LIEUTENANT CHIP MATHERS
Earnest and kind-hearted, Lieutenant Chip Mathers is the first officer on the Supernova under Captain Nova's command. Turning down a prestigious college football scholarship, Mathers first enlisted in Star Patrol when the Earth was threatened during the Neptunian Wars and began his career as a pilot. Honest and hard-working, Mathers would rather die than break his word and maintains a strong sense of justice, morality and righteousness. While Captain Nova is clearly the 'shoot first, ask questions later' type, Mathers is more cool under pressure and always the first to suggest a diplomatic solution to a given problem (though he's often drowned out by the sound of laser fire). By all rights, Mathers should have made captain ages ago but Mission Control decided to keep him where he is since he was their best bet to keep Ace Nova in check.