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Overview

Nova is the 26-year-old scientist at Nova's Quantum Research Lab in the Future Fringe Zone. Her personal route develops after Story Beat 65 through seven automatic scenes, four Heart-to-Hearts and two dates. Daily conversation, Chocolate and a one-time scientific activity help build affection beforehand.
This walkthrough gives the playable requirements and choices while leaving major story revelations unstated.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Age 26
Era / alignment Future / Neutral
Location / schedule Nova's Quantum Research Lab; all day, every game day
Favorite stats Intelligence 45; Charm 35; Cooking 30
Special relationship skill Alchemy
Favorite ordinary gift Chocolate
Talk 15 minutes; 1 base point; six per day
Chocolate Five minutes; one Chocolate; 3 base points; five per day
Personal route opening Friend and Story Beat 65 completed; lab, 8 AM–10 PM
Private content Romantic; final Heart-to-Heart completed; paid version
Favorite stats improve the shared relationship calculation; learned Alchemy doubles the adjusted base. Equipment, buffs, alignment and the shared random roll can change final affection. Raising affection does not replace a required story beat, date or conversation. Nova's current portrait menu has no separate Alchemy lesson.

Finding Nova and Early Progress

Travel to the Future Fringe Zone and enter Nova's Quantum Research Lab. The location starts visible and unlocked, and her portrait remains there all day. She does not move elsewhere after an affection milestone.
The new-game initial relationship setup adds 10 Nova affection directly. Ordinary talk and Chocolate are available from Stranger, so begin building affection without waiting for her later personal route. The lab also connects the eras through its location-menu travel actions.
Continue the main story normally. Her personal opening, The Answer We Make, specifically needs Story Beat 65 completed. Reaching Friend early does not bypass that story gate. Nova's Communications panel supplies current story and gameplay hints; consult it when uncertain about the next main-story objective.

Daily Affection and Scientific Method Chaos

Action Requirement Cost Reward Availability
Talk to Nova Stranger or higher 15 minutes 1 base affection Six per day
Give Chocolate Stranger or higher Five minutes; one Chocolate 3 base affection Five per day
Scientific Method Chaos Known; Communication 60+ 30 minutes 12 direct affection; +1 Technology directly Once
Six conversations and five Chocolates take 115 minutes, consume five Chocolates, and give 21 base affection before the relationship calculation. Their daily counters are separate. Avoid further attempts after the appropriate allowance; they can lose affection.
Scientific Method Chaos is a one-time stat activity, not an Alchemy lesson or a repeatable Technology-training action. It does not need Story Beat 65 or completion of Nova's romance route.

Personal Route in Order

All portrait activities below start from the lab. Return there 8 AM–10 PM for the automatic scenes; their clock window is narrower than Nova's all-day portrait schedule.
  1. Complete Story Beat 65, reach Friend, and trigger The Answer We Make.
  2. Choose No Useful Purpose, her first Heart-to-Heart.
  3. Return during the automatic-scene window for Peer Review, then The Slower Method.
  4. Complete Unmeasured Afternoon, her first date. Start it 8 AM–4 PM.
  5. Reach Close Friend and return for Access Revoked.
  6. Complete Blind Calibration, then return for Data That Wasn't Ours.
  7. Complete Because I Like It, her second date. Start it 4 PM–10 PM.
  8. Reach Crush and complete Off the Network.
  9. Return for The Harder Protocol, followed by One Variable Left Uncontrolled.
  10. Complete The Unproven Result, the fourth Heart-to-Heart.
  11. At Romantic, with paid-version access, Private Time with Nova and An Unmeasured Moment become available. Their daily counters are separate.
The route's conversations are recorded through the built-in Heart-to-Heart completion system. Current load migration recognizes earlier saved completion aliases and reconciles later progress with the ordered conversation chain.

Seven Automatic Personal Scenes

Each scene is one-time, at Nova's Quantum Research Lab between 8 AM and 10 PM. Re-enter after finishing an encounter if the next scene is also eligible.
Automatic scene Location Requirements Base reward
The Answer We Make Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Friend+; Story Beat 65 - The Records Are Moving completed; 8 AM–10 PM 12
Peer Review Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Friend+; The Answer We Make completed; No Useful Purpose completed; 8 AM–10 PM 12
The Slower Method Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Friend+; Peer Review completed; 8 AM–10 PM 12
Access Revoked Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Close Friend+; The Slower Method completed; Unmeasured Afternoon with Nova completed; 8 AM–10 PM 15
Data That Wasn't Ours Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Close Friend+; Access Revoked completed; Blind Calibration completed; 8 AM–10 PM 16
The Harder Protocol Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Crush+; Data That Wasn't Ours completed; Because I Like It with Nova completed; Off the Network completed; 8 AM–10 PM 18
One Variable Left Uncontrolled Nova's Quantum Research Lab Nova: Crush+; The Harder Protocol completed; 8 AM–10 PM 20


Peer Review additionally awards two Cid base points. Data That Wasn't Ours awards two Artemis and two Miki base points. These rewards do not add separate affection prerequisites for those characters.
Scene Best Nova total, fixed reward plus answer
The Answer We Make 17 base points
Peer Review 17 base points
The Slower Method 17 base points
Access Revoked 19 base points; all three monitoring answers tie
Data That Wasn't Ours 21 base points
The Harder Protocol 23 base points
One Variable Left Uncontrolled 26 base points
In Access Revoked, choose your preferred monitoring policy. Every answer gives the same four-point bonus and continues the route. The game remembers the selected policy; no particular answer is required to unlock Blind Calibration or the later scenes.

Best Personal Scene and Date Answers

Scene Choice Highest-bonus answer(s) Nova base bonus
The Answer We Make 1 I came back for you, Nova. The answer is yes. 5
Peer Review 1 I trust you enough to say when your methods frighten me. 5
The Slower Method 1 Do the harder thing. That is the scientist I came to see. 5
Access Revoked 1 Turn routine monitoring off. I will ask when I need it. / Emergency-only. Use it when my life is in immediate danger. / I will authorize each diagnostic session explicitly. 4
Data That Wasn't Ours 1 Give them control, even if the answer is anger. / I love you enough not to make forgiveness easy. 5
The Harder Protocol 1 Bring them home with their mind still theirs. / Choose the harder protocol. Fear does not decide who you are. 5
One Variable Left Uncontrolled 1 I would rather choose with you than be protected from you. / Stop optimizing the distance. Come closer. 6
Unmeasured Afternoon with Nova 1 You do not have to perform relaxation for me. / You are already the most interesting thing here. 5
Unmeasured Afternoon with Nova 2 My reaction to being here with you is very real. 6
Unmeasured Afternoon with Nova 3 Yes. Thank you for asking me directly. / Yes. You can come closer than that, too. 6
Because I Like It with Nova 1 I like seeing you want something openly. 6
Because I Like It with Nova 2 Wanting joy does not take anything away from your work. / You can initiate our next date too. 6
Because I Like It with Nova 3 You are not a fraction of anything I feel for you. 7


All listed ordinary choices continue their scene. The bonuses add to that scene's fixed reward. The personal scenes and dates have no separately configured player erotic-experience or NPC intimacy-experience awards.

Four Heart-to-Hearts

These are one-time conversations from Nova's lab portrait, with no additional start-time window. Complete them in the order below.
Conversation Stage and prerequisites Cost / stat effects Best ordinary base total Best with special choice
No Useful Purpose Friend; The Answer We Make 90 minutes; -15 Energy; +10 Calm 100 102 with Empathy
Blind Calibration Close Friend; No Useful Purpose; Access Revoked 90 minutes; -20 Energy; -5 Calm 115 117 with Technology 40+
Off the Network Crush; Blind Calibration; Because I Like It 90 minutes; -15 Energy; +20 Calm 135 137 with Empathy
The Unproven Result Crush; Off the Network; One Variable Left Uncontrolled 105 minutes; -20 Energy; +15 Calm 155 157 with Empathy
With the learned Romantic skill, the shared conversation system adds 25 final affection after the base-point calculation, rather than adding 25 to the base total. None of these four conversations awards player erotic experience. No Useful Purpose adds five Nova intimacy experience for its Round 5 kiss; the other three have no separately configured NPC intimacy-experience award.

No Useful Purpose

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 I like being somewhere that belongs only to us. 16
2 You do not need data to know I want to be close to you. 18
3 Yes. Come closer and ask me again from there. 20
4 Still yes, Nova. Kiss me. 22
5 Then stay close. We have plenty of time to be useless. 24


Blind Calibration

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 I like being the voice you choose to trust. 19
2 Look at me when you need the next answer. I am here. 21
3 You are doing this with me, Nova. Not alone and not beneath me. 23
4 That laugh may be my favorite successful reading. 25
5 You can have as much of my honest voice as you want. 27


Off the Network

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 You brought me somewhere no system gets to accompany us. 23
2 I do not need a record to know I chose to be here with you. 25
3 Nothing needs to improve while I am here beside you. 27
4 You look beautiful when happiness gets to be simple. 29
5 Then let this be ours, Nova—imperfect and completely real. 31


The Unproven Result

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 No model gets to decide whether loving me is safe enough. 27
2 Ask the person who is here, not every version who might leave. 29
3 Whatever you say next, I want it from Nova. 31
4 I do not need proof of forever. I need your honest choice now. 33
5 Take her hand. I love you too, Nova. 35


Heart-to-heart choice points accumulate and use the shared relationship calculation at completion. The listed points are base values, not guaranteed final affection gains.

Optional special answers

Conversation Round Requirement Special answer Base points Improvement over best ordinary answer
No Useful Purpose 2 Empathy You are not afraid of wanting me. You are afraid the answer might still be no. 20 2
Blind Calibration 2 Technology 40+ The field is lagging your input. Wait one pulse before correcting left. 23 2
Off the Network 2 Empathy You are afraid an unrecorded feeling can disappear without leaving proof it was real. 27 2
The Unproven Result 2 Empathy You built certainty because saying you love me would make the risk real. 31 2


Each special answer is at Round 2 and unlocks its authored variant. Empathy and Technology improve the result but are not mandatory to complete their conversations or progress through the route.

Two Dates

Date action Requirements Start time Cost / effects Best total Nova base affection
Unmeasured Afternoon Friend; The Slower Method completed; date not previously completed 8 AM–4 PM 120 minutes; $100; -25 Energy; +15 Calm 27: fixed 10 + choices 5, 6, 6
Because I Like It Close Friend; Data That Wasn't Ours completed; date not previously completed 4 PM–10 PM 120 minutes; $120; -30 Energy; +10 Calm 31: fixed 12 + choices 6, 6, 7
Both dates start from the lab portrait, even though their scenes take place elsewhere. Both are one-time, without an extra paid-version requirement. Their listed one-per-day action field does not make a completed date repeatable. Follow the answer table above for the highest bonuses.

Private Time with Nova

After The Unproven Result, reach Romantic and use Private Time with Nova at the lab with paid-version access. It takes 180 minutes and 50 Energy, with no ordinary money cost or additional clock window. This is a recorded once-per-day private visit.
The current conversation has 49 authored rounds with branching routes, not 49 rounds in a single playthrough. Choices provide the affection; the action itself has no extra upfront affection award. The shared system adds 25 final affection with the learned Romantic skill after the route's base total is calculated.
Route How to choose it Base affection Player erotic experience Nova intimacy experience
Ordinary missionary / cowgirl / doggie Start “Start slow. Kiss me.”; choose one position at Round 4; finish normally at Round 14 111 70 35, including kiss 5 and position 30
Beast continuation Finish any ordinary position branch; at Round 14 choose “I'm not finished with you yet.”; Beast 35+ 218 total, including the initial branch 190 total; +1 Beast experience 75 total, including initial 35 and continuation 40
Oral, mouth or face finish Start “I want your mouth.”; choose either finish at Round 21 91 50 25
Oral followed by reciprocal attention Same opening; Round 21 “Stop her. It's her turn.”; continue the reciprocal branch 135 80 45
Lingerie, missionary or cowgirl Start “I brought you something. Open it.” with one Lingerie; choose either position later 173 60 30
Masturbation Start “Surprise me. Something else.”; then “I want to watch you.” 111 65 25
Footjob Same alternative opening; then “Use your feet on me.” 111 65 25
The Lingerie is consumed when choosing its opening. That branch includes the two preparation rounds before its later position choice; proceed through them to see its full route. No ordinary Chocolate, Wine or additional gift is needed for the other branches.
Only the Beast continuation needs Beast 35. It replaces the normal Round 14 ending and adds its subsequent rounds; do not add both ending rewards. The listed 218 is the whole combined path. The reciprocal oral option has a higher point total than either direct oral finish, but all finish options complete the private visit.

An Unmeasured Moment

The separate An Unmeasured Moment laboratory animation needs Romantic, The Unproven Result completed, and paid-version access. It takes 180 minutes and 50 Energy, starts from the lab without a special clock window, and can be completed once per game day.
It awards 50 base affection, 75 player erotic experience, and 25 Nova intimacy experience, recording its missionary category. Its daily counter is separate from Private Time with Nova, so completing one does not use the other's allowance.

Christmas Gift

Enable Christmas activities, reach Close Friend, hold one wrapped Christmas Gift, and use Give Christmas Gift with Nova at the lab. It takes 30 minutes, consumes the wrapped gift, and awards 100 Nova affection directly, once per character.
The themed contents do not require additional ordinary Chocolates. This shared gift is separate from her regular Chocolate action and does not unlock the personal story route or replace Story Beat 65. Its gallery reward also does not substitute for The Unproven Result.

Main-Story Affection Rewards

These reachable story beats also award Nova affection. The table uses numbered milestones and locations to avoid revealing their plot outcomes. Progress through the main story in order; its normal prerequisites still apply.
Story Beat Trigger / objective location Requirements / start window Fixed Nova base affection Nova choice bonus
3 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 2 - Beach Investigation completed; midnight–11 PM 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
4 University Research Lab Sonia: Acquaintance+; Story Beat 3 - Consulting Nova and AIMy completed; 9 AM–5 PM 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
11 University Research Lab Story Beat 10 - Gang Confrontation completed; 9 AM–5 PM 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
14 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 13 - Restaurant Date completed 10 No additional Nova choice bonus
21 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 20 - The Device completed; midnight–midnight 10 No additional Nova choice bonus
25 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 24 - The Transfer completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
27 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 26 - The Warning completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
28 Virtual Recreation Optimization Center Story Beat 27 - Something Changed completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
29 Underground Modification Clinic Story Beat 28 - The Reunion completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
30 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 29 - Almost Ready completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
34 Operations Center Story Beat 33 - The Mercenary completed; midnight–midnight 5 No additional Nova choice bonus
35 AIMy's Control Story Beat 34 - The War Council completed; midnight–midnight 10 Caring +3 at each of two choices; best total 16
65 Nova's Quantum Research Lab Story Beat 64 - Gem's Ledger completed; midnight–midnight 15 Flirty +6; best total 21
70 Synthetic Beings Recharge Station Story Beat 69 - A Name of Her Own completed; midnight–midnight 3 No additional Nova choice bonus
73 Operations Center Story Beat 72 - The Attack That Wasn't completed; midnight–midnight 4 No additional Nova choice bonus
74 Operations Center Story Beat 73 - A Map Made of Reactions completed; midnight–midnight 3 No additional Nova choice bonus


Story Beat 11 is a manual research objective, rather than an automatic lab encounter. Most other rows are automatic when their preceding story milestone is complete and their registered location/time conditions are met. Use the Communications hints for the live next objective. Story Beat 65 is the required entry point for the personal chain described above.

Current Route Boundaries and Troubleshooting

Nova's current personal content includes seven automatic scenes, four Heart-to-Hearts, two one-time dates, the private branching visit and laboratory animation. No Rose & Thorn worker recruitment, resort-worker, Kupie date route or Nova pregnancy protocol is configured.
  • Nova is absent: visit Nova's Quantum Research Lab in the Future Fringe Zone; her portrait stays there all day.
  • The personal story does not begin: complete Story Beat 65, reach Friend, and enter the lab 8 AM–10 PM.
  • The next automatic scene is missing: check the ordered route above for its preceding conversation or date. Re-enter the lab during the scene window.
  • A date is missing: check its stage, prerequisite scene, exact start window and whether it has already been completed. Start from Nova's lab portrait.
  • Blind Calibration is blocked: complete No Useful Purpose and Access Revoked. Technology 40 is only for its optional answer.
  • Off the Network is blocked: complete Blind Calibration and Because I Like It, and reach Crush.
  • Private activities are missing despite Romantic: finish The Unproven Result and check paid-version access. Affection alone does not complete this conversation.
  • The Lingerie choice is missing: carry one Lingerie before starting the private visit.
  • The Beast extension is missing: reach Beast 35 and take an ordinary position route to its Round 14 choice.
  • Christmas gift is missing: enable Christmas activities, reach Close Friend, hold a wrapped gift, use the lab, and check that Nova has not already received hers.

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