Alessandra Iacovelli

Alessandra Iacovelli is one of the crew members in The Long Journey Home. Technically inclined and a skilled mechanic, Alessandra can repair malfunctioning modules using technical devices.

Description
Dr. Alessandra Iacovelli is the head of the IASA engineering core responsible for the KNOSSOS drive, the impulse engine that has made round trips to Mars a matter of days rather than weeks. Unlike most candidates, she has no desire to even set foot aboard the ship. Her recent concerns involving the jump drive's magnetic subspace navigation have however convinced IASA that if the worst does happen, the best should be on hand to fix it.

Background
Alessandra is from Italy, married and has two children named Elena and Daniele.

She does not agree with Nikolay Lebedev on the safety of the jump drive. She is convinced, that the jump drive's targeting system would fail, if there would be a structure that emits gravitational waves equivalent of a 100 black holes.

At different points she is quoted saying the Lord's Prayer in Italian, and may ask questions about the faith of other crew members, suggesting that she is a catholic Christian.

Alessandra is a dexterous engineer and scientist, who can use computers in ruins and wrecks to salvage extra loot. She is also good at solving puzzles in ruins.

Despite his sometimes reckless behavior Simon shows a lot of empathy and supports Alessandra on the journey. He accompanies her while she sends letters 'home' through the airlock. Her faith alone will not carry her through the months ahead, as she often thinks about Elena and Daniele and regrets to miss either birthday. She brought pictures of them onto the ship, that can be found next to her tools, duck tape, and bible in the ship.

"I'm sure it's fine. Really. We'd be looking at unprecedented gravitational forces. The odds are astronomical. But then, isn't everything, in space?" "Alessandra's children were overjoyed to see her. They asked of alien candy."

Abilities

 * Beeping Device: Extract an Avulco Passcard
 * Broken Entrope Drone: Hack to get the Entrope Administrator Password
 * Celindion Device: Remove it
 * Electromagnetic device: Investigate during The Investigation
 * Expedition Report: Investigate to get the Gate Repair Instruction during Operation: Rescue
 * Glowing Device: Open it to get an Energy Core`
 * Gate Circuit: She destroys the last gate
 * Logos Case File: Adjudicates guilty
 * Rattling Device: Program to get Nanobots
 * Scavenger Equipment: Modify to get a Deflection Array
 * Ticking Device: use it to "Repair Devices".
 * Totem of Death: Analyze to get a Wormhole Device

Item

 * Alessandra's toolbox: The toolbox repairs one random defect module of the ship or lander.