visit her brother Idaea at the Sun Station because she feared he felt responsible for being unable to trigger a supernova. It is unclear if she reached him before all the Nomai died due to the Ghost Matter from the Interloper spreading across the solar system. Privet's concerns about the cannon's structural integrity ended up being justified as the cannon breaks apart immediately upon launch, the Probe Tracking Module disappearing inside Giant's Deep's core.

Trivia

 * Privet is a group of shrubs and trees from Southern and Eastern Asia. they often have white flowers and black berries.