[@FrozenEcstasy] A scout would be useful, but that's really not what Omega is. I'm not sure what "assimilating" would entail, and developing bioweaponry isn't exactly a typical privateer business venture. A more generalized researcher role could probably scan worlds for potential hazards, among which weather and geology would also be relevant.

I understand wanting to play the character that you want, but the simple fact is that I don't feel like Omega has "clicks" with what I have envisioned for the cast and the story. As it stands, he's a scientist robot, who fought in a war, and then spent some time murdering people on a desert planet. A large number of important parts of his backstory could be dropped without greatly affecting the others, and that speaks to how disjointed it comes across. Particularly how he joined Nova Dawn, as Sulk isn't one to be particularly impressed by ambushing and murdering a bunch of poachers, and I can barely even understand what you wrote in the rest of that paragraph.

"Scientist weaponizing their research" is an interesting trope, but not one that you used. Omega just used his equipment/abilities to kill people, there was really no research involved.

If you look at that same insect, you'll see that he has almost no combat abilities himself. This is in line with his character theme as a goofy, mostly harmless creature that serves as the ship's cook. Were he in any other position, Res' character concept would fall apart, but given his support role, it all works together very well. A misconception you may be working under is that you character does not have to do everything; as this is a collaborative story, the more room you leave for working together with other players, the better the resulting story will be.

I don't mean to be such a pill about this, but I'm trying to get you character to where it will contribute the most to the plot and mesh best with the other characters.