Lumen follows a rhythmic signal to Paperbag Town. Her translator renders an invitation to dinner as a proposal for a lasting alliance, so she arrives at Ladle's kitchen with full diplomatic ceremony. Orbit, Lyra and Halo follow with trading, research and travel plans, until the residents feel overwhelmed. Lumen admits she has not understood what people actually want. She pauses the ceremony and asks what each household wishes to share or keep private. The final agreement is modest: bring a dish if you want to, let everyone speak and respect a refusal. The mysterious signal turns out to be Tempo's recording of dinner sounds. It still brings different worlds to the same table.
Character connections
Communication partner: COS-006 Lyra. Commercial friction: COS-002 Orbit. Local hosts: HER-009 Ladle and LIF-007 Tempo.
Character arc
From treating procedure as understanding, through recognising that good intentions can overwhelm people, to listening and asking again.
First-episode idea
Another Bowl, Please: Lumen mistakes a second helping for a treaty renewal and produces fresh documents. Ladle fills the bowl and asks her to pass the napkins.
COS-001 / LEAD
Lumen
DZ100-COS-001 · Original board no. 071
“Listen first. Then shake hands.”
Role
Alien envoy; collection lead
Visual identity
Opalescent diplomatic robes, spherical antennae and translucent staff.
Personality & blind spot
Curious and sincere; unfamiliar with indirect speech.
Current goal
Create a fair first exchange between two worlds.
Likes & habits
Collects greetings; an antenna glows while thinking.
Background
Investigating a space signal, Lumen mistakes an invitation to dinner for a major diplomatic agreement.
Story potential
Learns to understand kindness beyond translation, while introducing residents to ordinary alien life.
COS-002
Orbit
DZ100-COS-002 · Original board no. 072
“A good story adds value.”
Role
Interstellar trader
Visual identity
Teal trader's coat, floating display spheres and small cargo pouches.
Personality & blind spot
Talkative and calculating; cannot resist curious objects.
Current goal
Trade for enough fuel to get home.
Likes & habits
Loves transparent display spheres; taps an abacus while bargaining.
Background
Damage to a cargo hold forces Orbit to barter and reveals that everyday objects can be treasures elsewhere.
Story potential
A perfect deal loses its profit to something useless and irresistibly charming.
COS-003
Drift
DZ100-COS-003 · Original board no. 073
“A long road. Stay close.”
Role
Cosmic wanderer
Visual identity
Violet meteor cloak, crystal blade and light armour.
Personality & blind spot
Quiet and honourable; afraid of losing companions again.
Current goal
Find the scattered members of an old flight crew.
Likes & habits
Loves meteorite patterns; looks at the stars after docking.
Background
A spatial storm separates the fleet, leaving Drift to follow each crewmate's faint signal.
Story potential
Claims to travel alone, while keeping everyone's cup ready in the cabin.
COS-004
Myco
DZ100-COS-004 · Original board no. 074
“A little water can still grow a lot.”
Role
Lunar farmer
Visual identity
Mushroom growing canopy, portable terrarium and farming gloves.
Personality & blind spot
Thrifty and patient; stubborn about new growing methods.
Current goal
Grow sustainable food in poor lunar soil.
Likes & habits
Loves fungi; measures collected moisture daily.
Background
Raised in a water-scarce settlement, Myco begins trials using fungi saved by their grandmother.
Story potential
Others show off spacecraft; Myco proudly displays a mushroom that has grown a little today.
COS-005
Halo
DZ100-COS-005 · Original board no. 075
“Find the balance first.”
Role
Ringworld engineer
Visual identity
Circular tool rig, silver-white engineering suit and clear control panel.
Personality & blind spot
Analytical and curious; relies too heavily on calculations.
Current goal
Repair the unbalanced orbital ring around a home planet.
Likes & habits
Loves floating models; draws circles while explaining.
Background
A faulty ring disrupts day and night, sending Halo in search of craftspeople who understand unfamiliar materials.
Story potential
The model is exact; the real repair still needs one of Timber's wooden wedges.
COS-006
Lyra
DZ100-COS-006 · Original board no. 076
“Different rhythms can still make music.”
Role
Nebula musician
Visual identity
Translucent light instrument, flowing ribbons and pearlescent clothes.
Personality & blind spot
Sensitive and expressive; gets absorbed in a private rhythm.
Current goal
Help civilisations without a shared language play together.
Likes & habits
Loves vibrating light ribbons; plucks strings while listening.
Background
From a civilisation that communicates through colour and frequency, Lyra studies how residents hear the same melody differently.
Story potential
Mistakes the audience's movement for dancing; they are avoiding a table shaken by resonance.
COS-007
Comet
DZ100-COS-007 · Original board no. 077
“However far, there's someone waiting.”
Role
Meteor courier
Visual identity
Orange-and-white courier suit, rocket pack and parcel.
Personality & blind spot
Cheerful and punctual; embarrassed to admit being lost.
Current goal
Deliver a parcel delayed across generations.
Likes & habits
Collects route stamps; pats the delivery pack twice before setting off.
Background
An ancestor's undelivered parcel still occupies a shelf, so Comet follows its old address.
Story potential
Arrives exactly on time, then learns the local day is a different length.
COS-008
Bubble
DZ100-COS-008 · Original board no. 078
“First, keep the soup in the bowl.”
Role
Zero-gravity chef
Visual identity
Silver apron, spherical cooking pot and secured utensils.
Personality & blind spot
Warm and generous; a little too proud of elaborate presentation.
Current goal
Seat travellers with different dietary needs at one table.
Likes & habits
Loves round food; secures cookware before service.
Background
Work in a freighter galley teaches Bubble to control drifting ingredients before opening a travelling restaurant.
Story potential
The signature soup is delicious and exceptionally good at floating away.
COS-009
Prism
DZ100-COS-009 · Original board no. 079
“May I write that down?”
Role
Crystalline scholar
Visual identity
Geometric crystals around the intact bag and dark scholarly robes.
Personality & blind spot
Knowledgeable and direct; still learning to respect privacy.
Current goal
Record exchanges between civilisations without turning them into conquest.
Likes & habits
Loves spectra; takes notes on crystal wafers.
Background
From a people who store memories in crystal, Prism learns that some stories should be heard rather than recorded.
Story potential
Learns to ask permission, but still gives an extremely long analysis of an ordinary glass.
COS-010
Meridian
DZ100-COS-010 · Original board no. 080
“The stars move. Home is still there.”
Role
Deep-space navigator
Visual identity
Midnight-blue star-chart cloak, navigation globe and orbital arc devices.
Personality & blind spot
Steady and sensitive; trusts familiar charts too much.
Current goal
Find a homeward route lost as the stars shift.
Likes & habits
Loves old charts; calibrates a star globe each night.
Background
A navigation update removes Meridian's home world from public maps, prompting a journey guided by old coordinates.
Story potential
Can plot a course across star systems, but needs help reading the town's house numbers.
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