• How should we call you and from what part of the galaxy are you?

I was born in Germany, on Terra (Earth), and have taken the name of Beth Coulter.

• What things do you like or dislike?

I like power. I don’t like people—I tolerate them. I prefer to deal with people who can take orders and complete them quickly and with a modicum of errors.

• Any love interest in your life?

No. Love is for losers, without self-reliance or a backbone.

• Anything you dislike about yourself that you would want to change?

No. Although, I could be a smidge younger, a smidge taller, a smidge thinner, a smidge blonder, and blue-eyed, but then no one would take me seriously. I am highly intelligent and wield more power the way I look now, than any one of a hundred pretty people do on any given day. Enough said.

• If you had a free day with no responsibilities and your only mission was to enjoy yourself, what would you do?

Be awarded dual Nobel prizes for cybernetics and terraforming.

• What impression do you make on people when they first meet you? How about after they have known you for a while?

I’ve learned to act very unassuming and project a likable persona with a self-deprecating style of humor. People don’t see me as a threat; it puts them at ease and allows me the opportunity to use them to my best advantage.

• If you could spend the day with someone you admire (living or dead or imaginary), who would you pick?

Genghis Khan, Joseph Stalin, or Kim Jong-un.

• What’s the worst thing that’s happened in your life?

I don’t know who my parents were or why I was orphaned at the age of 6 years old. I’m over it—but still.

• What did you learn from it?

To be self-reliant, take what I want, if possible with a smile on my face, if not, then I leave no witnesses.

• What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to someone?

Relieve them of their last breath.

• Why?

They weren’t of any use to anyone but me, so I don’t view it as a negative thing.

• Describe your ideal mate.

Moot point. No one measures up to my standards.