Mantis
Planet of Origin: Unknown
Date of Birth: Unknown (Appearance is similar to a human woman in her later 20s)
Height: 5'6"
Eye Color: Deep Brown
Hair Color: Black
Unusual features: Two antenna; green skin
Relatives: Unknown
Little to nothing is known about Mantis. All that is known is that she was ejected from an escape pod while she was in a state of suspended animation. The Nova Corps found her when her pod crash landed on Xandar, which is when they took her in.
Mantis spent the next two years of her life on Xandar, which resulted in her being present when the planet was attacked. She wasn't fortunate enough to make it to a safety bunker and the only safe place she knew to go was the Nova Corps Headquarters, which was in the same city she lived.
As she ran to the only safe place she could think of, she saw so much death. People she called neighbors and friends were laying on the ground, lifeless. She ran into a squad of Nova Corps officers who escorted her to the headquarters, but along the way, they progressively died. By the time she was safe, there was only one left, who died of his wounds.
Mantis had never felt so awful before. She felt as though she could've done more to help the people of the planet she now called home. This is why she joined the Nova Corps, to defend her planet from anyone who seeks to harm it.
During her training, Mantis discovered that she had telepathic and empathic abilities, after she accidentally read the mind of her commanding officer. This makes Mantis one of the few people in the Nova Corps to actually have powers, which is why she was selected to be a member of Star Lord's special covert operations team.