Aster (RBU)

Aster is a long-time activist for the rights of shape-shifters living in the Tanari Confederation.

Early life
Six years prior to the beginning of BZPB Reborn, Aster became the parliamentary assistant of David Robert Jones, a nominally conservative Tanari senator nevertheless known for his vocal and avant-garde support of shifters' rights. Presumably around the same time, she became friends with Richard, who was also working for Jones.

The Rise of Edward Allman
After Edward Allman took over the Tanari Confederation, Aster was forced to flee the planet with Jones and Richard to avoid being murdered by the new dictatorship. They took refuge in an abandoned church on Malchior IV, which Aster and Richard used as a base of operations for stalking a Malchiorian police officer named Klak, who Jones had somehow identified as potentially important. Just as she returned from one of these outings, Jones was shot by Robert "Barricade" Clinton, an assassin sent by Allman. Even though the injury should have been fatal, Jones recovered thanks to a powerful healing serum he'd been given by a friendly scientist as an insurance policy against assassination attempts by Allman. As Jones hadn't told Aster about this, she was quite angry about it.