Vanessa Cuarón

Vanessa Cuarón is a recurring character in the early Space Era of Hilt games.

Backstory
Born in the Tsukonian solar system, Vanessa was the youngest child of Alejandro and Michelle Cuaron, having one older brother and sister.

Her sister got married when Van was 16, and she had a nephew born when she was 19. She automatically received the role of babysitter and proceeded to corrupt this nephew Mateo thoroughly. Both cursed with overactive imaginations, she began devising ridiculous adventures for them to both go on. As Mateo got slightly older, the adventures and puzzles she presented him got gradually more difficult, but he kept solving them nonetheless. Not to be outdone, she got ahold of a police cold case and suggested to him they investigate it. Through a series of remarkable circumstances, they wound up actually cracking the case and turning it back over to the relevant authorities.

Shocked at how successful they were together, they tried another, and before too long this one had been solved as well.

Not wanting to bother with the rigamarole of training at a police academy and everything, she began offering her services as a freelancer (while vigorously avoiding letting her young nephew's name get attached to the business, despite him being an equal partner). She advertises their services as simply “getting stuff done.”

What does it mean to “get stuff done”? Sometimes people need stuff done but doing it the proper route requires red tape, involvement of the authorities, all kinds of trouble. But if you need something done quickly and effectively, with a minimum of fuss, you call Vanessa Cuarón.

Twin Diamonds
Main article: Twin Diamonds

Vanessa's first appearance in an RPG was in the epic Twin Diamonds game, wherein she was among a small crew sent to a mysteriously appearing planet. Through the course of their investigation, it was discovered the planet was in fact a giant space head. Vanessa survived, though was very upset about having waded through a river of earwax and having been smothered by living boogers on the journey.

Message on Azriel V
Main article: Message on Azriel V

When the Administrator of Azriel V was murdered, the local Bastion police force turned to bounty hunters and private detectives to aid in the investigation. Vanessa, however, was hired by the Niiz K Corporation to go and investigate for them. She was never told why Niiz K wanted this seemingly minor crime to be addressed, though she couldn't help but notice they had also sent their top attorney to bail out a man who had been arrested in connection with the murder.

Once again she survived, and through helping solve the case received a tidy sum of money, which was enhanced greatly when Niiz K paid a second time in exchange for an extra errand she ran for them while on Azriel V.

Standard Items
Tracking device in her heel. Mateo has the receiver.

Armored hat (been clocked over the head too many times)

Bag of miscellaneous stuff (duct tape, Missy Moo Moo Land army knife, lengths of rope, waterproof matches, etc.)

Bullet proof umbrella

Short Stories
Vanessa has appeared as a character in:


 * Fear and Loathing in Niiz K
 * The Wreckers
 * The Fall of Wakiza