NOVA Team

Summary
NOVA Team was a special forces division of the Mercury Legion created by Jack Kendall for the use of high-priority missions. From assassination to acquiring sensitive data to even the Legion's political representatives, anything the leader of the Legion cannot attend to on his own is handled by NOVA. The team is comprised of three members, each of whom were present during the Armeli Destabilization Period as Jack's main teammates--an unstable Legion soldier named Chelsea Ferguson, Jack's strategic advisor/apprentice named Ian Hunt, as well as Jack's girlfriend and future wife: Magdalena Cassidy.

Chelsea Ferguson
Deemed unstable for standard military operations by the AECMU, Chelsea was kept imprisoned and on a watchlist until she was hired by Jack in his plot to overthrow the AECMU. During the Legion's rule of Decholon, in order to keep her from recklessly firing down upon anyone near her, the Javelin (Chelsea's Garrisai) was given a remote shutdown sequence that would activate as soon as she turned. Her skills were matched by her insanity.

- You’re going down!

- Yeah! Haha, you suck!

- Kaboom!!!

Ian Hunt
A loyal apprentice to Jack who has a near perfect service record, and takes each one a bit too seriously. He served under Jack for a number of years, and helped in the invasion, but was reassigned when Miia Deltavi took his place as his apprentice (he wasn’t thrilled about that). While he excels in commanding a battalion, he was this time tasked with commanding the other two members of NOVA. While he was agitated at his new assignment, he took it upon himself to complete the mission to the best of his ability. His machine was based heavily off of Jack's own Diamondback, with which he would practice day after day to model his leader's fighting style.

- I told you not to get in my way.

- The mission was successful, sir.

- If you feel like living, I’d suggest you stand down.

Magdalena Cassidy
An Ex-LCDM Garrisai Pilot who was left for dead after an assassination mission went wrong. As a revenge ploy, Lena would steal the Project X machine Whisper II and become a mercenary. After leaving Decholon and completing a handful of bounties, she was hired by Jack Kendall to help in his plot to overthrow the AECMU. Despite revolutions not being part of her rather mercenary-based forte, she still accepted it and served as a support sniper in his plight, eventually forming a relationship with the leader of the Legion.

- Are we really doing this?

- No problem honey. I’m on it.

- Just give me a sec, I know what I’m doing.

Trivia
- The members of NOVA Team, as well as Jack Kendall and Daniel Sherman, make up the original 5-man Villain Band of the early stages of Harbinger NT.