NPCs · first: SO E1
Professor Dora Valentine
In the first episode, in a flashback, Brennan shows a non-cyborg Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax writing equations with chalk in a university auditorium, where he is a teaching assistant SOE1·00:48:41. Professor Dora Valentine sits at a desk, gazing at him admiringly SOE1·00:48:41. She looks up and tells the class that his equation is the one most commonly used to convert plutonium energy into a ship's tachyon drive SOE1·00:49:33 SOE1·00:49:35.
In the first episode Professor Dora Valentine is Gunnie's professor in a flashback, who lectures on the equation used to convert plutonium energy into a ship's tachyon drive SOE1·00:48:41 SOE1·00:49:35. In the twelfth episode Margaret gets a response signed Dora Valentine: "Mother Void, this is the best sizzle I've ever seen in my life. Also please tell Gunnie I said hello" SOE12·02:36:32. On a video call she greets Gunnie with "As I live and breathe..." SOE12·02:37:44. She then says his full name, "Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax" SOE12·02:38:13.
In the thirteenth episode Brennan's recap says Dora Valentine, Gunnie's former professor, now works at the Acme-Ashmun Corporation and processed his sponsorship SOE13·00:02:51. A pilot passes on a message from her about the crew's exit strategy SOE13·00:07:12. In the fourteenth episode she tells Gunnie "Been many cycles" SOE14·00:48:43. She holds up a message from "Erwin" that asks "Is my boy all right?" SOE14·00:48:46. She tells him "I talk to your fathers a lot about it, and it's been, it is deeply hurtful" SOE14·00:49:12. In the seventeenth episode Brennan says she emails back that her legal department has been slow on closing out Gunnie's contract, and gives the crew a login to the legal staff SOE17·01:15:53.
By episode
SO E1: Welcome to the Spacin' Life, Buddy
- Professor Dora Valentine — first said here: "You see Professor Dora Valentine seated at a desk" — 00:48:41
SO E12: Go Big or Go Home
- Dora Valentine (Acme-Ashmun) — Gunnie's old professor, now answering from the Acme-Ashmun account: "Mother Void, this is the best sizzle I've ever seen in my life." — 02:36:32; "As I live and breathe..." — 02:37:44; "Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax." — 02:38:13
SO E13: Battle of the Brands
- Dora Valentine (former professor, now at Acme-Ashmun; recap) — "who processed your sponsorship" — 00:02:51; sent a message about the exit strategy — 00:07:12
SO E14: The House Always Wins
SO E17: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked (Part 1)
- Dora Valentine — emails back — 01:15:53