In true Star Wars Solo/Skywalker "Meaningful Name" style, I was thinking of Nova's name as meaning both "New" and "New Star" (since she is a pilot), especially when paired with her first name, whose literal translation from French is "Truth."

So, "New Truth" primarily, but also "True New Star", to suggest both the idea that Nova became disillusioned with the Empire and is now "Woke", and the idea that Nova has now found her "true north" and her new/true guiding purpose in life, in fighting to overthrow the Empire and fighting for the ideals of the rebellion! Haha, I clearly got super geeky into character creation! :-D

(I did study Latin in middle-school and high-school, and had considered going all Latin for her full name, but "Veritas" didn't have the same ring to it!)

It's funny that Mando'a should come up as well, as I had thought of having Mandalore be Nova's homeworld. What with Sabine Wren already being a prominent Mandalorian though, I chose Nar Shaddaa for Nova — a lawless crime-ridden planet to provide her greater reason to initially embrace the Empire!

Yes! Listen to the wise words of Utinni-Wan Tuknobi. Jendu might have wandered over to the engineering bay during the trip, or perhaps sensed something odd, even if he couldn't put his finger on it, when Tiktuk used the Force onboard?!

Also, re: the first "Into the Fire" post: 1. Yay! 2. Nova is totally going to ask Tiktuk IC about whether her shamanist ways would allow her to sense / feel out the Jedi's presence somehow, as she is so far unaware of Jendu's abilities.