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.