Nelen Exil

 is a Voth scientist associated with the in 2409.

In that year, he discreetly contacts Dyson Joint Command during the siege of the Solanae Dyson Sphere, hoping to enlist aid in discovering the true origin of the sphere rather than follow the propaganda fed to him by the. After the mission Unsaid Thanks, he defects and joins the player's crew as a science officer.

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Missions Involved

 * : Nelen Exil opens communications with a member of the Dyson Joint Command hoping to achieve common scientific goals despite military interference, sharing his discovery that the Iconians were involved in the creation of the Solanae Dyson Sphere.
 * : Continuing communications, Nelen brings up the absence of other occupants in the Sphere besides the Voth and the Dyson Joint Command Races and expresses his concern that whatever forced the Sphere to be evacuated might still be a factor.
 * : After lamenting interference in scientific research by Ministry of Elders Inquisitors, Nelen informs his contact that the Sphere seems to have been the site of a large-scale accident involving tetryonic energy.
 * : Blamed for failures in combining Voth and Sphere technology, Nelen is transferred to the Circle of Material Sciences where he works to prevent the Voth from activating the Sphere's systems and risking a detonation of the Omega Particles which the Sphere produces.
 * : After the discovery that the Sphere uses the Omega Particles as fuel to jump across space, Nelen executes a program of wide-scale sabotage of the Voth research into the Sphere and Omega Particles and flees. Hiding in the minefield on the border of the Allied Zone, Nelen is rescued by his contact and joins their crew.

Other Involvement

 * (Mentioned): While briefing the player, Subcommander Kaol mentions Nelen's defection and the information he brought with him regarding the Sphere's jump capability and use of Omega Particles.