#hsr feels interesting to me in that we're not just dealing with planet earth

[topsy-turvy-topajade]

So far, with what I know of her character, rather than being a representative of ipc's absolute greed, i see jade as a representation of absolute exchange instead.

i'm honing in on her snake symbol right now, especially the one on her stamp as she crushes us with her heel. Highly speculative at this point, but if she does wind up having some relation to a certain snake eating its own tail, it wouldn't surprise me. When I think of oroboros, i see the give and take of life, its cyclical nature, birth going into death and the movement and vicissitude of seasons.

People may not see it at a glance, but Jade is super nurturing. From one of her messages to TB about 'managing up' to her lightcone 'Yet Hope Is Priceless', Jade cares a great deal about helping up others- especially children - reach their full potential, regardless of how we may interpret her intentions as of now. We only see her more menacing side with the moles, the traitors, who presumably broke important oaths and hence 'committed sins'.

She doesn't strike me as someone loyal to IPC, per se, and we know every one of the Stonehearts is in it for their own thing. Their department has beef with the Marketing group. Also, there is this line on her Character Story 2 that stuck with me:

Witness: The Silverchain Galaxy that once rejected the IPC have now become reliable allies of the 'Strategic Investment Department

She's trying to get them on the side of Strategic Investment Department, specifically.

What is sinister about Jade, to me, is her authority as a senior member of SID, and she's hardly alone in that front– but also the fact that she ultimately has a hand in how people or planets are priced. I for one felt outrageous for the girl who offered three rare gems and third lease on her planet's mining industry, for their planet to be saved from the impending storm, just for jade to go 'nope im taking your soul too. now you're working for the amber lord!!!' or to that effect. She can easily slip into cruelty when need be, as we see her putting the pressure on Old Otti, and that's par for the course for a senior-ranking manager.